Scotsgap: The Wansbeck Wanderer at Scotsgap on 9 November 1963. Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 no 43129 is preparing the take the special on a trip over the Rothbury branch.

Woodburn: Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43129 stands at Woodburn on 9 November 1963 with the 'Wansbeck Wanderer' railtour.

Reedsmouth: Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43129 at Reedsmouth on 9 November 1963 with the RCTS/SLS Wansbeck Wanderer. View from the signal box is south towards Hexham with the train standing at the Wansbeck Valley platform and the Border Counties line to Riccarton Junction on the right.

Bellingham (North Tyne): Shrouded in steam, a member of the footplate crew climbs back on board Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 no 43129 at Bellingham on 9 November 1963. The locomotive has just run round The Wansbeck Wanderer and is preparing to return to Reedsmouth. The special will later visit the Rothbury branch see image [[31617]] before heading back to Newcastle via Morpeth.

Rothbury: The terminus of the Northumberland Central Railway at Rothbury, seen from the buffer stops at the north end of the turntable via which visiting locomotives accessed the shed on the right after running through the station. The photograph was taken on 9 November 1963 during a visit by the RCTS/SLS Wansbeck Wanderer railtour. See image [[32180]]

Kelso Junction: BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76050 heading north with the noon Hawick - Edinburgh train approaching Kelso Junction in November 1963. The train has just passed the home signal for the junction and the distant for St Boswells South.

North Queensferry: Dunfermline B1 No. 61407 bursts out of North Queensferry tunnel with a freight on 9 November 1963.

Rothbury: The former locomotive shed at Rothbury, terminus of the Northumberland Central Railway branch running north from Scotsgap. Photographed during a visit by the Wansbeck Wanderer railtour in November 1963.

Pollokshaws East: EMU 303077 on a Cathcart Inner Circle service at Pollokshaws East station on the 9th of November 1978. Today it is reduced to a <b>Bus Shelter</b>. The Church tower is at the corner of Kilmarnock Road and Newlands Road.

Dunfermline Upper: Looking east from Inglis Street bridge over the site of Dunfermline Upper Station in November 1986, with tracklifting well underway. See image [[45963]]

Dunfermline Upper: View west from Inglis Street, Dunfermline, on 9 November 1986 see image [[45948]] with track still in place. The cutting was soon filled in with car parks and roads, completing the transformation.

West Wylam Junction: View east over West Wylam Junction looking to Newcastle. Note, on the left side, the Wylam Viaduct through the trees.

Stephenson's Cottage: View west by Stephenson's Cottage, looking to Wylam.

Dunkeld and Birnam: A morning Edinburgh - Inverness service calls at Dunkeld in November 2003.

Wylam Viaduct: The disused Wylam Viaduct over the River Tyne seen from the south in 2003.

Dunkeld and Birnam: An Edinburgh - Inverness train pulls away from Dunkeld on 9 November 2003.

Kirkgunzeon: The former Kirkgunzeon station, ten miles west of Dumfries, looking northwest in November 2005. The trackbed is to the right.

Killywhan: Looking south across fields towards the former Killywhan station in November 2005. The station building has been refurbished and extended since closure in 1959. The site of the level crossing is by the metal gate at the end of the platform on the far left of the picture.

Killywhan: The surviving section of platform at the former Killywhan station, seen on a cold and frosty morning in November 2005. View is south west towards Dalbeattie.

Tarff: The surviving main building of the former station at Tarff on the Kirkcudbright branch in November 2005, more than 40 years after closure of the line. View is east across the A75 road.

New Galloway: The converted New Galloway station, Mossdale, transformed in November 2005.

Kirkgunzeon: Looking east over the former Kirkgunzeon station towards Dumfries in November 2005. Note the clue to the site's current use in the left background.

Kirkgunzeon: A cold and frosty November morning at Kirkgunzeon, between Dumfries and Dalbeattie, in 2005. View is south east, with part of the platform still visible. Kirkgunzeon station closed to passengers in January 1950.

Killywhan: The hamlet of Killywhan lies approximately 7 miles south west of Dumfries on the old Port Road to Stranraer. Since closure in 1959 the site has been redeveloped as private accommodation, although part of the original platform is still visible. The photograph was taken on a frosty November morning in 2005 looking south west from the old level crossing in the general direction of Dalbeattie.

Culter [2nd]: Looking west along the trackbed at Culter station towards Banchory in November 2006. The abutment is part of a long demolished road bridge that once spanned the station.

Newtonhill: Site of the former Newtonhill station between Stonehaven and Aberdeen, closed to passengers in June 1956. View north in November 2006.

Drum: Overgrown platform remains at Drum in November 2006. View east towards Aberdeen.

Stonehaven: Old grounded coach in use as a summer house near a holiday cottage at Crawton, just over 2 miles south of Stonehaven, photographed on 9 November 2006. The coach was built at York in 1924 as LNER Locker Composite 10168. [Ref query 646]

Glassel: Looking north over the much modified and extended former Glassel station in 2006.

Park: The surviving station building at Park on the Deeside line, photographed looking north in November 2006. The site is now occupied by a caravan sales company.

Inverkeithing Central Junction: 0820 Aberdeen - Birmingham New Street approaching Inverkeithing Central Junction on 9 November.

Coppull: A DRS class 66 with the Tesco containers at Coppull, Lancs on 9 November heading for Grangemouth.

St Boswells Shed: Standing on the old bay platform at St Boswells on 9 November 2007 looking north towards the buffer stops. The platform once handled branch passenger services to destinations such as Jedburgh and Berwick on Tweed. The area to the left where the main Waverley through platforms were located is now a car park while on the right the 2-road locomotive shed still stands along with its water tank (now on land belonging to an oil distribution company). See image [[28832]]

Coppull: A defrocked Voyager heads south at Coppull, Lancs on the WCML on 9 November 2007.

Nelson [ELR]: They don't make station canopies like this anymore! The canopy on what had once been an island platform at Nelson, looking south-west towards Burnley in November 2007. To the left of the ramp leading to the underpass is the live platform. For a view of the former platform on the right in 2007 see image [[17125]] however since the construction of the Nelson Interchange, the view looks slightly different.

Colne: Site of the former carriage sidings at Colne in November 2007, with the entrance to an old air-raid shelter standing alongside.

Colne: View from the buffer stops at Colne station on 9 November as a train prepares to depart for Blackpool South via Burnley, Blackburn and Preston.

Meon Valley Railway: Meon Valley Line. Bridge over river at Wickham looking North to site of former station.

Meon Valley Railway: Meon Valley Line. Bridge over the B2177 at Wickham looking N.

Meon Valley Railway: Meon Valley Line. Bridge over the B2177 at Wickham.

Fouldubs Junction Yard: A signal check at Fouldubs Junction for an EWS class 60 with an oil train shortly after leaving the INEOS Grangemouth refinery on 9 November 2007. The long building with the curved roof is part of the Whyte & Mackay bottling plant.

Colne: Buffer stops stand at the current terminus of the line at Colne on 9 November 2007. A double track once continued northeast from here to Skipton, the junction for Carlisle, Leeds and Bradford. A local rail action group is currently campaigning for the reopening of this route.

Nelson [ELR]: A Colne to Blackpool South service with 142028 arrives at Nelson on a sunny November day in 2007.

St Boswells: The former bay platform and west wall of the old locomotive shed at St Boswells, gradually returning to nature in November 2007.

Hoscar: Like New Lane and Bescar Lane, also on the Wigan to Southport line, Hoscar's Down platform has been moved to the other side of the automatic half barrier crossing. 142004 passes the old demolished platform as it runs through this country halt non-stop on its way to Southport, seen from the entrance to the new down platform. It seems the West Lancashire weather is better in November than August. See image [[25241]]

Hoscar: Four Lane Ends level crossing, between Hoscar and Burscough Bridge stations. This view looks towards the Parbold Hills in November 2009. [Ref query 4961]

Westhead Halt: Passenger services from Ormskirk to Rainford ceased in 1958 but the intermediate halt at Westhead, next to this overbridge, closed earlier in 1951. Although the long embankment to the west of this point is still there the overbridge has gone as has the eastern abutment, cleared to create a driveway to a house built on the old formation. Around Skelmersdale the trackbed is built over but at the Ormskirk end of the line cuttings, bridges and embankments can still be seen. Map Reference SD 439080.

Burscough Junction: The bridge in the foreground still carries the Preston to Ormskirk single line but that in the background now only the trackbed of the curve from Burscough Junction to Burscough Bridge See image [[22975]]. However, if proposals come to fruition their roles would be reversed. Electrification would be extended north from Ormskirk and round the curve to Burscough Bridge. Trains from Preston would be similarly diverted over a relaid North to West curve and the direct line closed. We shall see.

Hoscar: Hoscar is sited on a long straight running from Parbold to beyond Bescar Lane, although it undulates noticeably. This is the view from the Wigan bound platform looking towards Burscough and Southport showing the staggered platform arrangement and the line rising gently to cross the Leeds Liverpool Canal before dipping under the Preston Ormskirk line.

Aberdare High Level: An early wet autumn morning view of the extant former Aberdare High Level station building, looking in very good condition and still with its canopy supports. Photographed looking north from the current modern replacement station in November 2010. See image [[19535]]

Edinburgh Waverley: Network Rail's New Measurement Train at Edinburgh Waverley on 9 November, en route to Shettleston via Bathgate and Airdrie.

Hereford: 66207 has stoppped to make a crew change at Hereford on a return Cemex working to Peak Forest at 16.40 on 9 November 2010. Note the new high intensity platform lighting recently installed here.

Aberdare: Arriva Trains Wales unit 150237 waits at Aberdare to return to Cardiff, and then on to Barry Island, with the 08.21 departure on 9 November 2010.

Shrewsbury: 57313 stands at platform 4 at Shrewsbury station on 9 November 2010 awaiting its 18.06 departure time. The train is the Arriva Trains Wales operated, Welsh Assembly funded, limited stop return service from Cardiff to Holyhead via Crewe.

Stanley Road [Tram]: A simple elegance might be the description applied to the new tramstops in Blackpool and Fleetwood. This is Stanley Road, on the south side of Fleetwood, constructed during 2011. In that same year the old Fleetwood Fire Station has been demolished and work started on a new building. See image [[32601]] for the same location 11 months earlier.

Fleetwood Ferry [Tram]: The new Fleetwood Ferry tram stop under construction outside the North Euston Hotel. It is seen here partly finished and replaced the old tram stop directly outside the Ferry itself. Previously there was just a setting down point here. See image [[26046]] for the same location in 2009.

Broadwater: Broadwater level crossing is now complete and open for road traffic although the trams are not running again yet. View towards Fleetwood town centre. See image [[32509]] for the same location nearly two years earlier. The tram stop, formerly on the far side of the road, has now been moved behind the camera.

London King's Cross: Just remind me, which century are we in? This Victorian-style sign on the pavement directs passengers to the new King's Cross passenger entrance. It is standing up to footfall rather well - it must have been there for about eight months.

Birmingham Moor Street: Britain has plenty of viaducts where track has been removed; but perhaps not many where the space has been filled with headshunts. View south from Birmingham Moor Street towards Tyseley in November 2012, with the sidings currently used to stable Chiltern stock on the right see image [[58435]]. The blue and white building in the left background is the conference centre at Birmingham City football ground.

Marylebone: The 13.07 Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill from platform 5 was only a 4-car unit, but passengers had quite a long walk from the concourse to pass the other two units trapped behind it. Thank goodness platforms 5 and 6 were never sold off and built over. Tip: after I took this shot, I was politely advised by a security guard that photographers should sign in at the information point (between WHS and Upper Crust on the concourse).

Birmingham Moor Street: The light at the end of the tunnel is a class 172 bound for Stratford-on-Avon. Contrast this view with the terminus platforms see image [[40968]].

Marylebone: 'Well it might be bright and sunny for those two, but I'm always kept in the dark.' More Clubmans than British Leyland at Marylebone (platforms 4-6) on 9th November.

Birmingham Moor Street: Anyone here called Buster? Even the flower stall at Moor Street is pleasantly old-fashioned. Notice the steam engine to the right of the 'shed'.

Birmingham Moor Street: If a run parallel to 'Offa's Dyke' is not on your agenda see image [[39316]], try Birmingham Moor Street, where twice a day, you can find a 67 hauling 6 coaches and a DVT. 67015 David J. Lloyd does the honours on 9 November. I have it on good authority that Selfridges (left) does not, in fact, sell fridges.

Marylebone: This is the refurbished interior of Chiltern's loco-hauled coaches. Very nice - especially as there is neither noise nor vibration from underfloor engines - but the armrests are fixed, and there is no destination indicator. Nonetheless, Sir Sam Fay would most likely approve.

Glencraig Colliery: Looking west from the Pitcairn Road level crossing along the Glencraig Colliery (closed 1966) branch, Fife, on 9 November 2012. See image [[37042]]

Marylebone: Locomotive sandwich at Marylebone on 9 November 2012. Classes 165 and 168 stand on either side of 67015, which had just arrived from Birmingham Moor Street see image [[40968]].

Heysham Port: 150228 has just met the Isle of Man sailing and now departs with the daily 1315 Heysham Port to Leeds service on a very wet November day. The Sprinter is just passing the ground frame that controls access to Heysham Power Station. See image [[37885]] for the view of the port itself from the bridge shown here.

Marylebone: The grand entrance to Marylebone Station in November 2012. The lady on the left appears to be happy taking up 50% of the available seating - though it doesn't look very comfortable to me.

Nuneaton North Chord: Open at last! A grab shot from a passing Turbostar, looking North along the Chord on 9 November. The yellow and red signals are normal aspects when one of the current two freight trains a day is not expected. The WCML can be seen on the right.

City Thameslink: City Thameslink in landscape format see image [[35100]]. No shortage of steel in these parts.

Birmingham Moor Street: That steam locomotive (Churchward 2-8-0 no 2885) looks badly in need of some spit and polish - but the 67/DVT combination looks excellent. View South-East from the concourse at Birmingham Moor Street on 9 November 2012.

Birmingham Moor Street: The 10.29 to Kidderminster see image [[40435]] comprises a shiny new 172 at Birmingham Moor Street on 9th November 2012. Notice the GW-liveried water tank, and the poster of the Shakespeare Express on its end. The bike leaning on the lamppost is a timeless detail.

Baker Street: Now THAT'S a coat of arms. Located above the steps from Marylebone Road at Baker Street station see image [[5095]]. Notice how the stones below the emblem are apparently cracking under its weight.

Nuneaton: It's a good job they kept those untidy parked cars away. 67025 looks suitably embarrassed by its surroundings outside Nuneaton station on 9th November. This area is alongside the main station entrance, but you don't really notice it when driving in, as it is in a turning area - errant taxis are the main hazard here.

St Pancras: The restored St Pancras train shed looks rather nice at dusk on 9th November. Notice the Dent clock is working - unlike the modern digital clock on the South Eastern lines, which got confused at the onset of winter time, and apparently has not worked since.

Birmingham Moor Street: The 'traditional' concourse at Birmingham Moor Street, with punning cafe, on Friday 9th November 2012. see image [[27204]]

Marylebone: Residential developments on the approaches to Marylebone seem much more modern and 'greener' than at certain other London termini. It hardly feels like you're in 'The Smoke' at all! A Clubman drifts into the former Great Central terminus on 9th November. see image [[41096]]

High Street Kensington: LU C stock (now withdrawn) with a District Line service from Wimbledon to Edgware Road arriving at High Street Kensington station on 9th November 2013. This station was originally opened by the Metropolitan Railway with the line from Praed Street junction, Paddington to South Kensington on 1st October 1868 but has for very many years now been served by District and Circle Line trains.

Sloane Square: LUL D78 stock (now withdrawn) on a District Line service to Wimbledon arriving at Sloane Square station on 9th November 2013. The gaudy platform wall tiles at this station have now been removed and replaced by plain black and white brick-like tiles, more in keeping with its original appearance, opened by the Metropolitan District Railway on 1st October 1868. Above the canopies, can be seen the brackets that once supported the station's all-over roof, destroyed in the London 'Blitz' in 1940.

Woodborough: 5029 Nunney Castle taking water in the Up Loop at Woodborough on the Berks and Hants line on 9 January 2014. The locomotive was in transit from Minehead to Southall.

Woodborough: 5029 Nunney Castle has stopped to take on water in the up loop at Woodborough, between Newbury and Westbury, on 9 November 2014. The Castle was on its way from Minehead to Southall.

Pitlochry: Photograph taken at the launch of the Highland Main Line Community Rail Partnership. [See news item]

New Orleans St Julia: New Orleans street car No 462 departing St Julia station on the Riverfront line as loco No 1505 of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad brings a freight train along the Mississippi riverfront towards the dock area.

New Orleans St Julia: Loco No 1505 of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad brings a freight train along the Mississippi riverfront across one of the many open crossings along the riverfront. On the right of the crossing is the Riverfront Shopping Mall and the Cruise Ship Terminal.

Kilnknowe Junction: One man and his dog pause on their morning walk to observe the passage of the 0959 Tweedbank – Edinburgh as it turns north towards Torwoodlee on 9 November 2017. The observers are standing on the trackbed of the Peebles Railway, which ran parallel with the Waverley Route from Kilnknowe Junction up to this point before turning west towards Clovenfords see image [[58513]].

Didcot Parkway: Two rakes of Class 387 EMUs in the sidings close to Didcot station, all in new GWR colours. EMU 387-162 on show. 9th November 2017.

Didcot Parkway: Colas 37421 passing Didcot at speed heading for Oxford with a Network Rail test train on 9th November 2017.

Bridge No 95: With just over half a mile to run before its penultimate stop at Galashiels, DMU 158726 is about to make its final crossing of the Gala Water. The date is 9 November 2017 and the train is the ScotRail 0924 Edinburgh Waverley – Tweedbank.

Didcot Parkway: 59201 passing through Didcot station with a long loaded stone train heading north for Oxford and beyond. 9th November 2017.

Kilnknowe Junction: A Tweedbank - Edinburgh sevice runs north through the site of Kilnknowe Junction on 9 November 2017.

Galashiels: Just time for a welcome cup of coffee on a chilly autumn morning at Galashiels on 9 November 2017. Meantime, on the other side of Ladhope Vale, the 1033 ScotRail Tweedbank - Edinburgh service is pulling away from the platform.

Didcot Parkway: 800-002 departing Didcot for London under electric power with a raised pantograph. This was a crew traiing run on 9th November 2017.

Didcot Parkway: 66099 arriving into the Didcot station sidings with what must be the longest car train on the UK network. 9th November 2017.

Galashiels: An early afternoon service from Edinburgh pulls away from the platform at Galashiels on 9 November 2017 on its way to Tweedbank.

Edinburgh Gateway: An Inverness to Edinburgh service pulls out of the ever-quiet Edinburgh Gateway on the morning of 9 November. Lying behind each lamp post was a shiny new column waiting to replace it, less than a year after the station opened, and indeed since then they have been replaced. I couldn't possibly comment.

Didcot Parkway: The new Class 800's are now out and about, some on crew training and others on passenger duty in the GWR livery. I assume they are now giving a full rake of vehicles one nmber as on this unit, seen here under crew training awaiting the road to London, both leading and trailing cars carried the number 800-002. 9th November 2017

Gretna Green: Gretna. Nothing happening on the railway and nothing on the road either.

Galashiels: The 0955 ex-Waverley leaving the platform at Galashiels on 9 November 2017 on the last short leg of its journey to Tweedbank. Meantime, in the background, the last of the newly arrived passengers crosses the A7 Ladhope Vale to reach the Interchange building - notwithstanding the traffic signals!

Bridge No 95: A morning train from Edinburgh to Tweedbank approaching Galashiels in November 2017. The 158 has just passed the site of Kilnknowe Junction and crossed the bridge over Wheatlands Road, three quarters of a mile from its penultimate stop.

Galashiels: Passengers head for the exit from the Galashiels Interchange waiting area and the A7 pedestrian crossing on 9 November 2017, just as the ScotRail 1029 Tweedbank - Edinburgh runs into the station on the other side of Ladhope Vale.

Leith Central: A Great Central carriage on display at Leith on 9th November 2018 as part of an Armistice centenary commemoration of the Quintinshill rail crash disaster.

Oubeck Loops: TPE 185124, rather unusually working a service to Glasgow, passes Freightliner 66547 on an intermodal train in the Down Loop at Oubeck on 9th November 2018.

Lancaster: 158907, at one time dedicated to WYPTE services, climbs the bank out of Lancaster working from Barrow-in-Furness to Preston on 9th November 2018.

Bridgend: On a rather miserable day in South Wales Scotrail 156512 is seen passing through Bridgend en route to Landore Swansea for servicing. The train had left Corkerhill during the early morning of 9th November 2019.
See query 2193

Woodacre Crossing: The movement of Corkerhill Sprinters to and from Landore for interior refurbishment has become a regular Saturday occurrence since August 2019, one out and one back. 156512 makes its way south at Woodacre on 9th November 2019 routed via the G&SW, Shap and the Welsh Marches.

Buckshaw Parkway: A pair of 3-car Northern Class 331s approach Buckshaw Parkway on 9 November 2020 with a Blackpool North to Manchester Airport service. Compare the view with image [[73216]] taken from the same viewpoint some 12 years earlier.

Dunfermline Town: 170402 enters Dunfermline Town with the 10.40 from Glenrothes with Thornton to Edinburgh on 9 November 2020. The platform on the left was formerly an island and may revert to being so if proposals to reopen the Longannet/Culross line come to fruition.

Didcot Parkway: GWR 165122 was the duty shuttle DMU, working between Didcot and Oxford, seen at the former on 9th November 2021.

Didcot Parkway: Not visible here but Colas 66847 is taking a loaded permanent-way new sleepers train eastbound through Didcot on 9th November 2021.

Didcot Parkway: DBC 66035, westbound through Didcot, with a waste train from London on 9th November 2021.

Glasgow Central: DfT minister Tracy Harrison MP is shown two next-generation green trains (Vivarail and HydroFLEX) by Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines at Glasgow Central station.

Mossend Marshalling Yard: On 9th November 90039 was named 'Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport', at a ceremony performed by Bill Reeve, Rail Director Transport Scotland, during a three-day Low Carbon Logistics event has been held at Mossend to coincide with #COP26.

Didcot Parkway: Freightliner 66605, one of the low-geared variants, westbound Light Engine through Didcot on 9th November 2021.

Catesby Tunnel: That is definitely a thingummyjig. It appears to have two electric motors below, and two fuse holders above; and definitely adds atmosphere to what is now an automotive testing facility. I hope they don't remove it.

Mossend Marshalling Yard: This NTS/DRS Class 68, seen stabled at Mossend, was renamed 'Pride of the North' at Mossend Yard on the 10th November. 68006 was used until last year (2020) on the Fife Circle.

Mossend Marshalling Yard: 90039, just after its 'Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport' naming ceremony at Mossend, showing off its black 'Backbone' livery on 9th November 2021.

Didcot Parkway: DBC (EWS liveried) 66133 bringing in a rather long train full of railway spoil, from where to where I wonder, but this was one of many very long trains to pass through Didcot on 9th November 2021.

Didcot Parkway: GWR EMU 387161 being readied for departure to London Paddington from Didcot on 9th November 2021.

Didcot Parkway: DBC 66105 hauling the daily Morris Cowley to Southampton car train through Didcot Parkway on 9th November 2021. The coaling stage and water tower at Didcot Railway Centre can be seen in the background.

Eastleigh East Yard: Elevated view of the East Sidings at Eastleigh on 9th November 2022, with parked Colas locos (66 & 70) and an 08 shunting in the distance.

Eastleigh: 153385 apparently now has a non-passenger purpose, perhaps route learning, but it quite often resides at Eastleigh as seen on 9th November 2022.

St Andrew Square [Tram]: Tram 251 waits to leave the temporary terminus at St Andrew Square on 9 November 2022.

Eastleigh: During a 9th November trip to Eastleigh, I got the impression the timetables had not fully reset after the so-called strikes. Passenger traffic seemed okay, but the freight workings were very hit and miss with many consists being very lightly loaded. There were also signal failures in the locality which slowed the traffic down. 66124 drifted very slowly into the station, it did not stop but neither did it race away. Reporting No. 4Z94, Southampton West Docks to Didcot at 1324 hours.

Eastleigh: While I was watching proceedings at Eastleigh on 9th November 2022 a very long rake of ballast wagons appeared and were slowly filled by the two resident JCBs.

Eastleigh: Network Rail RHTT MPV DR 98970 passing through Eastleigh on 9th November 2022.