15 Images released on Thursday 09/03/2023

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Hessay: The closed station at Hessay, now a private residence but with a signaller's office, on the York to Harrogate line, as seen from passing UK Railtours' excursion from King's Cross to Harrogate (with onwards coach connection to the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway), on Saturday, 1st August 2015.

East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
David Bosher [01/08/2015]


Crossroads: The building at Crossroads station seen in 2010 in a view looking east across the former trackbed. Opened 1832 and possibly closed around 1853, although the line remained open until 1861 when the Lochee Deviation opened. The building is within the grounds of King's Cross Hospital. Clepington Road is immediately to the left out of the view.

Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Ewan Crawford [28/03/2010]


Devonport: 70806 on a track maintenance train from Bodmin Parkway back to Westbury at Devonport, Plymouth. This was once Devonport Albert Road when Kings Road at Devonport was open.

Cornwall Railway
Roger Geach [20/09/2015]


Camp Viaduct: A train has just crossed Camp Viaduct and is approaching the site of Ross Junction in 1999. The view looks east with the River Clyde off to the left.

Lesmahagow Railway
Ewan Crawford [//1999]


Wemyss Bay: Wemyss Bay station on 25th July 2017, refurbishment completed in 2016, although the platforms on the far right are no longer in use.

Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway
David Bosher [25/07/2017]


Camp Viaduct: View south west over Camp Viaduct which crosses the River Clyde between Motherwell and Hamilton. Camp is on the east bank of the Clyde in Motherwell (the closer side of the river). The viaduct is sometimes referred to as Camps, although this could be confused with the disused viaduct near Kirknewton.

Lesmahagow Railway
Network Rail [/03/2023]


Scorton [Lancashire] [1st]: DBSO 9707 brings up the rear of the Scotrail push-pull set as it heads for Edinburgh at Scorton on 24th February 2023. This was 1Z11, Crewe to Edinburgh, behind 47712.

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
Mark Bartlett [24/02/2023]


Kelvinhaugh Junction: 334 031 and 016 head west from Kelvinhaugh Junction with the 13.07 from Edinburgh to Helensburgh.

Stobcross Railway
Bill Roberton [25/02/2023]


Law Incline Engine: This is the view looking south down Upper Constitution Street from Kinghorne Road. Behind the wall was the alignment of the Dundee and Newtyle's Law Incline and, in particular, the Law Incline Engine and southern portal of the Law Tunnel. Houses were built over this portion of the alignment.

Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Ewan Crawford [28/03/2010]


Windsor and Eton Central: Full-scale replica of Achilles 4-2-2 No.3041, on static display at Windsor & Eton Central, on 13th April 2019. The original was built in 1894 and at first named 'Emlyn', after Lord Emlyn, Chairman of the GWR. Repainted in GWR livery in 1897, the Diamond Jubilee year, the locomotive was then renamed 'The Queen', especially to pull six new carriages of Queen Victoria's Royal Train. It was withdrawn from service in 1912 and the genuine example does not survive.

Windsor Branch (Great Western Railway)
David Bosher [13/04/2019]


Law Incline: Looking down the former Law Incline towards the Somerville Place overline bridge from the top of Drummond Street. The line was in a cutting with sides of dressed stonework and had three rails, one for up, one shared and one down. The grass covers the infilled cutting. The line here opened in 1832 with the extension from the temporary Top of Law terminus to Ward Street/Road. It closed in 1861 with the opening of the deviation via Lochee.

Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Ewan Crawford [28/03/2010]


Brighouse Basins: The lower basin at Brighouse, looking east towards the lock that leads into a canalised section of the River Calder. Further west, at Sowerby Bridge, the Calder and Hebble joins the Rochdale Canal providing a through route over the Pennines into Manchester.

Calder and Hebble Navigation
Mark Bartlett [15/02/2023]


Prestonhill Quarry: Looking west over the disused Prestonhill Quarry in 2004, with Jamestown Viaduct on the main line in the distance. Tramways connected to a conveyor belt and jetty.

Bill Roberton [//2004]


Preston: During three consecutive weekend closures of Preston station various points and other track were replaced. 156412, arriving from Colne, passes over a renewed pair of points on 8th March 2023.

North Union Railway
Mark Bartlett [08/03/2023]


Menheniot: 158822 Penzance to Plymouth service calls at Menheniot. The village of the same name is quite some walk away through country lanes!

Cornwall Railway
Roger Geach [19/08/1997]