15 Images released on Wednesday 01/12/2021

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Wemyss Bay Junction: One of Polmadie sheds BR Standard tanks no 80058 running downhill on the approach to Wemyss Bay Junction on 27 June 1964. The train is a Saturday service from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central.

Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [27/06/1964]


Black Beck Level Crossing: Looking East South East along Town Pasture Lane in October 2021 with a very pronounced hump visible across the lane at the site of the Black Beck level crossing on the former Barnard Castle to Darlington line. Barnard Castle station was around 3/4 mile further along heading right.

Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway
David Pesterfield [10/10/2021]


Moy: In continuous working across 78 hours from Friday night until Tuesday morning, the 1884 Victorian masonry structure was demolished and replaced with 660ton twin-track concrete box structure. The construction team used a Self-Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT) system to carry the structure from the site compound, where it was constructed offline over a 10-week period, before manoeuvring the massive 660-ton structure several hundred meters along the B1954 and sliding it to its final position.

Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway)
Network Rail [/11/2021]


Barmouth Viaduct: Barmouth - The restoration of Barmouth viaduct will take longer than expected. Detail view of damaged wood.

Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway
Network Rail [01/12/2021]


Moy: Despite the impact of Strom Arwen, Network Rail has successfully demolished and replaced the bridge over the railway at Lynebeg, south of Inverness on the Highland Mainline between Perth and Inverness. It's part of supporting work ahead of the dualling of the A9 between Tomatin and Moy.

Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway)
Network Rail [/11/2021]


Wilpshire: A Northern service to Clitheroe with 156423 passes the closed station of Wilpshire in March 2012. The down platform still exists although there is no trace of the up platform on the right. The station closed in 1962 but a new station, Ramsgreave and Wilpshire opened about 400m to the south of this location in the 1990s when services were restored between Blackburn and Clitheroe.

Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway (Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway)
John McIntyre [31/03/2012]


Upminster: 357011, with a C2C service to Shoeburyness via Basildon, departing from Upminster on 17th January 2019. This station is also the eastern terminus of the District Line whose platforms are on the left with, further left, a single side platform for the Romford branch which became an isolated section of the Overground network in May 2015.

Barking, Upminster and Pitsea Line (London, Tilbury and Southend Railway)
David Bosher [17/01/2019]


Barmouth Viaduct: Network Rail has apologised to passengers and the local community as its £30m restoration of Barmouth Viaduct is being extended after engineers found the condition of the timber structure was worse than anticipated. The work to refurbish the Grade II* listed viaduct is the biggest and most ambitious in its history with the three-year programme scheduled to replace more than 1,000 timber and metal parts of the bridge, which are rotten and decaying. The railway will now reopen on 29 December, 17 days later than planned, so engineers can safely carry out the additional repairs.

Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway
Network Rail [//2021]


Craigendoran Pier: Passengers queuing on Craigendoran pier to board an unidentified Clyde paddle steamer. The photograph is thought to date from the summer of 1963.

Craigendoran Pier Deviation
Brian Haslehust [//1963]


Glasgow Central: 156495 and 156511, at Glasgow Central's platform 8, with the 12.17 to East Kilbride on 22nd November 2021.

Glasgow Central Station (Caledonian Railway)
Bill Roberton [22/11/2021]


Edinburgh Waverley: Caledonian Sleeper sign during the strike on 21st June 2021.

North British Railway
John Yellowlees [21/06/2021]


Barton and Broughton: DB 60011 leaves the loop at Barton and Broughton and heads north with an engineers train on the afternoon of 11 May 2013. This was one of a few similar trains moving into position for a possession that evening.

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
John McIntyre [11/05/2013]


Buchanan Street Tunnel: During the final week of services from Glasgow's Buchanan St station, the 11.35 to Thornton emerges from the Buchanan St tunnel behind B1 61347.

Buchanan Street Extension (Caledonian Railway)
Robin McGregor [01/11/1966]


Oxheys: 195118 crosses the Sharoe Brook Bridge as it heads out of Preston with a Northern service from Manchester Airport to Barrow on 15th November 2021. Several popular local paths converge at the rail bridge, which also spans the stream.

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
Mark Bartlett [15/11/2021]


Stalybridge: TPE 185141 passes Stalybridge in July 2014 with a Manchester to Middlesborough service.

Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (London and North Western Railway)
John McIntyre [05/07/2014]