Stratford Shed: Holden J15 0-6-0 no 65445 seen pottering about in the yards at Stratford in October 1961. The 1899 veteran was finally withdrawn from here the following August.

Stratford Shed: Last of the B12s. Photograph taken at Stratford MPD in October 1961 featuring B12 4-6-0 no 61572. Following its withdrawal from 32A Norwich Thorpe shed the locomotive was preserved and can usually be seen on the North Norfolk Railway. To the right is class 306 (ex-AM6) electric unit 018, recently converted from 1500V DC to 25KV AC along with the Liverpool Street - Shenfield electrification system. These units continued in service for a further 20 years see image [[48405]].

Stratford Shed: Holden J16 0-6-0 65554 in the yard at Stratford on 9 October 1961, a month after withdrawal. Built in the adjacent works in 1902, the ex-GER locomotive was cut up at its birthplace later that month.

Stratford Shed: N7 69730 stands in the sidings at Stratford shed on 9 October 1961. The former Great Eastern 0-6-2 tank was officially withdrawn from here that same month and cut up in the nearby works scrapyard shortly thereafter.

Stratford Shed: GER class J20 0-6-0 no 64697 in the sidings at Stratford in October 1961, a month after withdrawal.

Stratford Shed: N7 0-6-2T, no 69621, photographed at 30A Stratford shed in October 1961. This locomotive has since been preserved see image [[44551]].

St Pancras: Royal Scot no 46164 The Artists' Rifleman stands at the buffer stops at platform 7 of St Pancras station on 9 October 1961, shortly after arrival with the sleeper from Glasgow St Enoch.

Stratford Shed: A trio of Jazz veterans on a break at Stratford shed in October 1961. Class N7 0-6-2Ts (left to right) 69698, 69713 and 69693 photographed with 30A's high-capacity coaling plant as a backdrop.

Stratford Shed: Class N7 0-6-2T no 69686 standing alongside the coal monster at Stratford see image [[32083]] in September 1961, the month of its withdrawal.

Stratford Shed: Hill ex-GER J20 0-6-0 64676 seen on 9 October 1961 standing in a lineup of condemned steam locomotives at Stratford. Withdrawn from 31A Cambridge a month earlier it was cut up here at the end of October.

Stratford Shed: N7 0-6-2T no 69714 in a siding at Stratford shed on 9 October 1961. The 1928 ex-GER locomotive, which would have spent most of its life operating over the London suburban lines, had been withdrawn from service a month earlier. One of the 134 examples of the class built has been preserved see image [[33260]].

Gourock: A standard Class 5 4-6-0 being turned at Gourock in October 1966.

Gourock: Standard Class 5 4-6-0 no 73064 on the turntable at Gourock in October 1966. The road to the Dunoon ferry linkspan and the Calmac offices now runs through here.

Inverkeithing Central Junction: BRCW Type 2s Nos. D5301 and D5302 bring a loaded Seafield Colliery to Cockenzie PS MGR coal train round the chord between Inverkeithing East and Central Junctions in October 1970. Some idea of the slickness of MGR operation can be judged from the fact that the empties had passed me at Dalmeny Junction less than two hours previously.

Inverkeithing: EE Type 4 No. D358 seems to be excessive power for the 13.43 Aberdeen to Kings Cross fish train but, in 1970, a Type 4 locomotive was normally provided on this working. The train is passing through Inverkeithing station at just after half past four on a sunny October afternoon.

Inverkeithing South Junction: Belching the customary clouds of diesel fumes, Clayton No. D8607 takes the Rosyth Dockyard branch at Inverkeithing South Junction. The trip working involved appears to have one loaded 16t mineral wagon at the front with the remainder empty - these would perhaps be destined for loading with scrap at TW Ward's yard.

Dalmeny Junction: A Cockenzie PS to Westfield train of empty HAA wagons clatters over the diamond crossing at Dalmeny Junction on 9 October 1970. In charge are BRCW Type 2s Nos D5301 (still in green livery) and D5302 (repainted in rail blue). The down loop hasn't seen much use of late judging by the rust.

Inverkeithing Central Junction: BRCW Type 2 No. 5319 passes Inverkeithing Central Junction box in October 1970 as it approaches the station off the Dundee line with a short train of Vanfits.

Haymarket MPD: 5302, 5069, 6936 alongside Haymarket shed on 9th October, 1971. Picture taken from the Murrayfield Link road.

Kandersteg: A northbound express has not long emerged from Switzerland's Loetschberg tunnel and is entering Kandersteg station behind BLS electric, number 271. Three of these very powerful Kraftpaket (Power Package) double locomotives were built in 1959 for use on heavy international freights traversing the steeply graded Loetschberg route. But they were also used on passenger traffic from time to time.

Braintree: A pre-electrification scene at Braintree on October 9th 1976. The DMU driver and conductor are enjoying a brew up in the signal box, which still bore the full name “Braintree and Bocking”. A year later, EMUs had taken over and the box had been demolished.

Tulloch: 37081 awaits a crew change at Tulloch with a Glasgow bound service. A brief chat with the driver resulted in a cab trip to Crianlarich. 9th October 1981.

Marsden: The sanders are obviously in operation as no 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley accelerates the eastbound 'Pennine Pullman' past Marsden down home signal on 9 October 1982. The train had originated at Carlisle, with the A4 taking over at Blackburn and running to Carnforth via Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield and Leeds.

Marsden: 47555 The Commonwealth Spirit is dwarfed by the retaining wall west of Marsden station as it passes with a westbound Trans-Pennine express for Liverpool Lime Street in October 1982. The spectators are awaiting the imminent arrival of preserved A4 Sir Nigel Gresley with 'The Pennine Pullman' see image [[34607]].

Marsden: The Marsden down home signal has just cleared as the driver opens the regulator to accelerate Sir Nigel Gresley and the eastbound 'Pennine Pullman' on its journey towards Leeds on 9th October 1982.

Didcot: A gaggle of 47s in the station sidings at Didcot, 09 October 1982. Left to right - 47124, 47193, 47248 and 47191.

Didcot: 50036 Express bound for Paddington from the Oxford direction. 09 October 1982.

Didcot: A striking photograph of 50006 Neptune at Didcot on the 9th of October 1982, using a telephoto lens drawing the cooling towers into the picture. These towers have since been demolished as the coal fired power station was life expired and the former D406 was withdrawn in 1987 and later scrapped.

Wolsztyn: Mixed traffic 2-6-2 No. Ol49-23 heads north out of Wolsztyn on a crisp October morning in October 1990 with the 09.45 Leszno - Zbasznek train. The line in the foreground ran westwards to Sulechow and was relatively well frequented by passenger workings at the time, but these have long since ceased to run.

Kopanica: 2-10-0 No. Ty45-379 storms away from Kopanica on the Wolsztyn to Sulechow line and heads for the next stop at Chwalim. The 15:52 departure from Wolsztyn was more likely to be worked by an Ol49 2-6-2, so it was a nice surprise to see it worked by this loco, the last operational survivor of a class of 448 built in the immediate post-war years. That said, the use of a 2-10-0 on a two coach local was quite common throughout central Europe.

Didcot North Junction: 58018 passes through Didcot North Junction in 1993 with a Toton - Didcot MGR. The photograph was taken from the footbridge which crosses over the junction looking north. 58018 was withdrawn six years later and exported to France in 2009.

Johnstone: 334009 at Johnstone station with a train bound for Largs

Eastriggs MOD: Eastriggs 2006. View south into the military complex which once comprised 125 miles of private track serving factories employing 30,000 workers and stretching as far as Longtown on the other side of the border.

Eastriggs MOD: The Eastriggs military exchange sidings in 2006 looking north towards the junction with the Annan - Gretna line (the contractor's equipment is in connection with the redoubling work currently underway). The cooling towers of the decommissioned Chapelcross nuclear power station stand in the right background. The sign on the left warns Police dogs on patrol.

Kincardine: Strange, a closed facility with new ballast on reception siding. This was originally a Scottish Power Station private shunting yard. At the start of rebuilding the new SAK line it was relaid for use by NR.

Eastriggs: The closed station at Eastriggs (formerly Dornock), between Annan and Gretna, looking south west in October 2006.

Johnstone: 334030 pulling into Johnstone with a Glasgow bound service

Cowie: 170 407 in ScotRail livery heads south near Cowie on 9 October. Stirling Castle stands in the background.

Cupar: The stairs accessing Cupar southbound platform that will have to be superceded as a result of current disability legislation. They are indeed rather steep. A footbridge and lift similar to those at Markinch has been suggested. Work is to be completed within the coming year. View north in October 2007.

Cupar: Stairs from the South Bridge to the up platform at Cupar show the original station on the down line.

Melbourne: 'W' Class trams, built 1936 to 1956, in various sub-classes, seen operating in Melbourne in October 2008.

Preston: Ex-LMS Pacific 6233 Duchess of Sutherland calls at Preston platform 6 on the return Carlisle - Crewe leg of The Royal Scot special on 9 October. The special was diesel hauled both ways on the Crewe - London Euston legs. Meantime work on the new multi storey car park on the old East Lancs side of the station continues apace.

Carlisle: Scene at Carlisle station on the morning of 9 October 2009 as the 1151 'all stations to Leeds' waits in the platform 6 bay ready to head south via the Settle & Carlisle line.

Oxenhope: BR (Caprotti) Standard Class 5MT 4-6-0 no.73129 waits at the end of the carriage shed at Oxenhope on 9th October 2010 during a KWVR gala.

Damens Loop: Damens Loop box, formerly located at Frizinghall station, as seen from an Oxenhope bound train on 9th October 2010. Damens station is in the distance on the extreme right of the photo.

Keighley: BR Standard Class 4MT 2-6-4T no.80002 acts as pilot engine to WD 2-8-0 (recreation) 90733 at Keighley, waiting to depart with a train to Oxenhope on 9th October 2010.

Oxenhope: WD 2-8-0 no.90733 had just arrived at Oxenhope on 9th October 2010 during a KWVR gala.

Oxenhope: Ex-WD 2-8-0 no 90733 runs round its train at Oxenhope on 9 October 2010.

Keighley: The only Caprotti valve geared Standard 5 4-6-0 still in existence, no 73129, normally on the Midland Railway, is seen at Keighley on 9 October 2010 having just arrived with the 1455 hrs from Oxenhope.

Leicester North: Preserved ex-LNER D49 4-4-0 no 246 Morayshire stands at Leicester North station on 9 October 2010.

Keighley: A Class 333 EMU, on a Leeds to Skipton service, calls at Keighley in the late afternoon of 9th October 2010.

Dortmund Hauptbahnhof: Preserved ex-Deutsche Reichsbahn E42 electric locomotive, no E42 151, at Dortmund.

Damens Loop: With the recent news that Class 380s have some problems, perhaps First ScotRail could consider drafting in some other '80s' to fill the gap in the December timetable. Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80002 is no stranger to the Glasgow area and I am sure would feel quite at home again on Polmadie depot. Here however it is seen in the Damems passing loop on the KWVR hauling the 1505 hrs express service from Keighley to Oxenhope on 9 October 2010.

Oakworth: Ex LMS 0-6-0T 'Jinty' no 47279 pilots WD 2-8-0 no 90733 into Oakworth station on 9 October 2010.

Port Dundas Swing Bridge: Old railway swing bridge at Port Dundas, Glasgow, on 9 October 2011.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The south face of Queen Street's train shed on 9 October; hopefully more visible after the remodelling of the entrance.

Cowlairs Incline: 158 723 descends Cowlairs Incline towards Glasgow Queen Street on 9 October 2011.

Riverside Museum: The cab of NBR no 256 Glen Douglas at Glasgow Riverside Museum on 9 October 2011.

Riverside Museum: The Glasgow built former South African Railways locomotive no 3007 on display at the Riverside Museum on 9 October 2011. See image [[16339]].

Riverside Museum: Glasgow's Riverside Museum on 9 October 2011, with CR 123 and HR 103 side by side, while GSWR no 9 looks to be taking a hieder off the mezzanine level.

Margate: 375622 calls at Margate with a Southeastern North Kent stopping service to Ramsgate in the late evening of 09 October 2012.

Margate: The traditional style of Southern Railway architecture at Margate is quite a contrast with the modern designs on HS1 at Ashford International, Ebbsfleet International and Stratford International, where the Southeastern Class 395 will call on its journey to St Pancras on the evening of 9 October 2012.

Royal Border Bridge: The colours of Autumn dominate in this view west along the Tweed from Berwick on 9 October 2012. The train crossing the Royal Border Bridge is the East Coast 09.00 Kings Cross - Edinburgh, which is slowing for the Berwick stop.

Dewars Lane Granary: The most northerly industrial railway in England - and one of the shortest - the 19th century Dewar's Lane Granary Railway at Berwick linked the granary with the quayside, via a hole cut through the quay wall. Sacks of grain were loaded onto trucks here and manually propelled to waiting vessels. Little remains of the railway, other than the hole in the wall, although the route is shown with a short history nearby. View out towards the quay on 9 October from the yard of the refurbished granary, now a youth hostel, coffee shop etc.

Newcraighall South Junction: On a pre-construction walk along the route of the Borders Railway on 9th October 2012, a view from high above the first cutting which will need to be excavated south of Newcraighall. Looking north, a strip of woodland at the north west end of the former Millerhill Down Yard has already been cut back. The new line�s most northerly dynamic loop will revert to single track south of the red buffer stop of the Newcraighall turnback siding, which can just be seen in the distance.

Hardengreen: Looking north on 9th October 2012 over one of the crassest breaches of the Waverley Route by new roads - the Hardengreen roundabout of the A7 Dalkeith western bypass, built - incredibly - as recently as 2000 by Midlothian Council.

Hardengreen: The alignment of the new Borders Railway, looking north over the site of the future Eskbank station on 9th October 2012. As in many places along the route corridor, the existing railway path will have to be diverted to an alternative on-road alignment - the only locations where the (single-track) railway will share the future solum with a walking / cycling path will be around Galashiels, including the 'Red Bridge' over the River Tweed.

Lady Victoria Pit Signal Box: Looking north over the solum of the Borders Railway towards what is now the Scottish Mining Museum at Newtongrange on 9th October 2012. The museum will potentially be a significant generator of traffic for the railway, but the public path currently occupying the solum will - here and on other stretches - be diverted to less satisfactory on-road replacement routes.

Newbattle Viaduct: Demonstrating that the Borders Railway will be a scenic route, a view north across Lothianbridge Viaduct towards the Pentlands on 9th October 2012.

Margate: A Southeastern Class 395 'Javelin' stands at platform 4 of Margate station shortly before departure for St Pancras on 9 October 2012. The high speed service travels over the original lines from Margate to Ramsgate, Canterbury West and Ashford International before joining HS1 to St Pancras International.

Royal Border Bridge: 'I see no ships... ' A couple standing on the Royal Tweed Bridge at Berwick looking out to sea on a fine, bright October afternoon, as a CrossCountry Voyager rumbles over the Royal Border Bridge in the background. The train is the 13.06 Edinburgh Waverley - Plymouth.

Newcraighall South Junction: The �terminus� of the Borders Railway in October 2012 - the southern end of the turnback siding near Newcraighall. See image [[38338]]

Newtongrange: View from south of Newtongrange towards Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat on 9th October 2012 - many of the structures to be re-used on the Borders Railway are in remarkably good condition despite lack of railway maintenance for more than 43 years.

Newbattle Viaduct: Southbound view taken through the security fence at Lothianbridge (aka Dalhousie / Newbattle / South Esk) Viaduct on 9th October 2012. At this point the new Borders Railway will be single track.

Beal: Part of the site of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway station at Beal, Northumberland, photographed on 9 October 2012. Closed to passengers in January 1968, the substantial 1847 station building has since been demolished. The area south east of the level crossing is currently home to Peckett 0-4-0ST 1611 of 1923, along with other railway memorabilia.

Margate: Nearing the end of its journey from London Victoria to Ramsgate, 375704 calls briefly at Margate on 9 October 2012. With some stations very poorly lit, it was good to see how well illuminated this station was, although in these days of energy efficiency it did seem to be a little OTT!

Claxby and Usselby: There is no trace of the former station at Claxby & Usselby (closed in March 1960) which was located on the far side of the crossing on Park Road. View looking north on 9 October 2013.

Howsham: A station building which retains many of its original features following conversion to a private residence is Howsham, Lincolnshire, seen here on 9 October 2013.

Moortown: 66230 hauls empty coal hoppers to Immingham, on the approach to Moortown LC and former station site in October 2013.

Wakefield Westgate: DRS 20302 tails one of the Yorkshire RHTT services, with 20305 leading, as it runs through Wakefield Westgate to reverse during its morning circuit on 9 October.

Claxby and Usselby: DBS 66016 travels south towards Lincoln as it crosses Claxby Gatehouse AHBC with a loaded coal train from Immingham on 9 October 2013.

Pitlochry: West Coast 57315 enters Pitlochry with the Edinburgh - Boat of Garten leg of The Royal Scotsman on 9 October.

Oubeck Loops: The morning Crewe to Sellafield flask train rounds the reverse curves at Oubeck Loops on 9 October. 37609 and 37419 had four flask wagons heading for the Cumbrian Coast.

Holton-le-Moor: Looking north over the level crossing on the busy A46 road at Holton-le-Moor, Lincolnshire, on 9 October, with the former station building opposite.

Wakefield Westgate: An RHTT service runs north into Wakefield Westgate on 9 October 2013 before reversing to continue along its leaf busting circuit. Leading locomotive is DRS 20305 with 20302 on the rear.

Edinburgh Park Station [Tram]: Tram 276 at Edinburgh Park on 8 October 2013. Photographed shortly after arrival from Gogar depot.

Barnetby: Heading west into the setting sun on 9 October 2013, a TransPennine service from Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport leaves Barnetby, with the array of semaphore signals standing guard over the approach to Wrawby Junction.

Barnetby: EMT service to Grimsby Town approaches Barnetby with 153357, having just come off the Lincoln line to the left (behind the unit). In the background 185120 on a TPE service from Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport was waiting for the EMT unit to clear Wrawby Jct before proceeding to the right and Scunthorpe. The lines straight ahead lead to Gainsborough Central.

Pitlochry: DRS 66303 passes through a wet Pitlochry station on 9 October with the 4D47 Inverness - Mossend intermodal.

Wakefield Westgate: The externally complete platform side structure and footbridge of the new main station building at Wakefield Westgate on 9 October 2013.

Wakefield Westgate: Sun deflectors have been fitted to the windows at both sides of the footbridge on the Atrium section of the new main station building at Wakefield Westgate.

Moortown: DBS 60019 hauls a long train of empty fuel tank wagons heading north to the Lindsey Oil Refinery over the level crossing at Moortown, Lincolnshire, on 9 October 2013.

Howsham: DBS 66183 hauls a rake of empty coal wagons north approaching Howsham on 9 October 2013 heading to Immingham.

North Kelsey: The former station building at North Kelsey on 9 October 2013, looking over the level crossing towards Barnetby. The weak sunshine is just about to give way to the threatening skies overhead!

Moortown: The former Moortown station buildings viewed north over the B1205 level crossing on 9 October 2013. The station opened in 1848 and closed in 1965.

Shawfair: The Borders Railway tracklaying train operating just to the north of Shawfair station on 9 October 2014. The locomotive is GBRf 66706 Nene Valley.

Shawfair: The rear end of the BAM Borders Railway tracklaying train, photographed looking north from Shawfair towards Newcraighall on 9 October 2014. The locomotive propelling the train is GBRf 66706 Nene Valley.

Newcraighall South Junction: Wide view looking towards Newcraighall South Junction on a misty 9 October 2014, with activity taking place in connection with the under construction Borders Railway. At this time the new line south of here was still under the control of BAM Engineering Services. In addition to the railway activity, work is also underway on the new Biogen recycling plant to the left, as well as the access bridge from Whitehill Road (below which the tracklaying train is standing).

Shawfair: Members of the BAM Borders Railway team making final preparations for a tracklaying demonstration. This was carried out as part of a media bash held at the under-construction Shawfair station on a cold and damp October morning in 2014. View is north towards Newcraighall.

Shawfair: Tracklaying taking place on the down line through Shawfair station on 9 October 2014 as part of a media event. GBRf 66706 Nene Valley is at the north end of the train.

Shawfair: Lengths of new track being laid at Shawfair during the media event on the morning of 9 October 2014 see image [[49011]].

Newcraighall South Junction: Long lens view at the north end of Millerhill Yard on 9 October 2014. Nearest the camera is DRS 66302, while just beyond is GBRf 66706 preparing to move off south along the Borders Railway with the tracklaying train.

Shawfair: Part of the formal proceedings at the Borders Railway tracklaying event at Shawfair on 9 October 2014. Left to right are Scotland's Transport Minister Keith Brown, Network Rail CEO Mark Carne and Borders Railway Project Director Hugh Wark. Another key contributor on this damp and chilly morning is the gentleman on the far right just inside the marquee, busy preparing coffee ...and bacon rolls to die for!

Shawfair: Members of the BAM Borders Railway tracklaying team setting up their equipment just north of Shawfair station on 9 October 2014 prior to the commencement of a media briefing and demonstration.

Lasswade Viaduct: Never looks quite the same twice. The valley of the North Esk and a small section of Lasswade Viaduct. The 1867 viaduct, designed by Thomas Bouch, once carried the Polton branch, which closed to passengers in 1951 and to all traffic in 1964. Photographed mid morning on 9 October 2014 looking north, with Autumn starting to make its mark on the landscape.

Pitlochry: Lobelias and footbridge, complete with new lanterns, at Pitlochry on 9 October.

Shawfair: Totally focussed on the task in hand. Part of the tracklaying team preparing for action at Shawfair on 9 October 2014.

Torwoodlee South Viaduct: A mid morning Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank 158 crossing the Gala Water at Torwoodlee on the approach to Galashiels in October 2015.

Newton-le-Willows: ATW 175102 heading for Manchester and Northern Electrics 319361 heading for Liverpool call at Newton-le-Willows on 9 October 2015.

Newton-le-Willows: A blue plaque explains the replica memorial that is fixed inside the station building at Newton-le-Willows relating to the first railway fatality.

Newton-le-Willows: A replica of the memorial tablet to Rt Hon William Huskisson MP who was killed nearby on the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on 15 September 1830. The tablet is located within the station building.

Kilnknowe Junction: A ScotRail 158 northbound on the Borders Railway on 9 October 2015, just over a month after commencement of revenue earning services on the new line. The mid-morning train is seen here having just cleared the bridge over Wheatlands Road shortly after leaving Galashiels station.

Wigan North Western: Bringing back memories of 40 years ago as 87002 some Mk2 and 3 coaches head south on the WCML at Wigan North Western on 9 October 2015. Some of the passengers waiting for a late running Pendolino may have thought that their luck was in but this was a sleeper ecs move from Polmadie to Wembley. A problem with one of the previous nights services resulted in this train making its way south in a hurry, quite late in the day considering it was returning north later the same evening.

Manchester Victoria: 319383 and 142001 share adjacent platforms at Manchester Victoria under the MEN Arena on 9 October 2015.

Galashiels: A ScotRail DMU photographed shortly after leaving Galashiels station in September 2015 heading for Edinburgh via the Waverley route. Meantime, approaching in the background, is a First Bus no 62 on the reverse journey, although in this case having travelled via Peebles, a route also served by rail in times past.

Torwoodlee South Viaduct: The underside of Torwoodlee South Viaduct looking north across the Gala Water in October 2015. Photographed following major renovation and strengthening work as part of the Borders Railway project. For a view of the viaduct 5 years earlier see image [[28496]].

Torwoodlee South Viaduct: ScotRail 158782 crossing the Gala Water at Torwoodlee on the northern approach to Galashiels on 9 October 2015. The train is the 0824 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank.

Galashiels: View south along the A7 Ladhope Vale showing Galashiels station and Interchange building, together with the pedestrian crossing linking the two. The bridge carrying Station Brae over the formation can be seen in the background. Photograph taken in October 2015, a month after the line had reopened to passengers.

Galashiels: A chilly October morning in the recyling corner of the Galashiels Asda car park in 2015 sees a 158 about to clear the bridge carrying Station Brae. At this point the ScotRail 1121 Edinburgh - Tweedbank has less than 2 miles to go to reach journey's end.

Edge Hill: A Liverpool to Manchester Victoria service arrives at Edge Hill station on 09 October 2015. To the right of the station building is the eastbound line and a second island platform used by the services from the south.

Torwoodlee South Viaduct: Crossing the bridge over the Gala Water at Torwoodlee on the the northern approach to Galashiels on 9 October is 158869 with the ScotRail 0954 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank. For the pre-refurbishment version of the bridge see image [[28473]].

Kilnknowe Junction: A morning train on the Borders Railway heads north out of Galashiels on 9 October 2015. The 158 is passing below the double arch road bridge carrying Kilnknowe Place. Once upon a time the arch on the left spanned the Peebles Loop which diverged from the Waverley route behind the camera at Kilnknowe Junction see image [[54691]].

Galashiels: Leaving its penultimate stop at Galashiels on 9 October and about to pass below Station Brae is the 1054 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank.

Preston: The Statesman West Highlander and Jacobite railtour arrives at Preston on 09 October 2015 whilst working from Bristol to Fort William. This was the first day of the tour which spent two nights in Fort William.

Galashiels: An Edinburgh bound train calls at Galashiels on 9 October 2015.

Earlestown: An Arriva Trains Wales service from North Wales to Manchester Piccadilly departs from Earlestown and joins the L&M line on 09 October 2015.

Kilnknowe Junction: Heading north out of Galashiels on 9 October 2015, a late morning Tweedbank - Edinburgh service has just crossed the bridge over Wheatlands Road. The ramp bottom right now links the parallel walkway with Kilnknowe Place.

Wavertree Technology Park: A Liverpool to Wigan North Western stopping service calls at Wavertree Technology Park on 09 October 2015. The 4 car Class 319s Northern Electrics are now well established on this route, the Liverpool to Manchester Airport express, the Liverpool to Manchester Victoria stopper and the Liverpool to Preston services.

Broad Green: Northern Electrics unit 319386 calls at Broad Green on 09 October with a service to Liverpool Lime Street. The station is on the route of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. On the right is the western end of the M62 motorway.

Galashiels: A ScotRail 158 about to pass south below Station Brae, Galashiels, on 9 October 2015. The Edinburgh - Tweedbank service is just 2 miles from its ultimate destination.

Galashiels: The 1128 Tweedbank - Edinburgh service leaving Galashiels station on 9 October 2015.

Bowshank North Bridge: SRPS rail tour from Tweedbank on 9th October 2016 seen just north of Bowshank Tunnel behind Black 5 45407. [Ref query 17]

Dalgety Bay: West Coast 37669 nears Dalgety Bay with the SRPS Fife-Tweedbank excursion on 9 October. Black Five 45407 is on the rear.

Hollowshank Bridge: 45407 heads up the 1 in 158 gradient a little to the north of Fountainhall with the first Tweedbank - Dalgety Bay trip of the day. 9 October.

Dalgety Bay: 45407 gives a push and clears it's cylinders as the SRPS trip to Tweedbank leaves Dalgety Bay. 37669 was doing most of the work.

Haymarket: Old and New. 45407 bringing up the rear of SRPS railtour en route to Tweedbank.

Guyhirne: This 12 arch viaduct carried the March to Spalding line through Guyhirne, Cambs. A local builder wanted to demolish it and use the bricks to build houses - shades of Risca see image [[35725]]. So far this plan has not come to pass, but neither has the proposal to open a footpath starting here and running SE along the trackbed. In my experience, rail enthusiasts are not welcome at this location - seek your trackbed walks elsewhere! [Ref query 38]

Waterbeach: I'm sorry, you can't catch a train today, it's all buses. But the good news is, we've painted the lamp posts. View looks South towards Cambridge. See image [[41926]] [Ref query 447]

Dublin Heuston [Tram]: A tram for Tallaght heads south down Steevens' Lane on the Luas 'Red Line'. Dublin Heuston is in the distance. To the right is the west boundary wall of Guinness.

Touch South Junction: Climbing away from Dunfermline.

Aberdour: 45407 speeds through Aberdour on 9 October heading for Dalgety Bay and Tweedbank with an SRPS excursion.

Craiglockhart: A Class 37 propels a Black 5-hauled charter to Tweedbank up the bank at Craiglockhart on the Sub on 9th October 2016.

Dunfermline Town: 45407 attracting the crowds at Dunfermline Town.

Stretham: Would passengers on the platform please huddle up to the building. That's a rather small awning on a rather small station, one stop South West of Ely on the way to St. Ives. View looks South West. see image [[40637]] for an image of the awning in happier times; there was also a bit more to the original station building than can be seen here.

Helensburgh Central: 334020 at Platform 2, Helensburgh Central with the 11.26 to Edinburgh Waverley on 9th October 2017.

Kirknewton: The 08.43 Pendolino from Euston to Edinburgh passes through Kirknewton on 9th October 2017.

Kirknewton: 380102 approaches Kirknewton with the 13.52 from Edinburgh to Ayr on 9th October 2017.

Edinburgh Waverley: The demolition of the Platform 11 buildings has ostensibly reached half-way on 9 October as the upper storey has now gone. Once the building is history excavation can start on the extension of bay Platform 12 from behind the building. The buffers will be in the foreground of the picture. The escalator will be resited; for the time being passengers have to use the stairs.

Kilnknowe Junction: With the mist over the town beginning to lift an Edinburgh bound train heads north out of Galashiels on an autumn morning in 2017. The ScotRail 158 has just crossed the bridge over Wheatlands Road and is passing the site of Kilnknowe Junction.

Kirknewton: Not something you see every day! 318 263 speeds through Kirknewton on its way from Shields TMD to Doncaster for a C4 modification. 9th October 2017.

Helensburgh Central: 334004 leaves Helensburgh Central with the 10.56 to Edinburgh on 9th October 2017.

Kingussie: Under the canopy at Kingussie.

Preston Maudlands: A Then & Now shot from Blackpool Road bridge in Preston with a Blackpool North to Euston Pendolino heading towards the city centre. See image [[60925]] from the same viewpoint pre-electrification, just one year earlier.

Bo'ness: No.1 (Neilson Reid 5710) impersonates a certain Reverend W. Awdry character as it works the service train at Bo'ness on 9 October 2018.

Bo'ness: Battery powered Vivarail D-train 230002 moves out of the yard at Boness on 9th October 2018. The unit took a power charge before public demonstrations the following day.

Bo'ness: Former Mk3 DVT 82113, seen at Boness on 9th October 2018, following conversion to a class 19 experimental loco for trialling a new hybrid traction system.

Bo'ness: Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T No.419, in light steam on 9th October 2018 following an extensive overhaul at Boness.

Dawlish: A GWR Paington to London Paddington service pulls into Dawlish on 9th October 2019, with further work on the sea defences taking place.

Galashiels Gas Board Siding: Shortly after leaving the Waverley Route on the Selkirk branch there were facing points for the gasworks, and you can just make out the course of the siding to the left after what was surely the base for the ground frame. There is still a small gas depot on the site, complete with an old gasometer. Surprisingly this is RailScot's first picture of this major railway hub.

Teignmouth: GWR 150002 rounds the curves of the South Devon coastline, with an Exmouth to Paignton service, approaching Teignmouth on 9th October 2019.

Galashiels [1st]: Not every trace of the original Galashiels station has vanished. These gateposts look a bit much for an office car park; in fact this was the entrance to the station forecourt. From the photo the gates do not appear to be original (I didn't notice at the time). The light fittings are modern but the columns are cast iron.

Tweedbank: A look west along the platforms at Tweedbank on 9 October 2019 with the hills behind Galashiels in the background. As (almost) always there is a set stabled in Platform 2 (right) leaving Edinburgh trains to come and go from Platform 1.

Newburn Junction: Northern Sprinter 156444 leaves Hartlepool in October 2019, heading south with the 13.24 departure to Whitby, which is a through working from Hexham. The land beyond the fence to left of the unit is the site of the former 51C Hartlepool shed which backed up to the road bridge just out of view to the left. A redundant overgrown track can be seen on this side of the unit. This line formerly ran almost to Seaton Carew station, being a goods line into the once extensive siding complex to the now demolished Hartlepool Steelworks.

Newburn Junction: A redundant overgrown track can be seen running this side of the A178 coast road bridge on the south side of Hartlepool. This line formerly ran almost to Seaton Carew station, being a goods line into the once extensive siding complex to the now demolished Hartlepool Steelworks. It is still believed to be connected to the operational line at the north end, just before the level crossing south of the station.

Galashiels: A Tweedbank service pulls out of Gala on 9th October 2019. I got the same set on the way back and heard a passenger lamenting to her companion that the train didn't stop at Heriot. It wasn't clear whether she thought this straggling hamlet had a station.

Dawlish: The next phase of the eighty million pounds sea wall defence project well underway at Dawlish on 9 October 2019, as a CrossCountry service from York to Plymouth passes.

Tweedbank Junction: Milage?

Teignmouth: A Cross Country service from Paington to Manchester Picadilly pulls away from Teignmouth on 9th October 2019. This was a typical day of British weather with sunshine here at Teignmouth but only an hour later torrential rain at Dawlish.

Dawlish: A Cross Country York to Plymouth service runs through heavy rain on a miserable day in Dawlish. Only an hour earlier I had been stood in bright sunshine at Teignmouth.

Crew Junction: Thought I would capture this information board at the site of Crew Junction before it gets covered in graffiti. I don't imagine this will have too many people enthralled; TLDR (too long didn't read) as they say these days. I can't be bothered reading it myself, but the pictures are nice.

Buckshaw Parkway: There may not be so many steam hauled railtours at the moment but this is the second light engine and support coach move this week! A3 pacific 60103 'Flying Scotsman' is seen approaching Buckshaw Parkway on 9 October 2020 on a move from Bury (ELR) to Carnforth (WCRC).

Pilton West Junction: I wonder how many people passing here are aware that this was once a railway line? The bridge carrying Crewe Road Gardens was obviously rebuilt at the same time that this part of the CR Granton branch trackbed was converted to a road. The trailing connection with Pilton Junction East, which closed early, was at the vanishing point.

Crew South Junction: Detail from an information board on the CR Leith branch walkway. The photo-in-photo shows the southern end of Crew yard, and looks north towards the junction itself. The bridge from which this image was taken survives. This is surprising; it has only ever carried a path and requires stepped access to cross what is now just another path.

Catesby Tunnel: The astute observer will notice that the arch on the left (West) side of this first overbridge to the North of Catesby tunnel has been boxed in. This is to allow a haven for bats disturbed from their accustomed habitats in the tunnel, which has been repurposed.

Charwelton: The new owner of this bridge paid 350,000 pounds for a partial infill to support the long girders carrying a deck for a minor road. But notice that he also installed a concrete box so that road vehicles, and potentially cyclists and pedestrians, could pass through and access the trackbed North of here; for business and leisure reasons. What a fine example to Highways England!

Catesby Tunnel: Why would anyone want to install a turntable in a disused railway tunnel? To turn cars undergoing aerodynamic testing, of course. This view looks South near the North end of the tunnel; there is more wriggle room at the South portal. Incidentally, the centre of the tunnel now has a 200mph speed limit.

Charwelton: The cattle docks at Charwelton station seem to have been restored (see image [[79879]]). View looks North in October 2021.

Catesby Tunnel: Just one of the details of this fine tunnel which you can actually see now that it has been cleaned up and lit.

Catesby Tunnel: Mineral deposits on the wall of Catesby tunnel - more attractive to my eyes than a lot of modern art.

Dalgety Bay: First rails for relaying the Levenmouth branch, on a Rail Drop Train, passing Dalgety Bay on 9th October 2021. 66741 leads 6K30, Millerhill to Thornton South Junction, with 66737 on the rear.

Charwelton: The Charwelton Innovation Centre has been built on the site of Charwelton station. (The cattle dock survives to the left of this view; the road overbridge to the North of the station can be seen on the right in the background). Apparently the initial quote was to build this for three million pounds; but the design was adapted to make it look like the old goods shed at Banbury, which added another million to the cost. Well worth it, I'd say.

Carstairs South Junction: Catenary being replaced at Carstairs, as seen from a passing train on 9th October 2022.