13 Images released on Saturday 09/07/2022

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Caernarfon: The line from Menai Bridge Junction to Afon Wen closed in 1972 but in Caernarfon the trackbed continues to be used fairly extensively. The modern building on the right was completed in 2018 and is the northern terminus of the Welsh Highland Railway which has used the standard gauge route from Dinas since reopening in 1997. The tunnel which once carried the railway under the town towards Caernarvon station continues in use to carry road traffic.

Nantlle Railway
Malcolm Chattwood [21/06/2022]


Shilbottle Colliery: The Shilbottle Colliery branch was the most Northern colliery line in England; the mine closed in 1981, but the branch can be walked most of the way to the ECML. This gate is on the East side of the level crossing across the lane which allowed road access to the colliery, of which nothing remains. The small blue sign says 'Please close the gate'. Perhaps they should have added the word 'gently'.

Shilbottle Colliery Railway
Ken Strachan [10/04/2022]


Oich Viaduct: The piers of the Oich Viaduct in Fort Augustus. The viaduct was on a gentle curve as it carried the railway towards the pier on Loch Ness. This part of the line closed after just three years.

Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway
John Gray [07/05/2022]


Ladhope Tunnel: Approaching Galashiels station on 22 March 2018, an Edinburgh - Tweedbank service is about to pass through Ladhope Tunnel under the A7.

Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
John Furnevel [22/03/2018]


Vauxhall: West Country Bullied Pacific 34102 'Lapford' passing Vauxhall on a down train on 11th July 1958. Constructed by BR in 1950, this was one of the last two unrebuilt Bullieds in service. The other, 34023 'Blackmore Vale', was preserved on withdrawal in 1967 but 'Lapford' was scrapped.

Waterloo Extension (London and South Western Railway)
David Murray-Smith [11/07/1958]


North Ealing: LUL 1973 stock train, with a Piccadilly Line service to Cockfosters, arriving at North Ealing on 9th February 2019. This station was opened by the Metropolitan District Railway in 1903 and remains substantially as built (see image [[80765]]), being the only one on the South Harrow line not to have been rebuilt by Dr. Charles Holden (1875-1960), the London Underground's Chief Architect between the two world wars, for the takeover by tube trains in 1932. The line did not become known as the Piccadilly Line until 1937 during a general renaming of lines by the LPTB.

Ealing and South Harrow Railway
David Bosher [09/02/2019]


Anstruther [2nd]: The 4.42pm Dundee Tay Bridge to Edinburgh via the Fife Coast waits in Anstruther to cross a westbound service. The train appears to comprise a 2-car Gloucester DMU and a 3-car Met-Cam set. The photograph was taken on 4th September 1965, just two days before closure of the line to regular passenger traffic.

Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
Brian Haslehust [04/09/1965]


Stutton: Almost no-one travelling along the A162 that runs between Tadcaster and Pontefract will appreciate that they are crossing a stone built 3 arch bridge just north of Towton village. There is a parapet on the west side of the road, but nothing on the other side, by the junction to Ulleskelf, bar a grass verge and some scrub land beyond. This bridge - CFH 1 / 1A - is one of few remaining features from the former line running between Church Fenton and Harrogate via Wetherby.

Harrogate Branch (York and North Midland Railway)
David Pesterfield [23/01/2022]


Le Fret: Opened in 1925, a relatively late addition to the French railway network was the 109km long metre gauge branch from Carhaix with a connection to the Brest to Quimper main line at Chateaulin. It was built primarily to serve agricultural communities on the Crozon Peninsula terminating at the fishing port of Camaret-sur-Mer with a short branch to Le Fret, the latter pictured here on 24 May 2022. The attractive stations were built to the same design, nicknamed bigoudenes because of openwork granite chimneys resembling an embroidered headdress of the Breton bigouden country. The line closed on 28 April 1967.

Réseau Breton
Malcolm Chattwood [24/05/2022]


Didcot Parkway: DB Cargo three of a kind, 66206, 66025 and 66100 in the station sidings at Didcot on 20th May 2022. 66100 seemed to have a wheel problem as it had a skid fitted on the leading axle.

Great Western Railway
Peter Todd [20/05/2022]


Falkirk Grahamston: The SRPS 'Strathearn Express' ran from Falkirk Grahamston to Perth and return behind NBR 673 'Maude' on 15 October 1983. This is the train at Falkirk Grahamston on arrival from SRPS Springfield Yard depot. The train would reverse to Grangemouth Junction to access the correct platform.

Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway
Bill Roberton [15/10/1983]


Shepton Mallet Charlton Road: Ex S and D 2-8-0 No. 53807 southbound with goods train on S and D mainline. Seen from northbound train to Bath.

Bath Branch (Somerset and Dorset Railway)
David Murray-Smith [08/07/1960]


Shrivenham: GWR 800013 passing Shrivenham at speed on 11th June 2022.

Great Western Railway
Peter Todd [11/06/2022]