East Fife Central Junction: 37240 and saloon DM45020 approach the former Kirkland Yard in November 1991 with officials from BR and Fife Regional Council to investigate reopening the branch to Methil for passenger traffic.

Peebles [1st]: Notice of a General Meeting of the Peebles Railway Company, to be held on 29 March 1867 in the County Hall, Peebles.

Crianlarich Junction: Viaduct repairs to the north of Crianlarich station.

Gorebridge: The road approach to Gorebridge station in November 2005, with the former station building recently being operated as a public house under the name of Porters.

Gorebridge: Gorebridge looking south west in November 2005.

Fushiebridge [1st]: Part of the heavily overgrown trackbed and former goods yard at Fushiebridge as it was in the autumn of 2005. View is towards the supporting wall on the east side of the yard beyond which the old mineral line from Vogrie Colliery once arrived. It would be another seven years before serious clearance work got underway here in preparation for the new Borders Railway (see [[42730]]).

Garsdale: Gypsum heads north through Garsdale.

Embsay: Embsay looking to Bolton Abbey in 2006. The paraphernalia of preserved railways.

Ilkley: Modern traction at Ilkley. The two platforms to the right no longer go through.

Kirkby Stephen: Southbound gypsum freight with a backdrop of Wild Boar Fell.

Rylstone: Locomotive and wagons at Rylstone Quarry, now the northern end of the former Grassington Branch near Cracoe.

Cracoe: There is something olde worlde about the Rylstone line. Level crossing gate near Cracoe.

Edinburgh Waverley: Waverley west end panorama on 14 November 2007. Note the canopy reinstatement work currently underway. In addition to the electrification of the remaining paths through the Mound Tunnel, platforms 12-18 are also to be electrified over the Christmas holiday period.

Edinburgh Waverley: The former sub platforms 8&9 outside the south wall of the main station seen looking east from Waverley Bridge on 14 November 2007, with long distance services boarding at both. These platforms remain terminated at their western ends meantime as a result of the extensive engineering work that has been taking place.

Appin: Appin station, November 2007.

Duror: Both the platforms at Duror station remain intact. Restored and converted station building behind me.

Kentish Town: 319380 to St. Albans City, in rather shabby paintwork, calling at Kentish Town on 14th November 2007. A large number of these 319/3s have transferred to Northern services but this one is presently stored.

Glasgow Central: 92009 crossing the Clyde Viaduct at Clyde Place with the Glasgow Central portion of the Caledonian Sleeper on its way to Polmadie on 14th November

Strand Road Level Crossing: 66119 emerges from the Preston dock railway land and crosses Strand Rd in Preston to join Network Rail metals. Ahead lies Fishergate Hill tunnel See image [[20278]] and a 1:29 climb to Preston station. These bitumen trains to Lindsey near Immingham normally run MWF only leaving the dock at 0845 and travelling via Blackburn and the Copy Pit line.

Strand Road Exchange Sidings: On a murky November morning 66119 moves slowly away from the Preston Dock exchange sidings with the return Lindsey bitumen tank empties. It has just been announced that these 42 year old wagons are to finally be replaced by new stock constructed in the UK by Marcrofts. The train is approaching Strand Rd crossing.

Hoole: Forty four years after the level crossing gates were last opened for trains this gate and its opposite number still stand across the trackbed at the site of Hoole station. However, little else remains of the station or the Preston to Southport line that closed completely in 1964. View south west towards Hesketh Bank. Map Ref SD 467240

Longton Bridge: Looking north towards the village of Longton beyond the bridge abutments marking the site of Longton Bridge station, closed in 1964 with the rest of the Preston to Southport line. The right hand (eastern) abutment has been reduced in height as a small housing development now stands beyond. Since the station platforms extended over the now-demolished bridge this is effectively a view of the former station site. Map Ref SD 478253.

Glasgow Central: 43321 at the head of the 0900 CrossCountry service to Plymouth waiting to leave platform 1 of Glasgow Central on 14 November 2008.

Glasgow Central: Looking west along Midland Street from Jamaica Street on 14 November as 92009 Elgar stands at Platform 1 of Central Station with the empty stock of the Caledonian Sleeper for Polmadie.

Glasgow Central: Platform 1 at Glasgow Central station on 14 November, with 43357 ready to depart at the rear of the 0900 CrossCountry service to Plymouth.

Statfold Barn: Scene on the Statfold Barn Railway, near Tamworth, on 14 November with Slough Estates Ltd No 3 being recommissioned back into service following an overhaul. The location is open to the public at least three times a year and is well worth a visit.

Wrenbury: A southbound 158 passes the box after leaving Wrenbury station in 2009.

Statfold Barn: Some of the old railway signs on display at the Statfold Barn Railway centre, Tamworth, in November 2009. See image [[38419]]

Statfold Barn: Slough Estates No 3 being recommissioned back into service on the Statfold Barn Railway, Tamworth, on 14 November following an overhaul.

Cupar: ScotRail external relations manager John Yellowlees makes the presentation to Councillor Margaret Kennedy at Cupar station on 14 November 2011. They are joined by staff members John Mullen and Hannah Cooper along with representatives of the 'Friends of Cupar Station'.

Kearsley: TransPennine Express 185139 heads north through Kearsley with the 12.23 Manchester Airport to Blackpool North service on 14 November 2011.

Kearsley: Northern Rail 150203 heads south through Kearsley on 14 November with the 12.23 Preston to Hazel Grove service.

Hyndland: An eastbound service for Airdrie pauses at Hyndland in inclement weather. The new footbridge and lifst under construction at the north or west end of the station can be seen in the background. A new platform will be built to the right.

Hyndland: This view looks towards the footbridge and lifts under construction at the west (or north) end of Hyndland station. In the foreground is the top of a relatively recently added open air shelter. A new platform will be built to the right.

Hyndland: The new footbridge and information screens at the west end of Hyndland station.

Nuneaton North Chord: DBS 66054 is about to pass under the newly opened Nuneaton North Chord on 14 November 2012. I thought... 'they've put a tent up - maybe they're having a party'. Facetious, but accurate - the ministerial opening of the Chord happened that day. I would have liked to see the morning freight, but it was delayed so the minister could have a photo-op. Heigh ho.

Hyndland: Looking towards Partick from the current footbridge at Hyndland station. The footbridge is being replaced with a modern structure incorporating lifts. A third platform is also being constructed here.

Hyndland: A Dalmuir bound service leaving Hyndland station with the new footbridge and lifts beyond the station building. The view is from the current footbridge.

Woodford: After dark at Woodford, Essex, seen from a train of LUL 1992 stock en route to Ruislip Gardens, looking back towards Loughton and Epping, on 14th November 2012. The station had originally been opened on 22nd August 1856 by the Eastern Counties Railway with its Stratford to Loughton line.

Nuneaton North Junction: A container train takes the link from the Birmingham line to the WCML at Nuneaton on 14 November. The spoil heap in the background is the waste tip from (the formerly rail-served) Judkins quarry. It is now adjacent to the local 'recycling facility' and can be seen from miles around. Meanwhile, the catenary seen here will eventually be extended to Whitacre Junction and Birmingham.

Crigglestone Junction: The West and South Yorkshire section of the Network Rail RHTT operation sees 20303 leading the set towards Barnsley on 14 November with 20312 at the rear. The train is passing the site of Crigglestone Junction signalbox which stood to the left of the line here. A section of the Midland Railway viaduct at Calder Grove on the Thornhill to Notton branch can be seen through the gap in the trees. See image [[28049]] for a similar view almost 40 years earlier.

Nuneaton North Chord: Come on out, we know you're in there! A Pendolino and a Colas Rail class 66 make half-hearted efforts to hide behind the North Chord embankment at Nuneaton on its opening day. See image [[41079]]

Bay Horse: DBS 67006 Royal Sovreign heads the Royal Train north through open countryside near Bay Horse as part of a visit by HM The Queen to the North West of England on 14 November 2013. Silver liveried 67026 brings up the rear.

Winsford: Grab shot of newly delivered TransPennine Express 350401 heading north approaching Winsford Station on 14 November. Initially mistaken for a standard London Midland unit,this is in fact the first of a fleet of ten 4 car sets, sub leased from London Midland for TPE west coast services between Manchester and Scotland.

Audlem: Piers and wing walls from the former overbridge that crossed the Audlem to Market Drayton road on the line linking Nantwich and Market Drayton, closed in 1967.

Newmachar: The southern entrance to Satan's Den on the Buchan line, just north of Newmachar station, on 14th November 2015. The location was given the satanic name by the Buchan railwaymen as the long, very deep cutting was prone to filling with snow over its lifetime. Notable rescues to trapped trains were carried out right up until the 1960s.

Udny: The level crossing at Tillyeve on the Buchan line, between Newmachar and Udny. The gates and posts are in surprisingly good condition given that passenger traffic ceased in 1965 and the line closed completely in 1979. The crossing keepers cottage is on the left. This view looks north to nearby Udny in November 2015.

Shawfair: This plaque, recently affixed to the platform fencing at Shawfair, commemorates the life of local railway historian and author, Jeff Hurst.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: An airport bound Edinburgh tram drops down from a leafy Gyle Centre to pass below the A8 on 14 November 2016, just as it begins to rain. On the other side of the underpass the tram will run through the site of Edinburgh Gateway, not scheduled to open for another month see image [[57176]].

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: Work on the new tram platform at Edinburgh Gateway stops temporarily following the sound of the warning klaxon on 14 November as a wet tram emerges from under the A8 and passes by on its way to the airport. The new interchage is scheduled to open next month.

Edinburgh Gateway: The new underpass running below the A8 which will provide a pedestrian link between the Gyle retail park and the new Edinburgh Gateway Interchange, photographed on 14 November 2016. Upper picture looking north towards the new station from the A8, with members of the project team visible below the glass roof heading into the underpass. Below is the south entrance seen from the Gyle Centre car park.

Edinburgh Gateway: The 0941 Dundee - Edinburgh runs south through Edinburgh Gateway on 14 November 2016. In the background the 1049 Edinburgh - Glenrothes with Thornton is heading for the Forth Bridge.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: Shortly after leaving the stop at Gyle Centre an Edinburgh tram drops down to pass below the A8 to reach the site of Edinburgh Gateway on the north side of the road. Work on the new interchange is well advanced with the station due to open within the next few weeks. Just off to the right a second route under the road is nearing completion. This will allow pedestrian access between the Gyle Centre and the new interchange see image [[57182]].

Greenock West: The street-level buildings at Greenock West, seen on 14 November. The station boasts a cafe; this (surprisingly?) must pay its way as it's been here for some years.

Port Glasgow: A Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay service, formed by 380021, calls at well-maintaned Port Glasgow before taking the branch line on 14th November 2017.

Fort Matilda: A newly installed information screen announces the 1141 service to Glasgow Central on 14 November. The fine building lives on, though the station is unstaffed.

Coatbridge Sunnyside: A 6-car Airdrie to Balloch service calls at Sunnyside on 14 November.

Lancaster: Station announcement at Lancaster as 37402 rolled in with 2C32 Carlisle to Preston on 13th November 2017. 'This is a VERY old train. The doors are not power assisted. You will have to use the door handles provided'. He might have added 'but it will sound tremendous and there's a good view from every seat!'

Gourock: There's a lot of metalwork in this view across the buffers at Gourock on 14 November 2017. Class 380s are the usual fare on the Inverclyde lines, but ageing 314s are still to be seen. This one will form the next semi-fast service to Glasgow.

Farington Curve Junction: Just a few seconds early. This engineering vehicle, working from Blackburn to Preston on 14th November 2018, emerges from the East Lancashire line at Farington Curve Junction while in the distance 88008 'Ariadne' is on the Down Fast with the Tesco containers heading north.

Purton: Arriva X-Country services are traversing the Swindon to Gloucester line due to a blockade northwards out of Bristol TM up to Bristol Parkway. After BR removed two sets of tracks to save money, Network Rail are now restoring the route to four track operation in a big relaying project. Here is 221121 approaching Purton. This train is the 0628 ex-Penzance to Aberdeen, passing here at 1126. Not the most sunlit of days.

Farington Curve Junction: Pendolinos tend to use the Fast lines south of Preston but 390013 Blackpool Belle is on a Euston to Blackpool North service and heading for Platform 1 at Preston and so is on the Down Slow as it passes Farington Curve Junction on 14th November 2018.

Ieper: A Poperinge to Antwerp Central EMU service approaching Ieper (Ypres) on 14th November 2018.

Purton: Britain's longest train journey, the 0628hrs Penzance to Aberdeen, is even longer whilst the Temple Meads to Parkway blockade is on and Cross Country services are traversing the Swindon to Gloucester route. XC 221121 is seen passing Purton on 14th November 2018, a very grey day.

Farington Curve Junction: Colas Class 70s have become the regular motive power for the Preston Dock bitumen trains in 2018. There is a bit of 'clag' from 70805 as it accelerates nine empty tanks away from a signal check to take the East Lancashire line at Farington Curve Junction on 14th November 2018.

Rodney Street Tunnel: This photo shows a (unfortunately disfigured) plaque at the north portal of the tunnel that once carried the Scotland Street branch in north Edinburgh under Rodney Street at Heriothill, and is now a cycle-route.

Rodney Street Tunnel: Maintenance work at Rodney Street Tunnel, Heriothill, closed the tunnel in November 2019. The tunnel famously has an elliptical profile.

Haymarket: New messages regarding the alcohol ban have appeared. This is an information board at Haymarket on 14th November 2020.

Kintore: The Caledonian Sleeper was on diverted on 14th November 2020 due to track works between Perth and Inverness. 73966 and 73970 race through the new station at Kintore.

Easter Road Junction: I am standing on the road bridge which replaced the rail bridge carrying the Leith Central branch over the Granton line. The view looks west along what was latterly the Powderhall branch, closed a few years ago, and Easter Road Junction was in the distance. There is evidently no hurry to turn this old line into a cycleway.

London Road Junction [Edinburgh]: 'Lochend Butterfly' was the name given to the lepidopteraform (my coining) bit of land left behind when all but one of the many lines around here had been lifted. The centre of the butterfly was here, where the Leith Central Branch crossed the Granton line. The bridge has been replaced, hence 'New'. London Road Junction was just south of here

Lochend Junction: I am standing on the road bridge which replaced the rail bridge carrying the Leith Central branch over the Granton line. The view looks east along what was latterly the Powderhall branch, closed a few years ago. Lochend Junction was beyond the trees. Going from almost nowhere to nowhere at all, this old line would make an ideal cyclepath.

Shawfair: A northbound service on the Borders Railway about to restart from Shawfair on a dull and drizzly morning on Sunday 14 November 2021. The six car train is the ScotRail 0847 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley, formed by twin DMUs 170428 (leading)+170402.

Shawfair: A 5-car train formed by a combination of ScotRail class 170 and 158 DMUs arrives at Shawfair station on 14 November 2021 with a southbound service on the Borders Railway.

Shawfair: Sunday services on the Borders Railway returned in November following resolution of an industrial dispute which began in March this year. The photograph shows the 0911 Edinburgh - Tweedbank on the section between Newcraighall and Shawfair on Sunday 14 November 2021.

Cargo Fleet [2nd]: Whitehouse signal box (at the former Cargo Fleet station) was replaced by York Rail Operating Centre over the weekend.