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Chatburn [1st]: Two Avanti 'Evero' units run past the old Chatburn goods yard, on a Carlisle to Preston diversion service, on 14th January 2026. This was also the site of the first passenger station of 1850, a temporary terminus. When the line extended to Hellifield in 1879 a new passenger station slightly to the north opened. Although the goods yard is now fully occupied by industry the L&YR goods shed is used by the business. The colour light by the shed can just be seen, acting as the distant signal for Horrocksford Junction.

Chatburn to Hellifield Line (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Mark Bartlett [14/01/2026]


Paddington [Met]: View from LU S7 stock, Hammersmith and City Line to Barking, calling at Paddington at 13.53 on Saturday, 10th January, 2026. In the main line terminus in the background, a class 800 GWR unit is waiting to depart for Penzance.

Metropolitan Railway
David Bosher [10/01/2026]


Dalmeny Junction: GBRf 66733 heads north past Dalmeny loops, with 6K20 from Millerhill to Dalmeny via the Fife Circle, on 21st January 2026.

Forth Bridge Railway
Bill Roberton [21/01/2026]


Currock Shed (G and SWR): Carlisle Currock Wagon Maintenance Depot on a dull day in 1994. The site was formerly occupied by the G&SW locomotive shed but this was closed in the 1920s and converted to a wagon repair works. Part of (what I believe to be) the original building is visible on the left of the shot. The EWS depot was closed in 2007.

Carlisle Realignment (Maryport and Carlisle Railway)
John Clark [//1994]


Murrayshall Siding: View over the site of Murrayshall Siding. The fenced off rectangular area is where the tramway from the Murrayshall Lime Works terminated alongside the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway. The tramway approached from the right. A short siding off the railway and the end of the tramway, reached via a headshunt, ran parallel. The tramway was later replaced by a long railway siding on a similar alignment but with eased curves.

Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Ewan Crawford [07/03/2024]


Parkeston Quay: Plenty of snow and ice at Harwich Parkeston yard in February 1991. 86603 and 86636 have arrived with an export container train.

Parkeston Quay (Great Eastern Railway)
Roger Geach [11/02/1991]