Tay Viaduct [Perth]: Standard class 5 no 73146 brings the 10am Dundee - Glasgow Buchanan Street train over the Tay at Perth in 1965. The locomotive was one of the batch fitted with Caprotti valve gear and allocated to St Rollox shed.

Buchanan Street: B1 61330 reverses towards Glasgow Buchanan Street, on its way to take charge of the 11.35 service to Thornton, on 29th October 1966. Outgoing empty stock from the morning 'Bon Accord' express from Aberdeen is on the adjacent track.

Balornock Shed: A clean looking B1 61140 reverses towards the shed at Balornock (St Rollox) on 29th October 1966. The depot was to close at the end of the following week.

Balornock Shed: The self-weighing tender of B1 61140 is topped up at the antiquated coaling stage of Balornock (St Rollox) engine shed. The 'Red Road' high rise flats are under construction in the background, their enormous bulk being only too apparent in this view. The shed was to close not much more than a week after this shot was taken on 29th October 1966.

Germiston Junction High: On 29th October 1966, one week before services from Glasgow’s Buchanan Street station came to an end, B1 61330 was photographed passing Germiston High Junction with the 11.35 to Thornton. In the distance, B1 61140 can just about be seen slowing to a stop after giving the train a helping hand up the hill from Buchanan St.

Balornock Shed: Close up of B1 61140 on the turntable at St Rollox in October 1966.

York: 92220 Evening Star just south of York station on 29 October 1977 with a special from Leeds .

Spey Bay: The GNSR Spey Bay railway station, still looking in reasonably good condition on 29 October 1978.

Hadleigh: After final closure to freight traffic in April 1965, Hadleigh station and its surrounds were sold off to the local council for use as a maintenance depot. It is pictured in this guise on 29th October 1978, the view being towards the end of the branch. Subsequently, the area was sold on again for new housing, and although the original station building and canopy were preserved within the development, it ended up rather imprisoned by the new builds.

Lochgreen Junction: Looking north towards Troon (Old) station and onwards to Barassie along the Troon avoiding line from the bridge carrying Craigend (formerly Fullarton) Road over the line just north of Lochgreen Junction, 29 October, 1982, the signals in view controlled by Lochgreen Junction Signalbox, which closed (officially), Sunday, 28 November, 1982.

Barassie: Looking northeast from the road bridge over Barassie Junction, Monday, 29 November, 1982, with the weekend's work by the PW and signalling engineers plain to see (well it would be if the photo was of better quality). Track-wise, the Kilmarnock line had been reduced to a single line; until that weekend, double track had extended round the curve onto the straight towards Drybridge before converged into single line to Kilmarnock, whilst a new crossover had been formed from the slewed 'up' (southbound) main line onto the old alignment of the same line, both 'Up' and 'Down' main lines slewed west starting from the platform ends approximately. The semaphore signals were in the process of being felled, their arms already removed, their replacements in the form of colour lights just about visible beyond the footbridges; that over the Kilmarnock lines was removed along with the signals, whilst the other section over the line to Irvine survived until electrification saw it replaced, circa 1985. The temporary Signalbox, officially opened that day, is the brick-built structure on the east side of the line between the footbridge and the remains of the Kilmarnock line bracket signal.

Lochgreen Junction: Class 20 No 20179 swinging onto the Troon loop at Lochgreen Junction with a northbound freight, 29 October, 1982, shortly before the junction closed, along with the Troon avoiding line, 27 November, 1982.

Lochgreen Junction: Looking south from Craigend (formerly Fullarton) Road overbridge along the Troon avoiding line to Lochgreen Junction, 29 October, 1982, Class 20 No 20179 swinging onto the Troon loop with a northbound freight. The junction had been reduced to a single lead with facing crossover circa 1973 (I believe) and was taken out completely not long afterwards as the Troon avoiding line closed, Saturday, 27 November, 1982.

Ayr MPD: Ayr Open Day, 29 October 1983. Then new 314211 is on display, with Sans Pareil replica operating on the right. Electrification came in 1986. The Class 314 units will be withdrawn in 2018.

Ayr: Sealink Mk1 and dmu stock in the carriage sidings at Ayr in October 1983. This area is now a car park on the west side at the north end of the station

Ayr: 37192, with the stock of a returning railtour from/to Edinburgh, seen south of the station at Ayr in 1983 on the occasion of an Open Day at Ayr Depot.

Ayr MPD: Eastfield steam crane ADE 971589 on display at Ayr depot on 29 October 1983.

Regua: Open wide, this won't hurt... The Regua pilot, metre gauge 0-4-0T 049 001 having its tubes cleaned in the depot yard on Saturday 29th October 1983. Following withdrawal the locomotive was restored as E1 and placed on a plinth alongside the station see image [[43101]].

Blackhouse Junction: Cowans-Sheldon steam crane ADE971589, demonstrating at the eastern side of Ayr depot during the 1983 Open Day. Blackhouse Junction signalbox is behind.

Regua: On 29th October 1983, Mallet 2-4-6-0T 079 214 / E214 (which unusually had managed to retain its chimney-mounted numberplate) looks in fine condition in the yard at Regua. The locomotive would later be transferred to Pocinho for service on the twice-weekly goods along the Linha do Sabor to Duas Igrejas.

Garsdale: 46229 Duchess of Hamilton north of Garsdale at Lunds Viaduct with Cumbrian Mountain Pullman.

Ayr: 317335 in the bay platform at Ayr during the open day in October 1983. [Ref query 5 February 2018]

Garsdale: 46229 Duchess of Hamilton north of Garsdale on 29 October 1983 with 'Cumbrian Mountain Express'.

Mossend Marshalling Yard: View south over a busy looking Mossend Yard on 29 October 1991.

Kirkby Stephen: A Drax - Kirkby Thore gypsum train approaching Kirkby Stephen through the rain on 29 October 2004, approximately 18 miles short of its destination.

Slateford Yard: Stabling accommodation for First ScotRail being created on the north side of Slateford yard. View west along two of the new stabling roads in October 2006, with the main line off to the right beyond the fence.

Edinburgh Waverley: New southside through platform under construction at Waverley on 29 October 2006, looking east towards the central crossover.

Edinburgh Waverley: New southside through platform 29 October looking west from the central crossover.

Edinburgh Waverley: New stairway, which will link the western concourse with Waverley Steps, undergoing installation on 29 October 2006. The temporary (green) stairway stands behind.

Haymarket: Platform 0 looking west over the barrier at the end of the bay on 29 October 2006. The car park is to the right of the black metal fence and platform 1 on the left behind the hoarding.

Letham Bridge North: These old ponies have been resident on this part of the Glenfarg line since 1976 when the track was lifted. They love Mars Bars. [<I>Editor's note: So do I Brian... so do I!</I>]

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking west from the cross-station walkway at Waverley on 29 October along the south wall and what will become the new through platform 10.

Slateford Yard: Looking west across Slateford yard from the footbridge at Slateford station on 29 October 2006. The new ScotRail cleaning and stabling roads can be seen above the buildings in the centre of the picture. The line in the foreground is the Slateford Jct - Craiglockhart Jct link.

Edinburgh Waverley: ScotRail 156450 at the buffer stops at Waverley platform 15 on 29 October 2006.

Haymarket: Rule 55? No - never heard of it... a red light at Haymarket on Sunday 29 October 2006 for a westbound rail-replacement bus service. The line was closed here due to engineering works in connection with construction of the new platform 0.

Haymarket MPD: The new maintenance sheds at Haymarket MPD nearing completion on 29 Oct 2006.

Church Fenton: 92220 Evening Star storms under the footbridge at Church Fenton with The Pennine Ranger on 29th October 1977. Organised by the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society, the tour started at Euston and ran via Rugby and Leicester to York where 92220 took over as far as Leeds, giving way to Sir Nigel Gresley for the next leg on to Carnforth. This was one of two steam tours run that day - 92220 later worked The Pennine Venturer, which had originated in Cardiff, between Leeds and York (also via Church Fenton). [With thanks to Vic Smith]

Cerbere [France]: SNCF International Station at Cerbere on the French/Spanish border.

Munich Airport: Munich S-Bahn service near Munich airport.

Kirkham and Wesham: The 12 mile siding that is the Blackpool South branch operates pretty much at capacity for most of the day. 150224 has just left the branch, which starts by the bridge, and the signal for the next service has already cleared. The train is about to call at Kirkham & Wesham on its way to Preston and Colne.

Drumgelloch [1st]: The footpath east of the current buffers at Drumgelloch is closed (for good now I would think) while work is in progress on the new Crowwood Drive overbridge. Photographed on 29 October 2009.

Hurst Castle Hampshire: Narrow gauge, hand powered railway in Hurst Castle, used to transport artillery shells from magazines to gun positions.

Maxwell Park: 314 212 pulls into Maxwell Park with an Inner Circle working on 29 October. Class 314s, almost exclusive to the Cathcart lines, are at the bottom of the SPT electrics food chain and are sure to go in the cascade when 380s are introduced. They lack digitised announcements, in-train displays, toilets and even door buttons and the driver has to hand-crank the destination blind.

Plockton: Two stops out from its final destination, the 1101 Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh calls at Plockton on 29 September 2009. Those gathered under the canopy in the far corner of the platform are not passengers but students from the nearby Plockton High School on their lunch break. No, I've absolutely no idea...

Plockton: The road approach to Plockton station in October 2009.

Wittersham Road: Wittersham Road station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway as seen from the level crossing on the minor road between Wittersham and Rolvenden Layne on 29 October 2010. This country station, like many others along the line, was quite a way from the village it claimed to serve. In this respect it reminded me of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, where many stations were a considerable distance from the communities from which they took their names ... and then there's Gatehouse of Fleet of course ... See image [[29087]]

Edinburgh Waverley: Class 334s at 1055 on the 29th of October in Platform 17 at Edinburgh Waverley.

Edinburgh Waverley: The (currently) unusual sight of class 334s at 1055 on the 29th of October in Platform 17, Edinburgh Waverley.

Bodiam: Bodiam station on the Kent & East Sussex Railway viewed south across the valley from the National Trust run Bodiam Castle on 29 October 2010. Ex-GWR 0-6-0PT no 1638 is in the process of running round the train it has recently brought in from Tenterden Town.

Hawkhurst: The former 2-road shed at Hawkhurst in Kent as seen on 29 October 2010. Although the line closed in 1961 the shed has survived and externally seems to have changed little since closure.

Kirkby Lonsdale: Dusk at Kirkby Lonsdale and the lights are on in the pottery and tea room that were tastefully built on to the station building where the platform once stood. Just behind the new extension is an overbridge and the trackbed towards the next station Ingleton, on the line to Clapham. Since this image was taken the pottery and cafe have closed and the building has reverted to private residential use.

Glasgow Central: HST power car 43357 at Platform 2 of Glasgow Central with the 0900 CrossCountry service to Penzance on 29 October 2011.

Camps Junction: Network Rail MPV DR98956 applies Sandite while passing the former Camps Junction on its return to Slateford on 29 October 2012.

Monifieth: Monifieth Rotary have adopted Monifieth Station with a barrel-train so as to mark additional calls there from 9 December by the 0453 Inverness-Edinburgh, 1611 Glasgow-Arbroath, 1819 Arbroath-Edinburgh and 2141 Glasgow-Aberdeen.

Edinburgh Waverley: East Coast 91121 propels empty stock out of Waverley Station towards Craigentinny Depot on 29 October past sleeper locomotive 90024 standing in the bay.

Edinburgh Waverley: Plates on DBS 67005 Queen's Messenger stabled in east end bay platform at Waverley on 29 October 2013.

Haymarket: A CrossCountry Voyager leaving Haymarket on 29 October with the 08.20 from Aberdeen to Penzance.

Haymarket [Tram]: The Mural currently adorning the front of the new concourse at Haymarket, adjacent to the tram stop.

Manchester Liverpool Road: Agecroft No 1 with two replica coaches and an ex BR brake van providing rides around the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester on 29 October 2013.

Dumbarton Central: The Armed Forces Veterans Association now has an office on Dumbarton Central Station, pictured here on 29 October 2014.

Arbroath Harbour Junction: DRS 68008 passes Arbroath North signal box on 29 October with the Grangemouth-Aberdeen Intermodal.

Parthenon: Looks like another proposed new line has had to be abandoned due to problems with planning permission, compulsory purchase, demolition orders, etc..etc.. Athens, 29 October 2014.

Troon: The 10.50 Ayr to Edinburgh calls at Troon on 29 October.

Bargeddie Bridge: An empty coal train from Longannet to Hunterston passes over the bridges at Bargeddie on 29th October 2015. These trains will cease on the closure of Longannet Power Station at the end of March 2016.

Blackpool North: 158757 sets off on a trans-pennine journey from Blackpool North to York on 29 October 2016. The semaphore signals will start to disappear during 2017 as Blackpool North is significantly modified as part of the electrification from Preston.

Zurich: CityNightLine at Zurich. When DB cease Sleeper operations, the Amsterdam portion will no longer run, but OBB's new Nightjet network will include Zurich-Hamburg re-routed via Berlin.

Ardrossan Harbour: 380 112 waits to leave with its passengers off the Arran Ferry on the drizzly morning of 29/10/2016. Ardrossan Harbour is the recipient of a Bronze station award, details of these awards could be found on the Keep Scotland Beautiful website (page removed).

Corrour Summit: On a dreich, foggy, afternoon, Black 5 No.44871 races over Corrour Summit with the SRPS Railtour from Fort William to Polmont.47 826 on rear.

Haymarket: The ticket office at Haymarket photographed on 29/10/2016. Remember the days of ticket windows? That grille where you could hear the ticket clerk clearly above the hubbub of the station but oddly they could never hear you? All gone, and the staff no longer seem to hate you.

Blackpool North: A view towards the buffers on platforms 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Blackpool North in October 2016. This was over a year before the station closed for several months to allow for rebuilding and electrification which resulted in the loss of platforms 7 & 8.

Brunstane: The 0945 (Sunday) ex-Tweedbank runs into Brunstane station under a harsh autumn sun on 29 October 2017. Unit 170475 brings up the rear of the 6-car formation.

Baillieston: The temporary pedestrian and services bridge now in place at Muirside Road.

Stranraer: The 13.04hrs for Kilmarnock emerges from the trainshed at Stranraer Harbour on 29th October 2017.

Carluke: The large goods shed at Carluke in 2017. Although no longer needed by the railway it has at least been put to good use for other purposes.

Baillieston: The sections of the temporary Baillieston pedestrian and services bridge together with its north supporting tower have arrived at the site and are waiting for OHLE isolation and the start of the possession before lifting commences.

Baillieston: The sections of the Baillieston temporary pedestrian and services bridge together with its north supporting tower have arrived at the site and are waiting for OHLE isolation and the start of the possession before lifting commences.

Baillieston: The temporary pedestrian and services bridge now in place at Muirside Road.

Stranraer: The 13.04 to Kilmarnock comes off the causeway from Stranraer Harbour station and is about to pass under the A77 road bridge. 29th October 2017.

Stranraer Shed: The running shed is the only remaining part of Stranraer MPD, now in a scrapyard which itself appears closed.

Kittybrewster [1st]: Taken from the Kittybrewster Retail Park in October 2018, this is the newly relaid Aberdeen Harbour Branch. The small sign on the right is a reminder of one train working on the branch. The 10 mph speed sign is for the access road in the retail park, not the branch line.

Morningside Road: Morningside Road station closed in 1962. In 2018 it is offered 'To Let' by Network Rail and it has to be said is in better condition than the Ayr Station Hotel!

Findhorn Viaduct [Tomatin]: Class 47s Nos. D1924 'Crewe Diesel Depot' and 1733 haul The Statesman railtour across Findhorn Viaduct with the return journey from Inverness to Milton Keynes on 29th October 2018.

Culloden Viaduct: The low winter sun shines on 37610 at the head of the Inverness to Mossend test train on 29th October 2018. 37219 'Jonty Jarvis' was on the rear.

Kittybrewster [2nd]: A wet and miserable afternoon shot of a Railvac at Kittybrewster on 29th October 2018. It appears to be sitting on the newly laid 2nd line while in the foreground is the newly relaid Aberdeen harbour branch, with yellow track fittings (to keep the curvature?). In the back ground is the Aberdeen City Council depot and just to the left the 1939 Art Deco Northern Hotel.

Aberdeen: Sleeper services didn't have a good day on the 29th. I was walking into town up South College Street and wondered why GBRf 66704 was overhead and soon found out when I got to Clayhills at 13:00, so I watched the action from the car park while 66704 took 73967 off the front of the rake of nice new sleeper coaches and shunted it to a siding.

Ferryhill Junction: Sleeper services didn’t have a good day on 29th October 2019. I was walking into Aberdeen on South College Street and wondered why GBRf 66704 was overhead but soon found out when I got to Clayhills at 13:00. I watched the action from the car park as 66704 took 73967 off the front of the rake of nice new sleeper coaches and shunted it to a siding. When I returned later the sleeper train was in its Clayhill siding with 66704 in front of 73967 and its sleeper coaches so I assume in went down the line to Edinburgh later under tow to a repair facility.

Essex Road: 717002, with a GN suburban service from Moorgate to Welwyn Garden City, calling at Essex Road on the evening of 29th October 2021. This station began life as Essex Road with the Great Northern & City Railway in 1904 and was renamed Canonbury & Essex Road in 1922, but the original name was restored in 1948. This was, for years, a London Underground line treated as a short spur of the Northern Line where, on 28th February 1975, a crowded morning rush hour train of 1938 stock crashed into the short over-run tunnel at Moorgate, resulting tragically in much loss of life. LU trains ceased shortly after when the line was temporarily closed to enable it to be reconstructed for use by GN electric suburban trains which began with class 313 units (that lasted until 2019) on 8th November 1976.

Glasgow Central: Vivarail's 230001 seen at Glasgow Central.

Glasgow Central: Interior of the Class 230. The poster informs us that a return journey from Glasgow to Barrhead takes 28 minutes and will be 30% battery usage. For reference, the length of the return journey is a little under 15 miles with a climb of about 140ft on the outward journey.

Glasgow Central: COP ticket - the ticket for a trip on the Vivarail train from Glasgow Central to Barrhead and back. Supported by the Department for Transport, Network Rail and Transport Scotland, Vivarail will lead the alternative traction event. Vivarail will be running a daily service out of Glasgow for delegates and VIPs to introduce this new technology. Vivarail - COP

Inverkeithing: Vivarail battery multiple unit 230001 crawls (thankfully) through Inverkeithing heading for an overnight stop in the Yard. 29 October.

Glasgow Central: Vivarail's battery powered Class 230 unit will be operating a daily demonstration run for #COP26 delegates. Departing Glasgow Central at 1323 it will run non stop to Barrhead (1336 to 1345) then back to Glasgow for 1404.

Surrey Quays: 378151, with a London Overground service from Highbury & Islington to Clapham Junction via Peckham Rye, departing from Surrey Quays on the afternoon of Saturday, 29th October 2022. This station was opened as Deptford Road by the East London Railway on 7th December 1869 and renamed Surrey Docks on 17th July 1911. It was renamed Surrey Quays by London Transport on 24th October 1989 and East London Line Underground trains ran for the last time on 21st December 2007. After reconstruction of the line Surrey Quays reopened on 27th April 2010 as part of the London Overground.

Angerstein Wharf: Grab shot from 700032, with a Thameslink service to Rainham (Kent), just departed from Westcombe Park and crossing the well-used Angerstein Wharf freight branch, looking north, on the afternoon of Saturday, 29th October 2022.

Westcombe Park: Westcombe Park, on the link line between Greenwich and the North Kent Line at Charlton, looking east on the afternoon of Saturday, 29th October 2022. This station is another that had its original buildings replaced on one side only, in this case on the down platform on the left, resulting in a sadly lopsided appearance.

Hoxton: 378257 with a London Overground service from New Cross to Dalston Junction departing from Hoxton on the afternoon of Saturday, 29th October 2022. This station is on the former NLR Broad Street viaduct, opened on 1st November 1865 and closed on 30th June 1986. However, there was never a Hoxton station prior to the closure. It was opened on a brand new site when the line was partially reopened for the London Overground on 27th April 2010. On that day, I travelled on the very first train to run between Dalston Junction and New Cross and along the new link from the old Broad Street line at Shoreditch to the former London Underground East London Line.

Stratford [DLR]: DLR units 108 and 01 calling at their penultimate stop at Stratford low level. There is also a high level DLR station here for trains to Canary Wharf via Poplar. This was a train from Woolwich Arsenal to Stratford International on 29th October 2022. These platforms stand on the site of the low-level station of the former North Woolwich branch.

Barrhead: Barrhead signal box closed for the very last time on the 29th at 0030. This is a view of the interior of the box showing the frame. The box opened as Barrhead South in 1894, becoming simply Barrhead in 1967 when Barrhead Junction (to the north) closed.

Haggerston: Seen through zoom lens from Haggerston station, 378145 with a London Overground service to Highbury & Islington is descending the incline on the approach to Dalston Junction on the fine and unusually warm afternoon of Saturday, 29th October 2022. This is the former North London Railway's Broad Street branch, closed in 1986 and partially reopened in 2010 with a new connection at Shoreditch to the former LU East London Line.

Tottenham Hale: The landmark new entrance to Tottenham Hale station, giving access to National Rail and Stansted Express trains, the Victoria Line and with an improved bus station behind the camera, seen here at dusk on Saturday, 29th October 2022. A vast improvement over the old.