Coleshill Parkway: Still life at Coleshill, looking east towards Nuneaton. The square tower on the right is labelled Air Liquide, and is a recent addition to the skyline. There is a set of points leading to an entrance to Hams Hall freight depot near the signal on the left.

St Leonards Tunnel: Sheltered spot. The south portal of St Leonards Tunnel provides some useful cover as a shower of rain sweeps across Holyrood Park on 2 January 2008. The signpost indicates the footpath to Duddingston Low Road, while straight ahead the 1831 Edinburgh & Dalkeith route continues south east towards the level crossing on Duddingston Road West (see [[60421]]).

Poppleton: 150269 leaves the single track and enters Poppleton over the level crossing.

Restonhill Ballast Pit: A likely location for the source of the gravel heaps mapped beside Houndwood Siding see [[75407]] The location is near Restonhill Farm about 3 miles South East of Houndwood and less than a mile from Reston Station. How was the gravel loaded and unloaded? The shape of the heaps suggests it was dropped vertically rather than end- or side-tipped. There is no siding at the gravel pit and the running line is on embankment so it is unlikely to have been hand-shovelled into barrows then into ballast wagons which suggests the use of a wagon-mounted or portable crane or gin. Both maps are from the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey 1:2500 scale surveyed in 1856 see https://maps.nls.uk/view/74943985 for this map and https://maps.nls.uk/view/74944000 for Houndwood Siding. Used with permission of the National Library of Scotland. https://maps.nls.uk/copyright.html

Boat of Garten: The North signal cabin at Boat of Garten in 1971. The line to the left was the last surviving route to Speyside.

Thornton Junction: Gresley V2 2-6-2 60973 heads a southbound oil train through Thornton Junction during an autumn rainstorm in 1965.

Stirling: Stirling station was a terminal for Motorail services to a variety of destinations over the years to 1989, including Kensington Olympia, Cambridge, Bristol, Brockenhurst, Dover and Newton Abbot. By 1985, only a London Euston service remained. This is pictured at Stirling on 25th September that year awaiting departure at 11.30, double-headed by 25199 and 27207. The high end cars loaded at the other end of the train suggested a certain wealthy clientele and I imagine the gentleman making himself known to the driver is politely asking for restraint on the curves of the WCML lest his beloved Bentley fly off its open wagon.

Brock Water Troughs: 390001 speeds north alongside a partly frozen Lancaster Canal at Brock on 15th January 2021. Originally named 'Virgin Pioneer', since 2018 this set has carried 'Bee Together' plates. Photo ancillary to a permitted exercise walk under Corona virus legislation.

Salford Central: A Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Street stopping service passes Salford Central on 19 May 2017 with Northern Electrics liveried 319386. The EMU is on the lines that lead to Ordsall Jct which at the moment do not have platforms at Salford Central although there have been suggestions that they may be restored.