9 Images released on Monday 12/01/2026

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Lostwithiel: 37412 sits in the yard at Lostwithiel, waiting for another load of CDA for Fowey to arrive, on 24th December 1990. This yard is lifted now, as the clay industry has contracted a great deal.

Cornwall Railway
Roger Geach [24/12/1990]


Crewe South Shed: Bowen-Cooke original 1912 designed Class G1, later LNWR Class G2a, 7F 0-8-0 49008, stored on Crewe South shed on 10 February 1963. The G1 class was rebuilt with a G2 boiler, and Belpaire firebox in 1936 and reclassified as a G2a.

Grand Junction Railway
David Pesterfield [10/02/1963]


Clifton M6 Bridge: M6 reopens half a day early on 11th January after successful railway bridge installation [Network Rail] The M6 through Cumbria has reopened 13 hours earlier than planned after the successful installation of a 4,200-tonne railway bridge over the motorway this weekend. The railway itself is scheduled to reopen on Thursday 15th after rails, overhead wires and signalling cables have been reinstalled.

Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Network Rail [11/01/2026]


Leicester North: I visited the GCR to enjoy 'chimney music' from D6700, a Class 37 diesel. Little did I realize that 68067 - Hudswell Clarke 1752 of 1943 - being quite a small 0-6-0ST, would be much more vocal hauling the same number of coaches. Notice the light recently installed on what used to be the road bridge over Belgrave and Birstall station.

London Extension (Great Central Railway)
Ken Strachan [30/12/2025]


Balloch Pier: Loch Lomond paddle steamer 'Maid of the Loch' at Balloch Pier, sometime in the summer of 1979, not long before the service ended. The 'Maid' is currently being restored by volunteers.

Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
Colin Kirkwood [/07/1979]


Bay Horse: GBRf's first numbered 66701 was regularly rostered for 4S57, Hams Hall to Mossend intermodal, during December 2025. On the 23rd it crossed the embankment between Forton and Bay Horse with a very light load of just five containers at the front of a long rake of empty flat wagons. A few days earlier there wasn't a single space on the train.

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
Mark Bartlett [23/12/2025]


North Sheen: 701057, South Western Railway to Waterloo, departing from North Sheen at 09.21 on Saturday, 20th December 2025.

Richmond Railway
David Bosher [20/12/2025]


Incline Foot [Craigmore]: A view looking west behind the school at the foot of the Craigmore Incline. The tramway from Aberfoyle station turned tightly to reach the foot of the incline .

Aberfoyle Slate Quarries Tramway
Ewan Crawford [26/02/2024]


St Germans: The Bristol to Par steam special, the 'Royal Duchy', passing St Germans on a very dull day in June 2013 behind 44932.

Cornwall Railway
Roger Geach [16/06/2013]