York: Deltic 55009 Alycidon backing onto the stock of train 1M69 Newcastle - Liverpool at York on a wintry 27 December 1981. This was supposedly the last run of a Deltic to Liverpool - not so!

Oban: Oban signalbox, now demolished.

Oban: Oban looking to the buffers.

Oban: Oban Ticket Platform and the branch to the high level goods yard and shed (now lifted).

Oban: Looking north east over the

Oban: Looking south from Obans platforms with class 37 locomotives and the (second) signalbox.

Crianlarich: Class 37 hauled passenger train running north at Crianlarich.

Tyndrum Lower: Early one rainy morning, just after Christmas 1987, a westbound Glasgow-Oban service prepared to leave Tyndrum Lower. If I recall correctly the motorcyclist had just got off the train.

Oban: The ferry TSMV Glen Sannox has just arrived at Oban on a dull 27 December 1987. In the siding a class 37 has been started up. Why the two 37s I'm not sure.

Glenfinnan: First westbound service of the day pulls into Glenfinnan in December 1994.

Arisaig: A Mallaig bound Sprinter arrives at Arisaig in 1994.

Arisaig: Arisaig's main station building seen in 1994.

Glenfinnan: Collecting the freight at Glenfinnan in December 1994.

Glenfinnan: On a crisp cold night in 1994 two Sprinters pass at Glenfinnan on the Mallaig Extension. This view looks east.

Velvet Hall: Loading bank in the gloom of a forest at Velvet Hall.

Velvet Hall: Base of signal post (and mystery object) on the Norham side of Velvet Hall station.

Twizell: Westbound platform at Twizell. The view looks south-west towards Coldstream. Behind the camera the station building still stands on the site of the eastbound platform.

Alnwick: Alnwick seen from a loading bank in 2002. A supermarket car park now occupies the site of the loading bank but the main building beyond remains intact.

Alnwick: Northern elevation of the large Alnwick trainshed. The view is towards the front entrance in 2002.

Millerhill MPD: An evening view of Millerhill MPD seen in 2004. There were at least eight 66s parked up for the night.

Higham-on-the-Hill: It is nice when councils replace rail-under-road bridges on disused railway footpaths, rather than leaving them filled in. This location, on the line to Stoke Golding North-East of Weddington Junction, used to be a lethal crossing point on the A5 for pedestrians and cyclists.

Weddington Junction: The line curving south to the left joined the WCML North of Nuneaton station; the 'Ashby bay' on platform 5 only being filled in about 2005. The formation of the line to Abbey Street station and Birmingham can just be seen running off to the right.

Edinburgh Waverley: Extract from updated Network Rail Waverley brochure showing new layout and platform renumbering from December 2006. Note the omission of platform numbers 5 & 6.

Drem: Remains of the old yard at Drem in December 2006 with most of it now given over to car parking.

North Berwick: Departure for Waverley leaving North Berwick on 27 December 2006.

North Berwick: A mid morning departure for Edinburgh boards at North Berwick in 2006.

North Berwick: An train for Waverley formed by ScotRail EMU 322483 awaiting departure time at North Berwick station on a pleasant December day in 2006.

Brunstane: Waverley - Newcraighall shuttle leaving Brunstane on 27 December 2006.

Roxburgh Viaduct: Roxburgh Viaduct looking to [[Kelso]].

North Berwick: A train from Waverley runs down the hill into North Berwick terminus on 27 December 2006.

Drem: Midland Mainline HST set on lease to Virgin Trains heads west through Drem station on 27 December 2006.

North Berwick: The 11.37 ex-Waverley appears over the horizon on the final approach to North Berwick station on 27 December 2006.

Drem: Looking west along the up platform at Drem on 27 December 2006 as an up GNER service rushes through the station on its way to London.

North Berwick: A well patronised train for Edinburgh Waverley boarding at North Berwick on 27 December 2006 - post Christmas sales perhaps?

North Berwick: Arrival at North Berwick on 27 December 2006.

Longniddry: Down ECML express passing through Longniddry on 27 December 2006.

Drem: Waverley - North Berwick service arriving at Drem in December 2006.

Winchcombe: It's funny how most people go home from galas when it gets dark. I like after dark best - especially with steam. But this was a diesel gala. A pile of suitcases on the platform acted as tripod, while the old Monmouth Troy station building provided wind cover.

Shields Road: Works at Shields Road. From left: new track panels, Glasgow - Paisley Gilmour Street line.

Shields West Junction: Looking east at Shields West Junction (roughly the locale of the former Shields Junction No. 1) during works. The track to the right is lifted in the distance. The line to the left is the dive-under to reach Terminus Junction. From near here the new third track for Glasgow Airport will start.

Shields Road: The 66 is at Kinning Park Junction during the works to re-lay Shields Junction. There is a tamper? further along the Burma Road. As part of the works the lines here have been provided with overhead wires.

Toddington: I'm afraid that stepladder's definitely out of period.

Toddington: 47.105 approaching Toddington at the G&WR 2007 Diesel Gala in December 2007. The wife was away, so the gricer played...

Cheltenham Racecourse: D8137 basking in the sunset at the reopened and rebuilt Cheltenham Racecourse station, December 2007 Diesel gala.

Winchcombe: I'm not sure this ever happened on the 'big railway'. Classes 20, 37, and 47 meet at Winchcombe at a diesel gala.

Smithy Lye: Works at Shields Road. From left to right: Glasgow to Paisley Gilmour Street line, Smithy Lye sidings (once site of a carriage shed), connecting line, City of Glasgow Union line. Formerly off to the right were the fly-under from the CGU to the General Terminus line and the connection to the Paisley Canal line.

Winchcombe: An unusual view of Winchcombe in December 2007, photographed from a brake van being hauled to Toddington by a class 37. Galas are great fun!

Winchcombe: <I>Aye lad, in those days, we had proper engines</I>. Winchcombe may not be in Yorkshire, but don't let that spoil your enjoyment of this picture of a tractor towing a brake van (see image [[25698]]).

Stirling: New footbridge with supports at the south end of Stirling. This structure is to enable access between the City Centre and the Forthside housing area now being erected on the site of the former goods yard.

Stirling: New Starting signal on the main up platform at Stirling installed in May 2007. Stirling Middle signal box is passed by a Dunblane class 158 dmu. The new bridge support on the left is for a footbridge accross the station from the city to Forthside housing and liesure development.

Stirling: Local trains pass in Stirling station. On the left 158705 from Edinburgh to Dunblane while 170422 is on a Dunblane to Glasgow service.

Winchcombe: Looking the other way at Winchcombe, at the end of the Christmas diesel gala in 2007. On of these days, I must try the B&B on the station approach road.

Toddington: 'A motional view' at Toddington in December 2007. It's a diesel gala, so steam is sidelined as the 20's (and others) take over.

Camps Viaduct: The viaduct over the River Almond in Almondell Country Park, near East Calder, in December 2008. The viaduct carried the mineral line that ran from Drumshoreland to Broxburn and Camps.

Carrbridge: Scene at Carrbridge on 27 December, just one of the locations affected by the severe weather conditions - forecast here for the next 3 nights is minus 12 celsius... and look out for icicles!

Carrbridge: View south from Carrbridge station on 27 December 2009, with the 'signs of life' having been left by a passing class 37 on snow clearance duty.

Swanbourne: On a snowy 27 December 2010 the dormant station at Swanbourne, West of Bletchley (the platform is just visible on the curve) seems to be waiting patiently for a train to call. Might only be another four years or so.

Ropley: Standard class 5 no 73096 in Ropley Shed Yard on 27 December 2011.

Pitfodels: The Station building (up platform) and Station Masters house at Pitfodels at the Aberdeen end of the former Royal Deeside branch in December 2011. Both are currently undergoing renovation/conservation/development as residential properties. Given that the station closed to passengers in May 1937 the wooden building appears in surprisingly good condition. See image [[36975]]

Ropley: Maunsell 4-6-0 no 850 Lord Nelson standing in the shed yard at Ropley on the Mid Hants Railway on 27 December 2011.

Pitfodels: Close up of the ongoing work on the former station building at Pitfodels on 27 December 2011 see image [[36969]]. Below is the 'architects impression' of the finished project looking over what is now the Deeside Way.

Ropley: Maunsell 'U' Class 2-6-0 31806 at Ropley Station, Mid Hants Railway, on 27 December.

Ruthrieston: A bridge with a very short useful life! This sizeable structure was completed in 1961 to carry Auchinyell Rd over the Deeside line west of Ruthrieston station as the Aberdeen suburbs continued to spread. The line closed to passengers in 1965 with full closure in 1968.

Holburn Street: Looking east across Holburn Street, Aberdeen, in December 2011 towards the site of Holburn Street station. Links to the past are the platforms and, suprisingly, the advertising hoardings to the left, which were there when the station was open - I'm told. The original bridge was demolished in the 1980's. Holburn street station was closed to passengers in April 1937 with the ending of the 'Subbie' services and the line itself closed in 1968.

Ropley: Scene on the Mid Hants Railway on 27 December featuring preserved Black 5 no 45379 with a train at Ropley station.

Ruthrieston: The heavily overgrown up platform of Ruthrieston Station, looking West along the old trackbed in December 2011. Ruthrieston closed to passengers in April 1937, along with several other stations in the Aberdeen suburbs including Holburn Street to the east and Pitfodels to the west [see separate images].

Holburn Street: A Springer Spaniel paces the up-platform of Holburn Street station, Aberdeen, on 27 December 2011 - all in vain since the last train departed some 74 years earlier. (Long platforms for a 'Subbie' station.) See image [[37006]]

Bath (Combe Down): This bold and arguably elegant new foot and cycle bridge over Dartmouth Avenue in Bath is the latest addition to the Two Tunnels path. It is intended to keep pedestrians and cyclists away from road traffic; which is, of course, something that railways do rather well. Notice the pine trees on the right. View west on 27 December 2012.

Copley Hill Shed: Entrance to 56C Copley Hill shed, sited between the Kings Cross and Bradford Exchange line railway bridges and located adjacent to the bridge that carried both the shed access line spur and the Bradford Exchange lines. See image [[38681]]

Castle Cary: The old railway lives on, here and there. The 15.57 Torbay Express to Paddington arrives at Castle Cary on 27 December 2013. The well maintained, stone built station building retains its old fashioned wooden awning - and two FGW staff came out to meet the train.

Copley Hill Junction: Looking east along Copley Hill in December 2013, with the steel bridge carrying the LNER lines out of Leeds to Wakefield and Kings Cross in the foreground. Standing beyond, with the modern replacement concrete deck, is the bridge carrying the Trans Pennine line to Huddersfield and Manchester. The former 56C Copley Hill shed stood off to right. See image [[45770]]

Templecombe: The 15.43 service to Basingstoke arriving at Templecombe 31 minutes down on 27th December 2013. The platform to the right (which once offered interchange with a spur from the S&D) is now only accessible between the hours of 06.00 and 11.00 on weekdays.

Horsington: The Serene and Delightful looking trackbed at Horsington, just North of Templecombe, in December 2013. The route is nowadays used as a farm track; and is therefore rather potholed and damp.

Bo'ness: Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey departs Bo'ness on 27 December with the 12.30 to Manuel.

Garrowhill: 334012 departs from Garrowhill with a train for Edinburgh on on 27th December 2014.

Bo'ness: Devon & Cornwall Railways 31601 and resident 26038 await their turn at Bo'ness on 27 December.

Bo'ness: The Bo'ness Diesel Gala on 27 December sees Deltic 55022 bringing up the rear of an arrival from Manuel. In the background DCR 31601 and 26038 wait to take over.

Macclesfield: Visible through the cobweb of catenary at Macclesfield is a CrossCountry Voyager from Bournemouth destined for Manchester Piccadilly. Platform 3 on the right was used mainly as a turnback facility for stopping trains from Manchester. It is now used less frequently as the majority of these trains continue to Stoke-on-Trent but it is still available as a convenient bi-directional loop to allow delayed expresses to pass.

Bath Spa: There are two tunnels.. not just on the S&D in Bath, but also beneath the East end of Spa station. see image [[37202]], they are underneath the girders between the traffic lights. This tunnel is restricted to pedestrian use. The hotel in the background has an 'Isambard Bar'.

Bath Spa: Turning to the left our previous viewpoint through the pedestrian tunnel see image [[53822]], we see this fetching view of the rear entrance to Bath Spa station. The wooden valance with the 'trackwork' pattern was recently replaced - a representative of the company who did it told me it was quite a tough job.

Bath Spa: Winning hearts and minds - bullish publicity from First Great Western at Bath Spa in December 2015. See image [[53873]] for a small part of this investment.

Tynehead: Less than half a mile north of Tynehead station, just prior to crossing the Tyne Water, the Borders Railway runs below a road bridge linking Halflawkiln Farm and the B6367. On the afternoon of 27 December 2016 ScotRail 158735 is seen here about to pass below the bridge with the 1259 Tweedbank - Edinburgh.

Tynehead: A northbound ScotRail 158 aon the Borders Railway about to run through the site of Tynehead station in December 2016.

Birmingham Grand Central [Tram]: Trams now pass Snow Hill see image [[46258]], the stop for which station is called St.Chad's; and run to New Street, where the stop is called Grand Central. Do pay attention, 007.

Redditch: The 16.12 service for Lichfield Trent Valley gathers its thoughts before departure from Redditch on 27 December 2016. See image [[57677]]

Barnt Green: The late running 16.43 to Birmingham New Street calls at Barnt Green just after Christmas 2016. [Ref query 484]

Kelso: The site of Kelso station looking west towards St Boswells on 27 December 2016. The waving eejit is standing at the junction of the A698, which now occupies the trackbed and the B6352 Station Road, at the spot where a bridge once carried the latter over the station see image [[31572]]. [Ref query 333]

Tynehead Junction: The 1259 Tweedbank - Edinburgh runs onto the double track section at Tynehead on 27 December 2016.

St Boswells: The shed at St Boswells has undergone a restoration in the past year. This view looks south with the former bay for Kelso in the foreground and with the mainline platform off to the right. See image [[53742]].

Stow: A (late running) southbound train at Stow on 27 December 2016.

Leaderfoot Viaduct: Last crossed by the Greenlaw - St Boswells goods in 1965 see image [[40067]], Leaderfoot Viaduct is seen here looking north across the River Tweed in December 2016. Photograph taken through a gap in the safety fence.

Stow: An Edinburgh bound services skips north through Stow without stopping.

Princes Street Gardens: In Princes Street Gardens East a light railway has been laid to serve Santa's Train Station. A steam-outline loco heads up a train on 27 December. Track gauge is around 2'.

Kelso: View east at Kelso. Before 1998 this view also included the B6352 road bridge over the line. The bulk of the station was beyond the bridge (roughly the location of the roundabout today). The photograph is taken from just off the end of the former eastbound platform. See image [[50295]].

Wallace Nick: This view looks west at the approximate site of Wallace Nick station. This was where the former alignment of the A698 crossed the railway. The former railway trackbed is now a footpath between Kelso and Roxburgh. Wallace Nick was the temporary terminus of the North British's Kelso branch between 1850 and 1851, when the line extended east through Kelso station to meet the North Eastern Railway at Sprouston Junction. Wallace Nick (or Wallacenick) is a farm just to the north of the station. Kelso is often thought of as the NBR/NER boundary, but no, it was further east.

Birmingham New Street: Sunshine brings great contrasts at New Street see image [[51152]], but this is 15.32 on a winter afternoon. The Crowd Control stewards on the left didn't seem to be overwhelmed.

Heiton Siding: View east along a lovely countryside footpath, the former double track line to Kelso. The line was singled in 1933 with the westbound track being lifted between Kelso Junction and Kelso. Loops were retained at Maxton and Roxburgh Junction. At Heiton Siding the westbound, rather than eastbound, line was retained to give access to the siding.

Roxburgh: Abutment with eejit; Roxburgh, December 2016
The southern abutment of the bridge that carried the Jedburgh branch south from Roxburgh station. Photograph taken on 27 December 2016 looking west from the village.
Dedicated to the original 'unknown eejit' who kicked off the whole thing at Largs in 1987 see image [[8126]] [Ref query 23 December 2018]

Heiton Siding: Heiton Siding loading bank looking east towards Kelso. This siding was at the south end of the Roxburgh Viaduct. Originally approached by a reversal it was reduced to a solitary siding approached from the Kelso direction after the line was singled.

Roxburgh Viaduct: The east end of Roxburgh Viaduct looking west to the station. Site of 'The Great Escape' see image [[17963]]. After singling of the line in 1933 the westbound track was lifted, except between the east end of the viaduct and Wallace Nick where the eastbound was lifted instead; the retained line gave access to Heiton Siding. Thus at the west end of the viaduct the line was on the north side but at the east end it had crossed to the south side.

Roxburgh Viaduct: Roxburgh Viaduct looking west to the station. The remains of Wallace's Tower are to the right.

Roxburgh Viaduct: This is the base of the signal post at the west end of Roxburgh Viaduct see image [[25229]].

Roxburgh Viaduct: Roxburgh Viaduct viewed from the south under a wonderful blue winter sky. Roxburgh Junction station was off to the left.

Barnt Green: The 16.23 to Lichfield Trent Valley pauses at Barnt Green on 27 December. We had intended to make a return trip to Bromsgrove, but we didn't check the timetable first; so we took the next train to Birmingham instead. See image [[25401]] for the other end of the Redditch Loop.

Leaderfoot Viaduct: The 1863 railway viaduct at Leaderfoot, photographed looking north towards Earlston on 27 December 2016. Part of the 1973 road bridge that carries the A68 across the River Tweed can be seen through the arch on the right.

Leaderfoot Viaduct: The abandoned deck of Leaderfoot Viaduct in December 2016 looking north across the valley of the Tweed towards Earlston. The western section of the Berwickshire Railway, between Ravenswood Junction and Greenlaw, finally closed in 1965. The viaduct is not accessible to the public and is fitted with serious metal safety barriers at both ends.

Tynehead: ScotRail 158724 about to run through the site of Tynehead station as it approaches the half way stage on its journey from Waverley to Tweedbank on 27 December 2016. The old station buildings, long converted for private residential use, stand at the top of the cutting on the east side of the line. See image [[24391]]

Langcliffe: A DRS 66 runs downhill towards Settle with a Carlisle to Crewe infrastructure train on 27th December 2017. The train has just passed under the bridge that carries the public footpath at Langcliffe over the S&C.

Heriot: ScotRail 158782, forming the 1259 Tweedbank - Edinburgh, about to run through the site of Heriot station on 27 December 2017. Signs of the previous days snowfall are still very much in evidence. The village is to the left, with a pedestrian underpass having replaced the old level crossing.

Hassendean: Around a mile south of Hassendean station is this extremely long footbridge at Hassendeanburn Farm. The view looks south from the infilled cutting. [Ref query 2 January 2018]

Wyre Viaduct: Finishing touches. After a four-day Christmas line closure to refurbish the WCML viaduct over the River Wyre at Scorton See image [[62247]], Colas DR73921 was tamping the relaid Down Line on the evening on 27th December, prior to re-opening to normal traffic the following morning.

Ale Water Viaduct: View north up the west side of the disused Ale Water Viaduct. The viaduct is a mile north of the former Belses station and hides in the steeply sided wooded glen of the Ale Water, only really visible when the trees are without leaves.

Hawick [1st]: The old goods platform at Hawick, looking north east on a frosty morning in December 2017. This was part of the original Hawick terminus and 64G shed and yard see image [[25301]]. The area is now occupied by the Teviotdale Leisure Centre (part of which can be seen on the right) and car park. The old platform now forms part of a walkway, with ramped access to the leisure centre itself.

Charlesfield Halt: A night-time view looking north over the site of Charlesfield Halt towards the Eildon hills. See image [[58394]].

Hawick [1st]: View north from the station throat at Hawick. A little north from here the double line had loops on either side, a turntable to the left, sidings to the right and a line dropping down to the gas works. Landscaping has taken away the retaining wall here and the cuttings further to the north.

Teviot Viaduct: The meagre remains of the railway viaduct that once carried the Waverley route across the River Teviot at Hawick, seen from the south shore on 27 December 2017. Note the base of the bridge support still visible in the river near the north bank see image [[48220]]. Much of the old railway site is now occupied by the Teviotdale Leisure Centre (left) and its associated car park. The building on the right is part of the former Mansfield Mills, dating from 1880 and since converted to residential accommodation.

Hawick [1st]: The view south towards the station, shed and goods yard at Hawick. The original station had been straight ahead and the replacement on the line curving to the left to cross the Teviot.

Standhill Siding: View north over the former sidings at Standhill Siding. Although the site has been landscaped the road bridge and Standhill Farm remain today.

Tynehead: Red for danger. A signal lights the snowy track at the former Tynehead station. The view looks south.

Heriot: Scene to the south of Heriot in the aftermath of a snow shower on 27 December 2017. The train approaching is the ScotRail 1254 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank. On the hillside in the background is Braehill, consisting mainly of self-catering holiday accommodation. Note the traffic on the A7 running parallel with the line at this point.

Hassendean: A deserted trackbed on a sunny day. (And most importantly dry and without brambles/forest.) Bliss. The view looks north to Hassendean with the Minto hills forming a backdrop.

Artengill Viaduct: Situated on the east side of Dentdale, mid way between Dent Station and Dent Head Viaduct, this is Arten Gill Viaduct, nicely lit by the winter sun on 27th December 2017. The River Dee runs in the foreground.

Falahill Summit: An afternoon service on the Borders Railway rounds the curve approaching Falahill on 27 December 2017.

Justinhaugh: Substantial bridge abutments remain at a minor road crossing on the line from Forfar to Brechin, just to the north of Finavon between Careston and Tannadice. The last passenger train ran in 1952 and the bridge is seen here on 27th December 2017.

Justinhaugh: Looking towards Forfar at the old Finavon bridge on the trackbed of the line from Forfar to Brechin in December 2017. This location is between Careston and Tannadice. Although it saw its last goods train in 1964 there is a lot of ballast in place with the positions of the sleepers still evident.

Heriot: A chilly day at Heriot on 27 December 2017 as ScotRail 170454 runs south through the site of the old station with an early afternoon service on the Borders Railway. The train in question is the 1254 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank. Note the bus shelter alongside the A7 just to the right of the train.

Heriot: A train on the Borders Railway runs through a snowy landscape between Heriot and Fountainhall on 27 December 2017 on its journey south to Tweedbank.

Hawick [1st]: This years annual Boxing Day outing of the Edinburgh East Joint Independent Trecking Society (EEJITS) had to be rescheduled to 27 December due to snow and ice. The walk is seen here about to get underway on the old goods platform at Hawick, with one of the founder members urging colleagues to come and join him on the treck north. No takers unfortunately...

Falahill Summit: The late running ScotRail 1324 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank passes through the remnants of a Boxing Day snowfall at Falahill Summit on 27 December 2017.

Dent Head Viaduct: Snow was causing great disruption to the Midlands on 27th December 2017 but not to the highest mainline in England. A Carlisle to Leeds train crosses Dent Head viaduct. Looking back along Dentdale the station can be seen on the hillside in the distance.

Barbon: Looking north along the Clapham to Low Gill trackbed just south of the site of Barbon station in December 2017. The station closed to passengers in 1954 but freight and diverted trains continued to pass along the line until 1967. All the other stations on the line survive in private use but Barbon was demolished with the site turned over for housing development. This section of trackbed is now in use as farmland - note the now redundant stile. (Ref query 28 December 2017)

Thirsk: GBRf (ex Eurospec) 66745 heading south at Thirsk just before 15.00 on 27 December 2018 with the 11.27 North Blyth to Drax Power Station loaded coal working. This image taken by the underpass to the A168 trunk road overbridge south of the station.

Hassendean: South end of the northbound platform at Hassendean. The signal box was beside the hut. It closed in 1965 and was demolished.

Gorebridge: Close-up of the closed and shuttered former station building at Gorebridge, seen from the car park on 27 December 2018. The building has been earmarked for redevelopment and conversion as part of the 'Gorebridge Connected' project announced earlier this year by Midlothian Council see image [[66963]].

Inverkeithing South Junction: Taken from a footbridge, looking towards the road bridge carrying King street and the Fife Coastal path over the Rosyth Dockyard Branch. The junction at Inverkeithing, just south of the station, is just after the bridge. It must have been a few years since any traffic has passed along the line.

Gorebridge: ScotRail 158738 has just passed below Station Road and is about to arrive at Gorebridge on 27 December 2018. The train is the 1253 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank.

Gorebridge: DMU 170403 does its bit for global warming as it powers north away from Gorebridge station on the climb towards the Gore Glen Bridge on 27 December 2018. The train is the ScotRail 1259 Tweedbank - Edinburgh.

Gorebridge: Funding for the 'Gorebridge Connected' project, including plans to redevelop the former station house to include a cafe, gallery and office space, were announced by Midlothian Council on 28 June 2018. This view shows the 1259 Tweedbank - Edinburgh passing the building as it leaves the station on 27 December 2018, with no obvious sign of any progress on the project as yet.

Gogar Tram Depot: Since Edinburgh Gateway tram stop opened (with the station) in December 2016 with its walking route to the depot all staff changes have taken place there. The dedicated depot stop seems to be kept in good nick though and is possibly still used for the tram equivalent of ECS workings.. View looks towards the airport on 27 December 2019.

Congleton: What speed benefit does tilt give? The sign on the approach to the curve north of Congleton station indicates that the enhanced permissible speed (EPS) is 105mph compared to 80mph for conventional rolling stock. An Avanti West Coast Pendolino takes full advantage as it races through the station with a Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston service on 27th December 2019.

Cameron Toll Signal Box: Torrential rain, driven by a westerly wind, lashes the south side of Edinburgh during a grey and miserable morning on 27 December 2019. Seen here crossing the bridge over Cameron Toll is one of the many long distance services diverted via the 'sub' during the 3-day Christmas holiday engineering occupation at Haymarket East. The train is the LNER 0708 Leeds - Aberdeen (1028 ex-Waverley), which will rejoin its normal route on reaching Haymarket West Junction.

Haymarket: A rail service has somehow crept into Haymarket's departures on 27 December 2019 when the station was cut off from Waverley because of engineering works. Platform 0 was handling the few services to and from the north. Unlike other departure boards Haymarket's doesn't list departures in chronological order but has set panels for each platform. One wasn't deemed necessary for Platform 0 though which surely means people sometimes overlook their train. The platform is only used when something has gone wrong. Quite often, then.

Cameron Toll Signal Box: One of several long distance train services diverted around the Edinburgh Sub on 27 December 2019 due to engineering works on the main line at Haymarket. This is the 0952 Aberdeen - Kings Cross, seen crossing the bridge at Cameron Toll between Newington and Duddingston. Taken looking north from the grounds of the shopping centre on what was a particularly grey morning featuring heavy rain (thus the tree cover!)

Cameron Toll Signal Box: No let up in the rain on the morning of 27 December 2019 as another re-routed long distance service takes the bridge over Cameron Toll on its circuitous route to Waverley. The diversions were necessary due to engineering works involving replacement of track and points at Haymarket East Junction and affected services over the 3 days immediately following the Christmas / Boxing Day holiday.

Dunfermline Town: The morning after Boxing Day. Dunfermline station from the north entrance on 27 December 2020.

Garstang: The Wyre Aqueduct, spanning the river in Garstang, was another Rennie design and opened in 1797. It is difficult to photograph as there are lots of trees on the public approaches. It must have made such an impact on the small market town when this magnificent structure appeared in the late 18th Century and then the canal connection to Preston and Lancaster.

Eglinton Street: The former Eglinton Street station, seen under new ownership on 27 December 2021.

Clyde Viaduct [Glasgow Central]: Seen from a room with a view, 390006 leaves Glasgow Central with the 11.17 to Euston on 27 December 2021.

Clyde Viaduct [Glasgow Central]: 320312 crosses the Clyde with a service from Newton on 27th December 2021.

Bridge Street [Subway]: Bridge Street subway station in December 2021. Somebody must love it ...