Monkton Coke Works: Monkton Coke Works on 31 October 1991, a year after closure. Four shunters can be seen, an elevated-cab loco, another industrial and two ex-BR type 03s.

Llandudno: Regional Railways liveried 153354 lays over at Llandudno prior to departure for Blaenau Ffestiniog on 31 October 1992.

Blaenau Ffestiniog [FR]: In fine Welsh rain, Hunslet 2-4-0ST+T Linda of 1893 passes the shiny slate roofs of the terraces alongside the line near Bleanau Ffestiniog station on 31 October 1992.

East Kilbride: Black Five 44871 'Sovereign' at East Kilbride with the branch 125th Anniversary special on 31 October 1993.

Thorntonhall: A special run to mark the 125th Anniversary of the East Kilbride branch on 31 October 1993. The ScotRail/SRPS excursion from Glasgow Central is pictured near Thorntonhall behind Black Five no 44871 Sovereign.

Glasgow Central: 44871 ready to leave for East Kilbride.

Rannoch: The Mad Woman of Rannoch.
Wind and rain at Rannoch station in October 1999.

Leyburn: A DMU calls at Leyburn on the Wensleydale Railway in October 2004 with a service to Redmire. View is east towards Leeming.

Bedale: A rainy day at Bedale on 31 October 2004, standing alongside the A684 level crossing. View is west towards Wensleydale, with Bedale station off to the right see image [[6377]].

Bedale: View of Bedale station from the level crossing in October 2004. Photographed looking east towards Leeming.

Leeming Bar: The level crossing on the old A1 at Leeming Bar looking west along the Northallerton - Garsdale line on 31 October 2004. Photograph taken on the occasion of an open day on the Wensleydale Railway.

Bedale: The rustic old signal box alongside the A684 level crossing in Bedale on what is now the Wensleydale Railway. Photographed in October 2004 looking towards Leyburn.

Leeming Bar: Platform scene at Leeming Bar on the Wensleydale Railway in October 2004 with 20189 (D8189) standing alongside a DMU. View is north east in the general direction of Norhallerton.

Fort George [2nd]: The former Fort George station building, standing alongside Station Road, Ardersier, in October 2005.

Fort George [2nd]: 'Oh Grandma... what a big shed you have..' Looking east across Station Road, Ardersier, in October 2005 showing the enormous former HR goods shed, still being put to use 47 years after closure of the branch. The station building, now a private residence, stands just off picture to the left.

Divie Viaduct: The castellated north end of the 1863 Edinkillie Railway Viaduct over the River Divie in Morayshire, complemented by the surrounding autumn colours in October 2005. The grade B listed structure, generally referred to as The Divie Viaduct, is located between Dava and Dunphail and now forms part of The Dava Way. See image [[5793]]

Findhorn Viaduct [Tomatin]: The meandering River Findhorn, illuminated by a low autumn sun during a pleasant October afternoon in 2005, with the piers of the viaduct casting long shadows across the valley floor. View is south west, with the village of Tomatin off picture to the right.

Divie Viaduct: Divie Viaduct - view south in October 2005.

Nairn: Nice day at Nairn. The northside entrance to the 1855 Nairn station off Cawdor Street, seen here on a bright and sunny October day in 2005.

Culloden Viaduct: Culloden Viaduct from the west in October 2005.

Culloden Viaduct: The stately Culloden Viaduct from the east in October 2005.

Nairn: The closed signal box at Nairn West on 31 October 2005, photographed from the opposite platform.

Fort George [2nd]: View east across the B9006 Station Road in Ardersier in October 2005 showing the former Fort George station building, now a much modified private residence. The old goods yard, currently used by a building firm, stands on the right with the large goods shed still intact.

Nairn: An Aberdeen - Inverness train calls at Nairn on a bright Autumn day in October 2005. The line in the foreground served the former goods yard see image [[40189]].

Findhorn Viaduct [Tomatin]: Looking northwest over the valley of the River Findhorn towards Tomatin in October 2005 with the autumn sun casting lengthy shadows across the river below the 400m span of the Findhorn Viaduct.

Kinfauns: Turbostar passing Kinfauns, bound for Dundee.

Cambus: Track depository at Cambus on 31 October 2006 with dark satanic buildings forming part of the massive Diageo complex dominating the background.

Cambus Loop: Looking west over the site of the passing loop towards Cambus from the bridge on the west side of Alloa on 311006 with track creeping ever nearer.

Kincardine: View south from Kincardine power station sidings on 31 October 2006, looking towards the junction with the 'main line' coming in from the left.

Kincardine: Looking north over the sidings on the site of the old Kincardine power station on 31 October 2006. The site is in use as a supply point for the Stirling - Kincardine project.

Kincardine: View north from the level crossing at Kincardine station on 31 October 2006.

Culross [2nd]: EWS 66088 leaving Longannet power station on 31 October 2006 and heading east with coal empties returning to Hunterston via Halbeath sidings and the Forth Bridge.

Cambus: The long wait...Cambus level crossing looking west on 31 October 2006.

Cambus: View east from Cambus level crossing towards Alloa on 31 October 2006. A passing loop is being installed in the middle distance.

Culross [2nd]: Longannet - Hunterston coal empties eastbound along the north shore of the Forth on 31 October 2008 approaching Culross behind EWS 66088.

Needlefield Carriage Sidings: The section of Highland House, Inverness, damaged as a result of a fire on 28 October 2009.

Leith Walk [CR]: Site of the Caledonian's proposed Leith Walk station on the 'Leith New Lines', photographed looking west along Manderston Street towards The Walk on 31 October 2009. One of the platforms of the partially built but never opened station is incorporated in the stretch that sticks out into Manderston Street.

Bonnyton Junction: Looking East towards Kilmarnock station from the cycle path on the old Dalry line. The new buffers will be roughly at the end of the fence line, whilst the path is about to be slewed to make way for the sidings. The old buffers which survived the line's closure and subsequent conversion to a cycle path (they were at the bottom of the ramp down from the road) have been removed, which is a shame as they were a good reminder of the path's former use.

Newhaven [Tram]: Former tram crews' convenience at Newhaven terminus, photographed on 31 Oct 2009

Nuneaton: So near and yet so far - this is the gap between the WCML and the Leicester line at Nuneaton. Not far physically, but doubtless a long way in terms of signalling and control. October 2009.

Bonnyton Junction: Looking West on the old Dalry line from the Western Road bridge in Kilmarnock, with preparations well advanced for the new run-round loop. Could the wall that has been unearthed be the platform mentioned by Hugh Delahunt? [Hugh could you send another message - we had no luck with your email address.] If memory serves, this is nothing more than a retaining wall adjacent to what was the old Dalry line Up loop.

Bonnington Goods Junction: The NBR North Leith Branch, now a walkway, looking towards the terminus on 31 October 2009. A little behind me was Bonnington station, still substantially intact. Through the fence to the right ran the goods lines serving the once industrial Bonnington area, split in two by the Water of Leith which the lines crossed. There was a goods station at the start of the branch, then lines fanned out into a dense pattern serving tanneries, ironworks and the like. At one point a line formed a tight figure 4; presumably worth all the required reversing in a pre-motor age.

Junction Bridge: View north east from the site of Junction Bridge station on the North Leith branch on 31 October 2009. Beyond the bridge carrying Great Junction Street a short tunnel gave access to the terminus at North Leith.

Bonnyton Junction: Looking East over the old Dalry line towards Kilmarnock long Lyes (right) and the advancing ballast for the run-round loop (top right).

Easter Road Park Halt: View towards Abbeyhill Junction from the site of Easter Road Park Halt on 31 October 2009

Needlefield Carriage Sidings: Highland House, Longman Road, Inverness, the office building used by Network Rail where a suspicious fire broke out on 28 October 2009.

Easter Road Park Halt: The site of Easter Road Park Halt, looking towards Leith on 31 Oct 2009. This short-lived station on the Leith Central branch only handled specials for Hibernian FCs ground. Although the track was double it only had a platform on the Leith-bound side. This might explain why the halt saw arriving trains only: fans had to make their own way back! Well, that's one way of tackling fare-dodging.

Bonnyton Junction: Looking back towards Kilmarnock station from the bottom of the cycle path ramp down on to the old Dalry line, Western Road bridge in background and old platform/retaining wall to left. The Up loop passed through the left hand opening below the bridge.

Lochend: Trackbed of the Caledonian's Leith Goods Branch - looking south west under Lochend Road on 31 0ctober 2009. The Leith Central branch crossed over just beyond the road bridge.

Birdsmill M8 Viaduct: Birdsmill M8 Viaduct seen from the east. Still a strange sight to me with the electrification masts. Just to the east of here is the second Birdsmill Viaduct which crosses the Almond Water. Joys of being a passenger with a camera.

Ewesley: Entrance to the former Ewesley station (1870) on the Northumberland Central Railway on 31 October 2010. Closed to passengers in 1952, the refurbished station master's house looks in fine fettle with the rain glistening on the roof. Just off to the left are the surviving abutments of the bridge which carried the branch across the road and on to the junction with the Wansbeck line at Scotsgap. The Rothbury branch was closed completely in 1963.

Rothbury: One of the few surviving clues that the railway ever came to Rothbury. The Railway Hotel on Bridge Street, a quarter of a mile from the site of the former terminus of the Northumberland Central Railway, seen here in 2010. Rothbury station closed to passengers in 1952 and to all traffic in 1963. The site is now occupied by Rothbury Industrial Estate.
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Bathgate Central Junction: Looking east from Bathgate (Old) to the new station from the end of the platform. A number of track panels have been lifted. A train sits in the train maintenance depot (right) neighbouring the new station site (left).

Bathgate Central Junction: Looking west at more or less the site of the former Bathgate Central Signalbox. To the right is the former approach to Bathgate (Old) with a number of lifted track panels and the line disconnected from the new railway. The rebuilt route to Airdrie is to the left. The former Bathgate Upper station was located to the far left of the green cabins. The view is taken from the west end of the new Bathgate station.

Bathgate: The King is dead ... long live the King! Notice at the closed Bathgate station terminus with directions to the new station.

Bathgate: So if your kite gets tangled up in the OLE you have been warned. This notice graces the eastbound platform of the new Bathgate station.

Bathgate: Bathgate carpark and new station. This is a large carpark. Imagine what you see here - bays to the left and right - duplicated to the left out of shot, then duplicate both of these behind the camera and once again beyond the road end seen to the left.

Scotsgap: The road approach to the former Scotsgap station in October 2010 looking south east towards Morpeth. Behind the camera is the site of Scotsgap Junction, where the Rothbury branch once left the Wansbeck Valley route. Scotsgap lost its passenger service in 1952, although freight and occasional excursion traffic continued to use the line until final closure in the mid sixties. The station building is now a private residence, with the area to the rear, including the former goods yard, a large agricultural merchants, with several modern buildings now occupying the site.

Fontburn Viaduct: View east from the top of the dam at Fontburn reservoir, Northumberland, on 31 October 2010. Below are the water treatment works of Northumbrian Water, while in the background stands the 12-arch Fontburn Viaduct that once carried the Rothbury branch of the Northumberland Central Railway. The line saw its passenger service withdrawn in 1952 and closed completely 11 years later.

Arrochar and Tarbet: The southbound Jacobite stock working from Fort William to Carnforth pounds away from Arrochar and Tarbet behind two Black 5s. 45407 was leading 44871 and in tow were 9 coaches and a Class 37 diesel. [Photo by Sue Chattwood.]

Lingwood: Looking through Lingwood station from the level crossing on 31 October 2011.

Bridgend: If only... The treadplate on an Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 proclaims 'BREL York, train makers to the world' in deference to the now long gone carriage building operation.

Bridgend: Newly refurbished Arriva Trains Wales Express Sprinter 158818 waits for EWS liveried 66089 to power past, rather smokily, on a loaded steel working before it can be given the right of way; to allow it to cross the up line to gain access to the Maesteg branch with the 10.46 departure from Bridgend station.

Llanelli: View west from the platform at Llanelli Station in October 2012. Llanelli West Frame box is sited alongside the down line on the west side of the Glanmor Road level crossing.

Barry: Sign of the past, sited at the junction of Hood Road, Island Road and the access road that once led to Barry steam shed. The site is now home to the Barry Rail Centre, operated by Cambrian Transport. See image [[40161]]

Lostock Hall Junction: The MWF only bitumen empties for Lindsey refinery are wheeled east through Lostock Hall Junction by DBS 66204. The lines in the foreground lead to the WCML at Farington Junction and the locomotive is just passing the point where the chord to Todd Lane Junction and Preston E.L. left this line until final closure in 1972. See image [[31876]] for the same location in 1981.

Ashton Swing Bridge (Preston): There's a heavy rumble as Ribble Rail Sentinel 4wDM Enterprise takes seven loaded bitumen tankers across the swing bridge at Preston Dock on 31 October 2012. The wagons are moving from the Strand Road exchange sidings to the unloading area and Enterprise will shortly return for the other half of the 14 wagon load.

Lostock Hall Junction: DBS 66204 passes Lostock Hall Junction with the (MWF only) Preston Dock to Lindsey bitumen empties on 31 October 2012. The lines to the left go to Farington Junction on the WCML and the train has just passed through Lostock Hall station in the background.

Kidwelly: Arriva 175102 leans into the curve after passing Kidwelly level crossing heading east towards Swansea with the 13.01 service from Carmarthan to Manchester Piccadilly in October 2012. The overgrown and rusting Gwendraeth Valley line exchange sidings are on the left, with part of the head shunt stop block just visible.

Kidwelly: Kidwelly Station looking west from the entrance to the down platform entry path alongside the level crossing in October 2012. There is vehicle access to the up platform entrance gate. The signal box is behind the camera. The up waiting shelter offered no protection from a torrential downpour, propelled by a gale force wind from the south, that arrived shortly afterwards whilst waiting for the train to arrive. Standing behind the shelter was little better.

Barry: These two original buildings part of the former 'locomotive repairing works' complex, located to the north east of the Goods Shed, on what is now Hood Road, Barry, featured in many views of locos at Dai Woodham's scrapyard. Locos coming into the yard from the main line, that runs beyond the building, ran in front of them from the left to enter the reception sidings for the yard, which was located to far rear of view. A new Premier Inn is now sited to the right of view on part of the area where many lines serving the extensive dock network ran, with Ffordd Y Mileniwm running in from Cadoxton now built on the solum of these lines.

Preston (Ribble Branch): Although the air-braked Dutch Class 11 See image [[40573]] is now available to the Ribble Rail drivers the word is that they much prefer the ease of access and visibility from the 4wDM Sentinel shunters, as illustrated here on Enterprise leaving the dock swing bridge with the loaded bitumen tanks. Three locos, Progress, Energy & Enterprise, were purchased new by Preston Corporation in 1968 to cover remaining docks traffic after steam finished and all survive in the Ribble Rail fleet.

Cardiff Queen Street: Reconstruction underway at Cardiff Queen Street, where two extra platforms are to be brought into use - the previously existing through platform opposite platform 4, plus a new bay platform to serve trains on the Cardiff Bay line. This view south on 31 October 2013 shows what will become the reinstated through platform 5 on the west side of the station.

Cardiff Queen Street: A class 150 DMU is about to leave platform 4 at Cardiff Queen Street with the 1540 Penarth - Bargoed on 31 October 2013. Part of the soon to be recommissioned through platform 5 is visible beyond the train on the left.

Cardiff Queen Street: Excavation work underway on 31 October in connection with construction of the new down side bay platform at the south east corner of Cardiff Queen Street station. The new platform will be used for the Cardiff Bay shuttle service.

Cardiff Queen Street: View south from Cardiff Queen Street on 31 October with a northbound train approaching plaform 4. The station's current operational platforms 2,3 and 4 are soon to be joined by bay platform 1, under construction in the left background and platform 5, seen on the right.

Manchester Victoria: A Metrolink tram on a Bury service heads though the construction site which will re-establish Manchester Victoria as a station on the system when new island platforms are completed. To the left Platform 1 on the main network is awaiting the arrival of a train from Leeds which will terminate here.

Duke Street: The 1012 service to Cumbernauld (0938 ex-Dalmuir) climbs through the 3 short tunnels between Bellgrove and Duke St. on 31st October 2014.

Ayr: Colas 56302 runs round the Prestwick aviation fuel tanks at Ayr on 31 October 2014. See image [[14194]]

Duke Street: New platform furniture at Duke Street on 31 October 2014. One of the smart card readers that have started to appear recently at stations on the Cumbernauld and Whifflet lines.

Duke Street: 320308 emerges from the undergrowth which partially obscures the flats in Cumbernauld Road as the 0955 service to Dalmuir approaches Duke Street station on 31st October 2014.

Manchester Victoria: A tram heading for Bury threads its way though the single line section from Shudehill on 31 October, with construction of the striking new roof of Manchester Victoria at an advanced stage.

Buxton: 156426 is ready to leave Buxton with the 09:22 to Manchester Piccadilly and is allowed an extra 5 minutes for the journey in the leaf fall season. The restored fanlight window which was the gable end of the original station is visible above the train see image [[31175]]. Both platforms are in daily use whilst the centre road is used for the overnight stabling of Class 150 and 156 units in regular use on the line.

Ayr: Plenty of colour at Ayr station on 31 October. Colas Rail Freight 56302 has just run round the Prestwick Airport aviation fuel tanks in Platform 3, while the 11.36 to Glasgow Central stands at Platform 2.

Kilmarnock: Kilmarnock is one of many stations which have benefitted by having their station buildings brought back into use. Following a major restoration of the 1898 building by the Kilmarnock Station Railway Heritage Trust, it now hosts a cafe, a bookshop and giftshop! In addition, stations are being used as venues for events.

Kilmarnock station will play host to a poetry reading for Hallowe'en on Saturday, October the 31st.

Templehill Junction: In the Branchline Industrial Estate is the 'Old Station Garage' business which relocated from Troon Old Station. This station was on the original alignment which became the direct bypass line and the station's former yard is now a housing estate.

Farnworth Tunnel: 'Fillie' the tunnel boring machine has completed its mission and now rests outside the northern portal of the Farnworth tunnel on 31 October 2015. Engineers have started the dismantling process with the large crane behind lifting sections out of the cutting. Access to take this photo was by kind invitation of the family who have been neighbours of the worksite for the last 6 months.

Farnworth: A Manchester Victoria to Clitheroe service passes Farnworth station. The station remains closed as work continues with the new platforms which have been realigned with the rebored tunnel to the right.

Farnworth: A Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service exits the Down tunnel at Farnworth and approaches the station on 31 October 2015. On the right the platform edge has been moved over to suit the new track alignment when both tracks run through the rebored and enlarged Up tunnel. On the left below the rebuilt Cemetery Road bridge is the tunnel boring machine which is currently being dismantled.

Farnworth Tunnel: A close up of the upper half of the 'Fillie' the tunnel boring machine in the process of being dismantled at the northern bore of Farnworth Tunnel on 31 October 2015. Location access by kind permission of the owners.

Shettleston: Having just made a sprightly exit from the Shettleston loop, a railhead treatment train passes through the station on 31st October 2015. It will lie over at Craigendoran Junction before returning and continue its cleaning quest out to Newton via Motherwell and Hamilton before returning to Mossend.

Long Preston: Autumn colours in Ribblesdale as Northern Sprinter 150270, on a Morecambe to Leeds service, pulls away from Long Preston station on 31st October 2015. The next stop at Hellifield is only a very short distance away.

Clyde Junction [CGU]: Due to the shape of the road junction of King Street and Bridgegate, the bridge carrying the CoGUR across Bridgegate has this unusual arrangement of a supporting column on one side only.

Farnworth Tunnel: A view over the work site at the south end of Farnworth Tunnel on 31 October 2015. Since my last visit the TBM has completed it's task and much of the plant has been cleared although there are still several tasks to be completed before the track is laid. For the moment services continue to use the single line through the Down tunnel like the pair of Class 150s that are passing behind the sleeper screen.

Stainforth (North Yorkshire): Running light engine from Carlisle, Freightliner 66510 coasts past the old quarry just south of Stainforth on 31st October 2015. This is in a narrow section of the Ribble Valley to the north of Settle.

Solihull: The station forecourt at Solihull looking lively on the evening of 31st October 2015.

Walsden (1st): Leyland Sprinter 155343 pulls away from a stop at Walsden (new) station heading towards Manchester on 31st October 2016. The original Walsden station, closed in 1961, lay between the footbridge and Winterbutlee Tunnel with a level crossing in the foreground.

Copy Pit: Colas 60096 has just lifted the empty bitumen tanks from Preston Dock over the Copy Pit summit and is now starting the winding descent to Hall Royd Jcn near Todmorden on 31st October 2016.

Walsden (1st): Northern 158797, on a Manchester Victoria to Leeds service, leaves Winterbutlee Tunnel and continues towards the (new) Walsden station on 31st October 2016. Inside the 300yd tunnel, the tail lamp and silhouette of a westbound loaded coal train can be seen as it climbs towards the Summit Tunnel. The train is passing the site of the original station, closed in 1961.

Copy Pit: 150228 and 142003 toil up the last few yards of the climb from Todmorden to Copy Pit Summit with a service from Bolton (via Manchester) to Blackburn on 31st October 2016. Copy Pit Summit also marks the boundary between Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

Walsden: Freightliner 66562 climbs through Walsden with a loaded coal train travelling from Ferrybridge to Fiddlers Ferry on 31st October 2016. The present Walsden station opened in 1990, replacing the original that closed in 1961.

Motherwell: Large Welcome sign on Motherwell's platform 3 on a dreary day.

Todmorden: GBRf 66706 Nene Valley, seen passing high above Todmorden's market and bus station, with a Drax to Liverpool biomass empties train on 31st October 2016.

Walsden: DB 66170 rolls eastwards through Walsden on 31st October 2016 with a freight carrying containers of waste from Knowsley Freight Terminal on the Kirkby Branch to Wilton in Teesside. Contrary to appearances the long train was well loaded.

Campbeltown: Looking south east over the site of the C&MLR station on Campbeltown quayside in October 2017. From 1906 to 1934 there were two lines of a run round loop laid in the road approximately where the flower bed now lies and the track terminated around the end of the building line. The logs on the pier in the background are awaiting shipping across the Firth of Clyde to Irvine.

Lancaster: 90028 and a DBS stablemate begin the climb of the Ripley bank south of Lancaster station with the double headed Mossend to Daventry container train on 31st October 2017. Note the double banner repeater signal on the down side, giving an early indication of the signal that controls the Down fast and platform lines outside Castle station.

Granton Pier: Some remaining track on the middle pier of Granton Harbour, seen on 31st October 2017 looking north towards the Forth. The station was immediately behind me, and ahead and to the left was a rail-served ice factory. I'm not sure what that surviving building was, but it was rail-served too.

Blairhill: 334023 seen shortly after departing from Blairhill with a Edinburgh to Helensburgh Central service on 31st October 2017.

Lismore Point Pier: A typical West Highland mix of clutter and clarity: On 31st October 2017 the Port Appin ferry slows towards the jetty at the north end of Lismore, while on the left a fast craft conveying staff from Glensanda quarry sprints towards the mainland.

Granton Pier: Although all traces of Granton Harbour station are long gone some track remains here on the middle pier. The station platform was where the distant building now is. The area is now residential, the western part of the harbour (right) having mostly been filled in. Looking south on 31st October 2017.

Blairhill: 334023, shortly after departing from Blairhill with a Edinburgh to Helensburgh Central service on 31st October 2017.

Maryhill: GBRf 66740 Sarah at Maryhill heading for the West Highland line with the North Blyth to Fort William alumina train on 31st October 2017.

Maryhill Park Junction: West Coast EE Type 3 37518 seen at Maryhill with 'The Jacobite' empty coaching stock returning to Carnforth on 31st October 2017.

Lancaster: 37402 slows as it drops down the bank towards Lancaster Castle station with 2C47, 1004hrs Preston to Barrow-in-Furness, on a gloomy 31st October 2017.

Crianlarich: The mid-morning Glasgow to Oban service calls at Crianlarich on 31 October 2018.

Edinburgh Waverley: They just couldn't help themselves, could they? Mind you, in slight mitigation, I suppose 'S' is already taken. Though we have managed without sleeper car stop signs until now these are appearing at approriate points over the network, along with car stop signs for every other eventuality - however unlikely.

Euxton Balshaw Lane: Colas Rail Freight 70814 gets a clear run on the Up Fast at Euxton Balshaw Lane on 31 October 2018 while working the Carlisle to Chirk log train. With 21 loaded wagons in tow, there was a brief pleasant smell coming from the round timber.

Crianlarich: Come and join us. The conductor of the Oban portion receives vital support as he supervises the joining of the Mallaig one on 31 October 2018. The four cars will then proceed to Glasgow as the 1337.

Upper Tyndrum: A service from Mallaig makes its final stop before joining the soft southerners from the Oban branch at Crianlarich. Strangely, there's only a departure screen on this (Up) side. More strangely it was showing solely Down services. West Highland logic?

Tyndrum Lower: The mid-morning Glasgow to Oban service pulls out of Tyndrum Lower. The conductor is assured that, despite form, I wasn't going to get back on again.

Wigan North Western: Platform 1 at Wigan North Western with a terminating service from Alderley Edge arriving on 31 October 2018. The Class 150 & 142 then formed the 1408 hrs service to Stalybridge.

Partick: 320306 seen at Partick station from the city bound platform.

Darras Hall: The Darras Hall Branch continued west as the Wallridge Mineral Railway. This picture is looking East from Western Way along the route of the WMR towards Darras Hall Station about 200 metres away. 30th October 2018.

Arrochar and Tarbet: An Oban service calls at Arrochar on 31 October 2018. Most of the WHL's sets are still in First Scotrail livery, despite the 'non-aligned' saltire livery having been introduced more than 10 years ago now (yes, I'm afraid it was).

Carlisle: Carlisle 31 October 2018.

Edinburgh Waverley: A wet Saturday morning at the west end of Waverley on 31 October 2020, with the 1302 ScotRail service to Arbroath awaiting its scheduled departure time at bay platform 18.

Oldfield Park: A respectable sixteen passengers awaited the 1539 from Portsmouth to Bristol Parkway at Oldfield Park on 31st October 2020.

Bay Horse: A rather undignified return home for 60103 as it heads for Carnforth on the rear of excursion stock hauled by 57601 on 31st October 2021. The previous day it had taken an excursion from Manchester Piccadilly to Stratford-upon-Avon and back but had to overnight at Blackburn because of the usual Saturday night WCML closure. The train is seen passing through Forton on a very wet day, with the cab sheeting firmly in place for this tender first run, and just for once I was the only person watching.

Sessay: A late afternoon GMT time grab shot of an unexpected northbound working of a Lumo Hitachi 803 (electric only) 5-car unit seen just north of the former Sessay station on 31st October 2021. I had just missed a southbound Lumo unit that had passed Thirsk at 16.01, when arriving for a freight working from Mossend Down Yard to Doncaster Down Decoy, but this working was not shown on Realtime Trains.