Gateshead Shed: J72 0-6-0T no 69023 simmers in the shed yard at Gateshead in October 1962. This locomotive was subsequently preserved. See image [[58748]]

Princes Pier Junction: Travelling on board the Scottish Locomotive Preservation Fund's 'Covenanter' special of 20th October 1962, I took several photos that I hoped would be a reminder of a wonderful railtour, but unfortunately nearly all were total failures. This was the only one that was almost passable, and luckily it features the superb signal gantry at Greenock Princes Pier. McIntosh 0-6-0 57581 shunts the stock back into the station after running round the train.

Glasgow St Enoch: Ex-Caledonian McIntosh 0-6-0 57581 awaiting departure from Glasgow St Enoch with the SLPF 'Covenanter' special on 20th October 1962.

Greenock (Lynedoch): The SLPF Covenanter railtour from St Enoch see image [[36365]] stands at Greenock Lynedoch station on 20 October 1962 during a photostop. Locomotive in charge (for the duration of the tour) is McIntosh 3F 0-6-0 no 57581.

Lanark Racecourse: The SLPF 'Covenanter' railtour makes a photostop at Lanark Racecourse Halt on 20 October 1962 behind ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 no 57581. The special was on the outward journey from St Enoch to Ayr see image [[37055]].

Cramlington: Gresley J39 0-6-0 no 64923 north of Cramlington on 20 October 1962 down light engine.

Lanark Racecourse: Caledonian 0-6-0 57581 pauses at Lanark Racecourse with the SLPF 'Covenanter' special on 20th October 1962.

Lanark Racecourse: Caledonian 0-6-0 57581 at Lanark Racecourse with the SLPF 'Covenanter' special on 20th October 1962.

Ayr [1st]: Caley 0-6-0 no 57581 in the process of running round the SLPF 'Covenanter' railtour at Ayr goods on 20 October 1962 prior to returning north to St Enoch via Greenock Princes Pier.

Woodford Halse: J39 0-6-0 no 64747 in a siding alongside Woodford Halse shed in October 1963. A village in rural Northants with a population of around 1,500, Woodford Halse was transformed with the arrival of the GCR London extension. This resulted in construction of a large locomotive shed and goods yard, with housing and other facilities for railway workers. How times change. The station, shed and yards were closed in the mid 1960s and the village has now returned to its former quiet rural state with little sign that the railway was ever there.

Woodford Halse: BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92214 in the shed yard at Woodford Halse (2F) in October 1963. This loco is now preserved, and, as of Oct 2014, is back at the Great Central Railway after being owned by a group of NYMR volunteers, from 2010-13. It is currently in lined green livery, similar to 92220 Evening Star.

Carstairs Shed: Pickersgill 3P 4-4-0 no 54463 stands on one of the condemned lines at Carstairs in October 1964. The locomotive would be cut up at MMS Wishaw by the end of that year.

Glasgow St Enoch: Royal Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman stands at St Enoch on 20 October 1965 with the 4.45pm St Enoch - Carlisle parcels.

Glasgow St Enoch: BR Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80000 taking water outside St Enoch in October 1965.

Carlisle: BR Standard class 4 no 80113 waits for the road from Carlisle station to Kingmoor shed on 20 October 1965. The locomotive is thought to have arrived with the morning stopping train from Hawick (the shed plate looks as if it could be 64G).

Polmadie Shed: BR Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80118 at Polmadie in October 1965.

Balornock Shed: 60019 Bittern stands on Balornock Shed in October 1963, while in the background construction work continues apace on what was seen as the solution to Glasgow's acute housing shortage.

Stirling: Close up of Black 5 45359 at Stirling, ready to take the 2.15 pm stopping service to Glasgow Buchanan St in October 1965.

High Level Bridge: A 1975 view from the footbridge at Gateshead East station across Robert Stephenson's double deck High Level Bridge. The lower level carries a road and a walkway, which can be clearly seen bottom left - including the section vaulted by Michael Caine while making his escape in the 1971 film 'Get Carter'. The Castle Keep stands in the right background. See image [[18934]]

Tickets and labels: Repair card issued to B120666, a 16T unfitted mineral wagon, at Pembrey directing it to Llanelli with a bent side door & corroded 1/4 & floor plates. The second notice was issued on 20/10/75 for a one way trip to Woodham Bros at Barry Dock for breaking, from where I rescued them. This wagon was one of 1200 ordered from Butterley in 1952 under Lot 2381.

Tickets and labels: Another Barry rescue. Another pair of cards from a wagon in the scrap line at Woodhams when I visited in late 1975. The repair card was issued at Jersey Marine Yard near Swansea, and despite the exhortation to USE BLOCK CAPITALS, has a hastily scrawled 'Pads' (presumably an axlebox fault) and an illegible destination. The second card authorises its one way trip to Woodhams at Barry for breaking. B143522 was one of a batch of standard 16T mineral wagons constructed in 1953 at Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Works.

King Edward Bridge North Junction: A class 37 with a coal train crossing the River Tyne from Newcastle to Gateshead via the King Edward Bridge in October 1975.

Apperley Bridge: No. 5690 Leander heading for Carnforth immediately west of the site of Apperley Bridge station (closed March 1965) on the 'Leander Enterprise' railtour of 20th October 1979. This was the second time the Jubilee had departed from Leeds that day, having already done the clockwise circuit via Harrogate, with the assistance of the Midland Compound as far as York.

Stirling: Platform scene at the south end of Stirling station in 1981.

Stirling: The 10.15 Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street arrives at Stirling behind 47219 in October 1981.

Stirling: A Dundee - Glasgow train calls at Stirling on 20 October 1981 behind 27004.

Riccarton and Craigie: Riccarton & Craigie station entrance and bridge abutments (station had an island platform), looking southwest from across Campbell Street in Riccarton, Kilmarnock, 20 October, 1985. Although this station was completely erected, including buildings, it never opened to regular passenger services, if at all. The twin bridges had been removed in the early 1970s (or thereabouts), and the rest of the railway relics were about to be demolished in the name of progress; the A71 bypass was about to be built on the trackbed through here.

Riccarton and Craigie: Riccarton & Craigie station entrance, close up showing decorative carving on the archway, 20 October, 1985, before the demolition men set to. There was still a short section of the island platform above at the time, located behind the red sandstone section of the wall above the arch, although the top of the stairs up from street level were buried.

Markinch: Despite having seen better days the old station at Markinch still retains much character. Scene shows the main station buildings with a train at platform 2 on 20 October 2006 with work getting underway off camera on the revised station layout and new interchange building.

Markinch: View south from Markinch station on 20 October 2006 with a train about to leave for Edinburgh. The redundant groundframe stands at the former junction for the Leslie branch and local goods yard, lifted track from which stands on the right.

Markinch: Station approach - Markinch, 20 October 2006.

Markinch: Edinburgh - Markinch service arriving at its destination on 20 October, shortly after the commencement of work on the creation of new interchange facilities.

Wernigerode: The 14:40 train to the Brocken departs from Wernigerode on 20 October 2006 behind post-war 2-10-2T 99 7240, while 99 222, the only surviving pre-war example of the type, waits to leave the shed yard to pick up its train from the carriage shed.

Markinch: Edinburgh bound train arriving at Markinch on 201006. The train in the background has terminated here and is waiting to use the crossover. Behind the barriers work is underway in the old yard on the upgrade of the station and creation of a transport interchange.

Oban: A quiet afternoon at Oban on 20 October 2007 as a Scot Rail Class 156 waits for the return journey back to Glasgow.

Rose Street Junction: A general view of Inverness. On the right are the far north platforms with 158 778 heading a four car train. In the foreground is the rusted track of the former harbour branch which now ends in two sidings. On the left stands the carriage shed. Centre left is the re-roofed Lochgorm Works and in the right background the main station building.

Grosvenor Bridge: Merchant Navy Pacific 35028 Clan Line crosses Grosvenor Bridge on a charter train from Victoria. Picture taken from an overtaking EMU on an adjacent line.

Harrow and Wealdstone: Having run light from Doncaster to Crewe the previous day, 86101 heads south through Harrow & Wealdstone on 20 October with the Crewe to Euston leg of the Atomic Harbour Master railtour to Dungeness.

Euston: 86101 at Euston with the Crewe - Euston leg of the Atomic Harbour Master railtour on 20 October.

Clapham Junction: 37601 and 37603 head the Euston-Folkestone leg of the Atomic Harbour Master through Clapham Junction on 20 October.

Paisley Gilmour Street: A Class 334 unit departing from Pasiley Gilmour Street with a service for Glasgow Central

Clapham Junction: 35028 Clan Line approaching Clapham Junction on a charter train from Victoria, which I managed to photograph about 15 mins earlier on Grosvenor Bridge!

Livingston North: An Edinburgh - Bathgate service calls at the new platform 2 at Livingston North on 20 October 2008.

Snainton: Snainton station on the former Forge Valley line between Pickering and Scarborough seen looking south across the station forecourt on 20 October 2009. This was the only station with two platforms on the line however traffic was always light and the line closed in June 1950. The station building is now a private residence. The car in Station Road on the left of the picture is parked where the level crossing had been.

Sawdon: Sawdon station approach on 20 October 2009. Although very close to the village of Brompton the station took the name of the parish. Closed in June 1950 the station remains in use today as a series of holiday cottages.

Seamer: A view south over Seamer station on 20 October 2009 from the bridge carrying the B1261 over the railway. The bridge appears to be a recent addition possibly replacing a level crossing. Evidence for this is presented by the gate and road sign at the right hand end of the former station house!

Forge Valley: Looking west along the trackbed and extant platform at Forge Valley from where the level crossing had been. The station building at the time (2009) was in use by North Yorkshire County Council Highways Department, however David Pesterfield's recent photo [[79707]] shows it now out of use.

Castelnaudary: SNCF 7333 at Castelnaudary Station en route from Perpignon to Toulouse.

Ballindalloch Viaduct: The 198ft long lattice girder bridge that once carried the railway across the River Spey at Ballindalloch. Built by G.Macfarlane of Dundee in 1863 it is now used by walkers and cyclists as part of the Speyside Way.

Ballindalloch: Ballindalloch Station had a passing loop and quite a large goods yard. The yard itself had two loops and four sidings. The view looks towards Advie. The goods yard has now been completely obliterated by housing and chalets.

Advie: The platform face of Advie Station in October 2009. A regular visitor here during the shooting season was King Edward the seventh when he was Prince of Wales, since this was the closest station to Tulchan Lodge.

Advie: Advie looking south.The station platform is on the left under the bridge.

Advie: Because of visiting Royalty Advie Station was provided with quite grand accommodation. Alas this no longer exists and in its place there is now a pile of sand surrounded by many trees.

Wykeham: The station building at Wykeham is still in use by Dawnay Estates as their estate office. The westbound platform was still clearly visible during this visit on 20 October 2009 whilst walking along a footpath that led to a caravan park to the right.

Arbroath: Platform celebration at Arbroath station on 20 October 2009. Photograph showing the Declaration of Arbroath mural by Charles Anderson, having been presented to Arbroath Station by Arbroath Abbey Timethemes, following inspection during the franchise anniversary tour by ScotRail MD Steve Montgomery.

Castelnaudary: Outside of SNCF Castelnaudary Station looking in pristine condition.

Newby Bridge Halt: Giesl-ejectored austerity 0-6-0ST Repulse departs from Newby Bridge for Lakeside on 20 October with an afternoon train on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.

Grange-over-Sands: 153378 leaves Grange-over-Sands with the 13.32 Lancaster - Barrow-in-Furness service on 20 October 2010.

Alexandra Palace [1st]: The former entrance building to the first-named Alexandra Palace station, terminus of the GNR branch from Highgate and Finsbury Park, dwarfed by the huge bulk of the palace itself on the left and above, in snowy conditions on 20th December 2010. The steps to the left were designed wide to enable crowds of visitors to be swept off the trains and into the palace as quickly as possible but haven't been used, I think, since the line closed. The pre-war scheme to convert the line into a branch of the Northern Line was begun but, despite being nearly completed at the outbreak of WWII, was left in abeyance and then not proceeded with after 1945 and the line, once promised a bright new future, closed instead in 1954. With so much work completed at a cost of more than £1 million, this is a shameful blot on London Transport's otherwise rich history. The station entrance building (all that survives, the island platform in the cutting below the palace walls having been demolished) was derelict and boarded up for very many years but has now been renovated and is in use as a community centre and given the name CUFOS: Community Use For Old Station.

Newby Bridge Halt: Giesl-ejectored austerity 0-6-0ST Repulse coasts into Newby Bridge on the LHR on 20 October.

Bathgate [4th]: End of the line for the end of the line. A recovery squad arrives at the now abandoned Bathgate terminus complete with rail trolley, ladders etc on 20 October 2010.

Bathgate: The 10.48 Waverley - Bathgate shortly after arrival at the new station on 20 October 2010 see image [[31158]].

Bathgate: Booking hall and transit area at the new Bathgate station on 20 October, the doors to the platform are on the right and the waiting area behind the camera.

Bathgate: A ScotRail 158 DMU on a shuttle service to Waverley photographed during turnaround at Bathgate on 20 October 2010. The new station had opened two days earlier, replacing the former single platform terminus. Meantime work on the reopening of the line west towards Airdrie was nearing completion, with the first through electric trains taking over passenger services in December that year.

Bathgate: The 11.24 service to Edinburgh Waverley about to commence its journey from the new Bathgate station on 20 October 2010. The additional roads beyond the (as yet) unused westbound platform are part of the ScotRail light maintenance depot recently constructed on the south side of the line.

Caldercruix: Progress on the new station at Caldercruix on 20 October 2010. Photographed looking west from the embankment alongside the currently closed bridge carrying Main Street over the formation. See image [[21918]]

Carnforth: The famed (not-so) 'silver bullets' Dollands Moor - Irvine china clay tanks (which originate in Antwerp) passing through Carnforth on 20 October behind 92012 Thomas Hardy.

Bressingham: 'Bevan' a new in-house built (2010) 0-4-0ST, running on the garden railway at Bressingham on 20 October.

Bressingham: Ex-NCB Beyer-Garratt 0-4-0+0-4-0 William Francis (Beyer Peacock 6841 of 1937) at Bressingham on 20 October 2011. The locomotive was based at Baddesley Colliery in the village of Baxterley, Warwickshire, where it was used primarily to haul coal trains between the colliery and the exchange sidings alongside the WCML at Atherstone.

Bressingham: Seen at Bressingham during 2011. From another long lost railway.

Shipley: 333009 pulls away from Platform 1 at Shipley on a Skipton to Leeds service. The transformation and developments at this location are remarkable. See image [[39400]] for the same spot in 1974.

Abington: A First TPE Class 185 is almost lost in the landscape as it heads south skirting the upper reaches of the River Clyde on the approach to Abington on 20 October 2012.

Fordoun: The 12.07 First Scotrail Class 170 Aberdeen - Edinburgh approaches Fordoun on 20 October 2012. Photographed from the road bridge alongside the station site looking north east towards the Network Rail track access point in the middle distance.

Keighley: 80002 pulls into Keighley from Oxenhope on 20 October 2012. This is the view from the covered ramp leading to the Network Rail Skipton platform in the shared station. The Standard 4MT 2-6-4Ts were/are particularly good looking locomotives and many are now in preserved line service, but this is the only one not to have spent time in Barry scrapyard.

Greenock West: 380003 arrives at Greenock West on 20 October with a service to Glasgow Central.

Dinnet: Photograph taken at Dinnet on the Deeside line in October 2012. What at first looked like a tree stump turned out to be a surviving crane pivot. [Ref query 11500] See image [[27750]]

Forteviot: Statesman's 'Lochs and Glens' railtour to Inverness passing Forteviot on 20 October 2012 powered by WCRC 47826 on the front and with the newly repainted 57601 on the rear.

Fordoun: The morning HST service from Leeds to Aberdeen passes the former station at Fordoun (closed 1956) between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven on 20 October 2012.

Dinnet: Looking east over the site of the level crossing at Dinnet on 20 October 2012 with the Ballater bound platform on the right but with most of the station building obscured by the trees on the left. See image [[22936]] for a similar view when the crossing gates, signal box and track were still in place.

Dinnet: Dinnet station building and up platform as seen from the down platform on 20th October 2012. The building was in excellent condition and in use as an office for the Dinnet & Kinord Estate.

Manuel High Level: GNR N2 1744 nearing Manuel on 20 October with a train from Boness.

Newtongrange: Progress on the new station at Newtongrange, seen from the A7 on Sunday morning 20 October 2013, looking south over the station site towards the houses of Jenks Loan.

Manuel High Level: GNR N2 1744 following arrival at Manuel on 20 October. In the right background part of Colas Rail 56105 can just be seen standing alongside the main line connection.

Fushiebridge [1st]: View south along the trackbed at Fushiebridge on Sunday 20 October 2013 following a period of rain. The former station was located behind the camera see image [[45040]].

Bo'ness: An inbound train runs into Boness on 12 October hauled by WD Austerity tank 75254. On the right is N2 1744, waiting in the bay platform with the 11.06 to Manuel.

Gore Glen Bridge: Entrance to the Borders Railway construction site on the A7 between Newtongrange and Gorebridge, with the new Gore Glen bridge taking shape beyond. View is south on Sunday 20 October 2013.

Plates, signs, notices etc: Works plate of GNR N2 1744. Photographed at Boness in October 2013.

Manuel High Level: GNR N2 0-6-2T 1744 running round at Manuel on 20 October 2013 after bringing in a service from Boness.

Newcraighall Turnback Siding: The start of the Borders Railway at the north end of Millerhill yard, seen looking south west over the junction in early morning autumn sunshine on 20 October 2013. Beyond the buffer stops at the end of the turnback siding trackbed preparations continue towards what will become Shawfair station.

Bo'ness: GNR N2 1744 at Boness on 20 October, about to leave with the 11.06 to Manuel.

Fushiebridge [2nd]: The site of Fushiebridge station (closed 1959) looking north towards Gorebridge on 20 October 2013, with some serious reinforcing work underway on the cutting sides. See image [[42741]]

Gretna Green: A Glasgow Central - Carlisle DMU about to pass a reverse working at Gretna Green on 20 October 2013.

Gore Glen Bridge: Traffic northbound on the A7 towards Edinburgh on Sunday 20 October passing the new Gore Glen bridge construction site. See image [[44856]]

Bo'ness: NCB steam at Boness on 20 October 2013.  The Prestongrange Society's No 6 (Andrew Barclay 2047 of 1937) which latterly worked at Kinneil Colliery and resident Neilson Reid No 1 on shed.

Sherborne: The station frontage at Sherborne in Dorset on 20 October 2014.
See query 2260

Great Linford: Great Linford was one of two intermediate stations on the line between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell. This distinctly leafy October 2014 view looks towards the branch terminus see image [[27539]].

Yeovil Junction: A view east along platform 2 at Yeovil Junction in October 2014. This is an island platform with platform 1 out of view to the left,

Templecombe: Departing west from Templecombe on 20 October 2014, a SWT Class 158 and Class 159 pass the disused signalbox before joining the double track section to Yeovil Junction.

Yeovil Pen Mill: A view south at Yeovil Pen Mill in October 2014. Platforms 1 & 2 are served by the same track and there is an interesting covered footbridge to link the two together. At the south end of the platform there is a junction with the left hand route heading to Dorchester and Weymouth and the right hand route travelling the short distance to Yeovil Junction.

Yeovil Pen Mill: Looking north along the platform at Yeovil Pen Mill on 20 October 2014. SWT 158886 is waiting to depart ecs for Salisbury via Castle Cary and Westbury.

Sherborne: SWT service from Exeter to Waterloo heads east from Sherborne on the double track section to Templecombe on 20 October 2014.

Sherborne: Autumn in Dorset, as a pair of SWT 159 units meets at Sherborne station on 20 October 2014. Left is 159014 on an Exeter to Waterloo train, while 159021 is operating the reverse service.

Castlecary Viaduct: An Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street service passes crosses the M80 on 20th October 2015. In addition to the more obvious OHLE preparation and metal and stonework repairs, renovation work on the viaduct includes installing a series of stairs, walkways and platforms inside the structure and ground-level entry points for each span.

Castlecary Viaduct: A road/rail vehicle parked at the side of the road near the viaduct awaiting use on the overnight renovation works. The east end of the viaduct are can just be seen above the cab.

Galashiels: A ScotRail 158 pulls out of Galashiels on 20th October 2015 on the final hop to Tweedbank.

Killiecrankie Viaduct: The autumn colours are starting to show as a train for Inverness crosses the viaduct at Killiecrankie on 20 October.

Tweedbank: The ever present palisade fencing on the new Borders Railway means you have to get a bit of height to photograph the trains and I risked doing myself a mischief taking this one by straddling some steps on two fence posts. 158782 approaches the points at Tweedbank and joins the single line to Bowland Junction with an afternoon service to Edinburgh on 20th October 2015.

Tweedbank: However inviting this building may become during the winter it is strictly not for the likes of us. The staff accommodation at Eildon View station (actually Tweedbank) on 20/10/2015.

Ladybank: Andy Savage, executive director of the Railway Heritage Trust, and Christine May, chair of the Fife Historic Buildings Trust, today (20/10/2015) opened the Laird's Waiting Room at Ladybank station.

The building may be the oldest building at the station site and may have originally been a ticket office and waiting room. The Lairds in question are the Haig family.

Tweedbank: The Southern Upland Way shares its route between Tweedbank and Gala with the railway, including the viaduct over the Tweed, a little to the west of here. A 158 is about to return to Edinburgh on 20/10/2015.

Merthyr Tydfil: Pacer 142080 awaits departure at Merthyr Tydfil with the 18.08 to Cardiff Central and Barry Island on 20 October 2015. The eight mile branch from Abercynon is single line except for an extended loop at Merthyr Vale.

Cardiff Central: 66238 enters Cardiff Central on 20 October with a Barry Docks - Alexandra Dock Junction trip.

Cardiff Central: About to pass through Cardiff Central on 20 October is 66175 with a train of imported (!) coal from Avonmouth Docks on its way to Aberthaw Power Station.

Banff: There is a new building on the site of Banff Station site. The station throat was located at the point marked by the yellow JCB at middle distance. The North Sea is to the immediate right of roadway. The line curved behind the row of cottages on the shoreline, on its way to Golf Club House halt and the junction with the Coast line at Tillynaught. The line closed to all traffic in 1968.

Banff: Fifty years after the end of passenger traffic, new housing appears on the site of Banff station. The three storey building occupies the site of the terminus buildings. The old Coastguard station on the hill above is a clear link to past photographs See image [[6683]] from 1965. The North Sea is to the immediate left at this point while straight ahead is the site of the town gasworks (long gone) and Banff Harbour.

Cardiff Central: Improvement work continues at Cardiff Central. 150242 pauses alongside the new Platform 8 with the 15.36 to Treherbert on 20 October 2015.

Galashiels: The transport interchange at Galashiels on 20 October, still en fete with bunting weeks after the Borders line reopening. The rail platform is across the A7 on the left, via a much needed pedestrian crossing.

Lochailort: K1 No.62005 has the steam heating on and the steam sanders working as it powers up the gradient from Lochailort to Polnish on a dull October day.

Helensburgh Central: 12.22 ex Waverley pulls in at 14.15.

Salsta: How do you ensure that your cargo gets to its destination if it lies beyond the wired-up section? Take your last mile haulage with you. Two electric locos, Hector Rail Class 143 (ex-SJ Rc3) are supplemented by a diesel electric shunter T43 (GM EMD) to enable the load to complete its journey by rail. A trainload of empty woodchip wagons heading from Värtahamn in Stockholm where it had left its load at a power station see image [[61156]].

Glenfinnan: A foggy autumn morning at Glenfinnan on 20 October 2016. K1 62005 has the sanders operating and steam heating on as it hammers up the gradient towards Glenfinnan Station with The Jacobite.

Dumbarton Central: Old staircase from eastbound platform at Dumbarton Central. The main entrance was closed in the 1992 refurbishment which saved the main buildings. The buildings date from the major re-construction of the station around the time the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway was built and line to Balloch went into joint NBR/CR ownership.

Manchester Oxford Road: A Freightliner class 70 hauled container service from Trafford Park approaching Manchester Oxford Road on 20 October 2017 with a consignent for Southampton Maritime Terminal. [Ref query 10 December 2017]

Wemyss Bay: 385 102 at platform 1, resting from overnight driver training duties. 314209 waits to form the 11.57 to Glasgow Central. 20 October.

Bishopton: Carmine and cream-liveried 314213 at Bishopton on a service to Gourock.

Birchwood: An EMR service hurries west passing Birchwood with a service to Liverpool Lime Street on 20 October 2017. The road bridge in front of the train with a lot of traffic is the M6 motorway, pretending to be a car park which it often does in this area as traffic waits to head south over the Thelwall Viaduct.

Hunts Cross: During engineering work at Liverpool Lime Street, Northern services from Manchester over the Cheshire Lines were terminated at Hunts Cross. Here 156483 is at the rear of a 4 car set that has arrived from Manchester on 20 October 2017 and will eventually return to Oxford Road after the crew have changed ends. On the right is the platform used by the Merseyrail Electrics.

Wemyss Bay: 385 102 at platform 1, resting from overnight driver training duties. 314209 waits to form the 11.57 to Glasgow Central. 20 October.

Lancaster: Colas certainly have a diverse fleet, illustrated by 56105, 60095 and 70804 taking the Up Fast line through Lancaster on 20th October 2017. This was a light engine(s) working from Carlisle to Crewe.

Bishopton: 314204 calls with a service to Glasgow Central.

Dalmuir Park Junction: 62005 takes the Westerton route at Dalmuir Junction on its way from Fort William to Carnforth on 20 October.

Hunts Cross: With the rebuilding of Liverpool Lime Street, trains from Manchester Oxford Road via Warrington were terminating at Hunts Cross on 20 October 2017. The third rail beneath the Class 150 is for Merseyrail services as is the other side of the island platform. This is the southern limit of Merseyrail services. This view is from the station footbridge looking east.

Wemyss Bay: 385 102 at platform 1, resting from overnight driver training duties. 314209 waits to form the 11.57 to Glasgow Central. 20 October.

Manchester Oxford Road: A two car Class 142 Pacer arrives at Manchester Oxford Road station on 20 October 2017 with a service to Southport. A few minutes were lost trying to get all the passengers onto an already busy train.

Elgin Centre Signal Box: Elgin works - points and track back in and access to mainline now has a signal. Elgin Centre box is B listed which is why it has not be demolished. The old GNSR station is also listed.

Elgin East: Elgin works - points and track back in and access to mainline now has a signal. Elgin Centre box is B listed which is why it has not be demolished. The old GNSR station is also listed.

Elgin East: Elgin works - points and track back in and access to mainline now has a signal. Elgin Centre box is B listed which is why it has not be demolished. The old GNSR station is also listed.

Fort William Oil Sidings: Caledonian Sleeper 73970 stabled in the oil depot sidings at Fort William. In the background are the home signals for the junction and the bridge which carried the Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway to the jetty on Loch Linnhe.

Wemyss Bay: 385 102 at platform 1, resting from overnight driver training duties. 314209 waits to form the 11.57 to Glasgow Central. 20 October.

Urmston: The station building at Urmston is no longer in railway use but is now a pub/restaurant 'The Steamhouse'. On the left a Northern Class 142 departs on the Hunts Cross to Oxford Road shuttle service on 20 October 2017. Returning to the building on the westbound platform I was tempted to pay a visit because of the delightful smell coming from the kitchen but unfortunately on this occasion I had already eaten!

Bishopton: 380 101 approaches with a service from Gourock. To the left was the branch to ROF Bishopton; the junction has been removed but some track remains in the trees. 20 October.

Tom-na-Faire Depot: View over Tom Na Faire depot in October 2017 with 45407 in light steam and 37518 in reserve.

Birchwood: A Liverpool South Parkway to Scarborough service arrives at Birchwood on 20 October 2017. This station was opened by British Rail in 1981 however there had been a station a short distance to the east which had served ROF Risley which had been constructed at the start of WW2. The site covered over 900 acres and had an extensive rail network. After WW2 was taken over by what became the UKAEA but since the late 60s most of the site has become Birchwood village or a business park. The road bridge behind the train carries the M6 motorway.

Urmston: A view west from the road bridge at Urmston on 20 October 2017. It looks so straight you would almost think that the Romans had built it, if railways had been around at that time!
See query 2215

Irlam: A Manchester to Liverpool via Warrington service calls at Irlam on 20 October 2017. The old station building has been renovated and now houses a small museum as well as the 'Café Bar 1923'. Further museum exhibits are situated in the garden area on the left. For a view of the station some 8 years ago before the changes see image [[25521]]

Irlam: An East Midlands service from Liverpool to Norwich with 158783 and 158813, passes Irlam in October 2017.

Crossgates: DRS 66428 passes the site of Crossgates station with the Inverness - Mossend intermodal on 20th October 2018. The train had been diverted through Fife because of the Stirling blockade.

Perth Carriage Sidings: The early hours of 20 Oct 2018 and change is in the air..

Adlington [Lancashire]: Electrification of the Preston-Bolton-Manchester route is nearing completion and some new furniture has appeared at some stations. At Adlington the access route to the platforms has now received a new 'gate' with warning to passengers not to raise objects above the height of the bar whilst on the platform. 20th October 2018.

Allanwater Viaduct: This far and no further! The wiring train has come to a stop on Dunblane viaduct on 20th October 2018 to allow the most northerly mast in the Stirling/Alloa/Dunblane electrification project to be connected up to the system. Only the down line was wired at this point because it was destined to act as a turn back for the electric services terminating at Dunblane.

Standish Junction: Northern 142045 heads south at Standish Jct with fellow classmate 142030 in tow on a 5J02 Lancaster to Newton Heath movement. Earlier there had been a 5C01 Newton Heath to Lancaster working and it is believed that these were to recover failed 142030 from platform 5 at Lancaster as the signalbox track circuit diagram had been showing 'DMIC' for that platform.

Standish Junction: Freightliner 90041 & 90046 approach Standish Jct while working the 4S44 Daventry to Coatbridge intermodal service on 20 October 2018. The train was travelling more slowly than expected but there was a loud banging noise coming from one of the 90s and it is believed both locos were substituted at Preston before the train continued north.

Interiors: The new Class 385 EMU First Class saloon. For First Class passengers the new seating is pretty hard and my personal opinion is the Second Class seating in the Turbostar DMUs was more comfortable! This was in the 10.00 Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley on 20th October 2018.

Haymarket: 7-car Class 385 EMU working the 10.00 from Glasgow Queen Street. 385122 brings up the rear as it disappears into Haymarket Tunnel on its way to the last stop at Edinburgh Waverley on 20th October 2018.

Woodhead Tunnel: View, from the junction of the A628 Woodhead Pass and the road passing Dunford Bridge Station, towards Round Hill in October 2018. The distant structure is an air shaft over the former Great Central Railway single bore tunnels. Old maps indicate it to be over the west bound bore.

Standish: Freightliner 66606 passes the site of Standish station on 20 October 2018 whilst working a Hardendale to Tunstead stone train. The platforms were only on the slow lines which were just beyond the scrub in the foreground.

Penrith: 350406 leans into the curve as it heads south from Penrith with an Edinburgh to Manchester Airport service on 20th October 2019. This view, taken from the footpath on the M6 bridge, shows the Down Loop in the foreground, and its intermediate signal that allows two trains to be in the loop. Until 1972 the Keswick branch climbed away to the right at this point. See image [[21967]] from 1967 looking back to a brand new bridge, and the under construction M6, from where the EMU is in this image.

Blackwater Viaduct: With the light rapidly fading, Statesman Rails 'Lord of the Isles ' railtour climbs away from Loch Garve on the way back to Inverness from Kyle of Lochalsh, headed by 47593 'Galloway Princess' In BR large logo livery. D1924 'Crewe Diesel Depot' on rear behind the trees.

Penrith: A late running 350406 crosses the M6 as it leaves Penrith with an Edinburgh to Manchester Airport service on 20th October 2019. I have travelled over and under this bridge on countless occasions but only realised that it also carries a public footpath when it featured in a recent TV series on walking disused railways.

Penrith: A TPE 350 EMU heads south over the M6 Motorway at Penrith with a Glasgow to Manchester Airport service on 20th October 2019.

Newtongrange [Village]: Photograph taken alongside the junction of Main Street, Newtongrange and the A7 looking south in October 2019. The wheel provides an obvious reminder of the industry on which the village was built. Less obvious perhaps is the protrusion in the wall marking the location of the western abutment of the bridge that once brought coal from Lingerwood and Easthouses into the central handling and disposal facilities at Lady Victoria. Just to keep the Midlothian coal mining theme going, the Lothian 48 bus began its journey at Gorebridge (say no more) and shows Fort Kinnaird as its destination. The latter is a popular retail park built on the site of Newcraighall (Klondyke) Colliery see image [[1071]].

Kirkby Thore: This bridge and short piece of embankment are virtually the only remaining railway infrastructure at Kirkby Thore. The line between Appleby and Penrith closed in 1962 and the station, which was immediately to the left of this picture, was completely demolished in 1973 to make way for a realignment of the A66 trunk road. To the right the embankment has been removed to make way for a small business park to leave this small tangible reminder of the Stainmore route, seen here in October 2019.
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Warcop: An Eden Valley Railway service, comprising 4-CEP EMU 2315 propelled by battery powered Motor Luggage Vans 68003 and 68005, runs back towards Warcop on 20th October 2019.

Lady Victoria Colliery: The temporary level crossing at Lady Victoria (see image [[70784]]) was replaced in 1895 by a bridge spanning the A7 to the north of the site. This bridge was built to carry both the mineral line and (from 1909) the new Easthouses tramway. This Sunday morning view from the east side of the A7 in October 2019 shows the remains of the western abutment of the bridge, with Newtongrange station and car park in the right background.

Cranmore: After a two year Heavy General Overhaul at the East Somerset Railway, GWR 2-8-0T 5239 the property of the Dart Valley Railway, has returned to steam. 5239 is seen here moving around the ESR shed, these being its first moves under steam following overhaul.

Cranmore: And if you open the cylinder drain cocks on a cold morning you can make the engine disappear. Just a ghostly outline of 5239 'Goliath' at Cranmore on 20th October 2019.

Penrith: 390127 slows to call at Penrith as it crosses the M6 Motorway with a Euston to Glasgow service on 20th October 2019. The bridge appears to be formed of two huge trough structures, with that on the left carrying the two main lines. On the right the line in the foreground used to be used by Keswick trains, which climbed away immediately beyond the bridge, but is also the Down Loop. The loop is over a mile long, running from Eamont Bridge to Penrith station, and has an intermediate signal so it can accommodate two trains. See image [[27643]] taken at this location in 1967.

Cranmore: The second platform at Cranmore is being rebuilt, thanks to a generous donation from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Seen here on 20th October 2019.

Cranmore: Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46447 in Cranmore station running round its train on 20th October 2019.

Cranmore: After a two year Heavy General Overhaul at the East Somerset Railway, GWR 2-8-0T 5239, the property of the Dart Valley Railway, has returned to service. The loco is seen being put through it paces at Cranmore on 20th October 2019.

Warcop: A rather faded looking Class 411 EMU 2315 trundles along the operational section of the Warcop to Appleby Eden Valley Railway on 20th October 2019. The train was being towed/propelled by two former 3rd Rail Motor Luggage Vans, which now operate on battery power. Usual motive power on these services would be a Thumper DEMU but the MLV/EMU combination has been used on one Sunday a month during 2019.

Cranmore: Andrew Barclay builder's plate from Barclay 0-4-0ST 1719 of 1920, 'Lady Nan', seen at Cranmore on the East Somerset Railway.

Penrith: A pair of Voyagers, 42 & 18, accelerate away from Penrith and cross the M6 Motorway with an Edinburgh to Euston service on 20th October 2019. This view towards the station shows the public footpath on the bridge and the steps that afford access to it on the far side.

Rufford: Two Network Rail trains pass in the loop at Rufford on 20 October 2020. On the left is MPV DR98902 on RHTT duties, heading to Ormskirk. Moving off on the right is Network Rail test train, unusually hauled by 73951, with 73952 on the rear. The train had already visited Ormskirk and having collected the single line token, was now returning to Preston before heading to Carnforth for the night.

Capernwray Arm: Just to the north of Bridge 133 on the Lancaster Canal is the Capernwray Arm, a short branch off the canal that once afforded direct access for boats into a now disused quarry. This is the junction of the Arm with the main part of the canal, which continues beyond towards Tewitfield. The branch now has moorings for pleasure craft.

Bamber Bridge: 34067 'Tangmere', out for the second test run following a heavy overhaul, this time around the Carnforth, Hellifield, Blackburn, Preston to Carnforth loop with six coaches and 37518 on 20 October 2021. The unrebuilt Bullied 4-6-2, not yet repainted, is seen moving quickly through Bamber Bridge.

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal: The embankment from the current Daventry container terminal (by a Tesco warehouse) over the wildlife underpass bridge to the new bridge over the A5 appears to be complete. View looks North West from the A5. See image [[52516]], which overlaps this POV.