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Query 2304
Query 2304
A Railfreight Class 37 hauls an unusual load, but where?
[Added 30 August 2020.]
A Railfreight Class 37 hauls an unusual load, but where?
[Added 30 August 2020.]
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Lowestoft, looking north-east across the Inner Harbour.
Query 2303
Query 2303
A DMU for Barrow in 1972, but where?
[Added 12 August 2020.]
Now resolved - see image 73977.
A DMU for Barrow in 1972, but where?
[Added 12 August 2020.]
Now resolved - see image 73977.
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Kents Bank station.
Wrong direction for Kents Bank but the only suggestion I can make is the now closed Sandside between Milnthorpe and Arnside.
Ravenglass, looking north west.
Agree with KL...Ravenglass.
Not Sandside - closed in 1942!
Definitely Ravenglass. The gate leads to the ramped footpath down to the Ratty access road. The train is on the bridge over the village access road which was replaced by a new one a couple of years ago (the bridge not the road). The shelter from which the photo was taken is now part of the R&ER museum.
Query 2301
Query 2301
A summer Saturday express restarts, but from where?
[Added 10 July 2020.]
Now resolved - see image 73602.
A summer Saturday express restarts, but from where?
[Added 10 July 2020.]
Now resolved - see image 73602.
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Forfar? I am thinking that this is at Forfar North Jct with the Black 5 taking the mainline towards Guthrie and the north with the photographer standing on the line to Monifieth?
Forfar North Junction.
Northbound at Forfar North Junction.
Query 2300
Query 2300
A boy on a buffer stop watches a Black 5 pass a signal box and cottage. But where?
Now resolved - see image 73430.
A boy on a buffer stop watches a Black 5 pass a signal box and cottage. But where?
Now resolved - see image 73430.
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Friarton, south of Perth, looking north. See photo 67307.
The old crossing at Friarton south of Perth station. Probably taken in the late 1950s.
Waiting for a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 73380.
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Bellingham station on the Catford Loop line in south London, looking south.
View from a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 73359.
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I'd say this was Reading West.
Looks like Reading West prior to electrification
Reading West station.
Junction... where?
Now resolved - see image 73353.
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Stainton Junction on the former Waverley Route at the south end of Kingmoor Yard, looking south.
Stainton RR.
Former bridge 203, buried on construction of down run round for Millerhill parapet visable.
Former bridge 203, buried on construction of down run round for Millerhill parapet visable.
Looks like the split of the lines to Kingmoor Yard and the old Waverley route at Stainton with the latter starting its climb to cross the WCML - as in image 31075.
Re my original response - I should have said image 31077 - sorry!
Approaching a former station... where?
Now resolved - see image 73333.
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Knowesgate on the Wansbeck line looking east, see photo 17788.
This is Knowesgate station on the Wansbeck Valley line between Morpeth and Reedsmouth.
Freight approaching... where?
Now resolved - see image 73313.
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GWR main line between Didcot and Swindon?
Agree with EG - looks like the east side of Swindon.
Passing freight... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 73283.
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Is this Strathord Junction? Freight is heading north with the Bankfoot branch on the right?
Total guess but could this be Stratford, the Black Five heading for Stanley Junction and the Bankfoot Branch curving away to the right (north)? Suggested date would be late 1950s.
Old station house... where?
Now resolved - see image 73267.
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Is it the station house at Newcastleton? The station itself would have been just off to the right beyond the level crossing.
Newcastleton, Copshaw, the Holm.
North Grimston, E Yorks?
Newcastleton.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 73254.
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Possibly a southbound train leaving Inverness near Millburn Jn. mid 1950s.
Northbound after leaving Stirling in the fifties?
My first thought was, is this approaching Perth? However a more detailed examination of the area behind the telegraph pole and I wonder if it is a railway embankment that can be seen?
Prehaps heading north out of Perth, vicinity of Balhousie Junction?
Abandoned platforms... where?
Now resolved - see image 73210.
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This is the original Killin station, later renamed Glenoglehead Crossing, looking south through Glenogle towards Lochearnhead.
Glenoglehead on the Callander & Oban line, looking south.
The old platfforms at Glenoglehead looking south.
Waiting for a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 73173.
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Looks like half way around the North London line - can't be sure which station - somewhere near Hampstead Heath
Stoke Newington station in Greater London, looking south east.
The Liverpool Street bound platform at Stoke Newington.
Train departure... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 73162.
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East end of Greenock Central in the 1960s?
Preservation era departure from Keighley in the 1980s featuring 80002?
Paisley Gilmour Street - mid 1960s possibly?
Is it Greenock?
An evening in the 80s... where?
Now resolved - see image 73140.
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North Queensferry?
I think this is one of the South Wales Valley Lines.
The footbridge and lighting is the same as at Ystrad Rhondda in South Wales, so view may be at that location on the Treherbert line.
Looks like Cwmbran.
I agree with Ystrad Rhonnda - the new station the replaced the one that was renamed Ton Pentre, about 1986 I think. The furniture certainly looks very Valley Lines - and there are relatively few stations with more than one platform!
Old goods shed... where is this?
Now resolved - see image 73095.
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Was it Oldmeldrum?
Looks like the old goods shed at Biggar. It's used by a building company.
The old woden goods shed at Loanhead.
Biggar?
Looks like Biggar, Lanarkshire
Loanhead? A bit like the one from a different angle in image 45942.
Goods shed at Biggar I believe
Diesel hauled... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 73062.
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Northbound train at Pitlochry c1970. See photo 32421.
Pitlochry around 1973.
I think this could be Pitlochry in the early 70s with the train waiting to head north.
Pitlochry north bound.
Time period 68 to 73 leaning more more to early 70's from loco condition.
Time period 68 to 73 leaning more more to early 70's from loco condition.
Northbound train at Pitlochry, late 1960s or early 1970s - Highland Lines Class 24/1 diesel with headlights and tablet catcher in cabside recess at the far (No.1) end.
Station entrance... where?
Now resolved - see image 73011.
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I think this is the east side entrance to Hither Green station running off Fernbrook Road.
Passing train... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72992.
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Near Polmont around 1985?
Down train at Culloden Moor taken from the B9006. Engineers siding bottom right. Early 80'S?
Agree with general area of Polmont / Falkirk.
Looks like the cutting at Goose Hill - possibly a special in the 1980s - heading towards Wakefield Kirkgate.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 72976.
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Burnley Barracks station on the single line branch to Colne, Lancashire.
Burnley Barracks
Platform view - where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72959.
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Ballinluig on the Highland Main Line, looking north in the mid 80s.
This looks a bit like Ballinluig on the Highland Main Line, looking north, when there was still a crossing loop - possibly on the first visit of an HST to the HML in 1979.
Is it Pitlochry looking north?
Possibly Ballinluig looking north around 1980?
I think this could be Ballinluig looking north. The date would have to be 1984 as I believe the HSTs started on the "Chieffie" then and the loop was removed in 1985. I don't know when the platforms were demolished.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72915.
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Southbound from Aberdeen in the 1950s?
South of Perth 1955?
Railway viaduct... where?
Now resolved - see image 72901.
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Could be Pinmore on the Stranraer line.
I reckon that this could be the northern part of Pinmore Viaduct, viewed from road level below looking east, the basis for that assumption the construction and the rails and stanchions in lieu of masonry parapet.
Kinclair or Pinmore viaduct as viewed from the A714 looking East. This viaduct was opened in 1877 on the line between Girvan and Portpatrick.
Passing train... where?
Now resolved - see image 72853.
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The view south from Kidderminster station past the old goods shed.
The big shed on the right , the feather on the signal and the passing train are making me think this is Kidderminster.
Kidderminster, looking south. Train is a class 172 DMU in West Midlands livery.
Is this Kidderminster looking towards Worcester
Looking towards a junction... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72848.
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Could this be the Townhill branch from Dunfermline in the days before trees took over the railway?
Strathord on the Caledonian main line to Aberdeen, branch to Bankfoot off to the left, looking north c1960.
Aberlady Junction? Date - the branch closed in 1964
Steam hauled freight... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72829.
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The old Rotherham Masborough station in the late fifties or early sixties?
The north end of Stonehaven station in the early to mid 1950s. The WD 2-8-0 appears to have stopped to used the watering facilities.
I never saw one as clean as this. It can't be far from Doncaster Works.
Possibly the north end of Stonehaven station in the 1950s?
Single line section ahead... where?
Now resolved - see image 72816.
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It's Hunmanby, looking south.
Hunmanby on the Scarborough to Bridlington line, looking south. See photo 59109.
Hunmanby, looking towards Bridlington
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72807.
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Isn't this Ayr? I have seen shots of the buildings behind which I think is a school near a junction. The stock is ex LMS and the loco a Crab?
Southern approach to Ayr in the 1950s?
Could this be Coatbridge? I may be way off but looks familiar.
Approaching Stevenston during the 1950s or 1960s?
Belmont LC south of Ayr station around 1960ish?
Level crossing in the 1980s... where?
Now resolved - see image 72788.
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Brampton on the East Suffolk line, looking south.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72776.
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East Kilbride line, possibly around the Busby area in the late 1950s or early 1960s?
Train approach Clarkston in the early to mid 1960s?
Thorntonhall, 1966?
Afternoon stroll... where?
Now resolved - see image 72765.
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The old trackbed at Maxwelltown looking west.
Somewhere on the Speyside line ?
Reckon this is Maxwelltown, looking west to Cargenbridge from the over bridge at the east end of the station site, date wise could be any time After the track was lifted and the foot/cycle path created.
Passing coal train... where?
Now resolved - see image 72710.
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Looks like a train for Fiddlers Ferry passing under the WCML at Warrington Bank Quay
Looks like the low level line through Warrington just after passing below Bank Quay. The coal train would be heading for Fiddlers Ferry.
A Fiddlers Ferry coal train heading West under the WCML at Warrington Bank Quay?
View through a station... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72700.
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Could be the old Clydebank station - probably taken around the mid 1950s?
Clydebank Central, looking south east in the 50s.
Station entrance... where?
Now resolved - see image 72683.
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Mill Hill East on London Underground's Northern Line.
Passing train... where?
Now resolved - see image 72675.
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Approaching Galabank Junction on the Borders Railway.
Looks like Borders Railway - near Stow, maybe.
The Highland main line running through Strathfleet.
On the Borders Railway near Heriot.
Initial thoughts were somewhere on the Gala Water side of Falahill but the fences look old and the First Group livery was probably gone by the time it reopened . I shall have a stab at the far north line near Rogart.
Stabling point... where?
Now resolved - see image 72657.
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Wondered if it might be the yard at Westbury?
Westbury
Former locomotive shed... where?
Now resolved - see image 72651.
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No comments so far.
Old goods shed... where?
Now resolved - see image 72631.
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Ballater, looking east.
Inverness
Ballater
Signal box... where?
Now resolved - see image 72623.
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Chichester?
Eastbourne
Signal box interior in the 1980s... where?
Now resolved - see image 72615.
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Ely Station North.
Ely Station North
What, where and when?
[Added 26 March 2020.]
Now resolved - see image 72601.
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It's the yard at NRM Shildon, but can't place the loco!
Great Eastern Railway directors' saloon no. 63 of 1912 with a diesel shunter. Location possibly Shildon c 2006.
Agree - definitely the yard at Shildon, but can't identify the locomotive depite the strange yellow buffer plate!
Looks a bit like an old BR class 02 0-4-0 DH with the rear veranda and entrance door - were it not for the sloping cabsides. Foreign loco possibly?
Station approach... where?
Now resolved - see image 72558.
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Looks like Sherborne.
Sherborne in Dorset.
Query 2259
Query 2259
The station frontage at Sherborne in Dorset on 20 October 2014.
[Added 21 March 2020.]
The station frontage at Sherborne in Dorset on 20 October 2014.
[Added 21 March 2020.]
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No comments so far.
Query 2258
Query 2258
Station approach... where?
Station approach... where?
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No comments so far.
View from the station footbridge... where?
Now resolved - see image 72542.
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Narborough on the Nuneaton to Leicester line, looking north.
Possibly Tynemouth station, Tyne & Wear Metro
Disused station... where?
Now resolved - see image 72517.
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I think this is Pinkhill on the old Corstorphine branch looking east from under the bridge.
Pinkhill, NBR Corstorphine branch, looking east.
Pinkhill station on the old Corstorphine branch in Edinburgh, looking towards Balgreen.
Approaching a level crossing... where?
Now resolved - see image 72505.
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Rauceby on the Nottingham to Sleaford line, looking north west.
Looks like Wainfleet on the Skegness line?
Rauceby, Lincolnshire.
Railway housing... where?
Now resolved - see image 72485.
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Bit of a guess from previous Railscot posts. Somewhere on the Central Wales line?
The houses overlook Windermere station. I think they are now used as holiday accommodation.
Train calling... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72463.
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Looks like Neilston High in the early 1950s, probably an Uplawmoor train.
Query 2252
Query 2252
InterCity HST approaching in the 1990s... where?
Now resolved - see image 72436.
InterCity HST approaching in the 1990s... where?
Now resolved - see image 72436.
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Goonbarrow Junction on the Newquay branch, looking south east.
Goonbarrow Junction signal box in the early 1990s.
Looks like a summer service on the Newquay branch at Goonbarrow Jct.
Site of a former station... where?
Now resolved - see image 72412.
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Possibly Junction Road station in Leith (later Junction Bridge). The Water of Leith would be on the left of the picture.
The eastern end of the old goods platform at Hawick.
Junction Street Bridge, Leith
Query 2250
Query 2250
Former railway viaduct photographed in the 1950s... where?
Now resolved - see image 72392.
Former railway viaduct photographed in the 1950s... where?
Now resolved - see image 72392.
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Friockheim
The long closed and demolished Friockheim viaduct.
The viaduct over the Lunan and Vinny Waters at Friockheim on the long closed curve to Glasterlaw, looking north. It was demolished in the late 70s following a partial collapse
Reckon this is Friockheim Viaduct looking northeast, the structure on the long disused east to north spur between the Arbroath & Forfar Railway and the Aberdeen Railway.
Closing the gates... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72371.
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Are we on the GN & GE Joint line at Cowbit? looking north. As for the date, a guess would be sometime around 1970?
Little Steeping on the Skegness line, looking north-east in the mid 80s.
Has to be Lincs / Norfolk / Suffolk area of the country - possibly one of the replaced crossings on the Lowestoft line?
Little Steeping on the Skegness Line - now a half barrier autmatic crossing.
Train approaching - where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72320.
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Train is leaving Busby station heading towards East Kilbride. Looking north from Westerton Lane bridge c1960.
A disused station... where?
Now resolved - see image 72309.
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Could be the old Kielder Forest station in Northumberlad.
Kielder Forest, Nov 2007 - see image 17580
Looks like the old station at Kielder on the Border Counties line - later to become Kielder Forest.
A former station... where?
Now resolved - see image 72263.
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London Road goods station in Carlisle, see photo 38289.
The old terminus at Yarmouth South Town, now demolished.
The old London Road station in Carlisle.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 72239.
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Looks like Cleethorpes seen from a train passing through the station.
Train departing... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72199.
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Bristol Temple Meads early 2000s?
Virgin Cross Country train at Leamington Spa station around 1995?
Leaving Bristol Temple Meads in the direction of Birmingham, probably mid to late nineties.
Looks a bit like the St Philips area of Bristol, visible on the north side of the line between Temple Meads station and Barton Road depot.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72177.
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Up train somewhere on the Strathmore main line between Stanley Jn and Forfar, perhaps: mid-late 1950s.
Agree with Strathmore Line, possibly near Ardler Junction based on old pictures
Old railway viaduct... where?
Now resolved - see image 72146.
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This reminds me of a viaduct over the Clyde near Carstairs, although I could be wrong. It's been a while since I was last there. I live locally, so will try to confirm when the weather improves.
Torksey Viaduct just east of the old Cottam Power Station.
Its the early box girder bridge over the Trent at Torksey in Lincolnshire.
View from a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 72123.
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Whimple, looking towards Exeter.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 72109.
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Having a guess at Balquidder junction circa 1964
Could it be Girvan - train approaching from the south? 1960s?
The station appears to be in an elevated position with a mountainous background. I thought this would be easy but it isn’t. My first stab is Arrochar and Tarbet before vegetation overtook all these views. As for date we’ll go for 1959.
Could it be Crianlarich, coming off the Callander with the hills of GlenLochay in the background?
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 72067.
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Swineshead, to the west of Boston. View towards Sloeaford.
Query 2238
Query 2238
Loading bank alongside old station site in mid 1990s... where?
Now resolved - see image 72051.
Loading bank alongside old station site in mid 1990s... where?
Now resolved - see image 72051.
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Mawcarse
Mawcarse station, looking north east. See photo 18540.
Old goods platform at Menstrie.
Waiting for a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 72046.
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Dore & Totley station, looking west. Probably taken from a train on the Midland Main Line.
Dore & Totley?
Station approach in 200X... where?
Now resolved - see image 72027.
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Fairly sure this is the old station at Kirbymoorside, taken sometime after the agricultural firm which used the site left. The buildings have since been demolished.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 71991.
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Looks like Rotherham Central.
Station approach... where?
Now resolved - see image 71950.
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Sankey for Penketh on the ex Cheshire Lines Committee Manchester to Liverpool line.
Freight approaching... where?
Now resolved - see image 71935.
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Must be Bristol Parkway with the Theale - Robeston empty tamks... presumably taken from a train window?
Jim Petrie may be correct, as the curvature of the line accords with Parkway looking east, plus the footbridge corrugated sides are as at Parkway. See image 37963.
Agree, Bristol Parkway.
Passing freight... where?
Now resolved - see image 71907.
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Looks like a fairly new station. From comparisons the catenary would suggest Cambridge North.
Is this view taken on the soon to be electrified section of the Midland Main Line north of Bedford, possibly around Wellingborough or Market Harbrough?
There appears to be a third platform to the left that has no overhead wiring.
There appears to be a third platform to the left that has no overhead wiring.
Could be Cambridge North.
Old railway viaduct... where?
Now resolved - see image 71885.
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Leaderfoot?
Looks like the Water of Luce Viaduct to the west of Glenluce, viewed south from the old road.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 71874.
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Looks a bit like Matlock Bath, taken from a passing railtour.
Platform scene... where?
Now resolved - see image 71826.
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Lincoln perhaps?
Agree with Lincoln - probably a Sheffield / Leeds train.
Query 2227
Query 2227
[Added 10 January 2020.]
[Added 10 January 2020.]
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No comments so far.
Passing train... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71799.
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Barrhead South Junction, looking north in the late 50s. The train is on the Glasgow, Barrhead & Kilmarnock Joint line approaching the junction. Below is the Paisley & Barrhead District line. See photo 68963.
A disused junction... where?
Now resolved - see image 71787.
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Something makes me think this is just north of Poulton-le-Fylde on the former line to Fleetwood, looking towards Thornton? Image 27344?
A former station... where?
Now resolved - see image 71775.
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Looks like the former station at Barrasford on the Border Counties line from Hexham to Reedsmouth.
I may be totally wrong, but I find the architecture reminiscent if the Kirkby Stephen to Richmond route.
Barrasford, Border Counties Railway.
Yorkshire Dales - possibly on the Wensleydale Railway?
Platform view in the 1990s... where?
Now resolved - see image 71740.
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Looks like Cardenden - one of the Fife coal trains.
Could be Radley, south of Oxford. Possibly one of the Didcot PS coal trains?
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 71676.
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Looks like the Merseyrail station at Aigburth.
The south-bound platform at Aigburth on the Merseyrail line between Liverpool Central and Hunt's Cross
This is Aigburth railway station on the Northern Line of Merseyrail. Nowadays it is part of the Southport–Hunts Cross route. In earlier times it was a Cheshire Lines Committee station on the main line between Manchester and Liverpool Central.
Abandoned goods yard in 200X... where?
Now resolved - see image 71653.
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Hexham, looking west, see photo 9297.
Train arriving... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71600.
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Stirling. Mid-fifties?
Fairly sure this is a northbound train arriving at Coupar Angus in the early 1950s.
Looks like Stirling in the late fifties or early sixties.
View from a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 71567.
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Aviemore from the Speyside Railway platform.
Looks like one of the North London main line stations?
Looks like a WCML station in the outer London area, going by the supports' colour scheme, where the fast line platforms have been fenced off for use only as operationally required. Not Harrow & Wealdstone as platform buildings and canopy are different at that station. Possibly North Wembley or South Kenton where there are also the platforms for the LT lines to Harrow & Wealdstone
It is Harrow & Wealdstone; you can see Enterprise rent-a-car in the distance at The Bridge.
Old railway viaduct... where?
Now resolved - see image 71549.
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Possibly the one at Cargenbridge on the walking route from Dumfries?
South of Maxwelltown (left) and on the northern edge of the business park at Cargenbridge (right). The footpath in the foreground to the trackbed of the former Port Road.towards Dumfries and is known as the Maxwelltown Railway Path.
I reckon this is Garrick viaduct at Cargenbridge, just west of Dumfries on the old Port Road, the view north from the southwest side. Date sometime after 2000.
Station frontage... where?
Now resolved - see image 71499.
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Snaresbrook
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71480.
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Northbound through Pollokshaws in the 1950s?
The yards at Pollokshaws West around 1955.
View over a station... where?
Now resolved - see image 71460.
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Looks like Urmston.
Urmston on the ex CLC Manchester to Liverpool line, looking west. See photo 61558.
Urmston, Greater Manchester
Platform view in 200X... where?
Now resolved - see image 71447.
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These look like the old railway cottages at Scotch Dyke on the Waverley Route, with the old station building out of shot on the right.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71430.
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The old yard at Balloch in the fifties?
Northbound past the sidings at Pollokshaws in the late 1950s?
DMU at the platform... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71408.
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Looks like Norwich - say around 1975?
Norwich Thorpe, early 1980s ?
Norwich (Thorpe) c1980.
AYR 1980s
A bit of a guess but could it be Norwich, late 70s or early 80s?
Old goods yard... where?
Now resolved - see image 71389.
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Rosslynlee station on the Peebles Railway, looking south west.
Rosslynlee?
Query 2210
Query 2210
Disused 3-arch road bridge spanning an operational railway alongside a busy road... where?
Now resolved - see image 71353.
Disused 3-arch road bridge spanning an operational railway alongside a busy road... where?
Now resolved - see image 71353.
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Looks like Kilnknowe junction at Galashiels
Looking north with Burnley Barracks station to the right and the main road from the M65 into Burnley behind the photographer, I think.
Platform scene... where?
Now resolved - see image 71331.
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Solihull
This view has the appearance of being of Leamington Spa station looking northbound, although the platform canopy must have been cut back if it is.
Possibly Dorridge?
Cold call... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71320.
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Dalwhinnie, looking north in the early 1990s.
Between Chester and Crewe, with the old MoD site fence in in the background. Taken about 10 years ago (2009).
Could be Dalwhinnie - 1990s.
Disused station... where?
Now resolved - see image 71316.
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The old Dunragit station on the Stranraer line.
Dunragit.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 71292.
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Corby, looking south, see photo 70865.
Corby
Corby, looking south?
Former goods yard... where?
Now resolved - see image 71285.
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Entrance to the old goods yard at Kilmaurs from Crosshouse Road.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71240.
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The track layout and the housing on the right suggests a southbound train through Hurlford, possibly 1955 or thereabouts.
GSWR main line somewhere south of Kilmarnock in the 195s?
I'm going by the various heights of the signals on the background gantry plus the cutting side opposite and think this is a southbound Jubilee-hauled express passing Hurlford Signalbox in my usual 'guesstimate' timeframe of late 1950s o early 1960s
Old goods shed... where?
Now resolved - see image 71216.
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The recently demolished shed that stood alongside the line at Market Harborough?
A former goods shed... where?
Now resolved - see image 71192.
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The old goods shed at Alne to the north of York. The shed and the old yard are still used by a building cmpany.
The old goods yard at Alne, North Yorkshire, alongside the main line.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 71173.
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Muirend, looking south?
Bowes Park station on the Hertford Loop, looking south west.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71161.
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The low embankment and type of fence suggest the line south of Ayr station, poossibly the same photo trip as image 57914 in 1960. (A hint of stabled stock at a lower level beyond the train?)
Station approach... where?
Now resolved - see image 71124.
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Castle Kennedy on the Port Road, looking east.
Could be Castle Kennedy to the east of Stranraer.
Station entrance... where?
Now resolved - see image 71108.
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Croxley station on London Underground's Metropolitan Line, looking north east towards Watford.
I think this is the Metropolitan Line station at Croxley
It's the Metropolitan Line station at Croxley between Moor Park and Watford.
Freight approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71092.
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Could be an up freight leaving the loops to the south of Perth in the mid 1950s.
The loops south of Perth station in the 1950s?
Miserable morning... where?
Now resolved - see image 71070.
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Looks like Bridgend, presumably one of the reallocated e-ScotRail sets.
Passing DMU... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 71050.
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Looks as if it could be Townhill Jn- Dunfermline Queen Margaret Statoin on the Fife Circle.The DMU on the Up and the rails behind the railings ,the headshunt at the former wagon Works.
I think that's an Edinburgh-bound Fife Circle train at Townhill Junction, circa 1990.
Townhill Junction in the early 1990s with the train heading for Dunfermline.
DMU passing Townhill and presumably heading to Edinburgh. It has just passed the site of the wagon workshops and is approaching the site of the junction of the line to Dunfermline Upper and Alloa and what is now Dunfermline Queen Margaret station. Looks like late 1980s.
Query 2190
Query 2190
Part of an operational station in the early 1990s... where?
Now resolved - see image 71030.
Part of an operational station in the early 1990s... where?
Now resolved - see image 71030.
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Morecambe (Promenade), south side, still standing but now obscured by a fast food establishment.
Start of a railway walk... where?
Now resolved - see image 71016.
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The ramp up to the railway walk from Dumfries to the viaduct at Cargenbridge. The bridge over the Nith is not far off to the left.
Freight approaching... where?
Now resolved - see image 70992.
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Train on the ECML near King Edward Bridge Junction heading north.
ECML approaching Gateshead wrong line from the south.
Gateshead/Low Fell? Brick retaining walls look cleaned which I think was undertaken around the same time as the Gateshead Garden Festival.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70937.
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Almond Valley Junction, looking north in the early 50s. See photo 53330.
Looks like the Postal in the late 1950s passing south through Almond Valley Junction on the approach to Perth.
Southbound Postal through Almond Valley Junction in the mid 1950s.
Station entrance... where?
Now resolved - see image 70921.
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Main entrance to Grange Park station on the Hertford Loop.
Entrance to a former goods yard... where?
Now resolved - see image 70898.
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Coulter, between Biggar and Symington.
Night scene... where?
Now resolved - see image 70871.
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Rugby I think.
Agree with TR - bay at Rugby station.
Roadside view... where?
Now resolved - see image 70845.
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Back of the BP garage at Kikby Thore. Old Eden Valley route.
It looks like the Eden Valley railway along side the A66 road at Temple Sowerby, next to the BP garage.
The Eden Valley route at Kirkby Thore from the A66 garage forecourt.
Kirkby Thore next to the A66
Old goods shed... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70830.
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Curriehill, late 1970s ?
Fairly sure this is the old shed at Curriehill, photographed from a westbound train. Date probably late 1960s or early 1970s.
Curriehill on the Carstairs line before the new station was built.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 70799.
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Reading Station during the recent rebuild
Could this be Breich station, during the recent rebuild as part of the Shotts line electrification works, with the view looking westerly towards the A706 Whitburn to Lanark road?
Robroyston?
Is that the new down main platform at Dunbar?
I think this is the new platform at Wellingborough - platform 4 as it will become.
Platform scene... where?
Now resolved - see image 70762.
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Wellington, Telford
Ockendon station on the London, Tilbury & Southend line from Upminster to Grays, looking south west.
Possibly Broadstairs?
Goods train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70751.
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I think this is shots iron works on the Glasgow central Edinburgh line.
Near Bo'ness in the mid 1950s.
The sleeper fence looks like that alongside Forfar South Junction - see image 7379. Same period around 1953.
Station cycle rack... where?
Now resolved - see image 70725.
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Kemble railway station, Gloucestershire, on the Swindon to Gloucester line.
Kemble.
Looks like the corner of the car park at Kemble, Glocestershire.
I think this is at Kemble with the old Cirencester platform through the archway.
This is Kemble with the green door leading to the former Cirencester branch platform.
A view from a bridge... where?
Now resolved - see image 70714.
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No comments so far.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70676.
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I think that could be Stonehaven station in the background - looking south around 1958?
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70656.
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No comments so far.
A view from a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 70656.
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Well its an East Midlands HST so... somewhere on the Midland Mainline
Eastbound through Barnetby heading for Cleethorpes.
I believe that's Gilberdyke looking east, taken from a Hull-bound train
Wet platform scene... where?
Now resolved - see image 70613.
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Amberley station in Sussex, looking south.
View over a station... where?
Now resolved - see image 70601.
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Possibly the new station on the west side of Warrington?
Going by image 70583 on Fridays latest images, Warrington West
Station approach... where?
Now resolved - see image 70573.
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Looks like Ardgay station (Bonar Bridge). Taken in the late 1980s or early 1990s.
Fearn on the Far North line.
Could be Fearn station from the south.
Query 2167
Query 2167
Signal box with closed station off to the right... where?
Now resolved - see image 70544.
Signal box with closed station off to the right... where?
Now resolved - see image 70544.
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Looks a lot like Beeston Castle & Tarporley, between Crewe and Chester
Station entrance... where?
Now resolved - see image 70520.
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The entrance to Palmer's Green station in North London, seen from Aldermans Hill.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70494.
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Appears to be a Stranraer to Glasgow boat train climbing out of the Girvan Valley to Maybole, sometime in the early 1960s perhaps (assumption based on nothing more than a familiar looking fence line,)
Just south of Maybole with a train for Girvan in the late 50's or early 60's
Boat train from Stranraer south of Maybole - say late 1950s?
Train approaching... where?
Now resolved - see image 70480.
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Brunstane, with the voyager on the unwired sub to Portobello line.
The Edinburgh South Suburban line, near Brunstane - which is only served by trains using the nearer track - which is also electrified for access to Millerhill Yard; while the parallel South Sub line is not. The train is heading west!
Approaching Brunstane from Portobello East Junction on the Edinburgh Sub line, heading for Niddrie West Junction. Electrified line to Millerhill - and the Borders line in the foreground.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70467.
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A northbound train passing through Dubton heading for Aberdeen, around 1954?
Dubton Junction, looking west in the mid 50s. See photo 70162 for the other side of the bracket signal.
Dubton - northbound train - 1950s?
Old bridge abutment... where?
Now resolved - see image 70450.
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This is the site, looking east, of the railway swing bridge over the River Douglas at Hesketh Bank in West Lancashire. Hesketh Bank was on the West Lancashire line from Southport to Preston. The line closed in September 1964.
Total guess but the watercourse in the foreground appears to be tidal so on that basis alone I reckon that this could be the Solway Junction Railway between Kirkbride and the Solway viaduct.
Old bridge carrying the line over the Dee near Kirkcudbright?
This looks very much like the remains of the old West Lancashire Railway bridge over the River Douglas at Hesketh Bank. If I have the location correct then the view is eastwards towards Hoole. The former bridge here was built to rotate so that river traffic could travel to/from the Rufford Branch of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and the River Ribble.Local history however suggests that the expensive feature was hardly ever used.
Former locomotive shed... where?
Now resolved - see image 70442.
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Aberfoyle ?
Could it be the old Rothbury shed?
Methven, see photo 67711
Loch Tay on the branch beyond Killin.
The former Methven shed.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70407.
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Cove Bay station, looking south in the late 50s.
Freight approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70385.
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The countryside suggests Ayrshire in the early 1960s, possibly an up train north of Cumnock.
Agree with Ayrshire, but I think the location is near Tarbolton - taken on the opposite side of the line from image 59446 dated March 1959.
Train approaching... where?
Now resolved - see image 70348.
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Looks to be a Freightliner working from Felixstowe Dock North Terminal heading thro' Trimley station heading for Ipswich, en route to a distant container terminal.
Containers from Felixstowe passing through Trimley - fairly recent picture.
A closed station... where?
Now resolved - see image 70325.
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No comments so far.
Approaching freight... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70313.
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The yards to the west of Dundee station n the 1950s?
Looks like Perth - say 1955.
Station entrance... where?
Now resolved - see image 70273.
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Well, the orange strip suggests London Overground; and the windows look Great Eastern to me; so one of the stations on the Enfield Town/Cheshunt/ Chingford lines perhaps? From Seven Sisters to Lower Edmonton, the line is elevated above street level and this looks as if it might be above the lines... Stoke Newington, Rectory Road and London Fields (where the line is elevated again) have been rebuilt I think; and Hackney Downs being a junction would likely have a more prominent street building... Stamford Hill, perhaps?
Agree with PH logic, although the Stamford Hill surroundings look slightly different on street view. I'd plump for Clapton.
Clapton, looking north east.
Agree with Clapton - looking east across the A107.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70251.
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Could be Burntisland, 1950s? Up train about to enter the girder bridge, photo taken from Harbour Place looking south-east?
Could it be the route east out of Perth in the 1950s?
I would go along with the Perth suggestion. The train would be leaving on the Dundee route, say around 1955.
Yard approach... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70215.
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The yard at Fort William Junction in the 1990s.
Methil
Could it be the old Gunnie Yard in the 1990s. Looking north with the masts of the E&G in the background?
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 70182.
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Rectory Road, London
Rectory Road station in London, looking south east. On the Liverpool Street to Enfield Town line, now part of the Overground.
The up platform at Rectory Road in East London.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70162.
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I reckon that this is Dubton, the train approaching from the Kinnaber Junction direction with an express bound from Aberdeen to (probably) Glasgow. Date I would guess at early to mid-1950s?
Dubton Junction, approaching Dubton station from the north, early-mid 1950s.
Dubton Junction on the Strathmore line, looking east in the early 50s.
Query 2150
Query 2150
Train approaching... where and when?
Train approaching... where and when?
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No comments so far.
Passing train... where?
Now resolved - see image 70140.
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Rogart, with a northbound service having just called at the station (behind the camera)
Freight approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70109.
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The strange shape in the background makes we want to say Thornton Junction but I can't quite reconcile the bracket signals with my memories of the layout there. I'm going to plump for a late LNER / very early BR era shot of Methil West...
Up freight to the south of Perth station?
Forgot the date - would say around 1952.
The gable of the large building in the background and church spire beyond make me think that this might be Stirling North Junction, the train heading onto the Stirling & Dunfermline Railway, possibly bound for Alloa or Dunfermline. Date I would suggest as early 1950s.
I believe Robert is correct - signals would match, much more plausible than Methil!
View across a former railway viaduct... where?
Now resolved - see image 70086.
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Is it Riddings Viaduct on the Langholm branch?
The viaduct over Loch Stroan to the west of New Galloway looking towards Stranraer.
Edinkillie Viaduct over the River Divie to the south of Dunphail
Stroan Viaduct on the Port Road?
Divie Viaduct?
Site of a former station... where?
Now resolved - see image 70070.
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Levenmouth?
Is it Loanhead, Midlothian?
Hornby station on the Little North Western line from Lancaster to Wennington, looking south west. See photo 24579.
Steam hauled... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70053.
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To the south of Crianlarich on the West Highland Line?
I think this is somewhere along the west coast route running south from Ayr.
RF is right - this is Dailly looking north towards the station in or around 1958. The train is probably a Glasgow to Girvan service.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 70029.
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Wickham Market with restored canopy?
Melton on the East Suffolk Line, looking east.
Somewhere in Lincolnshire at a guess.
This is Melton station in Suffolk looking east towards the level crossing.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 70021.
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Is it just to the north of Ayr after crossing the river, say 1958/59?
the wall construction behind the loco looks exactly the same as the wall along the back of Platform 1 at Kilmarnock (red sandstone) so I'm thinking somewhere on the G&SWR, that being the case, the loco probably one of Hurlford shed's Standard Class 3s (Nos 77015-77019 I think they were), but location defeats me for now.
Just north of Falkland Jct yard Newton on Ayr.
I think this is the same wall shown in image 60439 at Greenlaw Goods, possibly around the same period in the early 1950s.
Agreed west of Arkleston Junction opposite Paisley Greenlaw Goods.
Early 60s - can’t make out the crest on the tender to see if the early one or later.
Perhaps Largs train although the Standard 4 moguls did venture to Gourock as well.
Early 60s - can’t make out the crest on the tender to see if the early one or later.
Perhaps Largs train although the Standard 4 moguls did venture to Gourock as well.
Platform scene... where?
Now resolved - see image 69979.
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Hall Green on the Birmingham to Stratford on Avon line, looking south west. See photo 42910.
DMU approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69963.
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Assumed that the destination blind is a blank?
Would suggest the East Kilbride line in the early 1960s.
East Kilbride-Glasgow train approaching Thorntonhall, early 1960s.
Query 2140
Query 2140
Station site with recovered sleepers... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69951.
Station site with recovered sleepers... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69951.
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Somewhere between Airdrie and Bathgate in the 1990's, at a guess
Agree with Ken, just east of Airdrie on the site now occupied by the replacement Drumgelloch station.
Passing freight... where?
Now resolved - see image 69919.
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Heading west through Newbury?
From what I can see, the consist and catenary would suggest somewhere along the north London freight route.
Agree with EG comments. The freight is westbound approaching Gospel Oak from Upper Holloway. It is passing the junction for the line into platform 3 bay used by Barking trains.
A closed station... where?
Now resolved - see image 69908.
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Leyburn on the Wensleydale Railway.
Looks like an old GE station but can't quite place it as yet.
Found it - Leiston on the old Aldeburgh branch from Saxmundham.
Steam on shed... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69890.
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Image 68001 shows a young enthusiast on the footplate of a Caley 4-4-0 at Forfar shed. While it doesn't look like the same person it could be his companion. There was a fair scrap line of Caley locos there at one time. I shall go for Forfar shed 1962 although I have no idea what the buildings in the background are.
Platform scene... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69867.
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It looks like Brechin in the 1970s.
Last Train to Brechin, 2/5/81?
I think this is Brechin around time of closure in 1981.
looks like Brechin, late 1970s or early 1980s, with an interesting collection of first generation DMUs making up a railtour.
Freight approaching... where?
Now resolved - see image 69854.
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Approaching Cardiff Central from the east?
Looks like the eastern approach to Cardiff Central.
Could be the approach to Cardiff Central.
Query 2133
Query 2133
Site of a former junction... where?
[Added 05 August 2019.]
Now resolved - see image 69841.
Site of a former junction... where?
[Added 05 August 2019.]
Now resolved - see image 69841.
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Wickham Market Junction on the East Suffolk Line, to the north of Wickham Market station, looking north east. Once the junction for the branch to Framlingham. The location is also known as Blackstock Crossing.
Just north of Wickham Market station, Suffolk.
Train approaching... where?
Now resolved - see image 69828.
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Sunnyside Junction, Coatbridge
The test train appears to be coming off the Whifflet spur heading west onto the Edinburgh to Glasgow LL, via Bathgate, line at Sunnyside Junction.
Appears to be a Network Rail test train coming off the M&KR goods only branch from Whifflet South at Sunnyside Junction in Coatbridge and heading west, possibly within the last month or so (July, 2019) as the train was in the area then.
Knightswood South Junction?
Coatbridge Sunnyside.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 69814.
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Ferry Road station at St Budeaux on the outskirts of Plymouth - looks like a special passing through.
A closed station... where?
Now resolved - see image 69790.
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This is the old railway building at Snape Maltings near Wickham Market in Suffolk.
Road entrance to a former goods yard... where?
Now resolved - see image 69765.
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Could be the old yard at Jedfoot, now part of a walkway, showing the entrance from the A698.
St. Briavels on the Wye Valley
Jedfoot goods yard - taken recently - now used as part of a walkway and picnic spot.
Query 2128
Query 2128
Old photograph showing CR 123 leaving Galashiels with a special. Can anyone provide any info regarding the date and the train involved?
[Added 28 July 2019.]
Now resolved - see image 69738.
Old photograph showing CR 123 leaving Galashiels with a special. Can anyone provide any info regarding the date and the train involved?
[Added 28 July 2019.]
Now resolved - see image 69738.
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Having trawled the Six Bells Junction website's Railtour files there are scant details of a "Caledonian 123 Excursion" from Edinburgh to Carlisle and back on 30/8/1958. There are no route details, but as it seems to have been from Princes St then it's more likely to have used the CR main line.
Unmistakably Gala.
I'll read the question properly in future.
D'oh!
D'oh!
It could be the special run by the Edinburgh model railway club in late 1958, which I recall ran out over the Peebles line.
The same picture appears in the Middleton Press album 'Peebles Loop' by Roger Darsley and Dennis Lovett. It is dated 13 September 1958, the rail tour being organised by the Edinburgh & Lothian Miniature Railway Club. It is recorded has travelling to Galashiels via Peebles and returning to Edinburgh by the Waverley Route, The image in the book was taken by D Welsh and is part of Bruce McCartney's collection.
Work in progress... where?
Now resolved - see image 69726.
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I think this may be the new platform works at Dunbar. I passed there this afternoon and was aware of a heap of ballast.
Image 63880 shows the low wall between the main lines and the platform loop which was the former Down platform, similar vegetation and house gable end.
Entrance to a former station... where?
Now resolved - see image 69717.
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Could be Cloughton on the old Scarbotough to Whitby route - now a very nice restaurant.
Don't know this one, but the architectural style looks very like the Stainmore line.
The old station at Cloughton, just north of Scarborough.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69692.
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Leaving Stirling northbound passing Shore Road sheds in the mid 1950s?
Could be Perth - southbound shortly after leaving the station around 1950.
Wild surmise, Beattock in the mid 50s?
Could it be a train leaving the south end of Perth in the 50s?
Waiting for a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 69667.
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Worcester Shrub Hill, see photo 64699.
Worcester, Shrub Hill.
Passing freight... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69654.
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The poles and background hills suggest the southern approach to Perth in the mid 1950s.
Freight is in the down loop on the approach to Perth station. Would say 1956 approx.
Platform scene... where?
Now resolved - see image 69630.
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Manningtree on the Great Eastern main line, looking west towards London.
View over a former station... where?
Now resolved - see image 69613.
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Killywhan in Dumfries & Galloway looking towards Dumfries.
Killywhan on the Dumfries to Castle Douglas line, looking east. See photo 12945.
Is it Abernethy on the Perth-Ladybank line? Just a long shot!
Looks like Killywhan on the Port Road between Dumfries and Dalbeattie.
Freight approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69590.
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West end of Shields Road station - as in image 60430 but about 10 years later. Train is on the St Enoch line, presumably having run via Saltmarket and Gorbals Jcts.
I'm going to hazard a guess that this is on the City of Glasgow Union line near Shields Station, probably mid- to late-1950s, given the number of steel-bodied mineral wagons in the train.
Judging by the bracket signal behind the train, I reckon this is the west end of Shields Road Station, the train heading west off the CoGUR lines from Gorbals Junction, date possibly mid- to late- 1950s.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69562.
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Taking the Strathmore line at Kinnaber Junction in the late 1950s.
Looks to me like Kinnaber Junction, the train taking the Bridge of Dun line bound for Forfar and beyond. Reckon this would be late 1950s or early 1960s, before the A4s took over on the Aberdeen expresses.
Up train taking the Strathmore route at Kinnaber Junction, early/mid 1950s?
Taking the Forfar line at Kinnaber Junction, possibly late 1950s / early 1960s before the down home signal was replaced by a shorter tubular post on the left side of the down main?
A passing DMU... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69541.
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My first thought with this photo was that it was between Bucksburn & Persley with a Cravens DMU heading towards Aberdeen. The factory on the left reminds me of Twin Spires Creamery.but the chimney in the background looks too far to the right to be at Mugiemoss paper mill.
The DMU looks like it has just run past the Twin Spires Creamery at Bucksburn. Date sometime in the early 1960s.
Trackbed preparations... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69527.
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Looks like the northern approach to Newtongrange during preparation work on the Borders line in 2009/2010?
This could be the Airdrie to Bathgate route reinstatement in progress around 2010 or 2011. Possibly just east of the old Drumgelloch station.
The old Waverley route just to the north of Galashiels during construction of the Borders line?
Freight passing through... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69497.
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Pitcaple station on the GNSR main line, looking north east c1960.
I Believe this is Lumphanan Station on The Aberdeen Ballater Line.
Westbound through Pincaple in the 1960s.
I think this is somewhere along the Deeside line.
Definitely former GNSR territory and from the location of the signal box and the siding just visible opposite, it looks like Pitcaple, I would guess it must be early 1960s, shortly after the EE Type 1s arrived and when there was still enough traffic to form such a lengthy freight!
I think it is Pitcaple station in the mid 1960s.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69475.
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Heading out of Aberdeen passing through Kittybrewster - say the late 1950s?
Train leaving Aberdeen in the 1950s passing through Kittybrewster.
View towards a junction... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69448.
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Almondbank, looking east towards Perth in the early 60s. The station is behind the camera. The line through the gate served the Royal Naval Store Depot and in earlier times the Huntingtower and Pitcairnfield bleachworks.
Could be the entrance to the Naval Stores siding at Almondbank circa 1960.
It looks like the branch entrance to the Royal Naval stores depot just beyond Almondbank - late 1950s perhaps?
Freight approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69434.
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Bucksburn, looking south east towards Aberdeen, taken from Goodhope Road bridge c1960.
Passing through Bucksburn in the 1960s.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69406.
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Could be to the south of Muirend with the Clarkston East line on the left, say 1952?
Could it be on the Down Main at Aberlady Junction? .
Claydon LNE Junction on Oxford to Bletchley line in the 1940s, perhaps?
Could it be the southern approach to Muirend station in the mid 1950s?
Side by side... where?
Now resolved - see image 69380.
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The sidings at Worcester Shrubhill?
Just outside Worcester Shrub Hill station, to the south. The footpath to the signal box can be seen on the bottom right.
Walking along a trackbed... where?
Now resolved - see image 69367.
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The trackbed of the SB&B approaching Symington. The A72 runs parallel off to the left.
That could be Benrinnes in the background. Somewhere on the Strathspey - Advie or Ballindalloch, possibly.
I think we are looking towards Symington (just beyond the trees in the middle distance) on the trackbed of the line from Biggar.
Is it on the trackbed of the NB line from Stirling to Balloch by any chance.?
Looks like Tinto hill in the background so approach to Symington from Biggar.
Is that looking West towards Tinto on the Symington, Biggar and Peebles Railway where it runs alongside the A72 on the Eastern outskirts of Symington?
Stopping train... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69336.
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The old station at Throsk, looking south through the road bridge with the line into Bandeath depot in the foreground. Possibly a Larbert to Alloa train - say around 1950?
Throsk, early 1950s.
Throsk on the Larbert to Alloa line, looking south in the mid 50s. See photo 35376.
This is Throsk with the train heading in the direction of the swing bridge over the Forth and Alloa. The branch to RNAD Bandeath curves to the right in the foreground. Date looks to be early 1950s.
About to cross a viaduct... where?
Now resolved - see image 69309.
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Dighty Viaduct in Birkhill,Dundee over the Dighty Burn
Comrie Dean Viaduct, looking east towards Blairhall Junction and Oakley.
Bilston Glen Viaduct in Midlothian
I think this is the Dean Viaduct on the old Stirling and Dunfermline route.
Freight approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69287.
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Possibly the NB approach to Stirling in the 1950s with the Ochils in the background?
West of Alloa in the 1950s - eastbound.
Approaching Stirling off the S&D route in the early fifties.
Train arriving... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69252.
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Cambus on the Stirling to Dunfermline line, looking west in the mid 50s.
Fairly sure this is the old station at Cambus, probably taken in the early 1950s looking west back towards Stirling.
Work in progress... where?
Now resolved - see image 69237.
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Worcestershire Parkway station, low level platforms, looking north.
Warrington West, maybe.
The new station at Worcestershire Parkway looking north towards Birmingham.
Station frontage... where?
Now resolved - see image 69226.
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Malton from the car park?
Cupar Station on the north East Coast line between kirkaldy and dundee
The station forecourt at Malton, looking east.
Platform scene... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69198.
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Looks like Connel Ferry, probably a train for Ballachulish, say 1959?
Ballachulish Branch train at Connel Ferry, circa mid-1950s. Locomotive, probably No. 55124, tying on at the west end of the station after running round.
Connel Ferry - circa 1961 ?
Connel Ferry station, looking east c1960.
Killin junction some time back in the 50s
Passing train... where?
Now resolved - see image 69186.
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On the Chester to Holyhead line about 1.5 miles north east of Penmaemawr, looking west. The class 158 is in the new Transport for Wales livery.
North Wales beside the A55 with the village of Dwygyfylchi to the left and further left, Penmaenmawr. TfW Class 158 heading east towards Conwy.
Transport for Wales liveried 158 on the North Wales Coast line
On the North Wales Coast, looks like it could be heading towards Abergele.
Freight approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69172.
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Could be the northern approach to Stirling in the 1950s.
Passing Polmadie westbound, probably around 1952?
Stirling 1950s?
Former station master's house... where?
Now resolved - see image 69150.
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It looks like the house on the end of the building that was once West Cliff station in Whitby.
Passing light engine... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69125.
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Could this be somewhere near Deansgate prior to the massive regeneration work in that part of Manchester?
Approaching Saltley in the early 1980s?
Saltley looking west with Curzon St station in the background. Probably mid- to late-70s.
Could this view be near Carlisle (Duranhill!) with the Class 25 on the S&C line, the Tyne Valley lines seen beyond, and the wagons in the background stabled on the old goods yard sidings ?
I am wondering what the building in the top left is. Reminds me of Manchester Central but the rest of the landscape doesn't seem to fit in. I need to do some more research!
I think the buildings could be part of Coatbridge in the 1970s with the view being east over the sidings at Whifflet.
Passing railbus... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69089.
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Could it be Elgin East?
Elgin East, looking north east with Maisondieu Road in the background c.1960.
The railbus is approaching Elgin East station. This would have been taken towards the end of the 1950s.
Disused station... where?
Now resolved - see image 69074.
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Canonbie station on the Langholm branch, looking north west.
This looks like the much changed Canonbie station on the Langholm branch looking north from the main road towards Langholm.
Voyager approaching... where?
Now resolved - see image 69061.
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Wishaw South
Motherwell
Holytown Junction?
Passing freight... where?
Now resolved - see image 69033.
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Taken at Woodbridge Park station looking east towards Barking.
A former railway bridge... where?
Now resolved - see image 69022.
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It's the bridge over the former Monkland Canal at Sheepford.
Could it be Coatbridge, alongside the old Monkland Canal (now a cycle route)?
The old M&K railway bridge at Sheepford. The cycle path was part of the Monkland Canal.
Passing freight... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 69001.
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Shore Road, Stirling, around 1950.
Wonder if it could be Shore Road to the north of Stirling station around 1950?
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 68968.
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Mangapps station at the Mangapps Railway Museum in Essex.
Mangapps
It's the Mangapps Museum line station in Essex.
Steam hauled... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 68953.
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Glasgow/Busby or East Kilbride train leaving Giffnock hauled by ex-Caledonian 0-4-4 tank - mid 1950s.
Leaving Giffnock for Busby in the 1950s.
Former station approach... where?
Now resolved - see image 68943.
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This is the driveway approaching Amisfield, north of Dumfries
Amisfield
View from a closed station... where?
Now resolved - see image 68885.
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I think it might possibly be the northern portal of Crescent Wood Tunnel on the old Crystal Palace High Level branch from Nunhead that, despite being electrified, was abandoned in 1954.
It could be North Portal of Scotland St Tunnel in Edinburgh
Monmouth Troy, looking west.
Is it on the old harbour branch at Tweedmouth?
Definitely Monmouth Troy, I think.
Yes, it's the tunnel immediately to the west of the old Troy station in Monmouth. I believe the tunnel is currently used as a rifle range by a local club.
Platform view... where?
Now resolved - see image 68874.
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Possibly the rebuilt Northumberland Park station on the Lea Valley line in North London?
Agree with Northumberland Park on the Lea Valley line in North London. Seen following the rebuild to handle the new Stratford - Meridian Water shuttle service - looking north along the newly laid third line.
Remnant of a bygone line... where?
Now resolved - see image 68845.
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Rothbury in Northumberland. It's in the town centre, not at the station site, which was about a quarter of a mile away.
Its in Rothbury - the Hotel is on the other side of the river from the station site, which is now an industrial area.
Appleby ?
Bridge Street, Rothbury, Northumberland. Rothbury station, which was opened by the Northumberland Central Railway in 1862, was the terminus of a branch from Scotsgap on the Morpeth to Reedsmouth line. The line was worked from the outset by the North British Railway and later absorbed by them. Subsequently it became part of the LNER and then the North Eastern Region of British Railways. Passenger trains ceased in September 1952, and goods services ended in November 1963. A final train ran in the middle of 1964 and the track was lifted later that year. Today almost nothing remains of the railway station.
A possible explanation of the Railway Hotel being so far away from the station and on the other side of the river is that the line to Rothbury was originally planned to extend northwards through Wooler to Cornhill. So the Railway Hotel, which was built in Victorian times, might have been named after a section of railway which in the event did not materialise.
Steam hauled freight... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 68820.
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Forfar North Junction, looking west in the mid 50s.
Fairly sure this is Forfar North Junction in about 1952.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 68792.
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On the Paisley Canal Line between Mosspark West and Corkerhill in the mid 50s. Looking east from Kinnell Place bridge with the White Cart Water on the right.
Westbound for Paisley Canal just west of Corkerhill, I reckon, mid- to late-1950s
Just passed through Corkerhill alongside the White Cart? Poss around 1958?
View from a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 68781.
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Is this Melling between Carnforth and Wennington?
It could be Melling in Cumbria on the line from Carnforth to Hellifield. Has been closed for many years and is now a private house.
Former railway viaduct... where?
Now resolved - see image 68767.
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Looks like the ex-NER Newton Cap Viaduct to the north of Bishop Auckland, which now carries the main road into the town.
This looks like the Newton Cap viaduct over the River Wear on the north side of Bishop Auckland, now used by a road, possibly the A689.
Looks like the one at Newton Cap, Bishop Auckland in Durham.
No question of 'looks like', it is indeed Newton Cap Viaduct. Might be worth adding some details from the rebuilding project. Closed to trains in 1968. Became a footpath in 1972. Work to convert into a road bridge began in 1993 and was completed in 1995. The conversion involving putting a concrete deck some 13 feet wider than the viaduct on top of the existing structure. The deck provides a single road carriageway with footpaths on each side. The viaduct is 828 feet long, and its stone/brick construction was deemed strong enough to safely take the additional load of the concrete deck. The deck added 2% to the weight of the viaduct bringing it up to 48,000 tonnes. The conversion is said to be the first of its type in the UK.
Train approaching... where and when?
Now resolved - see image 68748.
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Coupar Angus, looking west, possibly on 5/4/53 as the train could be the same one as in photo 68017. The maltings building can be seen the background of photo 24848.
Possibly Coupar Angus with a local train off the Blairgowrie branch approaching? Say early 1950s.
Could this be the southern approach to Coupar Angus station, with a local passenger service from Blairgowrie approaching the outer face of the ‘Down’ island platform? Possible date, say early to mid-1950s.
View from a train... where?
Now resolved - see image 68729.
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The viaduct or causeway over the reservoir at Butterley on the Midland Railway in Derbyshire.
The causeway over Butterley Reservoir on the Midland Railway Trust's line between Hammersmith and Butterley, looking east.
Crossing the causeway with Butterley Reservoir on the left; looking back towards the Midland Railway Centre's Butterley station.
Butterley Reservoir on the Midland Railway Trust
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