13 Images released on Friday 10/02/2023

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Brackwede: DB diesel 3 car unit 624 646-9 arrives at Brackwede in July 1990 with a service heading north towards Minden.

Deutsche Bahn
John McIntyre [/07/1990]


Southbury: Southbury station, looking north towards Cheshunt, on 21st January 2023. Opened as Churchbury in 1891, closed 1909, reopened 1915 to 1919, and then finally reopened permanently as Southbury in 1960. It weathered its many years of closure remarkably well and needed little work done for the 1960 reopening of the line. The Southbury Loop, as the line is now known, has been part of the London Overground since 31st May 2015.

Churchbury Loop (Great Eastern Railway)
David Bosher [21/01/2023]


Sharnbrook: 60069 on the 6M54 Thorney Mill to Bardon Hill empties passing Souldrop Bridge near Sharnbrook on 24th January 2023

Extension to Hitchin, Northampton and Huntingdon Railway (Midland Railway)
Roger Geach [24/01/2023]


St Pancras International: Three Eurostar e320 trains at St Pancras International on 26 January 2023.

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Phase 2
Bill Roberton [26/01/2023]


Rothley: A Met-Cam DMU in Rothley station, packed to the roof with passengers, heading north to Quorn during the GCR Winter Gala on 28th January 2023.

London Extension (Great Central Railway)
Peter Todd [28/01/2023]


Kirkdale Servicing Depot: Not in (Secret) Service. Profile of new Stadler 777007 stabled at Kirkdale Depot in February 2023. The four coach sets are only slightly longer than a 507 set but are fully articulated, with only five bogies for the whole unit. They only weigh five tons less than their predecessors but have roughly three times the power available.

Liverpool and Walton Joint Railway (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and East Lancashire Railway)
Mark Bartlett [01/02/2023]


Alexandra Dry Dock [Leith]: Former Lighthouse Board tender 'Fingal' is now owned by The Royal Yacht Trust and has been refitted into a 23-cabin luxury floating hotel. It is moored in Leith, alongside the old dockside railway lines seen here in November 2022.

Leith Harbour and Dock Commissioners Railway
John Yellowlees [13/11/2022]


Balquhidder [2nd]: Two rail cranes, accompanied by a Caley 0-6-0, installing a replacement bridge over the old course of the A84 at Balquhidder. Health and safety standards for the workforce look a little different from the present day. One has to hope they at least closed the road. The site of the original station was immediately to the right here and the railway cottages seen beyond the bridge still stand.

Callander and Oban Railway
Ian Moir (courtesy of Alastair Moir) [//]


Blea Moor Tunnel: This view looks south from above Blea Moor Tunnel showing one of the tunnel vents in the near distance and the line emerging beyond. A southbound coal train, waiting for a northbound passenger train to clear the single track over Ribblehead Viaduct, can be seen in the distance. A large spoil tip is downhill of the vent.

Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
Ewan Crawford [30/03/2008]


Troon Harbour: TS 'Duchess of Hamilton' on a charter at Troon harbour in 1968.

Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Brian Haslehust [07/09/1968]


Bo'ness: Coltness No.1, a Neilson Reid 0-6-0T (5710 of 1899), leaves Bo'ness with a short train on 28 May 2006.

Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway
Bill Roberton [28/05/2006]


Shadwell: One of two entrances to Shadwell DLR station, the most easterly, beneath the historic London & Blackwall Railway viaduct of 1840, on 25th January 2023. This stands on the site of the old Shadwell & St. Georges East station, closed as a war economy in 1941 and never reopened, but whose boarded-up entrance still stands further east. [[73355]]

Blackwall Railway
David Bosher [25/01/2023]


Chester: Newly introduced into passenger service in late 2022, the TfW Class 197s are being maintained at a CAF depot in Chester. 1st February was a national rail strike day but Merseyrail and Transport for Wales were not impacted by this and 197019 was about to leave Chester heading for Lime Street via the reopened Runcorn Curve.

Chester and Crewe Railway
Mark Bartlett [01/02/2023]