South Kensington [Met]: South Kensington, District and Circle Lines, looking east on 15th January 2023. It was originally opened by the Metropolitan with its extension from Praed Street junction at Paddington on 1st October 1868 and on 24th December 1868 an end-on junction was made here with the Metropolitan District Railway (commonly known as the District) with the first stage of its line from here to Westminster Bridge (renamed Westminster in 1907). It had a four platform layout, with two for eastbound trains, but that was altered in 1969 by focusing on the central island, leaving this disused platform with Victorian arches.

Cameron Bridge: A start has been made on the construction of the new Cameron Bridge station. This view looks east to Largo Law on 4th February 2023.

Enns Gorge: An OBB Class 52 2-10-0 takes a mixed freight into the impressively steep-sided gorge of the River Enns, between Hieflau and Admont in Austria's Styrian Alps. The photograph dates from the summer of 1970. The weather had been severely wet for several days and the Enns, fast flowing at the best of times, was certainly in full spate that morning.

Leicester: If you like classic diesel traction, a ride past Leicester's Locomotive Inspection Point is recommended. Classes 37, 47, 56, 58, and 60 were on view on 13th January2023, plus a modern class 66 interloper. I was hoping for a smoky departure by the 56; but rather unsportingly, it changed its lights to taillights and stayed put.

Lancaster: The view along disused Platform 6 at Lancaster in January 2023. Ironically, this platform was electrified when the rest of the station was 'steam powered' as it was the departing point for the EMUs to Green Ayre, Morecambe and Heysham until 1966. The block in the foreground is the remains of an old signal post, and two cut off girders jut out from the corner of the ticket office building on the left, the remains of an overhead line support. This was an officially supervised visit to this closed off area of the station.

Arbroath: The 1911 Arbroath station front photographed in 2018. The building is on Keptie Street and is above the platforms.

Govan Ferry: The Govan Ferry crosses the river after 'TS Queen Mary' has passed in July 1964. The ferry has a variable height vehicle deck to allow for loading/unloading at different tidal levels. The text on the side of the ferry is Vehicular Ferryboat No.4. Beyond the ferry are the plater's shed and workshops of Harland and Wolff's Govan Shipbuilding Yard. Photo by A McIntyre.

Carstairs South Junction: The Virgin Trains 0840 Glasgow Central - London Euston Pendolino photographed passing through Carstairs South Junction on 6 October 2006.

Blea Moor Signal Box: The cottage at Blea Moor, next to the signal box, in 2006. It was put up for sale in 2022 but has no mains utilities and vehicular access is by private agreement.

Crystal Palace High Level: The site of Crystal Palace High Level station, opened in 1865 and closed in 1954, looking north towards the bricked-up southern portal of Paxton tunnel, on 14th January 2023. Old photos show this to have been on a grand scale but it had fallen into a dilapidated state long before its closure. Alan A. Jackson in his excellent London's Local Railways said it was one of the creepiest places in London, especially at night with rats and mice outnumbering the passengers. Delightful. After 1954, the station continued to stand and was left to deteriorate further while local bigwigs argued over what to do about it and then, when they could think of nothing else, allowed its demolition in 1961.

Bank Hall Colliery: View along the old mineral line from the site of Bank Hall Colliery sidings, now landscaped, towards Sandy Holme Aqueduct on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the overflow from which joins the River Brun on the left. The half mile line to the BR exchange sidings at Burnley Bank Top was worked by industrial locos including a Barclay 0-4-0ST named 'Carbon', which was unusual in being fitted with a Giesl Ejector. The colliery closed in 1971 and the trackbed is now a public footpath.

Princes Dock: Glasgow Standard tram 22 negotiating pointwork at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988.

Kirkbride: View of Kirkbride station in 1964, taken from a Carlisle-Silloth train.

Inverness Airport: Inverness Airport in a view looking east.

Inverness Airport: Inverness Airport in a view looking to Inverness.

Rannoch: 37145, with a freight from Fort William to Cadder Yard, at Rannoch where it waited to pass another freight service on 20th June 1979. Seeing 37145 was a rather big surprise here that afternoon.