Manchester Exchange: Trans-Pennine DMU passing the west end of the out-of-use Manchester Exchange in late 1970. The station's platform 3 became part of Britain's longest railway platform at 2,238 feet when it was extended east in 1929 to join up with the west end of Manchester Victoria's platform 11.

Manchester Exchange: A Liverpool bound BR Trans-Pennine service passing the abandoned Manchester Exchange station in 1970.

Manchester Victoria: Eastbound freight through Manchester Victoria in November 1970. Platform 11, Britains longest railway platform, is on the left and the east end of Exchange station (closed the previous year) can be seen in the left background.

Dereham: Dereham station at sunset on 11th November 1977, looking north. The passenger service to Norwich had ceased 8 years earlier, but a daily goods train was continuing. In the future lay final closure to goods (1989), dereliction and resurrection by the Mid Norfolk Railway.

East Winch: The derelict signalbox at East Winch on the Kings Lynn - Dereham line seen on 20th November 1977. Last active in 1968, the remains survived to be moved recently for restoration at Thuxton station on the Mid Norfolk railway.

Strathcarron: Token exchange at Strathcarron in the autumn of 1982, viewed from the cab of 26 046.

Stromeferry: The heavy rock blasting needed to take the railway on from Strome Ferry to Kyle is evident in this view taken from the cab of 26046 on a Kyle-Inverness passenger service on 20th November 1982.

Kyle of Lochalsh: A train for Inverness stands at the platform at Kyle of Lochalsh on a wet Saturday afternoon in November 1982. Freight activities (including coal in the foreground) still survive at this point in time.

Edale: A Sheffield bound service runs east at Edale.

Earn Viaduct [Forgandenny]: Close up scene of flood water threatening Strathearn Viaduct. Network Rail on watch here.

Earn Viaduct [Forgandenny]: Wide view of Strathearn Viaduct with the river in spate and flooding.

Sneinton Junction: Former Junction box reduced to a gate box to the east of Nottingham.

Trent Viaduct (Great Central Railway): All that remains of the Great Central Railways four track viaduct over the Trent is a slight rise on the north bank.

Brig: Two BLS Class 465 electric locomotives head an Italy bound freight train through Brig on 20 November..

Brig: Loco hauled local service at Brig. Note the height difference between the loco and 1st coach.

Craigentinny Depot: A Wi-Fi adorned GNER HST power car @ Craigentinny Depot, Edinburgh, on 20 November 2007. Photographed from a passing train.

Brig: RTS freight loco at Brig.

Inverness: The First Class interior of recently refurbished ScotRail unit 158722 standing in Inverness station on 20 November 2007.

Inverness: Standard class seating in 158 722, one of the refurbished First ScotRail units now operating out of Inverness, primarily on the far north line.

Carnforth (Midland Shed): The other loco shed at Carnforth is the former Midland Railway Roundhouse that still stands alongside the Wennington line as seen here looking towards Borwick and Wennington. This opened in 1857 and, along with the former LNWR shed, closed in 1944 when the current LMS shed opened alongside Carnforth Station. The Midland roundhouse and associated buildings have been in industrial use for many years now.

Carnforth (Midland Shed): The base of the old water tower at Carnforth MR Shed, closed in 1944, still stands and has been converted into a small workshop. The building to the right was also part of the old shed complex.

Carnforth (Midland Shed): The centre section of the old Midland Shed at Carnforth still has the door by which the engines accessed the roundhouse, albeit bricked up. In 1920 there was an allocation of 61 locomotives here and it is still an imposing building, even though it is now in the middle of an industrial estate. View east with the Wennington line to the right of the building.

Forth Bridge: The 0950 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross HST service runs onto the Forth Bridge after passing through North Queensferry station on 20 November.

Keyham Viaduct: Keyham Viaduct soars over the buildings below. The section of line heading west out of Plymouth crosses several substantial viaducts in quick succession. The view looks north west at the viaduct.

Dockyard: A 125 passes Dockyard (Devonport) in the foreground and approaches Keyham station crossing a viaduct of the same name. There's something reminscent of Durham in the pattern of those roofs to the right. In a very short distance the line crosses numerous viaducts going west from Plymouth.

Inverkeithing: 43 251 prepares to depart Inverkeithing with the long-standing morning Leeds - Aberdeen HST service on 20 November 2010.  For some reason all Anglo-Scottish services call at Inverkeithing, even though some ScotRail trains don't.  The crossover in the foreground allows access from the goods loop and sidings to the Up line.  It sees little use.

Paddington: A line up of HSTs on the buffers at Paddington on 20th November 2010. Gone but not forgotten

Woodacre Crossing: A1 60163 Tornado heads for Euston from Edinburgh, on a glorious autumn afternoon, with Day 3 of the Christmas Coronation railtour. The loco was running with The Cathedrals Express headboard and is seen at Woodacre, on the racing ground between Lancaster and Preston, with the M6 Motorway behind and the Grizedale Brook in between. Unfortunately, 60163 had to be assisted by a Class 66 diesel on the last leg from Rugby to Euston due to poor coal affecting its steaming.

Haymarket: Surprisingly for such a busy station Haymarket has no disabled access to 3 of its 5 platforms.  This long-felt want is at last being addressed with lifts to Platforms 2/3 and to 4.  Seen on 20 November, with the 1842 'A' listed station building in the background, the tower for the lift to Platforms 2 and 3 is substantially complete.  The lift to Platform 4 is in a similar state.  Platform 1 together with the seldom-used Platform 0 have level access.

Inverkeithing: One two-car 158 unit normally suffices for the hourly Perth - Edinburgh semi-fast, but on Saturday 20 November there is a rugby international at Murrayfield and a six car train is deemed necessary on this occasion. The formation is seen here leaving Inverkeithing at 11.58 with a suitably patriotic-looking 158 870 leading.

Edinburgh Waverley: With the yawning, crumpled-looking passengers sent on their way, 90 024 is on the point of pulling out of Waverley's Platform 9 on 20 November with the empty stock of the Caledonian Sleeper from Euston. The current platforms 8 and 9 originally formed a separate station serving the grandly-named Edinburgh Suburban and South Side Junction Railway's trains. Even today that wall makes it feel like you are somewhere else, away from the hubbub of the main station. The awning here is due for a makeover as part of the station's long refurbishment programme.

Edinburgh Waverley: View west along platforms 19 and 20 on the north side of Waverley on 20 November 2010 with a service for Penzance at 19 and a Perth train at 20. The normal Waverley Steps exit to Princes Street, via the blue footbridge, will be closed from 10 February for modernisation with temporary access provided through Princes Mall using the bridge in the background. See image [[9662]]

Preston: A Class 57/3 in Arriva Blue stands in one of the bays at the north end of Preston station on 20 November 2011. The loco is below the access road to the front of the station, currently used as the taxi rank.

Blackford: 20 November saw the first of three trial runs of containers from Highland Spring, Blackford to Coatbridge FLT operated by John G Russell and DRS. 66427 is seen with the containers in the sidings at Blackford.

Blackford: Containers from the Highland Spring plant (in the background) being loaded at Blackford on 20 November 2012 see image [[41094]]. Due to the lack of run round facilities here, 66427 will take the trial train to Perth where it will reverse before heading for Coatbridge FLT.

Blackford: The 07.55 East Coast Inverness - London Kings Cross HST runs over the level crossing and through the site of Blackford station on 20 November 2012. On the right DRS 66427 is preparing to take a trainload of containers from the Highland Spring bottling plant to Coatbridge FLT.

Dalgety Bay Park: These hitching posts for ponies in a Dalgety Bay park look suspiciously like railway platform supports - perhaps from Donibristle Halt...? see image [[32608]]

Blackford: DRS 66427 leaves Blackford on 20 November with one of three trial runs of containers from the Highland Spring bottling plant to Coatbridge FLT. The train is heading for Perth where it will reverse. See image [[41100]]

Ordsall Chord: An artist's impression showing one of the proposals for the Ordsall Chord. See news item.

Ordsall Chord: A map showing the location of the proposed Ordsall Chord. See news item.

Glasgow Central: A group of visitors on one of the recently launched Glasgow Central Station Tours returns via the main walkway along the station roof on 20th November 2014. See image [[49659]]

Inverkeithing: DRS 66425 runs through Inverkeithing with the Inverness - Mossend Tesco train, diverted away from the Stirling route because of engineering work. 20 November.

Kings Cross: Kings Cross on Sunday 20th November just after 8am. Whilst I was waiting for the 9:45 Virgin East Coast to Aberdeen I had the biggest ever Pain au chocolat from a Patisserie on the Mezzanine level!

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Queen Street looks very different now the ticket office had gone - much more open. View looking east to the circulating area with the former site of the ticket office to the left.

Pockley Gates: Looking north west along Rape Lane to the former Pockley Gates Crossing Keepers houses sited around mid-way between Helmsley and Nawton stations. The track ran across where the entrances can be seen forward of the houses. The A170 road from Helmsley to Kirkbymoorside can be seen in the near distance.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Soon to become a beautiful glazed exterior. Once the present concrete structures are gone.

Dalreoch: Dreich at Dalreoch. Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh Waverley train drawing to a stop.

Parkhouse Junction: QTS getting near the end of embankment stabilisation work for Network Rail to the north of Ardrossan. Improved drainage and webbing have been installed along a stretch of the embankment following clearance of undergrowth and mature trees. It is suggested that Network Rail had concerns about potential movement in the embankment due to poor drainage.

Blairhall Junction: Looking west towards Comrie Dean Viaduct, with the route of the Blairhill Colliery branch (closed in 1969) diverging to the left. See image [[57767]].

Purton: LNER A4 60009 Union of South Africa, northbound on the south side of Purton on a dull day in November 2018. The train was heading for Gloucester on the line from Swindon.

Comrie Dean Viaduct: View of Comrie Dean Viaduct, near Blairhall Junction, looking east in November 2018. The railway closed to passengers on 7 October 1968 and to freight in 1982.

Hatton [B and OR]: Looking northwards from the footbridge at Hatton on a wet and gloomy 20th November 2018. Through the small arch of the road bridge the Stratford-upon-Avon track can be seen curving away to the west but there is also a link back to the Birmingham lines making a passing loop through Platform 3. A Cross Country Voyager, working from Newcastle to Southampton, passes through Platform 1.

Hatton [B and OR]: A Newcastle to Southampton XC Voyager hurries through Hatton station heading for Leamington Spa on a wet 20th November 2018. Over on the right, in the platform normally used by passenger services to and from Stratford, a southbound engineering vehicle has been looped to allow the Voyager to pass.

Pickering: Just west of the junction with both the Malton line, and the Forge Valley line from Scarborough, lies the final structure on the line from Gilling East. This is Goslip Bridge - HMY36 - a humped road overbridge on Goslipgate, at the west side of Pickering. The land seen to the east of the bridge is now private with only a narrow fenced path alongside the trackbed, whereas there is a public right of way running for a fair distance west along the full width of the trackbed that is still intact through to Westgate Carr crossing.

Sinnington: View of the west side abutment of the now deckless former rail bridge (HMY27), across the River Seven, immediately west of the level crossing by the former Sinnington Station.

Sinnington: Two road bridges were sited some 100 yards apart over the line between Sinnington Station and Pickering. The first is Riseborough Bridge - HMY29 - viewed looking north on the local road between Pickering and Marton, with a left turn onto the bridge at each end, and the junction for the road to Riseborough seen at bottom right. This bridge sits astride a very deep cutting on the line to Pickering some two miles east, and I have since taking this view become aware that this is what is known locally as Sinnington Viaduct, due to its three arch structure which I noted recently but have still to get access for a photo. A few years ago a farm worker driving over in the early hours during harvest fell asleep and his tractor and trailer crashed through the east side parapet falling onto the trackbed below. The next bridge is a rail overbridge - HMY30 - across Spa Lane, showing how much the ground falls over the short distance. See image [[72002]]

Sinnington: View south west along Spa Lane to the fine stone abutments of the now deckless overbridge HMY30, some 100 metres east of Riseborough Bridge - HMY29 - on the section between Sinnington Station and Pickering. Whilst this bridge is on a low embankment Riseborough Bridge is some 30 feet above the trackbed. Heading east between this bridge and Aislaby Carr level crossing there are two farm / stream underbridges extant, and a third, the furthest east, that has been removed.

Sinnington: View of the east side abutment of the now deckless former rail bridge (HMY27), across the River Seven, immediately west of the level crossing by the former Sinnington Station.

Sinnington: November 2019 view along the front of the former Station Cottages, sited to the rear of Sinnington Station by the former goods yard. An access road to the station runs along the rear of the cottages.

Sinnington: View east along the former Sinnington Station platform in November 2019, and showing the ornamental garden now created on the trackbed.

Dunbar: Work on the new Down platform at Dunbar seems to be progressing well and it is due to be commissioned early in 2020. There is a significant stagger and most of the new platform is off to the left. Coupled with the large gap between the platforms this is going to give it a rather spaced-out look.

Dunbar: A CrossCountry service for Plymouth pulls out of Dunbar on 20 November 2019. Work proceeds on the new Down platform which is due to open for business early next year. Perhaps this should have opened in 1846 so stopping Down trains didn't have to cross the Up Main for 173 years. Meanwhile with one platform it is never easy to photograph trains satisfactorily - as you can see.

Montrose: Colas 70814, on the 6A34 China Clay at Monntrose, and Scotrail 158714 waiting to head back to Aberdeen once it is able to get onto the single track bridge for the down line on 20th November 2019.

Pickering: Just west of the junction with both the Malton line, and the Forge Valley line from Scarborough, lies the final structure on the line from Gilling East. This is Goslip Bridge - HMY36 - a humped road overbridge on Goslipgate, at the west side of Pickering. The land east is private with only a narrow fenced path alongside the trackbed, seen to the left of the caravan, whereas heading west there is a public right of way; running for a fair distance along the full width of the trackbed that is still intact through to Westgate Carr crossing. View looking east.

Pickering: Just west of the junction with both the Malton line, and the Forge Valley line from Scarborough, lies the final structure on the line from Gilling East. This is Goslip Bridge - HMY36 - a humped road overbridge on Goslipgate, at the west side of Pickering. The land east is private with only a narrow fenced path alongside the trackbed, whereas there is a public right of way running for a distance west along the full width of the trackbed that is still intact through to Westgate Carr crossing. View looking north along Goslipgate. See image {[73706]}

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west from Station Road, over the former Cameron Bridge station and yard on 20th November 2020, with vegetation clearance well advanced.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking towards Levenmouth at Cameron Bridge on 20th November 2020, with long lost track revealed.

Taunton: This seating and waiting area at Taunton is new to me. The interior looks warm and cosy; but the wet wooden seats outside look a bit third class.

Taunton: Hitachi unit 802108 waits for time (19.45) to head for London via Bridgwater on 20th November 2021.

Angel: The wide southbound platform at Angel, Northern Line, on 20th November 2021. But it wasn't always so as, when opened by the City & South London Railway in 1901 and for the next 91 years, it had a narrow island platform in a single tunnel. By the end of the 1980s this had become totally inadequate and the whole station was rebuilt, the new being unveiled in 1992. The northbound platform on the south side of the island was abolished and built over, while the southbound on the north side was retained, leaving a very wide southbound platform. A new tunnel for northbound trains was constructed, leaving and rejoining the 1901 track either side of Angel station, to accommodate a new northbound platform which is of normal width with new passageways driven through the former tunnel wall to connect them. The old entrance on City Road was abandoned and replaced by a new one on Islington High Street. The former CSLR platforms at Euston also included a single island platform which disappeared during the construction of the Victoria Line in the 1960s but two examples of how Angel once looked survive at Clapham North and Clapham Common on the southern section of the Northern Line.

Archway: Archway station, Northern Line, looking north on 20th November 2021. This opened as Highgate in 1907, the terminus of a branch from Camden Town of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway and was renamed in 1939 when the line was extended to the surface at East Finchley. Tube trains were extended over former LNER lines, replacing steam, to High Barnet in 1940 and from Finchley Central to Mill Hill East in 1941. The rest of the Northern Line 'Northern Heights' extensions were never completed. Until 20th September 2021, the Mill Hill East branch had just a one-stop shuttle service to and from Finchley Central, supplemented by a few through peak hour trains, but when the new Northern Line branch to Battersea Power Station opened on that day, this was abolished and Mill Hill East now has through trains to and from central and south London all day, seven days a week. As can be seen on the indicator board in this view at Archway.