Clydebank Riverside: The 5.22pm worker's train stands in the bay platform at Clydebank Riverside on 27 September 1957. The locomotive in charge is Dawsholm shed's Stanier 3P 2-6-2 tank no 40177.

Craigentinny Depot: Removing a trespasser from the East Coast Main Line alongside Craigentinny signal box in September 1958. (Presumably on the lookout for 60021) (Editors note: Please see image [[29099]] to reduce e-mails!)

Craigentinny Depot: A4 60031 Golden Plover takes a train south past Craigentinny signal box on the ECML in September 1958.

Gorton Shed: One of the large Robinson A5 4-6-2 tank locomotives no 69806 stands in the shed yard at Gorton in September 1958.

Gorton Works: Thrice condemned Robinson C13 4-4-2T no 67413, withdrawn from Chester Northgate shed at the end of 1957 and seen here prior to cutting up at Gorton Works in July 1958.

Longsight Depot: Ex-L&Y Class 27 0-6-0 no 52270, of 1894 vintage, stands in the shed yard at Longsight MPD, Manchester, on 27 September 1958.

Agecroft Shed: Fowler 0-8-0 no 49509 stands alongside ex-WD Austerity 2-8-0 no 90419 on Agecroft shed in September 1958.

Newton Heath MPD: Jubilee no 45656 'Cochrane' photographed in the shed yard at Newton Heath in September 1958.

Kilbarchan: Black 5 45151 with a returning excursion from Ayr Races heading for Glasgow, photographed near Kilbarchan on 27 September 1959. [Ref query 1008]

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: B1 61397 sets off from Glasgow Queen St High Level, with the 3.45pm relief service for Newcastle on 27th September 1963. The train was banked up the Cowlairs incline by Standard 4 2-6-4T 80027.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Standard 4MT 80027 banking a relief express for Newcastle out of Glasgow Queen Street on 27th September 1963. Eastfield’s N15 0-6-2Ts, having given many years of faithful service as bankers on the Cowlairs incline, had by that date been replaced by Standard 2-6-4 tanks. The train engine on this occasion was B1 61397.

Dollar Mine: NCB pannier tank shunting at Dollar Mine.

Dalmally: A train for Oban leaving Dalmally, running late, on 27 September 1965. This was the day of the infamous landslip in Glen Ogle which resulted in the final closure of the route. It is not known if this train passed through Glen Ogle prior to the slide or was diverted via the West Highland line as a result of the blockage.

St Margarets Shed: A visit to St Margaret's, attempted at short notice in September 1965, didn't get very far with the foreman very correctly refusing me entry without a permit. This view from Restalrig Road was about as close as I got to the assembled locomotives. B1 61076 is closest to the camera, with Hawick's Standard 4 76050 next to it, both withdrawn earlier in the month.

Rothesay Pier: A 1965 shot of MacBrayne's MV 'Lochfyne' in the course of departure from Rothesay pier, moving astern as she passes the car ferry 'Arran'.

Rothesay Bay: The car ferry 'Arran', in the then new 'monastral blue' livery, heads across the Firth of Clyde from Rothesay, on her regular crossing to Wemyss Bay.

Acton Wells Junction: A Ford car train from Dagenham bound for the west country turning off the North London line at Acton Wells Junction in September 1968. The train will take the ramp down to join the GW main line at Acton East Junction. Locomotive in charge is Old Oak Common Brush Type 4 no D1639.

Norwich Thorpe: A pre-electrification scene at Norwich on 27th September 1977. A Cravens DMU is departing for Lowestoft.

Crewe: Last survivor in service - 24081 stands outside Crewe works on 27 September 1979.

Ayr: DMU leaving Ayr for Glasgow Central in September 1980.

New Cumnock: An unidentified 3-car DMU passing Corsencon Farm south of New Cumnock. View north over the River Nith from a viewpoint alongside the A76. Thought to have been taken in September 1980.

Ayr: A DMU carrying Greater Glasgow/Trans-Clyde markings standing in Ayr station on 27 September 1980.

Ayr: View south towards Ayr station in September 1980.

Ayr: A Swindon class 126 DMU waits at the platform at Ayr in September 1980.

Tickets and labels: An example of a 'breast pocket' ticket, one of several different styles swept away when APTIS was fully phased in by the late 1980s.  It was issued on 27 September something; as often the cash register-style machines ran out of years before the end of their working lives. I think this one is from 1985 though.  A journey from Kirkcaldy to Rosyth entailed a change at Inverkeithing in those pre-Fife Circle days.  The 'Halt' would have been officially dropped by this date, though it appeared on the Solari indicator at Waverely until its replacement in 1997.

Cranmore: 75029 The Green Knight in action on the East Somerset Railway on 27 September 1986, shortly after being returned to service following a major overhaul.

Edinburgh Waverley: On Saturday the 27th of September 1986, 27 001 stands at Edinburgh Waverley ready to start its last diagram on the Edinburgh - Glasgow -Dundee 'CIRCUIT'. The service went over to 47/4s the following Monday.

Cranmore: BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 75029, built in Swindon, on the East Somerset Railway in 1986. This loco had a double chimney, fitted later in its life to improve steaming. The engine had just completed a heavy general overhaul, and was being run for the benefit of the East Somerset Railway staff and volunteers. The engine is now on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, undergoing another extensive (expensive) heavy general overhaul.

Weyhill: Preserved ex-S&D 2-8-0 no 53809 in full flight crossing the A303 adjacent to Weyhill Station in September 1987 en route from Andover to Ludgershall on the stump of the M&SWJ line.

Andover: Ex-Somerset & Dorset Railway 2-8-0 no 53809 photographed at Andover Station on 27 September 1987, in the process of running shuttle services between Andover and Ludgersall over the M&SWJR.

Ludgershall: 53809 standing at the site of  Ludgershall station, the last remaining BR section of the MSWJR, on 27 September 1987. The locomotive was running specials from Andover to Ludgershall, a distance of  around twelve miles.

Partick: A Milngavie to Springburn service calls at Partick in September 1997 in charge of Class 314 (of blessed memory). Also consigned to history are the flippy-flappy departure indicators and the rather unlovely platform buildings in smoked plastic.

Dalwhinnie: 67007 at Dalwhinnie with a tanker train for Inverness.

Dalwhinnie: Plaque commemorating the visit of General Montgomery to Dalwhinnie in 1944.

Auchlochan Halt: Straight ahead was the route to Coalburn and on to Bankend and to the right was the connection to the NCB system at Auchlochan which survived until 1968.

Morar: A Mallaig - Glasgow Queen Street service leaves Morar station on 27 September 2005 via the B8008 automatic warning light controlled open level crossing.

Morar: An afternoon Mallaig - Glasgow Queen Street train calls at Morar in September 2005.

Beasdale: Platform view east at Beasdale looking towards Lochailort in September 2005. The station was originally intended as a private halt serving nearby Arisaig House but became a public station from the outset following its opening in 1901. The former (refurbished) station house is now a holiday home.

Locheilside: The wayside platform at Lochielside, midway between Fort William and Glenfinnan. View east on 27 September 2005, with Loch Eil itself off picture to the right.

Lochailort: A wet day at Lochailort on 27 September 2005 looking towards Mallaig.

Fort William: 37406 The Saltire Society with the sleeper in the service siding at Fort William station under low clouds in September 2005. A service to Mallaig is preparing to leave platform 2.

Fort William: A train for Glasgow Queen Street leaving platform 1 at Fort William on 27 September 2005. The train is passing the stock of the London sleeper stabled in the service siding.

Arisaig: Arisaig station on 27 September 2005 looking west.

Mallaig: Looking south west across Station Road, Mallaig, in September 2005.

Morar: ScotRail 156465 drops down towards Loch Morar on 27 September 2005 after calling at Morar station with an afternoon Mallaig - Glasgow Queen Street service.

Fort William: 37406 prepares to take the Fort William portion of the Highland Sleeper south on 27 September 2005. The train will join up with the Inverness and Aberdeen portions at Edinburgh Waverley for the journey south to Euston.

Fort William: Fort William portion of the Highland Sleeper stands ready to board on 27 September 2005.

Arisaig: The abandoned box at Arisaig in September 2005, looking east from the Fort William platform.

Mallaig: Looks like rain... A pleasant day at Mallaig looks like its about to take a turn for the worse on 27 September 2005.

Penruddock: Penruddock looking west. Remains of goods loading bank.

Penruddock: Penruddock looking west. Sadly the station house still stood until very recently - still standing as the housing development took place.

Penruddock: Viaduct just east of Penruddock. View looks west. The viaduct is still BRB owned.

Blencow: Building by the entry to Blencow station approach, 27th September 2006.

Blencow: Nice railway theme driveway markers! Looking west at Blencow. Goods yard to right and approach to station, now a house, straight ahead.

Blencow: The old station. View looks west. Note the station nameboard on the right-hand building.

Clifton Moor: Looking east to the station. Coal drops and the line were to the left.

Clifton Moor: The station looking east. I can just about picture the two platforms ...

Dalston: Two 37s and a 20 (all DRS) belt through Dalston passing gangers and oil from Grangemouth. Probably en route to Kingmoor.

Lonsdale Dock: Wagons with rails being shunted in Workington Docks. Sadly the steelworks has closed.

Langwathby: Waiting shelter on the southbound platform at Langwathby.

Langwathby: Station building on northbound platform.

Carlisle Kingmoor Marshalling Yard: To the left are the up departure sidings and to the right the WCML.

Carlisle Kingmoor Marshalling Yard: To the left are the down reception sidings and to the right the up departure sidings. View looks north.

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: Looking north at DRSs locomotive depot at Kingmoor MPD. The WCML is to the right.

Eden Valley Viaduct: Looking south at the Eden Valley Viaducts. Carlisle is beyond. The viaduct on the right was built in the war to relieve the pressure of traffic on the WCML.

Rockcliffe: Looking west at the station building at Rockcliffe.

Brunthill Branch Siding: The Brunthill Branch Siding runs off to the south-west to connect to the former Waverley Route at Stainton Junction. This provided access to the yard for down trains from the Waverley route which could continue their journey via the NB Gretna line.

Carlisle Kingmoor Marshalling Yard: The former Waverley route crossing over the WCML at Kingmoor. Now used for Carlisle Warehousing by Harker. The control cabin to the right was for the Kingmoor Marshalling Yard.

Dalston: A trio of DRS locomotives pass Dalston heading to Carlisle.

Lonsdale Dock: A Hunslet locomotive shunts some of the last rails made in Workington at the Workington Docks in September 2006.

Lonsdale Dock: This bridge links the dock network to the Workington Steelworks network. The main Cumbrian Coast Railway is in the background right.

Workington: Looking north to Workington station over the now silent yard. The sidings to the left held the loaded trains of rails.

Moss Bay Steelworks: The rail loading bay is to the left (the mainline is beyond it). View looks south.

Moss Bay Steelworks: Rails. Made in Workington.

Seaton [CWJ]: Looking north at the embankment running through Seaton. This line survived until relatively recently to serve the Government sidings at Great Broughton.

Camerton: Looking west to Workington just west of Camerton.

Camerton: Looking east at the site of Camerton shrouded in trees.

Camerton: The buildings at Camerton are now private houses. View looks south from the trackbed.

Great Broughton: Looking west over the Government depot at Great Broughton from near where the buffer stop was located.

Great Broughton: Landscaping and alterations at Great Broughton make the line difficult to trace east of the old Government Depot. But could that be the station on the right? View looks east.

Derwent Junction: Looking south at Derwent Junction. Workington Docks line to right, Workington station in distance. A train consisting of a two carriage and single carriage Sprinter heads south.

Broughton Cross: Broughton Cross, now a road, looking west.

Brigham: More or less the site of Brigham looking east. Railway now a road.

Cockermouth: Looking west at Cockermouth towards Cockermouth (Old) station (1/2 mile away) which became a goods station as the line was extended east.

Cockermouth: Looking east in Cockermouth. It seems likely to me that the firestation now occupies the site of the former station.

Embleton: Embleton looking east. The railway is now a road.

Fourstones: Fourstones looking east.

Fourstones: Fourstones looking west.

Melkridge Sidings: Melkridge looking east.

Bassenthwaite Lake: Looking to Keswick at Bassenthwaite Lake.

Braithwaite: The station is now a private house. View looks to Keswick.

Keswick: What a gem! Keswick looking west towards Workington.

Keswick: Keswick looking west. The island platform has gone (it was to the right) and the site is now a carpark. But there is a plan to re-open the line ...

Keswick: Keswick looking east. Looks like a tearoom in there.

Keswick: The closed station at Keswick looking east in September 2006, approximately 34 years after closure. The station is intended to be used as the terminus if the line ever re-opens. See image [[11717]]

Keswick: Keswick looking south-east. From the site of the removed island platform.

Keswick: Keswick looking south-west. From the trackbed.

Keswick: The old station is hard by The Keswick Hotel and had a connecting corridor (confirmed as still being there in September 2006).

Threlkeld: Threlkeld looking east to Penrith.

Slateford Yard: In the SE corner of Slateford yard is the PW depot, seen here in September 2006. View across the yard beyond the new stabling roads towards the depot and some of the track machines based there. In the foreground is the line from Slateford Jct to Craiglockhart Jct.

Threlkeld: Old goods yard and shed at Threlkeld.

Troutbeck: View looks to Keswick. The old island platform was off to the left. The goods yard is in rather better shape including this building.

Troutbeck: The station house at Troutbeck in 2006. View looks east. The goods yard is straight ahead and the island platform was off to the right beyond the building.

Cadder Yard: A pre-electrification scene on the E&G in September 2007. SPT liveried 170475 is seen here on a Waverley - Queen Street working between Lenzie and Bishopbriggs. The train is approaching the site of Cadder Yard behind the camera.

Cadder Yard: Four miles out from Queen Street on a bright and sunny September afternoon in 2007, First ScotRail 170409 runs east through the remnants of a sparsely populated Cadder Yard with a Glasgow - Stirling train.

Sheffield: Freight passing through Sheffield station - 27 September 2007.

Sheffield: Welcome to Sheffield - September 2007.

Sheffield: Sheffield station, voted best overall entry in the recent Ian Allan Publishing Heritage Awards, with special mention given to ..thorough cleaning and restoration work, coupled with the successful integration of modern finishes... View along the station approach in September 2007.

Sheffield: Well used cycle racks on the platform at Sheffield Station in September 2007.

Cadder Yard: View east over Cadder yard on 27 September 2007 with an afternoon Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street train approaching. See [[51277]].

Glasgow Central: 334004 and 334029 at Platform 12 & 13 of Glasgow Central on 27th September

Glasgow Central: 67026 crossing the Clyde Viaduct with the empty Glasgow Central portion of the Caledonian Sleeper on 27th September.

Glasgow Central: 318252 departing Glasgow Central with a service for Ardrosssan Town on 27th September.

Tynemouth: An outer circle Tyne & Wear Metro service arrives at Tynemouth on 27 September.

Wester Hailes: The afternoon service from North Berwick to Glasgow Central via Carstairs calls a Wester Hailes on 27 September formed by unit 322 484.

Farington Curve Junction: A southbound 153 332 climbs up from the WCML at Farington Curve Junction with a Preston to Ormskirk service on 27 September 2008. The original L&Y line ran to the right of the train and accessed Preston and the East Lancs via Lostock Hall and Todd Lane Junction.

Linlithgow: Eastbound 170 450 arrives at Linlithgow on 27 September with an Edinburgh Waverley service.

Farington Curve Junction: Ex-LMS Jubilee class locomotive no 5690 Leander, at the rear of an ecs movement back to Carnforth on 27 September, photographed shortly after passing Farington Curve Junction.

Farington Curve Junction: WCRC class 33 no 33025 hauls ecs off the Cotton Mills Express from Manchester Victoria back to Carnforth on 27 September 2008. The train is seen heading north on the Down Fast line at Farington Curve Junction.

Bo'ness: 37175 approaching Boness with the 1405 service from Birkhill during the autumn diesel gala on 27th September

Gretna Green: A Carlisle - Glasgow Central service pulls into the new northbound platform at Gretna Green on 27 September 2008. Further work recently completed at the station includes the footbridge ramps which are now operational.

Gretna Green: A Glasgow Central - Carlisle service pulls away from Gretna Green on 27 September 2008 with work on the extended station nearing completion.

Bo'ness: 37175 in interesting intercity livery seen approaching Boness on 27th September as part ot the SRPS autumn diesel gala.

Camelon: Refurbished set 158 718 (note the halogen headlights) arrives at Camelon on 27 September 2008 bound for Edinburgh Waverley.

Sydney Central: The Indian Pacific on arrival at Sydney Central on 27 September 2008. NR 25 is the train engine with the rear portion - the train is split into two outside Central Station as the platforms are too short for it.  She has come all the way from Perth W.A.  DL50 (at the platform to the left) joined as helper at Adelaide, marshalled inside the train engine, and has brought in the front portion. The train engine uncouples, the train is split and the front portion goes forward while the train engine collects the rear portion. See image [[30638]]

Moffat: Interesting garden ornament on display just off the Edinburgh Road in Moffat on 27 September 2008 (nowhere near the former railway).

Redfern, Sydney: This is the station at Redfern, in Sydney, photographed from a passing train. It was used by the Rookwood Necropolis Railway whence funerals left for the eponymous 'city of the dead' located on a 250 acre site near Haslem's Creek. It ran from 1867 to 1948. [In London, similar services once operated from alongside Waterloo station, serving Brookwood Cemetery and from Kings Cross to the North London Cemetery at New Southgate.]

Sydney Central: The 'Indian Pacific' on arrival at Sydney Central on 27 September 2008. DL50 joined as helper at Adelaide marshalled inside the train engine and has brought in the front portion. See image [[30639]].

Fillan Viaduct: In low cloud and driving rain 61994 The Great Marquess approaches Crianlarich on 27 September with the southbound West Highlander. Annoyingly, at Killin, fifteen miles east of here, it was dry and sunny.

Cardross: The West Highlander tour, hauled by LNER K4 Class 2-6-0 no 61994 Great Marquess, heads east from Cardross.

Achnashellach: The road to Achnashellach station - part 2. The level crossing reached via the unclassified road running north from the A890 see image [[25649]], seen here on 27 September with the entrance to the platform on the right. The green umbrella on the other side of the crossing stands at the entrance to the drive of the former station master's house (shown in image [[25641]]) where tea, coffee and other refreshments are now available.

Attleborough: Neat permanent - way, no weeds, no litter, lots of flower baskets - this is Attleborough, Norfolk, on 27 September 2009, a picture book country station. The operation of the gates was entirely manual, the signalman nipping out from his box to unlock and push them across road!

Attleborough: This Memorial Plaque sited on the Platform side of the station building at Attleborough see image [[36465]]. The plaque commemorates those men of the USAAF who flew missions from the nearby wartime bomber bases in this part of Norfolk during WWII. Losses were appallingly high and for many of the young airmen their last train journey would have ended here. (Group Operations Officer at nearby Old Buckenham in the spring of 1944 was one Colonel James Stewart, who also achieved some success in Hollywood.)

Gleann Viaduct: To get here involved a bit of a hike and the weather was dreadful,but,here we have 61994 The Great Marquess southbound, crossing one of the viaducts on the Horseshoe Curve north of Tyndrum Upper with The West Highlander.

Grosmont: Class leader EE Type 3 D6700 stabled in the long headshunt at Grosmont MPD on 27 September 2009.

Achnashellach: The road to Achnashellach station - part 1. View west, September 2009. See image [[25660]]

Harrogate: Harrogate North signalbox, September 2010.

Harrogate: Looking back towards the main station at Harrogate on 27 September from the end of the long northbound platform. A DMU has just pulled up with a Leeds - Knaresborough service. The old bay platform on the right once served trains on the 14 mile branch to Pateley Bridge (closed 1951) although it was later converted for use as a stabling and fuelling road.

Harrogate: The 1159 Northern Leeds - Knaresborough service runs into platform 1 at Harrogate on an overcast 27 September 2010.

Harrogate: A Northern service from York via Knaresborough arrives at Harrogate during the early afternoon of 27 September 2010. The train will continue from here to complete its journey at Leeds.

Cattal: The country station at Cattal, North Yorkshire, on the Leeds - Harrogate - York line. Photographed on 27 September 2010 looking east from the level crossing along the double track section towards Hammerton.

Harrogate: The 13.05 Knaresborough - Leeds DMU service runs into Harrogate on a grey and overcast 27 September 2010. The train is formed by single unit 153359 with 2-car unit 155341 attached. The spire of the former St Luke's church stands on the horizon.

Harrogate: The busy 13.14 Northern service to Leeds boards at Harrogate on 27 September 2010. The 3-car train is a 153+155 combination.

Arley: Arley signal box looking rather pink see image [[30783]] at the Severn Valley Railway 40th anniversary gala. Hourly steam through the night - great stuff.

Harrogate: A Knaresborough - Leeds service arrives at a gloomy Harrogate on 27 September 2010.

Harrogate: The 12.29 service from Leeds, formed by unit 142089, arrives at Harrogate on 27 September. The train will continue forward as the 13.05 to York.

Harrogate: Northern DMU 155341, together with single unit 153359 at the rear, arriving alongside platform 1 at Harrogate on 27 September 2010. The 3-car combination forms the 1159 Leeds - Knaresborough service.

Arley: 4566 having a quiet sizzle on a demonstration freight at the Severn Valley Railway's 40th anniversary gala on 27 September 2010. Hourly steam throughout the night - quite heavenly.

Forrestfield: View east towards Blackridge from the A89 overbridge at Bedlormie Toll near the site of Forrestfield station. See image [[25232 for an earlier and muddier view.]]

Forrestfield: A view over Hillend reservoir looking west towards Caldercruix. Just add trains...

Moffat Mills Junction: Looking west towards Drumgelloch from the former Moffat Mills. The masts are up but there's no wires.

Moffat Mills Junction: Looking east towards Caldercruix from the former Moffat Mills. Masts are in place but the wires are not yet up. The route of the former Moffat Mills branch can just be seen behind the branch on the right. [It's beginning to look like this line was never closed and authority has taken a notion to electrify it -Ed]

Coltbridge Junction: This view, from the site of Coltbridge Junction Signalbox, looks south west towards Haymarket depot, where the tram line will skirt the perimeter of the site.

Coltbridge Junction: View south along the former alignment of the demolished Caledonian viaduct. It is planned that there will be a triangular junction with the Craigleith/Granton tram line here, if it is built. A viaduct on the Caledonian's Dalry Middle Junction to Haymarket West Junction can be seen in the background. Coltbridge Junction signalbox was located on the east side of the line and at the north end of the Caledonian viaduct over the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway - the junction itself being located at the south end. To the north of the signalbox, and south of Murrayfield station, there were sidings on either side of the Granton line (the Heriot Brewery was on the west side).

Coltbridge Junction: View from the site of Coltbridge Junction Signalbox looking south east with new plant being delivered to the Edinburgh tram works.

Harrogate: Old and new at Harrogate. Although the current station opened in 1862, much 'rationalisation' was carried out here in the mid sixties. Harrogate currently sees regular trains to Leeds as well as Knaresborough and York, with a daily through service to London Kings Cross. View is east across the A61 Station Parade.

Whifflet North Junction: DRS 66420 passes Whifflet North Junction with an oil tank train, heading south. The 66 is thought to be on hire from DRS.

Whifflet: Freightliner 90046 and 90016 hurry through Whifflet (New) with the 4M74 Coatbridge - Crewe Basford Hall service.

Harrogate: The 12.05 service to York (ex-Leeds) leaves Harrogate on 27 September 2010.

Princes Street [Tram]: Digging up Princes Street - continued. Work in progress on 27 September looking towards the east end.

Grenoble: Trams at the rail and bus station transport hub in Grenoble on 27 September 2011. These are both examples of the latest (2008) additions to the TAG fleet, low-floor Alstom Citadis vehicles. A fifth tram line is due to be completed by 2014. Other extensions and further lines are proposed.

Edinburgh Waverley: Up on the roof. Work in progress on the roof of Waverley station. The old glass roof is in the process of being replaced by more than 24,000 (twenty four thousand) clear glass panels, installed as part of a 3 year project for completion in 2013. According to the Network Rail website the objective is '...to flood the station with natural light and totally improve the environment for passengers'. See image [[57576]]

Grenoble: SNCF 522398 Coudekerque Branche prepares to depart north from Grenoble on 27 September 2011 with a regional express service. In the background is the famous Business School in the city's high-tech quarter.

Stamford: The delightful station of the former Midland Counties Railway at Stamford, Lincolnshire, looking west on 27 September 2011. Although there are only two operational platforms today, the one on the left has many indications that at one time it was an island platform. The disused (and slightly derelict) signalbox can be seen beyond the main station building.

Grenoble: A TER Rhone Alpes X73500 two car dmu on a regional service arrives at Grenoble from the north on 27 September while, to the right, diesel locomotive No 567370 heads a fairly tatty looking set on a TER Bourgogne express for Dijon.

Haymarket: The west end of Haymarket station on the afternoon of 27 September, seen from alongside the tramworks in Haymarket Yards. Platform 0 is vacant but all 4 of the through platforms are occupied. Platforms 1 and 2 contain incoming and outgoing Fife Circle services, with the former running through to Newcraighall. At platform 3 is the 11.40 ex-Helensburgh Central, bound for Waverley, and at platform 4 is the 13.37 Waverley - Milngavie.

Melton Mowbray: 170117 passes Melton Station signalbox on 27 September as it approaches the platform with the 1522 Arriva XC Birmingham New Street - Stanstead Airport service. To the west of here is the junction with the former line to Nottingham, the southern part of which is still in use today as the Alstom test track.

Grenoble: On a fine September evening, a TGV prepares to depart from Grenoble with a service to Paris, Gare de Lyon. The 300 mile journey will take 3 hours and six minutes including a stop at Lyon. A regional train waits on the platform to the left; a tram arrives behind the platform to the right, while the bus station stands behind the TGV. The 1960s SNCF structure is the subject of ambitious redevelopment plans to provide Grenoble with an improved intermodal transport hub for the 21st century.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 'contingency' route between Waverley and Princes Street, first used during renewal of the station's walkways and footbridges in 2006, was brought into use once again 5 years later during the major upgrade of Waverley Steps. The view shows the passageway linking the temporary footbridge from the western concourse ([[9662]]) and the back door to Princes Mall ([[35912]]).

Stamford: A Cross Country service to Birmingham approaches Stamford from the east on 27 September 2011. The line passes under a number of over bridges and also a cut & cover tunnel on this side of the station.

Edinburgh Waverley: The north east corner of Waverley station in September 2011, with replacement of the glass roof panels in full swing. Photograph taken from the North Bridge looking towards Calton Road.

Edinburgh Waverley: View south from Princes Street over the temporary wooden hoardings, showing work progressing beyond on Waverley Steps on 27 September 2011. The Balmoral Hotel stands on the left, with Princes Mall (through which a temporary entrance to the station has been provided) on the right. See image [[41372]] (With thanks to the driver of the 37 bus).

Edinburgh Waverley: Included in the current 4 year improvement programme at Waverley are the Market Street entrance and the former 'sub' platforms 8 & 9 (including new canopies). View over Market Street on 27 September with a couple in the process of manoeuvring a pushchair down the steps to the cross-station walkway. See image [[41354]]

Princes Street [Tram]: Looking as good as ever under an autumn sun - the North British Railway's landmark at the east end of Princes Street, now the Balmoral Hotel [but still widely referred to as 'The NB'], seen here in September 2011 looking on as work continues on preparations for escalators at the side and trams at the front.

The Balmoral Hotel: View north over the roof of Waverley station towards the Balmoral (formerly North British) Hotel on 27 September 2011. The narrow passageway to the left of the hotel links Princes Street and the station via (the currently closed) Waverley Steps. Princes Mall shopping centre, through which temporary access has been made available see image [[35912]] stands to the left of the steps.

Edinburgh Waverley: The temporary entrance to Waverley via Princes Mall and the hole in the station's north wall, brought back into use once again during the work on Waverley Steps and seen here on 27 September 2011. Interesting sitting with a coffee and watching the reaction of some tourists to the 'Subway' signs.

Oakham: It can't be... surely not...??? As I recall, the Airfix model of a Midland Railway signal box was usually provided with the name 'Oakham Level Crossing'. Well, here is the real Oakham Level Crossing signal box, viewed looking north from Stamford Road footbridge towards Melton Mowbray on 27 September 2011, with Oakham station in the background.

Princes Street [Tram]: Neatly excavated sections of road ready for replacement alongside the yet to be used tram lines on Princes Street. Photographed looking east around lunchtime on 27 September 2011.

Grenoble: A TER Rhone Alpes X73500 dmu regional service prepares to depart from Grenoble on an early evening service on 27 September, while a Burgundy regional express stands in the platform beyond.

Stamford: The station forecourt at Stamford, Lincolnshire, on 27 September 2011. The station building is still in railway use, although the two storey section is used by the well known Transport Bookseller Robert Humm & Co.

Stamford: The former Midland Railway signalbox at Stamford in September 2011. It was no longer in railway use and at that time it was looking as if it needed some TLC.

Edinburgh Waverley: A September view west from Waverley Bridge, with an arrival from Milngavie on the left and departures for Dunblane and Glasgow Queen Street waiting at the platforms. In Princes Street Gardens the autumn colours have begun to appear.

Stamford East: The surviving terminus at Stamford East on a branch from the GNR at Essendine. The station closed to passengers in 1957 and to goods in 1959. The station building is now a private residence and the goods shed has been converted for domestic use in connection with Welland Mews which occupies other parts of the site.

Grenoble: An 'Alstom Citadis' tram near Grenoble city centre on 27 September 2011. Grenoble had previously disposed of its trams in 1952. When consulted in 1983 on proposals for a modern tramway, the local electorate was only narrowly in favour. The current system dates from 1987, is now 21.7 miles in length and still expanding due to popular demand.

Oakham: The 1422 hrs Arriva CrossCountry service from Birmingham New Street to Stanstead Airport calls at Oakham on 27 September 2011

Helensburgh Central: 334020 arriving at Helensburgh Central on 27 September.

Glasgow Central: Two four-car 380s arrive at Glasgow Central ecs on 27 September to form the 15.30 service to Ayr. Platform 15 is having new platform edging installed.

Sheriffhall City Bypass Overbridge: Breakthrough. Looking north towards the Edinburgh City Bypass at Sheriffhall on 27 September 2013. The section of the road which will cross the Borders Railway has now been removed and traffic is now running on the temporary diversionary route to the north. See image [[44347]]

Norwich: The 11.16 Abellio Greater Anglia arrival from Lowestoft stands at Norwich platform 6 on 27 September 2013.

Great Yarmouth: The 16.40 from Norwich arrives at Great Yarmouth on 27 September, where it will form the 17.17 return service.

Norwich: DRS 47802 Pride of Cumbria in the sidings at Norwich on 27 September with empty stock.

Lady Victoria Pit Signal Box: Work being carried out on the trackbed near the former Lady Victoria Colliery on 27 September 2013. The site of the planned Newtongrange station is in the left background.

Eskbank and Dalkeith: Southbound through the 1847 Eskbank station site on 27 September 2013.

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal: After two and a half years see image [[33772]], I finally photograph a train passing under the A5. The train headed South out of the yard about ten minutes after this shot was taken on 27 September 2013.

Newbattle Viaduct: 'Thank goodness, that's another arch nearly finished - how many more to go Jim?'
'Errrr.. another twenty...'
Working on Newbattle Viaduct, September 2013. See image [[5984]]

Lasswade Viaduct: View north west across the Esk Valley at Lasswade on 27 September 2013. Lasswade viaduct crosses the picture, with the trackbed of the Polton branch continuing along the valley to the left and the former Lasswade station and Broomieknowe Tunnel just off picture to the right.

Dalgety Bay: Former Hull Trains 170396 slows for the Dalgety Bay stop on 27 September with a Fife Circle service for Newcraighall.

Barassie: A4 60009 Union of South Africa passing Barassie on 27 September 2014 with The Scottish Lowlander railtour.

Foxfield: Northern 156475 restarts from the Foxfield request stop with a Barrow to Workington service on 27 September. This station, in an exposed location on the Duddon estuary, was until 1954 the junction for Coniston and had an overall roof to allow passengers to change under cover. There is now just a small waiting shelter. The fine signal box, like the others between Carnforth, Barrow and Carlisle, is scheduled to close in 2021.

New Cumnock: The Scottish Lowlander approaching New Cumnock on 27 September 2014 behind 60009 Union of South Africa.

Oakworth: Ex-WD Austerity 2-8-0, liveried as BR 90733, draws into Oakworth station with a service to Haworth and Ingrow on 27th September 2014.

Oskova: A busy scene at Oskova yard on the late afternoon of 27th September 2014, with 0-6-0T No. 25-30 about to depart for the washery on a rake of loaded wagons, while B-B diesel hydraulic No, 740-108 is also about to set off in the opposite direction with empties. In the background classmate No. 740-107 awaits its next duty which will be to pick up the empties once 25-30 has finished along at the washery.

Frankfurt Airport: A double ICE3 16 car set at Frankfurt airport headed for Dusseldorf

Kuranda: The 14.00 to Cairns waits for time on 27/9/15.

Gorebridge: 60009 passes Arniston with the Edinburgh - Tweedbank steam special.

Gorebridge: 158720 and 158739 near Arniston with the 11.12 from Edinburgh to Tweedbank.

Newbattle Viaduct: A pair of 158s forming the 14.45 from Tweedbank to Edinburgh cross the Newbattle / Lothian Viaduct.

Gore Glen Bridge: 158739 and 158720 head north over the Gore Glen bridge with the 09.45 from Tweedbank to Edinburgh.

Kuranda: Two colourful locos at the head of the 15.30 train to Cairns wait for departure time at Kuranda in Queensland.

Lady Victoria Pit Signal Box: 158722 and 158733 pass the site of Lady Victoria Pit signalbox with the 12.11 from Edinburgh to Tweedbank. The colliery is now the Scottish Mining Museum and the old loco shed is on the right.

Newtongrange: 67026 'Diamond Jubilee' leads the returning steam special from Tweedbank past Newtongrange with 60009 Union of South Africa on the rear.

Newbattle Signal Box: 14.11 from Edinburgh to Tweedbank on the northern outskirts of Newtongrange. The hill in the background is an old 'bing'. [Railscot note: one of the bings of the Newbattle complex of collieries and gasworks.]

Long curve: Kuranda Scenic Railway (QR). The 15.30 Kuranda to Cairns gingerly descends from the tableland to sea level, round this long curve, built for the steam locos to gain altitude.

Kuranda, Queensland: This railway runs from Cairns on the coast to Kuranda up on the edge of the tablelands. Tourist trains run twice a day there and back.

Lancaster: 142016 and 153363 cross the 'Carlisle Bridge' over the River Lune as they approach Lancaster with a terminating service on 27 September 2016. The units are about to cross the facing crossover and two further sets of facing points to access Platform 2, a north facing bay.

Lancaster: With a southbound Pendolino in platform 4 a Network Rail test train passes Lancaster on the Down Main heading to Carlisle on the afternoon of 27 September 2016. 37608 was leading and 37611 on the rear both sporting the Europhoenix logo.

Craigentinny Depot: Part of a small rail-themed sculpture garden in Figgate Burn Park next to Craigentinny depot. At leat one future Railscot contributor grew up around the 'Figgy Park' and the depot with its constantly clanking shunter. Made him the person he is.

Norwich: 40 years to the day since Mark Dufton recorded the scene from the platform end at Norwich see image [[45607]] it was difficult to try and see the similarities so much has changed. One of the few landmarks left is the bridge carrying Carrow Road over the railway in the centre distance, to the left of the DMU in the background of Mark's photo.

Dalmore Mill: View from the eastern portal of Auchendinny Tunnel on a September morning in 2017, heading for Hawthornden Junction along the route of the former Penicuik Railway. The new housing stands on land once occupied by the Dalmore paper mill, closed in 2004. For the view back towards the tunnel see image [[61147]].

Dalmore Mill: Looking west towards Auchendinny Tunnel in 2017 along the trackbed of the Penicuik Railway. The branch from Hardengreen Junction closed in 1967 and the route is now a walkway. The new housing built on this particular site stands on land previously occupied by the rail served Dalmore Paper Mill, which ceased production in 2004. Photographed from near the location of the former signal box see image [[58665]].

Preston Maudlands: Progress at Preston. Electrification masts have appeared at Maudlands and a number of other locations ahead of complete closure of the Blackpool lines on 11th November 2017. Refurbished 156472, and a Pacer, head for Blackpool North on 27th September. See image [[57634]] for the same location in 2016. This vantage point will probably be lost when the wires are strung.

Edinburgh Waverley: A slightly unusual sight today, Wed 27 Sept, standing in platform 7 at Waverley.

Old Woodhouselee Tunnel: The approach to Old Woodhouselee Tunnel, Auchendinny, on 27 September 2017. View is east towards Rosslyn Castle station, with Firth Viaduct standing just beyond the far end of the tunnel.

Firth Viaduct: Between Auchendinny and Roslin Castle stations the Penicuik Railway crossed the River North Esk on Firth Viaduct, now part of a popular walking route. The viaduct is seen here on a bright and sunny 27 September 2017 looking east from the outskirts of Auchendinny.

Tonawanda Swing Bridge: The remains of a swing bridge used by The Tonawanda Island Railroad, New York State USA which operated on a 1.5-mile branch of railroad extending from the Niagara Branch in North Tonawanda, to Tonawanda Island, crossing the Little River, a navigable waterway formed by the Niagara River, Ellicott Creek and Tonawanda Creek on 27/09/2017. The bridge was taken out of service in 1995 for repairs which have never completed.

Norwich: A view along the platforms towards the buffers from a train departing from Norwich on 27 September 2017. The Class 90 loco waits with Mark 3 coaches for another run to London.

Cleland: 156502, on the 0713 Glasgow Central to Waverley stopping service, calls at Cleland on 27th September 2018.

Didcot: A view of the DB EWS maintenance depot at Didcot, complete with two 66's.

Niddrie West Junction: New sign recently attached to the footbridge at Niddrie West Junction, photographed on 27 September 2018. Interesting choice of Wanton Walls Junction (note spelling) as a reference point see image [[64877]]. The footbridge at Niddrie West does not span any roads.

Didcot: DRS 37419 travelling east through Didcot station at speed on 27th September 2018 with Greater Anglia 82105 in tow.

Cleland: Millerhill - Kingmoor engineering train passing through Cleland station.

Didcot: 66055 stopped for a crew change, never seen one before at this location. Train northbound for Oxford and beyond.

Didcot: This shows part of the massive footbridge structure that now connects a multistory car park to Didcot station.

Cleland: A GBRf Class 66 takes a Millerhill to Kingmoor engineering train through Cleland station on 27th September 2018.

Didcot: DRS 37419 travelling east through Didcot at speed with Greater Anglia DVT 82105 in tow on 27th September 2018.

Niddrie West Junction: Little boxes... newly installed at Niddrie West, along the section of the trackbed recently affected by subsidence. Presumably monitoring equipment which would provide early warning of any future problem. View east on 27 September 2018. see image [[64369]].

Didcot: GWS 08604 shunting a GWR Pannier, either 3650 or 3738, in September 2018.

Palmers Green: The delightful GNR style entrance to Palmers Green station, north London, on 27th September 2019. This station was opened in 1871 on the GNR's branch from Wood Green (now Alexandra Palace) to Enfield that was extended in the second decade of the 20th Century back to the main line at Stevenage to form the Hertford North Loop. It was electrified in November 1976.
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Palmers Green: 313061 with 313039 to Moorgate arriving at Palmers Green station, on 27th September 2019, the last weekend of scheduled 313 services with this operator.

White Hart Lane: The former east side entrance to White Hart Lane station, now closed and replaced by an enlarged and much improved ticket hall just to the south, on the London Overground Liverpool Street to Enfield Town/Cheshunt line, seen here on 27th September 2019. The new entrance opened on 26th August 2019 and, since taking this photo, this former entrance has been demolished. (See my photos, image nos. 1611 and 1615, for views of the new entrance.)

White Hart Lane: The brand new entrance, giving access to a much improved and larger ticket hall at White Hart Lane station, opened on 26th August 2019, seen here one month later. The station was originally opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 22nd July 1872 with the extension from Stoke Newington to a junction with the Enfield Town branch of 1849 at Lower Edmonton (now Edmonton Green). Lifts have also been installed giving step free access to and from the platforms at this station for the first time - but, surprise surprise, the one to the down platform (which I wanted to use) was 'out of order' on this day.

Silver Street: Silver Street station, in the Edmonton district of north London, looking south on 27th September 2019. This station was opened by the GER on 22nd July 1872 and has, with the line, been part of London Overground since 31st May 2015. Demolition by British Rail of the Victorian buildings on the down platform (right) have given the station a rather unfortunate lopsided appearance. The down platform now has the most paltry of waiting shelters, not even one of the ubiquitous bus stop style ones, and which offers little protection from the elements, especially when the rain slants down as it started to do while I was waiting there on this day.

White Hart Lane: New entrance, giving access to an enlarged and much improved ticket hall, at White Hart Lane station, north London, on 27th September 2019.

Silver Street: 315810, with a London Overground service to Liverpool Street, departing from Silver Street on 27th September 2019. The last Class 315 EMUs were withdrawn at the end of 2022, and all bar one have been scrapped.

Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont]: A September 2020 view of the recently completed works at the bridge over the Carron Water. I was actually expecting to see both sides of the bridge protected from river erosion but this is the finished wall.

Milnthorpe: On a surprisingly warm and sunny 27th September 2020, 195122 heads north at Elmsfield with a service from Preston for Windermere. At Oxenholme it had to wait in the down loop for the train from Windermere to clear the single track branch, and then made three round trips before heading south again for Manchester Airport.

Blackford: The 12.43 from Glasgow Queen Street to Dundee, powered by 43012 and 43146, passes the Highland Spring terminal at Blackford on 27th September 2020. No sidings laid yet.

Milnthorpe: Unbranded 390154, on a Sunday Glasgow to Euston service, heads south at Elmsfield near Milnthorpe on 27th September 2020.

Farleton Aqueduct [LC]: Farleton Aqueduct (Bridge 160) is on the non-navigable Northern Reaches stretch of the Lancaster Canal. The double-centenarian structure carries the old waterway over the Farleton Beck, just to the south of Crooklands.

Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont]: A follow up to photos taken at the Carron Water bridge on 12th July 2020 - see image [[73730]] - now that STORY have departed. This was the scene at the end of September.

Milnthorpe: CAF 195128 runs down the long straight towards the overbridge at Elmsfield with a through train from Windermere to Preston on 27th September 2020.

Gleneagles: Locomotive Services Ltd 37521 and 37667 charge through Gleneagles on 27th September with a private charter from Perth to Darlington North Road, part of a longer (4-day) tour.

Ayr: The new staff accommodation building on the east side of Ayr station, seen on 27th September 2020. This will provide staff with a fully functioning base, independent of the original station building. It will serve as a booking-on point for drivers and host general welfare facilities for all station-based staff. It has not taken Network Rail long to get this in place.

Newhaven Junction: Detail from the map of Edinburgh included in the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1886, my collection) prominently showing the railways of west Leith. Conspicuously missing is the 'Bangholm Junction' chord the book claims existed to connect the CR (east/west) and NBR lines, left of centre. See image [[74257]]

Gorebridge: A morning service to Tweedbank approaching Gorebridge from the north in September 2020.

Farleton Turnpike Bridge 156 [LC]: Looking north along the Lancaster Canal at Farleton Basin in September 2020, with an old stable block once used for packet boat horses on the left before the canal curves right towards Farleton Turnpike Bridge. The basin may once have been a hive of activity but this is a relatively short stretch of canal between two culverts and sees no boats now (other than the odd intrepid canoeist).

Ayr: 156495, on the 15.05 Sunday service to Stranraer, at Ayr on 27th September 2020.

Kinghorn: On the first day of 5-car Scotrail HSTs in passenger service, 27th September 2021, 43003 and 43149 pass Kinghorn with the 11.01 from Aberdeen to Edinburgh.

Glenury Viaduct: Modern Railfreight After just crossing the bridge over the old A90, Colas 70810 rolls down the bank towards Glenury Viaduct and Stonehaven with its train of china clay tanks from Aberdeen Waterloo destined for Port of Workington. #COP26

Kinghorn: D1935 and 47614 run through Kinghorn, with the Inverness - Ely leg of the 'Lord of the Isles Statesman', on 27th September 2021.

Moy: A gap in the heavy rain showers at Moy allowed this drone shot of Belmont liveried 66746, hauling 'The Royal Scotsman' north from Aviemore to Inverness and then to Dundee, on 27th September 2022.

Moy: In a horrendous downpour, 66091 is pictured hauling the RHTT at Moy, on the return working from Aviemore to Inverness, on 27th September 2022.

Coppull [2nd]: BR Standard Class 7MT pacific, 70000 'Britannia' runs northwards in the cutting at Charnock Richard, just to the north of Coppull, with Steam Dreams tour, 'The Lakes Express' on 27 September 2022. The tour started at London Victoria with West Country pacific 34046 'Braunton' working as far as Crewe. 'Britannia' then travelled via the S&C and using the Upperby curve accessed the WCML for a run to Oxenholme. This was the outward part of the tour and the return trip to London will be on Friday.

Lostock Hall: The last 'Pendle Dalesman' tour of the season travelling from Lancaster to Carlisle via the S&C was hauled by Merchant Navy class pacific 35018 'Briitish India Line'. The train is seen passing Lostock Hall on 27 September 2022.

Carlisle: 35018 'British India Line' lays over in Carlisle before returning south with the last 2022 'Pendle Dalesman' on 27th September. Looks like the weedkiller train needs to run through these sidings alongside the station.