Doncaster: 'Just let me get this straight... you went away for a cuppa tea, and she was like this when you got back...' 60123 H A Ivatt at St James Bridge, Doncaster en route to works following crash recovery in the aftermath of the Offord collision of September 1962. Given the projected lifespan of main line steam, the Pacific was deemed a write-off and became the first A1 to be scrapped, when she was cut up at Doncaster Works a short time later.

Hawick [2nd]: A1 Pacific no 60147 North Eastern brings the 1X76 Edinburgh Waverley - Blackpool Central excursion through Hawick station on 23 September 1962. Built at Darlington Works in 1949, the Pacific was withdrawn from York in August of 1964 and cut up at Drapers of Hull some 3 months later, age 15 years 7 months.

Bloomfield Road Sidings: Much of the visiting Blackpool excursion traffic during the summer months used the stabling sidings and turntable at Bloomfield Road, which was preferred by crews, being quicker than going through the main shed procedures at Blackpool Central and thus allowing more time for relaxation between turns. The photograph shows Jubilee no 45710 Irresistible of Manchester's Newton Heath shed carrying an excursion headcode standing in Bloomfield Road sidings in 1962. The floodlights of Blackpool FC's Bloomfield Road ground can be seen in the background. See image [[30224 for the scene fifty years later]].

Doncaster Works: Stratford built, Holden Great Eastern Railway design, Class J17 0-6-0 tender loco 65567 of May 1905 sits awaiting its destiny on Doncaster Works on 23 September 1962. However, this was one of the chosen few, as it entered preservation as part of the National Collection rather than suffer the ignominy of scrapping. As of 2022 the loco is on static display at the Barrow Hill Roundhouse rail centre.

Paisley St James: The 5.43pm Glasgow Central to Gourock service arriving at Paisley St James on 23 September 1963 behind BR Standard 2-6-4 tank no 80086.

Dalmally: Dalmally station in 1967.

Euston: 'Tickets please.' Ticket checks in operation for passengers heading for the 10.00 service to Manchester Piccadilly at Euston station in September 1972.

Thurso: Birmingham Type 2 26023 waits at Thurso on 23rd September 1976 with the teatime departure (about 17.25) for Georgemas Junction, where the coaches will be attached to the Wick - Inverness service (powered on this day by 26046).

Waterside Viaduct: View from the south-west of Waterside Viaduct on the Ingleton to Low Gill line in September 1984. The viaduct was opened by the LNWR in 1861 and closed to passengers in 1954, with freight traffic continuing until 1966.

Aviemore Speyside: A guard and his dog relaxing between turns at Aviemore [Strathspey Railway] on 23 September 1993. See image [[13955]]

Aviemore Speyside: Ex-CR 828 running round at Aviemore [Strathspey] on 23 September 1993.

Boston: Part of the station frontage at Boston, Lincolnshire, in September 2002. [Ref query 4860]

Boston: The impressive station portico at Boston, Lincolnshire, photographed in September 2002. The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1848.

Boston: Platform scene at Boston, looking south in September 2002.

Gedney: The former M&GN station at Gedney, Lincolnshire, in September 2002. The station lost its passenger service in 1959, with the line between Spalding and Sutton Bridge closing completely in 1965. [Ref query 31273]

Gedney: The closed station at Gedney, Lincolnshire, on the former M&GN Joint line. Photographed from the site of the level crossing in September 2002 looking east towards Long Sutton. [Ref query 1066]

Tarset: Beware of the Bull. Tarset station, September 2003, looking south towards Hexham.

Preston: 57308 departs from Preston dragging a Glasgow to Euston Pendolino to Crewe via Bolton and Manchester on 23rd September 2006. There is no need to do this today with electrification in place on both routes to Manchester, Euxton Jct (via Bolton) and Golborne Jct (via the Chat Moss route).

Dunfermline Nethertown [2nd]: Looking west over the former level crossing on the Netherton Branch of the Elgin Railway in Limekilns Road, Dunfermline. The footpath roughly follows the route of the Branch. The Netherton Terminus was Dunfermline's first passenger station, opening in 1834 (the earliest rail passenger service in Fife) and provided a service to Charlestown until 1863. Freight on the Netherton branch lasted until 1964.

Aviemore Speyside: SPR station now bypassed. All operating and sales are from Platform 3, Aviemore mainline station.

Aviemore: 68030(SPR) waits in Platform 3. Note the new half moon gable windows on the station buildings

Dunfermline Nethertown [2nd]: The route of the Netherton Branch of the Elgin Railway looking westwards away from Dunfermline on 23 September 2006. The trees at the end of the path mark the route of the <I>main</I> line which ran from the foot of the Pittencrieff incline (out of the picture to the right).

Aviemore: Invernet, the name given to the suburban rail network serving Inverness and backed by a number of public and private bodies. The logo can now be seen throughout the region.

Colton Junction [Dunfermline]: Looking northwards along William Street, Dunfermline, in September 2006. In the centre right of the picture stand the remains of the centre pillar of a two-span bridge which carried the Stirling to Dunfermline Railway across the Elgin Railway and the present day street See image [[22280]]. After the construction of the Stirling to Dunfermline Railway a junction was made with the Elgin Railway just to the west of here c 1850.

Aviemore Shed: Two multi use cranes. Diesel and steam at Aviemore shed 60B.
The red car is acting as a scotch, maybe.

Broomhill: Passengers alight for a goosey. No TV stars today.

Springfield: The diverted 12.40 Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen train races through Springfield. Almost too quick for me.

Cupar: Edinburgh - Dyce express picks up at Cupar, with the castellated overbridge in the background.

Dunfermline Town: 66111 brings empties through Dunfermline Town after leaving the Longannet line at Charlestown Jct. The locomotive will probably run round its train at Townhill sidings just east of Dunfermline QM station.

Alloa: Looking east over the new station site. The platform is now under construction.

Whitemyre Junction: Dunfermline, Whitemyre Junction looking west. The West of Fife Mineral Railway diverged to the right here, its formation lies directly behind the leylandii trees in the centre. The main line now forms the West of Fife Cycle Way.

Oakley (Fife): Oakley Station looking towards Alloa. The remains of the demolished down platform are on the left immediately behind the wooden fence. Of the up platform on the right nothing now remains.

Oakley (Fife): Oakley. The branch to Comrie Colliery (and formerly, to Oakley Colliery) forked off to the right here with extensive BR-NCB exchange sidings. Oakley signal box stood immediately to the left of the photographer.

Oakley (Fife): Looking west. A number of sidings ran parallel to the main line in the centre while an extensive yard fanned out right at the start of the Comrie Colliery branch. The Comrie line was mainly steam worked up to 1976. The colliery closed at the end of 1986.

Blairhall Junction: Junction for the branch to Blairhall Colliery (closed 1969 although the washery remained open for some time) which diverged left from the main line to Alloa. Immediately after the junction the main line crosses a viaduct over the Bluther Burn.

Blairhall Junction: Looking west. The signal box stood on the right roughly behind the wooden bench. The photographer recalls seeing 25 035 here with a demolition train in 1974 during lifting of the Colliery branch. 25 035 survives on the Great Central Railway today.

Blairhall Junction: A view up the short branch leading to Blairhall Colliery from the Stirling - Dunfermline line.

Bogside Fife: Looking towards Alloa. The signal box survives on the down side. In 1979 the line was closed between Kincardine Junction and Bogside but freight survived here until around 1984 before the line was cut back to Oakley and thereafter closed altogether. See image [[24409]]

Forest Mill: The site of Forest Mill station looking towards Alloa. Rubble heaps on the left mark the down platform.

Forest Mill: The site of Forest Mill station looking towards Dunfermline. A small goods yard was located on the right here.

Forest Mill: A surviving gradient post indicating the start of the lengthy descent to Kincardine Junction in the Alloa direction.

Forest Mill: Between Forest Mill and Clackmannan Road. The long descent from Forest Mill to Kincardine Junction is quite apparent in this picture. Stirling Castle is just visible immediately above the trackbed in the centre of the picture.

Alloa [1st]: Taken from the bridge which gave access to the old station looking east with the route of the former Devon Valley line forking off to the left and the new Alloa station site just visible through the bridge on the right.

Alloa [1st]: Taken from the bridge which gave access to the old station looking west. Construction works on the new line underway at the site of the former station.

Alloa [1st]: A view back towards the old station site.

Kincardine Junction: A new bridge is under construction over the Dunfermline-Alloa road. The line from Kincardine joined the main Stirling-Dunfermline line at Kincardine Junction at the right-hand edge of this picture.

Kincardine Junction: A new bridge is under construction over the Dunfermline-Alloa road. The line from Kincardine joined the main Stirling-Dunfermline line (which was carried on the embankment on the right) at Kincardine Junction in the centre right of this picture.

Black Devon Viaduct: Viaduct over the Black Devon. Trees now make photography of the viaduct very challenging

Bogside Fife: Another view of the signal box looking in the Dunfermline direction. The remains of the waiting room are hidden in the trees in the centre.

Bogside Fife: A dilapidated waiting room still survives on the down platform.

Oakley (Fife): The site of Oakley station looking towards Dunfermline. The signal box stood on the right here with the down platform straight ahead in the centre. Nothing remains of the up platform which was situated on the left.

Preston: Class 57 no 57308 Tin Tin departs south from Preston station at 1559 hrs on 23 September 2006 at the head of a Glasgow to London Pendolino service.

Camelon: View of the modern station. The former Falkirk Camelon station, which was an island platform now overgrown, is passed by a 158 on the down line.

Jordanhill: View west at Jordanhill towards Clydebank on the rain soaked morning of Sunday 23 September 2007.

Garscadden: View southeast over Garscadden station on Sunday morning 23 September 2007.

Garscadden: '..and please make the next one a Springburn train...amen.' Sunday morning in the rain at Garscadden station. View east over the platforms on 23 September 2007.

Yoker Depot: View west from Dyke Road over the sidings at Yoker depot on 23 September 2007 with the main line over to the right and Garscadden station behind the camera.

Garscadden: Looking east towards Glasgow city centre on a dark, damp, miserable Sunday morning from the footbridge over a bleak Garscadden station, just as the rain begins to fall. Still, it could be worse... couldn't it? ...hmmm

Anniesland: A city bound train at Anniesland on Sunday morning 23 September 2007. Originally Great Western Road, the station name was changed to Anniesland in 1931.

Yoker Depot: Trains stabled in the yard at Yoker Depot, Glasgow, on a wet and windswept Sunday morning in September 2007. View is west towards Dumbarton and Helensburgh, with the main line running past on the right of the picture.

Partick: The new interchange at Partick, seen here during the construction phase early on a wet and overcast Sunday morning in September 2007. Not much sign of life at this hour (note the Station Newsagent still closed and shuttered) save for a recently arrived council refuse truck (complete with Commonwealth Games promotional sticker) having arrived to pick up Saturday night's rubbish stacked in front of the temporary station entrance. The new Partick Interchange was officially opened in March 2009 (see image [[27828]]).

Grangemouth Oil (Gas) Terminal: Looking west across the abandoned former railway bridge over the Grange Burn towards Grangemouth's South Shore Road (just beyond the gates) on 23 September 2008. The extensive BP Chemicals facilities once served by this line lie directly behind the camera.

Grangemouth: View south from Station Road, Grangemouth, towards Fouldubs Junction on 23 September 2008. The long demolished station stood to the right, while the trackbed running below the camera position carried lines under the A904 into Grangemouth Docks directly behind the photographer see image [[47486]]. A local campaign has recently got underway to lobby for the return of train services to the town.

Grangemouth Oil (Gas) Terminal: The abandoned railway bridge spanning the Grange Burn that once served part of the BP site at Grangemouth, looking west in September 2008. For the view east see image [[8922]]. A gatehouse controlling road access to the site is situated just off to the right but the rail access point is now located further north.

Grangemouth Oil (Gas) Terminal: The level crossing near the north western access to the BP complex at Grangemouth in 2008, with the entry gatehouse off to the right and South Shore Road to the left. Rail traffic once entered the site via the now abandoned railway bridge over the Grange Burn (now blocked off by heavy duty concrete barriers) to reach the yard located behind the camera. The stacked containers in the right background are within Grangemouth Docks.

Leyland: A Northern Rail service from Blackpool North to Liverpool Lime Street has just arrived at Platform 2 at Leyland on 23 September alongside a TransPennine Express service from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North at Platform 3.

Bathgate Shed: The former Bathgate shed (latterly BR code 64F) photographed looking north west on 23 September 2008, with Edinburgh Road off picture to the right. At that time the abandoned shed stood at the western end of the sprawling construction site for the new (2010) Bathgate station. Demolition finally took place on 11 September 2009 (see image [[25412]]) with the site now forming part of the station car park.

Swing Bridge East Signal Box: The 13.22 Glasgow Queen Street - Falkirk Grahamston via Cumbernauld crosses the Forth & Clyde Canal in September 2008. The train is passing the site of Swing Bridge East signal box on the far side of the canal see image [[20344]]. A boarded up lock-keepers cottage stands on the right.

Fremantle: The terminus at 'Freo' in September 2008 with a Transperth emu in the main platform. The mixed gauge lines [3'6' and standard] continue through the town but there is no passenger service, although there is a new unused station at the harbour. The standard gauge is freight only.

Grangemouth Oil (Gas) Terminal: Standing on the abandoned double track railway bridge over the Grange Burn at Grangemouth in September 2008 looking east towards the now disused sidings located in this part of the extensive former BP complex. Todays oil trains use the north sidings and cross the burn on a bridge off to the left within the compound. Hard to believe the size of some of the trees and shrubs that have now found a firm hold between the rails and the metal decking of the old bridge.

Carron Dock: Long lens view along the overgrown trackbed of the line that once served Grangemouth docks, looking north from the A904 road bridge in 2008 see image [[39569]]. Note the embedded rails once used by dockside cranes and waggons. Longannet power station stands in the left background on the other side of the Forth.

Swing Bridge East Signal Box: A westbound train shortly after leaving Grahamston on 23 September 2008 crossing the Forth and Clyde Canal at Swing Bridge East, photographed from alongside the A9. See image [[17992]]

Carlisle: Preserved Black 5 No. 45231 The Sherwood Forester drifts into platform 4 at Carlisle with the terminating down 'Fellsman' on 23 September 2009.

Carlisle: Most of the main line steam workings terminating at Carlisle use one or other side of the island platform, usually No. 3. Platform 4 is far better though, as demonstrated by Black 5 No. 45231, which is beautifully lit by autumn sunshine as it waits to take out the return Fellsman on 23rd September 2009.

Manchester Piccadilly: Looking south from the end of Platform 5 at Manchester Piccadilly over the approach to the station on 23 September 2009 as a Virgin Pendolino departs, a Northern Class 323 unit arrives, a FTPE Class 185 heads to the airport and an ATW Class 175 sits in the sidings awaiting it's next turn.

Carlisle: Gordon Hodgson looks back attentively from the driving seat of Black 5 No. 45231 awaiting the signal to move the ecs of The Fellsman out of platform 3 at Carlisle on 23 September 2009.

Manchester Piccadilly: The 1607 hrs Arriva Cross Country Voyager departs from Platform 6 at Manchester Piccadilly for Bristol Temple Meads as two Pendolinos sit in the adjacent platforms awaiting their next turns to London Euston on 23 September 2009.

Princes Street [Tram]: The track base being prepared to carry Edinburgh's trams on the section of Princes Street east of The Mound on 23 July 2009.

St Anastasie: A very rural French railway scene. The only intermediate station on the ATTCV tourist line is at St Anastasie where two-car Caravelle unit 4567 is pictured during its 10 minute stop on the 1hour 20 minute outward journey from Carnoules to Brignoles. This scenic line operates on Sundays from April to October and benefits from an additional train on Wednesdays from June to September.

Besse sur Issole : Currently stored out of service, at the Besse sur Issole depot of L'Association du Train Touristique de Centre Var (ATTCV), is Picasso No 3976, built in 1956. The strange appendage set into the roof is the single driving cab where the driver sits sideways facing a single set of controls. Picasso? Well just look at one of his paintings and then again at this wonderfully quirky piece of rolling stock.

Brignoles: 1966 built Caravelle two car set No 4567 is pictured at the northern Brignoles terminus of the ATTCV tourist railway in Provence, southern France. The working line is 22km in length and runs from Carnoules to Brignoles. The ATTCV does not use the SNCF station situated on the Marseille to Nice main line at Carnoules but operates from a simple platform 1km north of the village. Originally the line, mainly used for freight traffic, continued for a further 55km to Gardanne.

Basingstoke: A South West Trains service to Waterloo, formed by EMU 444021, calls at platform 3 at Basingstoke on 23 September 2011. Viewed from the east end of the station.

Whitchurch (Hants): The main station building at Whitchurch, Hampshire photographed from the approach road in September 2011. At the time the building lacked much signage to suggest that it was a railway station but it did look very grand in the mid-day sunshine.

Whitchurch (Hants): Southwest Trains 159005 slows for the station stop at Whitchurch (Hants) on 23 September 2011, partway through its journey to London Waterloo.

Basingstoke: A trio of Southwest Trains Class 159s at the east end of Basingstoke station on 23 September 2011. In the centre a Waterloo to Salisbury service approaches the station while another unit waits in the sidings on the left and a six car set is in the long grass on the right.

Whitchurch (Hants): A pair of SWT Class 159s approach Whitchurch heading west towards Salisbury on 23 September 2011. The ramp of the up platform is just in shot in the bottom left of the photo.

Overton: A London bound SWT service speeds through Overton on 23 September 2011.

Whitchurch (Hants): South West Trains 159005 leaves Whitchurch on a service from Salisbury to Waterloo on 23 September 2011.

Overton: Framed by the road bridge to the west of Overton station, 159011 and 159014 head towards Salisbury in September 2011.

Whitchurch (Hants): 159005 slows for a stop at Whitchurch (Hampshire) with a Salisbury to Waterloo service in September 2011.

Overton: A South West Trains Waterloo to Exeter 6 car DMU with 159011 leading and 159014 at the rear flies westward through Overton station west of Basingstoke just after midday on 23 September 2011.

Overton: A South West Trains Waterloo to Salisbury service calls at Overton station, Hampshire, on 23 September 2011.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: 92036 Bertolt Brecht waits in the up through siding at Kingmoor adjacent to the site of the former Kingmoor shed on 23 September 2012 with the Mossend to Daventry Tesco containers. The former steam shed site is now the Kingmoor Sidings nature reserve with several display boards showing the history of the area.

Banff Bridge: The steep road approach to the former station at Banff Bridge seen from the west in September 2012. The station was the penultimate stop on the Macduff branch, with the coastal terminus itself situated less than half a mile away to the left. For the view back over the town of Banff from the hillside beyond the old station see image [[39065]].

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Balmoral Court, the former locomens hostel at the south end of the Kingmoor MPD site, in use as private residential accommodation in September 2012. See image [[21341]]

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking into Waverley station from the Market Street entrance on Sunday morning 23 September 2012. Some subtle changes to the layout, coupled with the new and improved glazing, have succeeded in creating an overall feeling of much more light and space compared to the old arrangement. See image [[6810]]

Haymarket MPD: Photograph taken from below the new bridge built to carry Edinburgh's trams over Russell Road, looking south in September 2012. With the adjacent lines serving Haymarket depot and the main running lines beyond, this now brings the total number of parallel tracks crossing Russell Road here to 11.

Saughton [Tram]: The Edinburgh tram route approaching Saughton, looking west in early morning sunshine on 23 September 2012. The line is rising here to cross the new bridge spanning Saughton Road, beyond which a tram stop will eventually be located. The catenary of the E&G can be seen on the right beyond the shrubbery.

Helensburgh Central: 334003 waits alongside platform 1 at Helensburgh Central for its next turn on 23 September 2012.

Scotland Street: Scotland Street Tunnel and its distinctive backcloth seen on 23rd September 2012 - an interesting contrast with the photographer's shot from Spring 1966 see image [[35845]].

Helensburgh Central: Waiting for work. A pair of Class 320 EMUs in ScotRail blue, stabled in platform 3 (onetime platform 4) at Helensburgh Central on 23 September 2012.

Murrayfield Stadium [Tram]: What should eventually become an impressive pedestrian approach to the Murrayfield tramstop. Photographed here under construction on Sunday 23 September 2012, with the stadium directly behind the camera on the other side of Roseburn Street. Richard Hannay would certainly have approved...

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: A Southbound Voyager passes Etterby on 23 September 2012, with the DRS depot on the left.

Russell Road Bridge [Tram]: The 'chunky' new bridge built to carry Edinburgh's trams across Russell Road, photographed looking south on Sunday morning 23 September 2012. Empty stock stabled in the sidings at Haymarket depot can be seen in the background, with the E&G main line running beyond. See image [[38430]]

Craigendoran: Making the penulimate stop on its journey from Edinburgh to Helensburgh, 334012 arrives at Craigendoran on the morning of 23 September 2012.

Helensburgh Central: Looking towards the buffers at Helensburgh Central on the morning of 23 September 2012 with 334003 stabled in platform 1 and 320321+320301 in platform 3.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking over the wall from Market Street on Sunday 23 September 2012, showing some of the work so far carried out on the south entrance to Waverley, including access to the car park and 'sub' platforms. For a comparison with the situation a year earlier see image [[35880]].

Balgreen [Tram]: The new tram bridge over Balgreen Road, Edinburgh, photographed looking south east on 23 September 2012. Beyond is the railway bridge carrying the E&G main line. Balgreen tram stop will be located off to the right on the site once occupied by Balgreen Halt, near the junction of the E&G and the former Corstorphine branch. Note how the road dips to pass below the rail bridge. In the case of the new tram bridge it was a choice between lowering the road or crossing at a higher level in order to obtain the desired clearance (see image [[48061]]).

Ardmore West Signal Box: 334003 is seen passing the site (to the right) of Ardmore West SB on 23 September 2012 with an eastbound service from Helensburgh Central. The former SB was built during WW2 when Ardmore yard was constructed. The site of the SB is now occupied by an REB and the location is just known as Moss Lane LC.

Craigendoran Junction: Glasgow bound 334034 heads east from Craigendoran Jct along the edge of the River Clyde on 23 September 2012.

Blackford: Rebuilt Scot 46115 Scots Guardsman approaching Blackford on 23 September 2013 with a special train from Edinburgh to Gleneagles to mark the fact that there is one year to go until the start of the Ryder Cup.

Edinburgh Park: Ryder Cup 2014 special train from Edinburgh to Gleneagles, hauled by 46115 Scots Guardsman passing under the tram viaduct west of Edinburgh Park station on 23 September 2013.

Law Junction: The 10.42 Milngavie - Lanark passing Law Junction on 23 September 2013. While the loading bank still survives on the left, little trace remains of the station that served passengers here between 1880 and 1965 see image [[6629]].

Strand Road Exchange Sidings: Newly shopped DBS 60062 waits for clearance at Strand Rd to proceed along the Ribble Branch and up to the main line with the empties from Preston Lanfina. The Class 60 has just delivered the full tanks in the siding on the left.

Maybole: The 09.41 Girvan to Kilmarnock, photographed shortly after leaving Maybole Station on 23 September.

Edinburgh Park Station [Tram]: Finishing touches being applied on the approach to the tram viaduct west of Edinburgh Park station on 23 September 2013.

Tulloch: After being derailed by a landslide at the end of June 2012 see image [[39479]] Class 66 No.66734 The Eco Express has been dismantled in situ and the parts recovered to the yard at Tulloch Station for disposal. In the picture are the buffer beams, fuel tank and diesel engine.

Edinburgh Park Station [Tram]: Looking east from Edinburgh Park on 23 September 2013 with Arthurs Seat dominating the horizon. A rail grinder is hard at work on the section of track just beyond the tram stop.

Law Junction: View south from Station Road bridge, Law, Lanarkshire, on 23 September 2013. The 1200 Glasgow Central - London Euston Pendolino speeds south past the site of the former (now demolished) road/rail distribution centre on the right. Beyond the dereliction Tinto Hill stands impassively in the background.

Shotts: The 1218 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh Waverley arriving at Shotts platform 2 on 23 September 2013. Works in the background are in connection with improved platform access from Station Road.

Corrour Summit: 67009 heads north over Corrour Summit with the Caledonian Sleeper on 23 September, destination Fort William.

Salsburgh Goods: View south at Salsburgh Goods in September 2013. This section of the line looking back towards Cleland see image [[28204]] closed in 1956. A mineral line and siding ran under the bridge from which the photograph was taken to reach a yard with road access and a crane (now infilled and part of a farm). From there a single line continued on to serve various quarries and collieries. The line north closed in the 1940s. The bridge in the centre carries the B7066 between Newhouse and Harthill.

Corrour Summit: GBRf 66737 Lesia photographed on the long climb up to Corrour Summit on 23 September with a train of empty alumina tanks from Fort William to North Blyth.

Armadale [1st]: The 14.11 Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley slows for the Armadale stop on 23 September 2013, passing another new housing development.

Corrour Summit: K4 No.61994 <I>The Great Marquess</I> is in full cry as it crosses the bridge over the Allt Luib Ruairidh on 23 September during the long climb up from Tulloch to Corrour Summit with the southbound <I>West Highlander</I> Railtour.

Maybole [1st]: The 09.41 Girvan - Kilmarnock runs round the curves shortly after leaving Maybole on 23 September 2013. On the right is the site of the original Maybole terminus, which later became a goods station, all since redeveloped for industrial use.

Edinburgh Park: 334007+334040 forming a service to Helensburgh Central call at Edinburgh Park on 23 September 2013.

Shotts: The station building on the westbound platform at Shotts on 23 September 2013, looking much improved since my last visit in 2006 see image [[41718]]. From a distance I almost mistook it for one of the new houses being built in the background.

Shotts: Passengers from the 1218 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh Waverley, head for the temporary exit stairway shortly after arrival at Shotts station on 23 September 2013. Work is underway here on the provision of access for disabled passengers to the eastbound platform.

Whitburn: The site of Whitburn station, West Lothian, looking north beyond the A705 road bridge towards Bathgate in September 2013. The location is just over a mile from Whitburn town centre at East Whitburn. Little or no trace remains of the station itself, which closed to passengers in 1930. For a view over the site looking back from the bridge see [[45561]].

Whitburn: Whitburn station lost its passenger service as long ago as 1930, although the line continued to handle freight well into the 1960s. The trackbed is now part of a walkway, seen here in September 2013 looking south towards the bridge carrying the A705 Main Street over the trackbed. The overgrown and unrecognisable station site is on the other side of the bridge.

Salsburgh Goods: A distinguished looking old bridge parapet standing on the north side of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Road (B7066) between Newhouse and Harthill, North Lanarkshire, in September 2013. On the other side of the bridge once stood Salsburgh Goods (1864-1956). The cutting beyond has now been infilled and much of the area reclaimed, with the M8 now crossing the old formation a quarter of a mile to the north. For details see image [[44734]].

Cabin [Tram]: Blackpool Flexity tram 016 photographed on 23 September at the Cabin tramstop.

Polkemmet Country Park: Andrew Barclay 0-6-0ST 1175 of 1909, photographed on 23 September 2013. Formerly employed at the nearby Polkemmet Colliery, the locomotive is now on permanent display in Polkemmet Country Park, Whitburn, West Lothian. The nameplate Dardanelles is carried by the locomotive, this being the name by which the colliery was known locally, having been sunk around the time of the WW1 military campaign. See image [[49321]]

Holmes Summit: A mid morning Edinburgh - Milngavie service about to pass Holmes Summit, between Blackridge and Caldercruix, on 23 September 2013. The name commemorates the late Derek Holmes (1959-2010) who joined the railway as a signalman in Dundee and went on to become Network Rail Production Director and chairman of the Institution of Railway Operators. In the foreground is the eastern end of Hillend Loch, with the A89 running past on the other side of the bridge. For a close up of the summit board see image [[35721]].

Linlithgow: Ryder Cup 2014 special train from Edinburgh to Gleneagles, hauled by 46115 Scots Guardsman on 23 September, photographed a little to the west of Linlithgow Station

Princes Street [Tram]: Edinburgh trams 275 and 256 meet at the Princes Street stop on 23 September.

Tyndrum Lower: 44871 and 45407 top and tail The West Highlander coming out of the sun on 23 September on the gradient between Crianlarich and Tyndrum on the way to Oban.

York Place [Tram]: The buffer at Edinburgh Trams York Place terminus on 23 September. The road sign in the background points the way for the delayed Leith extension.

Tyndrum Lower: Black fives 45407 and 44871 top and tail The West Highlander past Lochan na Bi near Tyndrum on the way back to Crianlarich from Oban on 23 September. View from Sron nan Colan.

Upper Tyndrum: Running tender first, black fives 44871 and 45407 on the climb to Tyndrum Upper on the West Highland Line on 23 September, destination Fort William.

Daylesford: One for Poirot. The case of the disappearing apostrophe - scene on the Spa Country Railway, Daylesford, Victoria, on 23 September 2014.

Cerbere: Cerbere is the last station on the French rail network before crossing the border into Spain and hosts a large complex of carriage and freight sidings to serve both standard, Spanish (1676mm) and mixed gauges. The station is shown at the bottom right of the photograph and twin bore tunnels 1064m in length cross the border into Spain at Portbou allowing trans-border traffic of both gauges to be carried.

Invergarry: The Invergarry Station Project continuing to make progress on 23 September 2014, with more of the site cleared and the first track panel in place. See image [[42926]]

Collioure: SNCF 25kV B-B locomotive No 107277 runs light through Collioure on 23 September 2014 heading towards the border station of Cerbère

Portbou: It is possible to cross the border into Spain on a French train, arriving at Port Bou where there is a dual gauge station and complex of exchange sidings similar to that at Cerb�re See image [[48875]]

Edinburgh Gateway: A 'Grab Shot' of the substantial construction works at Edinburgh Gateway station, due to open in December 2016. This will be ScotRail's first staffed new station (Bathgate and Edinburgh Park were staffed later).

Knightswood South Junction: The pointwork for the new connection to the main line has still to be laid as the 1246 arrival from Glasgow Queen Street approaches Anniesland on 23rd September 2015. The newly installed cantilever supports for an OHLE overrun at the junction caused some premature excitement recently when rumours of an electrification of the Maryhill line began to circulate.

Millerhill Marshalling Yard [North]: Already a distinctly autumnal look about the north end of Millerhill yard on 23 September as 60009 Union of South Africa brings up the rear of the empty stock of a steam special heading for Waverley. On the front of the train is 67026 Diamond Jubilee.

Knightswood South Junction: 156449 forming the 1246 arrival from Glasgow Queen Street passes the incomplete new connection to the main line as it approaches Anniesland on 23rd September 2015.

Shawfair: The southern approach to Shawfair on 23 September, with the 0959 Tweedbank - Edinburgh approaching the station. Standing at the southbound platform about to depart is the 1024 Edinburgh - Tweedbank.

Dawsholm Junction: The location of the junction for the new connection to the main line at Anniesland can be seen in this view from the former Anniesland Gasworks access bridge. The Forth and Clyde Canal crosses over the line in the right background.

Figueres: Station under threat. Figueres station is in the centre of this Catalonian town and enjoys a regular service of trains to Barcelona. However, it is under threat of closure as a new station (Figueres-Vilafant) has been built on the outskirts to serve the high speed AVE and TGV trains and it is proposed to divert the RENFE services there. Understandably there is a great deal of local opposition to this proposal and for now the 1887 station continues to be well used. A Class 447 EMU is newly arrived from Barcelona on a Portbou service while a Class 449 waits to depart on a Media Distancia semi-fast back to the regional capital.

Dawsholm Junction: Information sign on view beside the works access on Strathcona Drive in September 2015 showing the new layout for Knightswood South Junction - the new connection being called Dawsholm Junction - on which work is currently underway.

Dawsholm Junction: 156449 on an Anniesland - Queen Street service emerges from the tunnel under the Forth and Clyde Canal on 23rd September 2015. Parts for the junction pointwork can be seen awaiting installation at the other end of the tunnel.

Dawsholm Junction: Just before passing through the tunnel under the Forth and Clyde Canal, 156449 on an Anniesland - Queen Street service passes the location of the junction for the new connection to the main line at Anniesland.

Gorebridge: ScotRail 158704 at Gorebridge boarding an Edinburgh bound service at 0930 on 23 September 2015. The train is the 0859 ex-Tweedbank.

Millerhill Marshalling Yard [North]: 67026 Diamond Jubilee hauls an early morning train of empty stock for a steam special out of the north end of Millerhill yard towards Waverley on 23 September 2015. At the rear of the train is A4 Pacific 60009 Union of South Africa. The water on the right is part of the attenuation pool serving the Biogen recycling plant.

Shawfair: Trains on the Borders Railway about to cross at Shawfair station on 23 September 2015. The route here is part of the Network Rail double track section completed earlier that year running for two and a half miles between Newcraighall South ([[55135]]) and Kings Gate ([[68106]]) Junctions.

Maryhill Park Junction [1st]: The 1037 Oban departure from Glasgow Queen Street passes Maryhill Park Junction on 23rd September 2015. On the left of the picture is the building which was intended to replace the original signalbox.

Maryhill Park Junction: View of Maryhill Park Junction over Maryhill station on 23rd September 2015. The unused replacement signal box can be seen to the left of centre.See image [[52785]]

Newcraighall North Junction: The empty stock of a special leaving Millerhill Yard for Waverley on 23 September 2015 behind 67026 Diamond Jubilee. A4 Pacific 60009 Union of South Africa was at the rear of the train. The line nearest the camera is the Borders Railway.

Eminonu: This tram has just crossed the Galata Bridge (over 'The Golden Horn') and is stopped at the Eminonu station in front of the New Mosque. 23 September 2015.

Barassie: 66712 comes round the curve from Kilmarnock at Barassie Junction with 4S05, a North Blyth to Killoch service.

Durham: Southbound East Coast train on Durham viaduct.

Milby: Looking west across Ellerthorpe Lane at the location of the former Myton Gate level crossing, on the line between Pilmoor and Knaresborough, with the grassed over former trackbed seen running forward towards Milby and Boroughbridge. The property seen to the right is the former Myton Gate House, now a private residence. A number of features from the operational period are still in existence at the property.

Milby: A view of the west end of the former Myton Gate House, with a more recent extension added since closure of the line between Pilmoor and Boroughbridge. The track ran to the right of view, with the level crossing over Ellerthorpe Lane just beyond the house. Other than the extension the structure of the house is much as it was in operational times.

Barassie Junction: 37610 coming round the curve (on the re-aligned Kilmarnock and Troon) at Barassie Junction.

Forton: Colas 56105 powers through the reverse curves near Forton with a special working of nine refurbished timber wagons. The train ran from Cardiff Canton to Carlisle Yard on 23rd September 2016 but the Class 56 failed near Oxenholme and was rescued by a WCRC Class 47.

Brafferton: Looking east from road overbridge BOR/1 near Brafferton, on the road between Asenby and Raskelf, towards agricultural buildings running across the trackbed of the Pilmoor to Knaresborough line at the site of the former Brafferton station. The line at either side of the bridge runs in a deep cutting. A short distance in the opposite direction to the view the line crossed the River Swale on a low viaduct that is still extant. See image [[72531]]

Brafferton: An access road runs from the Brafferton end of road over-bridge BOR/1 to the agricultural building sited over the trackbed of the Pilmoor to Knaresborough line at the former Brafferton Station site. On either side of the new entrance, below a carved pheasant on a post, there is a stone inlay in the walling reflecting the past use of the site, as seen in this view of 23 September.

Barassie Junction: 37610 on 0z89, the Barclay yard to Motherwell.

Saltaire: 333004 leaves Saltaire station heading for Shipley and Bradford Forster Square on 23rd September 2017. In the background is the famous Salts Mill, centrepiece of the village. Is there another UK station that has World Heritage Site on it's platform signs?

Aviemore: There's a locomotive in there somewhere.

Dunaskin Platform: The last day of the 2018 season at the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group was very busy. Barclay NCB No.10 is seen on the shuttle on the line to Chalmerston, over which the group has acquired running rights lengthening the run considerably.

Aviemore: Power car 43302 leads the Inverness - London Kings Cross past the doomed Aviemore signalbox on 23 September 2018.

Portobello Junction: Another vehicle of the abandoned (?) Overhead Line Maintenance Train see image [[65917]] decaying in the sidings at Portobello East on 23 September 2018.

Craigentinny Depot: Power car 91124 moves slowly through the shadows towards Craigentinny Junction and the ECML shortly after leaving the depot on 23 September 2018. The train is the 0857 Craigentinny T&RSMD - Edinburgh Waverley ECS, which will form the 0930 LNER service to London Kings Cross.

Dunaskin Platform: NCB No.10 negotiates the pointwork at Dunaskin while working shuttles to Chalmerston on 23rd September, the last day of the 2018 operating season

Quainton Road: A comprehensive view of the Quainton Road preservation site from the North-West, including the transplanted Oxford Rewley Road station on the left. Ironically, a similar structure may now be needed at Oxford to shelter Chiltern Trains passengers arriving from London.

Craigentinny Depot: Another in the seemingly endless parade of empty stock movements from Craigentinny Depot to Waverley station on Sunday mornings. On 23 September 2018 power car 43305 is about to run through Craigentinny Junction on the tail end of a LNER HST set due to form the 0910 service to Aberdeen.

Aviemore Speyside: 46512 waits to leave Aviemore with the 10.30 to Broomhill on 23rd September 2018. An LNER HST stands alongside in the main line platform.

Craigentinny Depot: The 0911 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank has just cleared the A1140 road bridge and is passing Craigentinny Junction southbound on 23 September 2018. The train is about to pass the site of Craigentinny signal box, on what was once a quadruple track section of the ECML see image [[30174]].

Portobello Junction: ' ...otherwise it'll fall apart presumably?' Old vehicle forming part of the 'Overhead Line Maintenance Train' which has stood in an overgrown siding alongside the ECML at Portobello East for many years see image [[71870]]. Photographed from the south side of the line (much of which has now been redeveloped as part of an industrial estate) in September 2018.

Craigentinny Depot: LNER empty stock on the exit line from Craigentinny Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot approaching out of the sun on 23 September 2018. The train is on its way to Waverley to start a day's work on the ECML. The steady stream of departures from the depot and associated holding sidings here on a Sunday morning is something to behold.

Quainton Road: Looking East from the Quainton Road museum, the trackbed of the Brill Tramroad is still walkable, separated from the adjacent road by a hedge, for about a mile. A rather charming relic, really.

Craigentinny Depot: Looking north over Craigentinny Junction on the morning of 23 September 2018 as an LNER InterCity 225 set joins the ECML. The train is running ECS from Craigentinny depot to Waverley, where it will form the 1000 service to London Kings Cross. The arch to the left is a reminder that this was once a quadruple track section see image [[27808]].

Bad Cannstatt: New (unsightly) 4 track bridge over the River Neckar which is part of the new Stuttgart 21 railway plan, the tracks will disappear into two new twin bore tunnels which can just be seen. Coming from a Civil engineering background I think the columns are a bit on the thin side to carry the weight of the trains.

Edinburgh Waverley: A LNER Azuma, and two Freightliner Class 90s, waiting on different roads in Waverley on 23rd September 2019.

Edinburgh Waverley: Azuma 800109 seen in Waverley on 23rd September 2019.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: September 2019 view over the new concourse from first floor level through an as yet unbuilt wall. There will be a window in the completed building which will afford this view for some staff. Access by kind permission of Network Rail.

Dunbar: Autumn has arrived and the display of buddleia is obviously past its best at Dunbar as 380103 awaits its return to Edinburgh Waverley on 23 September 2020.

Edinburgh Waverley: Two morning services from Tweedbank are extended to South Gyle, presumably for the benefit of workers in the Gyle and Edinburgh Park areas. On 23 September 2020 one such passes Waverley's Platform 1 on its way to Platform 20. A Class 158 was attached at the back to give 5 coaches.

High Morlaggan Railway Cottage: 66733 climbs steadily, weaving its way up to Glen Douglas with the empties from the Lochaber Smelter. Ardgarten Hotel (modern, not Victorian despite appearances) is planned to re-open for Lochs and Glens Holidays' bus tours in October.

Glen Douglas Halt: Considerable effort has been put into clearing the linesides of trees and scrub, and netting the cuttings, north of Glen Douglas. A southbound 156478 turns inland from Loch Long to enter Glen Douglas. To gauge the extent of the clearance see image [[11568]].

Linlithgow: A Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh service calls at Linlithgow on the lovely early autumn morning of 23 September 2020.

Insch: Insch station, between trains, on 23rd September 2020.

Ribblehead Viaduct: 40145 leaves the single track section over Ribblehead Viaduct with a southbound 'Staycation Express' from Appleby to Skipton on 12th September 2020. The train comprised four ex-Greater Anglia MkIII First Opens and a MkII Brake with 47712 on the rear for hauling the northbound trains.

Insch: 6Z42 China Clay train on its way to Waterloo, hauled by 70816, passing Insch on 23rd September 2020. Soon to be a very rare sight once the line through Carmont is reopened.

Linlithgow: A Dunblane service passes Linlithgow at speed on 23 September 2020. The poster behind caught my attention because it spells trolleys 'trollies'. I thought this had to be a mistake but apparently it is an accepted alternative spelling. OK, but why? Welcome to my world.

Insch: The interior of the waiting room (and old booking office) at Insch in September 2020. The wood paneling contrasts with modern fittings such as the defibrillator, and the profusion of inevitable 2020 Covid notices.

Didcot Parkway: Post Office red liveried Gatwick Express 387205, just arrived at Didcot from Paddington, adds a splash of colour on 23rd September 2021. No doubt it was helping the GWR fleet out.

Oxford: Colas 70812 and 70808 double heading an engineering train for Bescot passing Oxford 1158 hours on 23rd September 2021. Reporting No 690V

Oxford: EWS 66059 northbound on the through roads at Oxford with five empty car transporters for Bescot on 21st September 2021. GWR Bi-mode 800317 is in the platform on the left and GWR Turbo DMU 165119 on the right.

Oxford: Chiltern Railways 165032 arriving into Platform 1 at Oxford, from London Marylebone, on 23rd September 2021.

Dunning: 43131 brings up the rear of a Scotrail HST from Inverness to Queen Street heading west between Forteviot and Dunning on 17th September 2021. The lead power car was 43003, which the following week was on one of the new five-coach services [[78411]]. In the distance a Class 170 is approaching heading for Perth.

Oxford: EWS liveried DBC 66113 northbound through Oxford with empty car transporters, bound for Jaguar Land Rover at Halewood @ 1326 hours on 23rd September 2021. This very long train had started at Southampton Docks. Note the gradient at the station entrance in the background.

Acton Town: LU S7 stock on District Line service to Ealing Broadway departing from Acton Town on 23rd September 2022. This station is also served by Piccadilly Line trains which took over the District Line branches to Hounslow West (since extended to Heathrow) and South Harrow in the early 1930s (although a service of sorts of District trains continued to serve Hounslow West until 1964). A few years ago, there was a plan to transfer the Ealing Broadway District service to the Piccadilly Line but that has yet to go ahead.

Whitechapel [Metro]: LU S7 stock on a District Line service to Ealing Broadway arriving at Whitechapel on 23rd September 2022. These platforms are also served by the Hammersmith & City Line and the station is an interchange with the London Overground. From 24th May 2022, it also became an interchange with the brand new Elizabeth Line but which should have opened in December 2018. This part of the station used to consist of two narrow island platforms but the centre tracks have now been removed and the platform extended over them to form one wide island platform.

Whitechapel [Metro]: Modern style example of the London Underground roundel on the westbound platform at Whitechapel, District and Hammersmith & City Lines, on 23rd September 2022. This part of the station originally comprised two island platforms but on rebuilding the two centre tracks were abolished and the platforms extended to form one large new island.

Abbey Wood [EL]: Reports say Elizabeth Line services should continue beyond Paddington from 6th November 2022 and Bond Street station is expected to open around that time too. 345019 has just arrived at Abbey Wood from Paddington and is waiting to return thereto, on the morning of Friday, 23rd September 2022. NB: It was announced on 28th September that Bond Street station will actually open on 24th October so that's another date for my photography diary!

London Transport Museum Depot - Acton: London's first trolleybus, the Diddler from 1931, which launched the start of scrapping London's trams (not completed until 1952 due to WWII). The vehicle is seen here displayed at the London Transport Museum Depot on 23rd September 2022. This trolleybus was withdrawn from service in 1948 but was brought out of retirement to make a commemorative run on 8th May 1962, the Last Day of the London Trolleybuses. By that time they were confined to the Kingston area where they had all begun service 31 years earlier.

London Transport Museum Depot - Acton: The piece de resistance of the Underground from my boyhood to my late 30s, the beautiful 1938 stock, seen here in the London Transport Museum Depot - Acton, on 23rd September 2022. Well remembered from many days out with my cousin Peter on a Twin Rover ticket (5/- half price, two weeks' pocket money) in the school holidays (that I never wanted to end) in the 1960s. They were withdrawn in 1986, although one set was later reinstated for a further two years so the stock thus achieved a half century of service to Londoners. The lizard-green seats (if you could get one) were like armchairs, not like the paving stones we have to sit on nowadays.