5 Images released on Friday 19/12/2025

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Acton Main Line: 47144 heads west through Acton with a Ripple Lane to Southampton freightliner on 2nd February 1994. This location has changed with the overhead wires now in place.

Great Western Railway
Roger Geach [02/02/1994]


Newtongrange [1st]: The 6.58am Hawick - Edinburgh calls at Newtongrange on 17th June 1965 as 60835 works hard to lift the morning Millerhill - Kingmoor freight to the summit at Falahill. Another four months to go for this V2, which was withdrawn from St Margarets in October 1965.

Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
John Clark [17/06/1965]


Oxenhope: Oxenhope station, the upper terminus of the KWVR, 660 feet above sea level, on 15th July 2023. Opened with the line on 15th April 1867, two days after an official ceremony. Passenger services were withdrawn on 31st December 1961, with official closure two days later, while freight lasted until 18th June 1962. Five days later, the Keighley

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
David Bosher [17/07/2023]


Incline Head [Craigmore]: Above the whinstone quarry the slate quarry tramway incline begins to climb out of the forest. This view looks uphill.

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


Galgate: DRS 66432 passing Galgate with a loaded Network Rail stone train from Shap to Doncaster Decoy Yard on 3rd December 2025. This train is routed via East Lancashire and the Copy Pit line, and the gradient up to Copy Pit has been known to cause it problems, not least because it has been some time since you could just summon a banker from Rose Grove.

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
Mark Bartlett [03/12/2025]