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Walton Summit: Walton Summit, near Bamber Bridge, was the northern terminus of the southern section of the Lancaster Canal. From 1807 to 1854 a double track plateway tramroad provided a link with the main stretch of the canal at Preston Basin. A rope worked incline at Walton Summit was one of three originally on the five mile link and this view from the summit [SD583248], in December 2020, looks down a steep public footpath that follows the old incline before the tramroad route disappears under modern housing and a business park.

Preston to Walton Tramroad (Lancaster Canal)
Mark Bartlett [29/12/2020]


Mickleton: A very smart bridge over the trackbed of the Middleton-in-Teesdale branch, a short distance to the north west of the Mickleton station site. The trackbed forms the Tees Railway Path between Cotherstone and near to the Middleton station site. This view in March 2015 is towards Middleton.

Tees Valley Railway
John McIntyre [19/03/2015]


Hawkhead: 'This train is for Paisley Canal only.' ScotRail DMU 156512 pulls away from Hawkhead on the last leg of its journey from Glasgow Central to Paisley Canal on 28 Sepember 2012. The widening work being carried out on the trackbed at this time was to accommodate the masts required for the forthcoming electrification of the branch. (See image [[46593]]).

Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
John Furnevel [28/09/2012]


Coalburn: Looking from the site of Coalburn level crossing looking to Bankend in 1996. The trackbed was being obliterated by opencast minding.

Lesmahagow Railway
Ewan Crawford [//1996]


Murrayfield: Looking south at the (almost) intact platforms at Murrayfield which closed in 1962. The goods yard was off to the right, but the way is no longer passable. The Scottish Railway Preservation Society, formed 60 years ago, had its first museum in one of the buildings here. Makes you think, doesn't it?

Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway)
David Panton [02/01/2021]


North Dulwich: North Dulwich station, south London, on the former LBSCR's Peckham Rye to Sutton line opened in 1868, looking south on 16th February 2019.

Peckham Rye to Sutton Line (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway)
David Bosher [16/02/2019]


Edinburgh Waverley: Intercity liveried EE Type 3 Class 37 at Waverley in 1992. This loco was used for sleeper haulage between Edinburgh and Aberdeen/Inverness and vice versa.

North British Railway
Charlie Niven [//1992]


Granton: Approaching Granton Harbour with the Branch Line Society's 'Lothian & Fife Wanderer' DMU railtour on 23 August 1980.

Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway
Bill Roberton [23/08/1980]


Balshaw Lane Junction: 57303 heads a Kilmarnock to Ilford stock move with a pair of Class 317 EMUs at Balshaw Lane Jct on 1 December 2020.

North Union Railway
John McIntyre [01/12/2020]