Garstang and Catterall: Brush Type 4 47532 takes a Barrow-in-Furness to Crewe train south through the remains of Garstang & Catterall station on 11th October 1980. [Ref query 1037] The former D1641 continued in service until 1997 and was scrapped at Springs Branch four years later.

Ryburgh: A few local inhabitants have turned out to see the unusual sight of a passenger train visiting Ryburgh station in October 1980. The train (two Cravens sets comprising the F&DRS Central Norfolk Freight Lines railtour) has just drawn up at the crossing gates and will shortly pull into the platform. That will be the limit of its travel on this line, because the next section to Fakenham had been closed recently and was in the process of being dismantled. Less than a year later, Ryburgh station became a casualty itself when the adjacent maltings transferred all its goods to road.

Wymondham: A pair of smartly turned out Class 105 DMUs full of enthusiasts has just arrived at Wymondham on 11th October 1980. The train is about to reverse and head off up the goods only branch to Dereham and Ryburgh.

Norwich Victoria: A DMU railtour carefully picks its way along the branch to Norwich Victoria coal depot late on a Saturday afternoon in October 1980. The passengers had previously been treated to a run up to Great Ryburgh and back via Dereham. Originally a passenger terminus, Norwich Victoria station closed in 1916, but the branch lingered on for goods, and latterly coal, until 1986. Predictably perhaps, the site of the coal depot now lies under a Sainsburys supermarket.

Cumnock Viaduct: Strolling through the fields near Glaisnock Viaduct, Cumnock, in 1980. Built in 1872, the 13 arch viaduct carried the Ayr - Muirkirk line over the Glaisnock Water. Officially closed to rail traffic in 1964 (approximately 2 years after the last train had crossed) it is now a walking route.

Garstang and Catterall: 40028, formerly Samaria, heads south at Garstang & Catterall with the ICI soda ash tanks from Corkickle to Northwich on 11th October 1980. At the time these cream coloured tank trains were one of the most distinctive freight movements on the northern WCML.

Cumnock Viaduct: Officially closed to rail traffic in 1964, Cumnock's Glaisnock Viaduct now provides a walking route over the valley of the Glaisnock Water. The 1872 structure is seen here from the south in October 1980.

Fakenham East: A roadside view of Fakenham East station on 11th October 1980, shortly after its final closure to all traffic. Standing in as a bus depot after loss of the passenger service in 1964, the whole site was eventually leveled and reclaimed for sheltered housing. One of the crossing gates was left in the development as a token reminder of the railway, but this eventually deteriorated and went the way of the station. After the successful revivals of other sections of the Wymondham to Wells railway, the original decision to allow building over the actual track bed through Fakenham came to be seen as very short-sighted.

Fakenham East: The end for Fakenham East station in October 1980. Since passenger services ceased in 1964 Fakenham had been the terminus of a freight spur from Dereham, latterly Wymondham. In the early 1980s, the line was truncated in stages back to North Elmham, starting with the closure of the Fakenham service two months earlier. That frequently used description for quick-off-the-mark railway demolition - indecent haste - seems quite appropriate here. The Mid Norfolk Railway aims to rebuild the line to Fakenham, but this site has now been completely built over.

Oakeley Quarry: Head on view of 'Joffre' class narrow gauge 0-6-0WT+T 2442 (KS 2442/1915) at Gloddfa Ganol visitor centre, Blaenau Ffestiniog, in October 1982. The locomotive now resides on the Teifi Valley Railway at Henllan.

Oakeley Quarry: 'Joffre' class narrow gauge 0-6-0WT+T 2442 (KS 2442/1915) standing in the open at Gloddfa Ganol visitor centre, Blaenau Ffestiniog, on 11 October 1982. Located in part of the old Oakeley slate quarry, the visitor centre closed in 1997. The locomotive was subsequently acquired by the Teifi Valley Railway.

West Calder: The now demolished eastbound platform waiting room at West Calder seen in October 1985...and one of those seldom photographed hats.

Chwalim: Polish State Railways 2-6-2 No. Ol49-23 restarts the 08:40 Wolsztyn to Sulechow from the station stop at Chwalim in western Poland on 11th October 1990. Within three years the passenger service on this line had been 'privatised' and would succumb altogether within a short time - no doubt the carrying of mails by train (the first vehicle behind the tender is a postal vehicle) has also gone the same way.

Montrose: A GNER 125 pulls into Montrose with an Aberdeen service in October 1997. The lack of background features is not because the station is on the coast, but because it fringes the tidal Montrose Basin. The sea is nearly a mile away on the other side.

Slateford Viaduct: EWS 37694 crossing Slateford Viaduct in October 2002 on its way from Motherwell to Millerhill.

Stanhope Siding: Henry Moore eat your heart out. The surviving piers of a long abandoned bridge over the trackbed of the Talla railway north of the Crook Inn, in October 2003.

Linlithgow: The up Highland Chieftain nears Linlithgow Station on 11 Oct 2004

Greskine Signal Box: An EWS class 66 climbing Beattock with a PW train in October 2006, photographed near Greskine.

Leyland: A five car Class 175 comprising of 2 car set 175007 leading and 3 car 175110 behind calls at Leyland on 11 October 2006. The units were used on services from Manchester to Blackpool, Barrow and Windermere before being replaced by Class 185s after which the Class 175 went to the Welsh franchise area.

Crawford Viaduct: A southbound Virgin Voyager crosses the Clyde at Crawford in October 2006.

Crawford Viaduct: A southbound Voyager on the curve between Abington and Crawford in October 2006.

Crawford Viaduct: The 10.31 Coatbridge - Crewe containers crossing the Clyde at Crawford in October 2006.

Crawford Viaduct: Fading light at Crawford on an October afternoon in 2006 as EWS 66083 crosses the viaduct southbound at the head of a coal train.

Crawford Viaduct: A southbound Pendolino crosses the Clyde at Crawford in October 2006 bound for Euston.

Drymen: A mile and a half south of Drymen in Stirlingshire lies the small village of Croftamie, where this photograph was taken looking east across the main road in October 2007. Straight ahead is Drymen station house, once a stop on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway until closure in 1934 Just off picture to the right is the site of the level crossing, which brought the line into the platform on the far side of the building. To the left are the gates to the former goods yard, with a sign now proclaiming 'Drymen Decorative Stone - The Old Station Yard - Croftamie'. For a view looking into the yard itself see image [[16839]].

Drymen: View into the old yard alongside Drymen station on 11 October 2007 from the A809 road. The yard and former goods shed are now operated by a decorative stone company. Station House stands just off picture to the right.

Drymen: Looking over the site of the level crossing in the village of Croftamie to the former Drymen station. Photographed on 11 October 2007 looking north east towards Balfron.

Drymen Viaduct: Not as precarious as it might look they said! The approach to Drymen Viaduct on 11 October 2007 showing the walkway atop the water supply pipeline that has replaced the old deck.

Drymen Viaduct: View north east across the Endrick Water towards Balfron on 11 October 2007, showing the stone piers of the former Drymen Viaduct and the water pipeline, with walkway above, that now spans the river.

Montrose: 170410 rolls into Montrose station with a Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen train on 11 October 2007.

Dunfermline Town: Longannet - Hunterston coal empties pass through Dunfermline Town on 11 October behind 66238.

Dunfermline Town: A 158 calls at Dunfermline Town with an Edinburgh service on 11 October.

Drymen Viaduct: The modified remains of the former railway viaduct over the Endrick Water, situated half a mile north east of the village of Croftamie, Stirlingshire. Once part of the the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, this section of the route was closed in 1950. The deck of the viaduct was subsequently removed and the piers adapted to support a water pipeline and walking route. Photographed looking north east across the river in the general direction of Gartness in October 2007.

Kippen: Not to be moved. A long - grounded coach, presumably once a resident of the old goods yard, lies in what is now a back garden at Kippen on 11 October 2007.

Kippen: The former goods shed at Kippen - autumn 2007.

Kippen: The surviving signal box at Kippen, hiding amongst the trees on 11 October 2007 alongside the former level crossing just beyond.

Kippen: View northwest at Kippen on 11 October 2007.

Port of Menteith: The former Port of Menteith station on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, seen in October 2007. (The village itself is approximately three and a half miles to the north of here, standing on the eastern shore of the Lake of Menteith.) View is south west over the site of the level crossing with the platforms on the other side of the fence and the trackbed continuing on towards the site of Buchlyvie Junction. Port of Menteith station closed to passengers in 1934, although the line east between here and Stirling survived until 1959.

Kippen: The former station house at Kippen, Stirlingshire, on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, seen here in 2007. Closed to passengers as long ago as 1934, the station was located a mile north east of the village alongside the A822. The level crossing was on the right with the signal box still standing amongst the trees beyond (see image [[16881]]).

Port of Menteith: The old station at Port of Menteith on 11 October. The General Waiting Room sign remains in place.

Buchlyvie: The former station house at Buchlyvie in October 2007.

Drymen Viaduct: View east alongside Drymen Viaduct in October 2007 showing the old piers now supporting the pipeline and walkway over the Endrick Water.

Drymen: Stone me! Some of the output from Drymen Decorative Stone surrounds the old Drymen goods shed in October 2007.

Drymen: Looking north across the main road in the village of Croftamie in October 2007 to Drymen Station House. The level crossing and platform were on the far side of the building with the old goods yard off to the left.

Drymen: Looking north east from the site of the A809 level crossing in the village of Croftamie, Stirlingshire, in October 2007. Nothing remains of Drymen station which once stood here (a mile and a half south of the village from which it took its name) although Station House still stands on the left. Beyond the house was the goods yard, now occupied by a decorative stone company (see [[16839]]).

Drymen Viaduct: Crossing the Endrick Water on the route of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway heading north east between Drymen and Gartness in 2007. The line here closed to rail traffic in 1950 but the piers of the old viaduct were subsequently adapted to carry a pipeline across the river in connection with the Loch Lomond Water Supply Scheme, officially launched by HM The Queen in July 1971. The walkway was constructed on top of the pipeline - see image [[16977]].

Knaresborough: A candidate for the Top 10 surviving unusual signal boxes must be Knaresborough, stone built on the side of another building as shown. The white brickwork in the foreground is the subway entrance and there is a controlled pedestrian level crossing too. 144020 has just crossed over after arriving from Leeds and is setting back into the station ahead of the return journey.

Knaresborough: Knaresborough station looking towards Harrogate as 3-car 144020 waits to depart for Leeds. Beyond the train the crossover on the Nidd viaduct can be seen. A fireplace business occupies most of the buildings on the York platform, and the station is in excellent condition.

York: DVT 82218 leads a Kings Cross service over the Scarborough line crossover and into York from the north. The Yorkshire Wheel and National Railway Museum are on the opposite side of the line in this view from Platform 4.

Kirknewton: An eastbound HST on the level crossing at Kirknewton on 11 October heading for Waverley.

Glasgow Central: 92022 Charles Dickens stands at Platform 9 on the morning of 11 October waiting to take out the empty Glasgow Central portion of the Caledonian Sleeper.

Knaresborough: A little TLC at Knaresborough goes a long way with this display of flowers in platform barrows. The station sits in a cutting and this view was taken from the approach road looking down onto the York platform.

Knaresborough: View from the foot crossing at Knaresborough in the York direction through the station towards the tunnel under the town. 144020 has arrived from Leeds and is now waiting to return there via Harrogate.

Glenfarg: Autumn on the trackbed of the old Glenfarg route which closed to all traffic in 1971.

York: An infrastructure train heads south into York behind EWS 66238, viewed from the Scarborough platform. The National Railway Museum, and the Yorkshire Wheel in the museum grounds, can be seen behind the train.

Chiasso: The driver looks bemused at the sight of a supposedly freight only loco being allocated to work this Milan bound express at Chiasso in southern Switzerland.

Bellinzona: Not one but two electric locos for the 16.00 Sundays only Chiasso - Zurich express, seen here entering Bellinzona.

Filey Holiday Camp: Part of the large concourse at the former Filey Holiday Camp station on 11 October 2009, looking towards the buffer stops on platforms 3 & 4. The ruins of the single storey concrete building that once stood here occupy the foreground. The tunnel under the A165 giving access to the camp itself is off to the right.

Filey Holiday Camp: The cry hi-de-hi! last echoed around the station serving Butlin's Holiday Camp at Filey in July 1977 (not counting my own effort on this particular day). View towards the buffer stops on platform 4 at the former terminus, with part of the concourse lighting still in place. Photographed during the afternoon of 11 October 2009.

Filey Holiday Camp: The scene beyond the wooden gate at the abandoned entrance to Filey Holiday Camp station in October 2009 see image [[26793]]. The stone stairway with partially surviving metal handrails once led down to the extensive former concourse. As can be seen here, over the 32 years since closure much of this area has gradually reverted to nature.

Filey Holiday Camp: In a country lane off the busy A165 road on the Yorkshire coast stands a wooden gate, seen here in October 2009. The gate provided the only public entrance to a large station. The station saw use in the summer, almost exclusively on Saturdays, for an intensive period of around 9 hours. Passenger arrivals and departures during that relatively short spell would often run to several thousand people. This was the nature of the excursion station at Filey Holiday Camp, serving the former Butlins complex located on the other side of the road, with the main link between the two via a tunnel. See image [[26792]]

Filey Holiday Camp: A picture of desolation at the abandoned Filey Holiday Camp station in October 2009. The view back along platforms 1 and 2 towards the concourse provides a poignant contrast with the scene on the same platforms 32 years earlier - see image [[74580]].

Filey Holiday Camp: The buffer stops at the end of platform 4 of the former Filey Holiday Camp station in October 2009. The A165 Scarborough - Hull road runs past the site at a higher level beyond the trees in the background. The rubble on the concourse is the remains of the single storey building that once served the station. The disused tunnel under the road, originally used by the Butlins Road-Trains to transport holidaymakers between here and the camp itself is located off picture to the left.

Filey Holiday Camp: Standing on the trackbed alongside platform 4 at Filey Camp in October 2009 looking over part of the large concourse. On summer Saturdays this area would be a hive of activity with Butlins road-trains shuttling holiday-makers between the station and the camp for much of the day. Rubble from the only station building as such, a single storey affair, can be seen in the left background. Beyond this building was the main link between the station and the camp itself, a large private subway running under the A165 used by the Butlins road-trains.

Filey Holiday Camp: View along the most northerly of the four extra long platforms at Filey Holiday Camp, seen from the buffer stops in October 2009. Arriving trains drew to a halt before the dog-leg allowing the locomotive to run forward onto the parallel engine release line. The same arrangement applied to platform 1 on the south side with the two middle platforms sharing a central release.

Rowsley: Ex MOD 0-6-0 Saddle Tank WD 150 sits between turns at Rowsley Station, with steam crane to left giving re-railing demonstrations.

Rowsley: Newly restored Ashford Works built LMS 8F 48624 stands opposite Rowsley Station during mixed traffic day.

Rowsley: Peak D8 Penyghent, from initial prototype batch of ten, rests at Rowsley after arrival with 15.30 service from Matlock Riverside. Topped and tailed with newly restored 37152 on 16.15 service back to Matlock.

Filey Holiday Camp: Part of the remains of the 1100 ft long platform 4 at Filey Holiday Camp station in October 2009, with several of the platform posts still standing, some with lighting and PA system components still attached. Filey was the biggest of the Butlin's camps at 400 acres, with accommodation for over 10,000 campers. Trains ran from all parts of the country with an example of Saturday morning departures in the summer of 1965 over a 2 hour period showing trains for Sheffield Victoria, Scarborough, Newcastle Central, Leeds City (2), Manchester Victoria, Kings Norton and London Kings Cross (2). With the increasing use of the private motor car, rail traffic declined to a point where the station was eventually closed, with the last campers leaving on 3 September 1977. The camp itself closed 6 years later, at the end of the 1983 season. See image [[32210]]

Filey Holiday Camp: The branch serving Filey Holiday Camp station left the main Yorkshire coast line at north and south facing junctions on the section between Filey and Hunmanby, the two junctions being designated Royal Oak North and Royal Oak South. Near the eastern point of the triangle (the station approach) are the remains of the bridge that carried the branch over Filey Road, which links the village of Hunmanby (behind camera) with the A165. The site of Filey Holiday Camp station is located a quarter of a mile off to the right.

Matlock Riverside: D8 Penyghent reverses onto the 15.30 departure from Matlock Riverside on 11 October 2009 after running round stock.

Filey Holiday Camp: The overgrown stairway from the concourse at the long closed Filey Holiday Camp station, photographed in October 2009. The wooden gate gives access to a narrow lane running west off the A165 see image [[26793]].

Perth: The return Inverness to Bristol special photographed at Perth on 11 October 2010 behind the twin DRS Class 37s nos 37610+37423 See image [[31012]]

Perth: Fastline liveried 66434 heading south through Perth station on 11 October 2010 with the return Lairg oil tanks. A DMU stands at the Dundee platform in the background while repair and refurbishment work continues on platform 4.

St Leonards Bridge Junction: 67007 with the RHTT train approaching Perth from the south on 11 October. The train is taking the Dundee line.

Friarton Junction: The Royal Scotsman passing Perth South on 11 October.

Malmsbury: The 12.15 Southern Cross to Bendigo, 'Vlocity' DMU on the Malmsbury Viaduct. The viaduct was about to have its 150th Birthday Party, arranged by the local townspeople.

Beasdale No 119 Tunnel: Between heavy showers on 11 October 2011, Network Rail Track Assessment & Recording Unit No.950001 descends Beasdale Bank on its way back to Fort William.

Camps Junction [CR]: Relics dumped by the roadside near the former Camps Junction in October 2011 - presumably awaiting collection / disposal.

Lochend Junction: DBS 67011 returns light from Powderhall to Millerhill at the former Lochend Junction on 11 October 2011. Here lines diverged left to Abbeyhill and right to Leith Central.

Abbeyhill Junction: An inbound class 380 on an East Lothian - Edinburgh service crosses Spring Gardens, near Abbeyhill on 11 October. In the background a class 91 features on an East Coast advertisement.

Beasdale No 118 Tunnel: Leaving a smoke trail round the edge of Loch nan Uahm, Black 5 No.44871 builds up some speed on 11 October as it approaches the first tunnel on the 1 in 48 gradient of Beasdale Bank with The Jacobite .

Culross [2nd]: Colas 66847 passes a very wet Culross with the 6N72 Linkswood - Grangemouth empty tanks on 11 October 2012.

Langworth: Alongside the level crossing on the A158 east of Lincoln is the former station at Langworth, seen here looking north east on 11 October 2013.

Five Mile House: While there is no trace of the railway at Five Mile House to the east of Lincoln, a very informative board does explain the origins of the station and ferry that once existed here. The station was on the line from Lincoln to Boston via Bardney. It served the village of Fiskerton to the north across the River Witham. A ferry enabled customers to reach the station from the village. The station closed to passengers in 1958 however passenger trains continued to pass until 1970. Freight traffic from the sugar beet factory at Bardney ceased in 1981. The ferry has been replaced by a footbridge (seen on the right); the station was near the signs on the left. The trackbed now forms the Water Rail Way from Lincoln to Boston.

Carlisle: 37688 and 37409 roar away from a signal stop at Carlisle on 11 October, taking an RHTT service from the Tyne Valley back to DRS Kingmoor.

Leachbhuidh No 79 Tunnel: Black 5 No.44871 with the return working of The Jacobite makes a fine sight as it negotiates the long curve at the east end of Loch Eilt on a gloriously sunny afternoon on 11th October 2013.

Carlisle: The Statesman Rail charter from Cambridge to Fort William at Carlisle on 11 October behind West Coast 57314 stands alongside a Virgin Pendolino on a Glasgow Central - London Euston service.

Hardengreen: The drilling rig at Hardengreen on 11 October, now relocated to the south west of the roundabout see image [[43044]]. View is north along the A7.

Carlisle: DB-liveried 66118 about to run through Carlisle station with a Workington Docks - Kingmoor freight on 11 October.

Reepham (Lincs): The former station building at Reepham, the first station east of Lincoln on the line to Barnetby, photographed on 11 October 2013. The building continues in use as a private residence.

Carlisle: Vying for the award of filthiest main line diesel seen by the photographer are 66424 and 66430 at Carlisle on 11 October on WCML RHTT duty.

Carlisle: 47760 at Carlisle on the rear of The Statesman charter from Cambridge to Fort William on 11 October 2013. Running south through platform 4 is 92039 Johann Strauss with the 4M63 Mossend - Hams Hall intermodal (carrying only one container).

Gogarburn [Tram]: A tram rounds the sharp curve just west of the Gogarburn tram stop on 11 October 2013 on a test run between Edinburgh Airport and Gogar Depot.

Carlisle: Freightliner 66566 enters Carlisle from the Tyne Valley line on 11 October with the York - New Cumnock empties.

Wickenby: Now a private residence, the former station building at Wickenby on the Lincoln to Barnetby line is seen here on 11 October 2013. The smart set of level crossing gates is controlled from the signal box behind the camera.

Langworth: Langworth signal box on the Lincoln to Barnetby line on 11 October 2013.

Carlisle: Freightliner 66551 passes Carlisle Signalling Centre on 1 October with the 4S28 Fiddlers Ferry - Hunterston empties.

Carlisle: 66165 is about to run through Carlisle Station on 11 October 2013 with a ballast train from Shap Quarry.

Carlisle: 'So it's straight on at the lights...'  Crew change for Freightliner 70006, hauling a Colas crane north through Carlisle station on 11 October 2013.

Plates, signs, notices etc: GWR warning sign attached to the gate of a property in the village of Yearsley, North Yorkshire, in October 2014.

Carlisle: An East Coast service diverted via Carlisle on Saturday 11 October due to engineering works on the ECML between Edinburgh and Newcastle. Electric trains were diesel hauled over the N&C.

Carlisle: 66030 runs through Carlisle platform 4 with a southbound freight on Saturday 11 October 2014. Standing on the centre road is 67029 Royal Diamond, one of the diesel locomotives on drag duty between Carlisle and Newcastle during closure of the ECML for engineering works. See image [[49004]]

Gorebridge: 60009 nears Gorebridge with the Borders steam train on 11 October.

Gorebridge: 60009 passes through Gorebridge station with the Borders steam train on 11 October with 67026 on the rear.

Tweedbank: 60009 at rest at Tweedbank shortly before the return to Edinburgh.

Cathedral [SYPTE]: South Yorkshire Supertrams nos. 114 to Middlewood and 110 to Meadowhall at Cathedral stop, Sheffield city centre, on 11th October 2016.

Craigendoran Junction: The 'Leaf Train' pauses at Craigendoran before returning east.

Brocken: Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) 99 7232-4 on the ascent to the Brocken summit (1140 m above sea level). These locomotives, 99 7231 to 99 7247, were built in the mid-1950s, converted to oil-burning in the late 1970s, then returned to coal burning soon thereafter! The metre-gauge HSB system consists of the Harzerquerbahn, the Selketalbahn and the Brockenbahn. At its peak, pre First World War, the Harz region had a narrow-gauge (1000mm) rail network of 200 km.

Oban: Super sprinter 156474 awaits at Oban with the 14.41 service to Glasgow Queen Street in October 2016.

Orchy Viaduct: Kilchurn Castle Loch Awe. Picture taken from the Afternoon Oban to Glasgow Queen Street sprinter.

Pitlochry: The 0755 Inverness - Kings Cross Highland Chieftain HST service crosses the bridge over Ferry Road, Pitlochry, shortly after leaving the station on a damp October morning. [Ref query 11 October 2017]

Elgin Centre Signal Box: Works proceeds apace at Elgin - the locomotives have gone because the goods yard is now cut off while the points are replaced.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Information on hoardings at Glasgow Queen Street.

Arbroath Harbour Junction: The signal box at Arbroath North on 11 October 2017, looking back from Wellgate level crossing towards the station.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: 170419 seen here today working the 1209 Queen Street-Inverness is no longer in ScotRail livery as it is now subleased back from Southern. 170416-20 will next year go south to jpin sisters 170421-4 which have been reformed for use on the Uckfield line.

Manuel: The 'D-train' battery powered 230002 halted at Manuel in October 2018.

Stuttgart Hbf: The late running ICE4 on train ICE612 from Munich waits to depart for Dortmund on 11th October 2019. As this is a 7 car set it is limited to a top speed of 230Kmh.

Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: An elevated view of the ongoing work at the site of the Carmont derailment on Sunday 11th October 2020. Re-opening looks a fair bit away and an article in RAIL says it will be November because Network Rail are digging up the lineside drains. I can’t see the new bridge parapet stopping a 70 tonne train from going over the side but I might be wrong.

Ripon: The rail over road bridge at Pottery Lane, that runs between Littlethorpe and the Ripon to Bishop Monkton Road. The view is looking east showing the length of the bridge and the craftmanship in the construction of the arch.

Crooklands Wharf: Bridge 166, on the Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal, carries the B6385 road from Milnthorpe to Crooklands. Alongside the road, all the way from Milnthorpe station, ran the Gatebeck Tramway but it diverged at this point to cross the canal on a diagonal and the abutments for this old bridge are still in place. The horse drawn 3ft 6in tramway ran for 3.5 miles from Gatebeck Powder Works to wharves on the canal, and a secure warehouse at Milnthorpe station goods yard, but closed with the works in 1937.

Wakefield's Wharf: Looking generally southwards on the northern section of the Lancaster Canal at Crooklands in October 2020. This is Wakefield's Wharf, after the company that operated the Gatebeck Powder Works, and there was a tramway siding here for transhipping goods to and from the barges. The stone plinth has an information plaque about the Gatebeck Tramway, which ran along the roadside behind the wall to the right with the siding accessing the wharf through the right hand gate.

Charlestown Viaduct: A view of the now much overgrown 1810 Charlestown Viaduct which was replaced by the 1863 NBR route to Charlestown which latterly formed part of the Crombie branch. The railway had originally reached Charlestown in 1799 along the current road from Merryhill and then via West Road and Main Road (with almost right angled curves) to the top of a rope incline with a separate branch to the top of the kilns. The new route across the viaduct, which seems to have co-existed with the original branch, provided additional capacity and a gentler gradient down to the harbour. It is likely that the original route continued to carry coal for the kilns while the new route carried coal to the harbour for export. The waggonway to Limekilns closed in 1810 when the route over this viaduct opened.

Milnthorpe: This view from the main road shows the old entrance to Milnthorpe station goods yard. The horse tramway from Gatebeck Powder Works ran along here to terminate in a secure warehouse that was used to store gunpowder products prior to loading on trains. The works and 3.5 mile tramway closed in 1937. ROG 57312 passes the site running light engine from Leicester to Kilmarnock on 11th October 2020.

Crooklands Wharf: Crooklands Wharf, alongside the now disused section of the Lancaster Canal, still has a section occupied by the local coal merchant. Two sidings from the Gatebeck Tramway allowed coal and other supplies to be transhipped and taken from here to Gatebeck Powder Works along the valley of the Peasey Beck.

Wakefield's Wharf: This stable on Wakefield's Wharf at Crooklands has been restored by members of the Lancaster Canal Trust. An information board says that it was used to stable horses used on the canal and on the Gatebeck Tramway, which ran along the road behind the building.

Crooklands Wharf: This office at the entrance to the Crooklands Wharf coal merchant's depot, seen here in 2020, appears on the 1896 OS 6-inch map [[74601]], which also shows a tramway siding running through each of the two gated entrances onto the canal wharf. Coal and other supplies would be unloaded from barges here and taken by the horse tramway to Gatebeck Powder Works, about one and a half miles north of here along the Peasey Beck valley. Crooklands Wharf, and nearby Wakefield's Wharf, on the non-navigable stretch of the Lancaster Canal, are only a mile from Junction 36 of the M6 and a very interesting historic site to visit.

Wormald Green: Looking south along the extant platforms at Wormald Green station (closed 1962) between Ripon and Harrogate in October 2020. The old station sits alongside the long distance A61 trunk road that ran between Thirsk and Derby, but now ends at Alfreton where the A38 extension north, running to the M1, has taken over its route between there and Derby. The up platform is on the left of the picture and a railway worker's house is next to the main building.

Crooklands Wharf: In 2020, over eighty years after closure, a short stretch of the Gatebeck Tramway trackbed survives alongside the A65 at Crooklands, climbing away from the wharf in the direction of Milnthorpe and curving towards the old canal bridge abutment. There is reportedly a length of rail still visible in front of the wharf entrance but I confess I couldn't find it.

Ripon: The solum of the former Leeds to Northallerton line, heading south from Ripon, is substantially extant over much of the section between the now demolished Ure Viaduct, just after the station, through to the Harrogate to Ripon section of the A61 trunk road, just north of Wormald Green. Just south of Littlethorpe village there are a number of accommodation bridges, then two substantial rail over road bridges. The most southerly of the rail over road bridges is that over the Ripon to Bishop Monkton Road, a short distance south of Pottery Lane. This is Dft bridge LEN 1/66. The view is looking north towards Ripon.

Crooklands Wharf: The Crooklands Aqueduct (Bridge 165) takes the Peasey Beck underneath the Lancaster Canal. The beck is a tributary of the River Bela, which in turn flows into the River Kent. It carries the canal water supply down from Killington Lake reservoir but, just to the north of this aqueduct, a weir diverts some of the flow into a canal feeder channel.

Ripon: The solum of the former Leeds to Northallerton line heading south from Ripon is substantially extant over much of the section between the now demolished Ure Viaduct, just after the station, through to the Harrogate to Ripon part of the A61 trunk road. Just south of Littlethorpe village there are a number of accommodation bridges, then two substantial rail over road bridges, and then a road overbridge. The most northerly of the rail over road bridges is that over Pottery Lane, seen looking east, that runs between Littlethorpe and the Ripon to Bishop Monkton Road. This is DfT bridge LEN 1/67

Donibristle Platform: LSL's 47614 and 47828 between Donibristle and Dalgety Bay with the 'Lord of the Isles Statesman,' returning from Inverness to Leicester, on 11 October 2021.

Woodacre Crossing: Evening sunshine catches the early autumn colours and the returning 'Statesman' excursion from Inverness to Leicester as it passes Woodacre on 11th October 2021. Blue liveried 47614 leads Inter City 47828.

Hattersley: Northern's 323233 arrives at Hattersley with a Hadfield to Manchester Piccadilly service on 11 October 2022. The station is a relatively recent addition on the former Woodhead route having opened in 1978. It is also different from most of the other stations on the line by being an island platform.

Godley: A Manchester Piccadilly to Hadfield service with 323234 departs from Godley on 11 October 2022. This is actually the second station called Godley and was opened in 1986. A short distance to the east was Godley Junction station but the line to Apethorne Jct (Woodley) closed in 1981 and that station was renamed as plain Godley. After the new station was built here, Godley was renamed Godley East however it closed in 1995.

Woodley [MSLR]: Looking south at Woodley, between Guide Bridge and Romiley, on 11 October 2022. At the far end of the other platform is Woodley Junction with the line curving away to the right that used to head to Stockport Teviotdale but now only goes as far as the stone terminal at Bredbury.

Hyde North: A Rose Hill (Marple) to Manchester Piccadilly service has departed from Hyde North and is about to pass Hyde Junction as it heads towards Guide Bridge. To the right the OHL masts on the line to Hadfield can be seen. This was the MSLR route through to Sheffield Victoria via Woodhead which was electrified at 1500v DC in the 1950s. After the route closed (to freight in 1981) the remaining western section from Manchester Piccadilly to Glossop and Hadfield was converted to 25kv but the former heavyweight OHLE continues to be used to support the catenary.

Newton for Hyde: The view west of the platforms at Newton for Hyde on 11 October 2022. The main station building is below to the left approximately halfway to the street level.

Newton for Hyde: A rather attractive station building at Newton for Hyde. This sits below the railway but above a local road. There is an underpass from the right hand side of building with stairs leading up to platform level.

Flowery Field: A view from the bottom of the footpath leading to the eastbound platform at Flowery Field in October 2022. The green palisade fence at the back of each platform makes the station look rather uninviting!

Hyde North: Hyde North, looking west (towards Guide Bridge) from the footbridge towards Hyde Junction in October 2022. The Hadfield/Glossop line is on the right.

Hattersley: Hattersley station building was undergoing a major rebuild when visited on 11 October 2022. This sits above the island platform with a covered ramp leading to it.

Woodley [MSLR]: Woodley station forecourt, as seen in October 2022 from the A560 Hyde Road. The station buildings are no longer in railway use and access to the down platform is via a gate at the left-hand end of the building.

Hyde Central: A Northern service from Rose Hill (Marple) to Manchester Piccadilly arrives at Hyde Central on 11 October 2022. The train was formed with DMUs 150114 and 150123.

Flowery Field: 323236 arrives at Flowery Field on 11 October 2022, with a service from Manchester Piccadilly to Hadfield. The station opened in 1985 and is mainly of wood construction.

Newton for Hyde: A Class 323 EMU calls at Newton for Hyde with a service from Hadfield to Manchester Piccadilly on 11 October 2022. To the right of the EMU is part of the wall of the goods shed. The remains of windows (now bricked up) can be seen on a significantly reduced height wall. The site is now occupied by what appeared to be a recycling centre.