Class 158s from all over the place! 2015-2021

A gathering of 158s from my travels in England, Wales and Scotland over a six years period.
David Bosher

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<h4><a href='/locations/T/Tweedbank'>Tweedbank</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/B/Borders_Railway_Network_Rail'>Borders Railway (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>UK Railtours' excursion from Kings Cross to the Borders Railway arriving at Tweedbank station, that had opened three months earlier, at 14.03 (more than 8 hours after leaving London before dawn) on 30th December 2015. On the right is 158703 waiting to return north to Edinburgh. 1/43</p><p>30/12/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/M/Manchester_Piccadilly'>Manchester Piccadilly</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Manchester_and_Birmingham_Railway'>Manchester and Birmingham Railway</a></small></p><p>EMT 158854, working to Norwich, departing from Manchester Piccadilly on 30th April 2016. 2/43</p><p>30/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/North_British_Railway'>North British Railway</a></small></p><p>158739, with 158713 at rear, at Edinburgh Waverley waiting to depart on 15th May 2016 with a service to Tweedbank over the new Borders Line that had opened eight months earlier. 3/43</p><p>15/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/H/Haymarket'>Haymarket</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Glasgow_Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></small></p><p>158739, heading for Edinburgh Waverley, arriving at Haymarket station on 16th May 2016. 4/43</p><p>16/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/H/Haymarket'>Haymarket</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Glasgow_Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></small></p><p>158713, on a Dunblane service, arriving at Haymarket station on 16th May 2016. 5/43</p><p>16/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Stirling'>Stirling</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Scottish_Central_Railway'>Scottish Central Railway</a></small></p><p>158713 to Dunblane at Stirling station on 16th May 2016. 6/43</p><p>16/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Stirling'>Stirling</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Scottish_Central_Railway'>Scottish Central Railway</a></small></p><p>156495, working to Alloa, arriving at Stirling station on 16th May 2016. 7/43</p><p>16/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Stirling'>Stirling</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Scottish_Central_Railway'>Scottish Central Railway</a></small></p><p>158 740 from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunblane departing from Stirling station on 16th May 2016. 8/43</p><p>16/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Stirling'>Stirling</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Scottish_Central_Railway'>Scottish Central Railway</a></small></p><p>Stirling, before electrification, with 158740 to Edinburgh Waverley on 16th May 2016. 9/43</p><p>16/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/B/Birmingham_International'>Birmingham International</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/L/London_and_Birmingham_Railway'>London and Birmingham Railway</a></small></p><p>158818, leading the service to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli, reversing at Shrewsbury and dividing at Machynlleth, waiting to depart from Birmingham International station on 21st May 2016. 10/43</p><p>21/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Shrewsbury'>Shrewsbury</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Shrewsbury_and_Birmingham_Railway_and_Shropshire_Union_and_Canal_Railway_Joint'>Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway and Shropshire Union and Canal Railway Joint</a></small></p><p>158829, standing at Shrewsbury on 21st May 2016. Despite the destination blind showing Birmingham International, this train has just arrived from there and will reverse to continue to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli, dividing into respective portions at Machynlleth. 11/43</p><p>21/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/P/Porthmadog'>Porthmadog</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/A/Aberystwyth_and_Welch_Coast_Railway'>Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway</a></small></p><p>158825 from Pwllheli to Birmingham International, reversing at Shrewsbury, arriving at Porthmadog station, on 21st May 2016 12/43</p><p>21/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/P/Porthmadog'>Porthmadog</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/A/Aberystwyth_and_Welch_Coast_Railway'>Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway</a></small></p><p>The final down Cambrian Coast Line train of the day, from Machynlleth to Pwllheli, arriving at Porthmadog station on the evening of 21st May 2016. 13/43</p><p>21/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/P/Pwllheli'>Pwllheli</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/A/Aberystwyth_and_Welch_Coast_Railway'>Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway</a></small></p><p>158821 waiting to depart from the Cambrian Coast Line terminus at Pwllheli with the last train of the day to Machynlleth, on the evening of 21st May 2016. 14/43</p><p>21/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/B/Barmouth'>Barmouth</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/A/Aberystwyth_and_Welch_Coast_Railway'>Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway</a></small></p><p>158 824 from Pwllheli to Machynlleth at Barmouth station on the evening of 23rd May 2016. 15/43</p><p>23/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/C/Chesterfield'>Chesterfield</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/North_Midland_Railway'>North Midland Railway</a></small></p><p>158817, working to Leeds via Barnsley, seen arriving at Chesterfield station on 13th October 2016. 16/43</p><p>13/10/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Sheffield'>Sheffield</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Railway'>Midland Railway</a></small></p><p>158817, on a service to Leeds via Barnsley, waiting to depart from Sheffield on 13th October 2016. 17/43</p><p>13/10/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/A/Aberystwyth'>Aberystwyth</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/A/Aberystwyth_and_Welch_Coast_Railway'>Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway</a></small></p><p>158818 just arrived at Aberystwyth from Birmingham International, reversing at Shrewsbury, on 17th April 2017. 18/43</p><p>17/04/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/North_Queensferry'>North Queensferry</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/F/Forth_Bridge_Railway'>Forth Bridge Railway</a></small></p><p>158867, on an Edinburgh Waverley service, arriving at North Queensferry station on 24th July 2017. 19/43</p><p>24/07/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/North_Queensferry'>North Queensferry</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/F/Forth_Bridge_Railway'>Forth Bridge Railway</a></small></p><p>158710, with a Fife Circle service, arriving at North Queensferry station on 24th July 2017. 20/43</p><p>24/07/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/North_Queensferry'>North Queensferry</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/F/Forth_Bridge_Railway'>Forth Bridge Railway</a></small></p><p>158718 at North Queensferry station with a service to Edinburgh Waverley on 24th July 2017. 21/43</p><p>24/07/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/North_Queensferry'>North Queensferry</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/F/Forth_Bridge_Railway'>Forth Bridge Railway</a></small></p><p>158867 and 158710 passing at North Queensferry station on a glorious 24th July 2017. 22/43</p><p>24/07/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/G/Galashiels'>Galashiels</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Hawick_Railway_North_British_Railway'>Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)</a></small></p><p>158731, with a Borders Railway service from Tweedbank to Edinburgh Waverley, arriving at its first port of call at Galashiels, just as the Beast from the East was starting to make its presence felt, on 27th February 2018. 23/43</p><p>27/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Dundee'>Dundee</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/T/Tay_Bridge_and_Associated_Lines_North_British_Railway'>Tay Bridge and Associated Lines (North British Railway)</a></small></p><p>158726, in sunlight and shadow, waiting to depart from a Dundee bay platform with an evening service to Edinburgh Waverley, via the Tay Bridge, on 26th September 2018. 24/43</p><p>26/09/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Stirling'>Stirling</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Scottish_Central_Railway'>Scottish Central Railway</a></small></p><p>156431, to Glasgow Queen Street, calling at Stirling on 13th March 2019. 25/43</p><p>13/03/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/E/Elgin'>Elgin</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/I/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway'>Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway</a></small></p><p>158709 with a service from Inverness to Dyce, about to depart from Elgin, on the evening of 14th June 2019. 26/43</p><p>14/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/E/Elgin'>Elgin</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/I/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway'>Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway</a></small></p><p>158702, with 158708, arriving at Elgin station with an evening service from Huntly to Inverness, on 14th June 2019. 27/43</p><p>14/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/E/Elgin'>Elgin</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/I/Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway'>Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway</a></small></p><p>158720, from Inverness to Huntley, arriving at Elgin on the morning of Sunday, 16th June 2019. This is the former Highland Railway station (previously Elgin West) that was retained after the ex-GNSR Elgin East closed in 1968. It was rebuilt in its present form by British Rail in 1990. 28/43</p><p>16/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/K/Keith'>Keith</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/G/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway'>Great North of Scotland Railway</a></small></p><p>158731 on a short working from Inverness to Huntly, with replacement buses beyond the latter, departing from Keith (formerly Keith Junction), on 16th June 2019. This is the train my Edinburgh resident friend Paul and I travelled on from Elgin (where we stayed a couple of nights in a b & b) and from here we took a taxi to Keith Town station for a ride on the Keith & Dufftown Railway, the most northerly heritage line in the UK. 29/43</p><p>16/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Rogart'>Rogart</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Sutherland_Railway'>Sutherland Railway</a></small></p><p>158707 from Inverness to Wick via Thurso departing from the request stop at Rogart on the evening of Sunday, 16th June 2019. This is where my friend Paul and I alighted (after first alerting the guard) to spend the night in one of the converted railway coaches that are berthed here. Very comfortable it was too, with shower, kitchen and dining area and former compartments converted to bedrooms with bunk beds on one side and the original seats on the other. We had separate rooms, of course, but both of us are a bit too advanced in years now to make it to the top bunks! 30/43</p><p>16/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Rogart'>Rogart</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Sutherland_Railway'>Sutherland Railway</a></small></p><p>158707, with the first train of the day from Wick via Thurso to Inverness, departing from the request stop at Rogart, early on the morning of Monday, 17th June 2019. People are supposed to loathe Monday mornings but this was one I didn't mind in the slightest! 31/43</p><p>17/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Rogart'>Rogart</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Sutherland_Railway'>Sutherland Railway</a></small></p><p>The first train of the day from Inverness to Wick via Thurso, in the hands of 158720, arriving at Rogart station, dead on time at 09.06 on 17th June 2019. I'm used to hailing buses in London but this was the first time I'd ever hailed a train, Rogart being a request stop. We then went to Thurso for lunch before going on to Wick for afternoon tea and back to Alness for an overnight stop in an excellent b & b. Note too the mounting block to assist passengers to and from the very low platform. 32/43</p><p>17/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/T/Thurso'>Thurso</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Sutherland_and_Caithness_Railway'>Sutherland and Caithness Railway</a></small></p><p>158717 from Inverness arriving in pouring rain at Thurso station at 14.21 on 17th June 2019. The train waited here for only six minutes before departing back to Georgemas Junction and continuing on to Wick. Since the abandonment of splitting trains at Georgemas into Thurso and Wick portions, running a single service up to Thurso first before reversing for Wick has, at least, given a direct rail service between the two main towns of Caithness, even if it does take longer now for Wick passengers to reach their destination. 33/43</p><p>17/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/T/Thurso'>Thurso</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Sutherland_and_Caithness_Railway'>Sutherland and Caithness Railway</a></small></p><p>Having reversed at Georgemas Junction, 158 720 from Inverness has just arrived at Thurso station at 10.58 on Monday, 17th June 2019. The most northerly station on the UK mainland and saved from being closed under Beeching along with the lines to Wick and Kyle of Lochalsh from Inverness in 1965. The train waited here for a few minutes before returning back down the branch and on to Wick, thus serving Georgemas Junction twice. 34/43</p><p>17/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/T/Thurso'>Thurso</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Sutherland_and_Caithness_Railway'>Sutherland and Caithness Railway</a></small></p><p>158720 just arrived at Thurso station from Inverness at 10.58 (this photo was taken three minutes later) on 17th June 2019. Trains no longer pull up under the train shed - but they still do so at Wick. 35/43</p><p>17/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/W/Wick'>Wick</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Sutherland_and_Caithness_Railway'>Sutherland and Caithness Railway</a></small></p><p>Unlike at Thurso, trains still pull up beneath the train shed at Wick station where 158717 rests after its long journey from Inverness (via Thurso) at 14.56 on 17th June 2019. It returned to Inverness at 16.00 (again via Thurso) which gave us just an hour for a quick look round Wick (which I had not been to since 1990) and find a cafe for afternoon tea before returning south to our b & b for the night at Alness. 36/43</p><p>17/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/T/Tain'>Tain</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/I/Inverness_and_Ross-shire_Railway'>Inverness and Ross-shire Railway</a></small></p><p>158717 with the ex-16.00 service from Wick via Thurso to Inverness calling at Tain station on 17th June 2019. My friend Paul and I were bound to our one night's b & b at Alness and this train did not stop there so we had to change here at Tain and await a stopping train to Inverness which started from the next station north at Ardgay. 37/43</p><p>17/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/K/Kyle_of_Lochalsh'>Kyle of Lochalsh</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/K/Kyle_of_Lochalsh_Extension_Highland_Railway'>Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway)</a></small></p><p>158712 now arrived at Kyle of Lochalsh with the ex-10.56 service from Inverness, on time at 13.35, on 18th June 2019. It will form the 13.46 return service to Inverness. This station opened on 2nd November 1897 with the extension of the line from Stromeferry, which had been reached from Dingwall more than two decades earlier on 19th August 1870. This was only my second ride on the line and visit to this station, the first was 45 years earlier on a weekend LCGB Railtour from Euston that arrived on 6th April 1974. 38/43</p><p>18/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/B/Balgreen_Tram'>Balgreen [Tram]</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh_Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></small></p><p>Class 158 towards Edinburgh, passing the tram stop at Balgreen, on the morning of Friday, 13th August 2021. 39/43</p><p>13/08/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/B/Balmossie'>Balmossie</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Dundee_and_Arbroath_Railway'>Dundee and Arbroath Railway</a></small></p><p>158712 with the first of two evening Parliamentary services to call at Balmossie, arriving on time at 17.59 on 14th August 2021 with a train from Glasgow Queen Street to Arbroath. After walking here along a field path close to the sea to access this station, we expected to be the only ones here but two other passengers were waiting for this train too. 40/43</p><p>14/08/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/B/Barry_Links'>Barry Links</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Dundee_and_Arbroath_Railway'>Dundee and Arbroath Railway</a></small></p><p>158712 from Glasgow Queen Street to Arbroath, departing from Barry Links with the first of two evening Parliamentary services, on 14th August 2021. Praise must be given to my friend Paul who found out about these services (there are only two trains a day in each direction, Mondays to Saturdays) and having joined this train at Balmossie, also with just the same two services, to be able to ride on both the evening trains we alighted here to catch the second to Golf Street. 41/43</p><p>14/08/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Dalmeny'>Dalmeny</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/F/Forth_Bridge_Railway'>Forth Bridge Railway</a></small></p><p>158740 passing Dalmeny as it heads towards the Forth Bridge on 18th August 2021. This station opened on the same day as the bridge, 4th March 1890 and replaced the original station on the South Queensferry branch. Nothing remains of the old station but the trackbed is now a well-wooded footpath and was partly walked along by my friends and I earlier in the day. 42/43</p><p>18/08/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/T/Telford_Central'>Telford Central</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Shrewsbury_and_Birmingham_Railway'>Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway</a></small></p><p>158830 at the rear of a TfW service to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli, dividing at Machynlleth, and 170506 leading a West Midlands Railway service to Birmingham New Street, at Telford Central on the evening of Saturday, 25th September 2021. This photo was taken while waiting for UK Railtours' return excursion from Shrewsbury to London King's Cross to arrive, having taken the option to alight here earlier and join one of a fleet of coaches to visit the Ironbridge Gorge and Blists Hill Museum. 43/43</p><p>25/09/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p>
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