Morley: The main line between Ravensthorpe and Leeds was closed for a week in February 2023 to allow various works, including the installation of the platform walls for the replacement station at Morley. Services resumed on 13th February and two days later 158755 is seen departing Morley for Leeds and about to run through the site of the new station.
Whisker Hill Junction: 66176 coming down the bank from Retford High to the Worksop line with the Middleton Towers to Barnby Dunn sand train in 2002. These wagons have been replaced by bogie wagons and this service now runs via Spalding, Lincoln and Gainsborough to Doncaster.
Glaslbremse: The Erzbergbahn was a spectacular standard gauge rack-assisted railway built to transport iron ore from the Erzberg ('Ore Mountain') in Austrian's Styrian Alps. In this 1970 photograph, Class 97 0-6-2T 97.210 approaches Glaslbremse, where the train will pause before continuing the climb to the summit at Praebichl. The train, as always, was assisted by another Class 97 at the rear.
Tyldesley: Immediately to the west of Tyldesley station was a junction of the same name, where the line to Wigan branched right from the loop that ran through Leigh to Kenyon Junction. Tyldesley to Leigh is now part of the Leigh Guided Busway and this bus is passing the site of Tyldesley Junction on 8th February 2023. The busway has obliterated all traces of the railway between Ellenbrook and Leigh.
Whitrope Tunnel: Track level view looking north towards the fenced off entrance to Whitrope Tunnel in the summer of 2009. Located approximately two and a half miles north of Riccarton Junction, the 1200 yard long tunnel is a B listed structure. The track is courtesy of the Waverley Route Heritage Association, whose site is located just behind the camera.
Crianlarich Lower: Crianlarich Lower in 1993 looking west to the junction and the West Highland's Fillan Viaduct not long after the timber depot at the lower station was closed and lifted.
Cameron Bridge: Looking north over the River Leven to the site for Cameron Bridge (2nd) station and its related works compound. In the foreground is the trackbed of the Muiredge Goods branch.
Wimbledon Park: Wimbledon Park, originally opened by the LSWR in 1889 and served at first by LSWR trains and LU District Line trains until 1941 when the ex-LSWR service from Wimbledon to Waterloo via East Putney was withdrawn by the post-Grouping Southern Railway. This view looking towards central London is on Sunday, 15th January 2023. In every respect, this station is the exact double of Southfields station (they could be twins!) on the same line, except that Wimbledon Park faces in the opposite direction, i.e. north whereas Southfields faces south.
Glenfinnan Viaduct: An industry-leading pilot project to enhance natural habitats near the iconic Glenfinnan viaduct has begun. The project area sits within Scotland’s endangered Atlantic rainforest zone. The removal of non-native plant species, management of deer browsing, fencing improvement work, wet woodland enhancements and tree planting will take place across approximately 200 hectares to protect, restore and expand rainforest and peatland habitats.
Gartly: View of Gartly from the front of an Aberdeen to Inverness DMU in 1964.
Kenyon Junction: 45127 on the 0847 Holyhead to Newcastle, between Newton-le-Willows and Kenyon Junction on the Chat Moss route, on 8th June 1984.
Bamfurlong Junction: 66762 has just rounded the curve from the St Helens line and is now heading south for a short distance on the WCML, with a trip working from Tuebrook for the stone terminal at Ashton-in-Makerfield, on 8th February 2023. The terminal is off the stub of the old Great Central branch to St. Helens, accessed at Haydock Junction. The canal in the foreground is the Leigh Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool, which links with the Bridgwater Canal at Leigh.
Stirling Road Junction: Looking west from Stirling Road Junction towards the WCML connection. The line to the left had been laid in for the Watsonhead Loading Pad (on the course of the former alignment to Morningside) and the line to the right ran to the Costain concrete works (formerly the Coltness Iron Works).
Nuneaton: Having missed my booked train to Cambridge due to road congestion, I decided to take the next train to Leicester, to show some progress. I had a bit of a panic when it wasn't announced on platform 7; but then remembered that when freight trains are set to use the North Chord, they run wrong line through p7; so passenger trains return the compliment on p6. (but see [[image 81440]]). I didn't see the freighter, but I did see the newly laid Cemetery sidings; which are obviously a dead end.
Eastleigh Shed: T9 4-4-0 No 120 is pictured at Eastleigh shed on 15 June 1963. It had been repainted in LSWR colours and was involved in several special trains about this time. It has since been preserved and has been seen on various Heritage lines.