12 Images released on Saturday 16/09/2023

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Oakworth: Oakworth station, which featured in the smash hit 1970 film version of E. Nesbit's classic Edwardian novel 'The Railway Children', on Saturday, 15th July 2023. Opened in 1867, closed to passengers in 1961 and to goods in 1962, and reopened by the KWVR in 1968. (The section of the building closest to the camera is a later addition, forming an extension to the 1867 station.)

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
David Bosher [15/07/2023]


Edinburgh Waverley: 57601 'Windsor Castle' on the rear of the 'Northern Belle Edinburgh Fringe Festival' from Liverpool Lime Street on 24 August 2023.

North British Railway
Bill Roberton [24/08/2023]


Defiance Platform: 57601 1Z57 1045 Cardiff - Par special at Wearde Quay, the site of Defiance Platform, on 16th August 2023.

Cornwall Railway
Roger Geach [16/08/2023]


Bathgate West Junction [2nd]: Standard Class 4 2-6-0 76107 moves off with a brake van in tow, after being brought to a brief halt at the Bathgate West junction home signal. The photograph dates from 1965.

Longridge to Bathgate (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway)
Robin McGregor [15/02/1965]


Dunblane: West Coast Railway Mk1 coach 99371 'Victoria' passes through Dunblane on the evening of 3rd July 2023 as part of the consist of the 'Flying Scotsman Centenary Weekender'. The passengers seen here had each paid around two thousand pounds for the privilege of witnessing just how much 60103 is revered by the British public and having themselves immortalized in thousands of photographs and videos.

Scottish Central Railway
Mark Dufton [03/07/2023]


Fearn: 158703 arrives at Fearn with an afternoon Inverness - Wick working on 11th July 2017.

Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
John Clark [11/07/2017]


Forfar [1st]: This massive retaining wall (which has been cut back) supported the extreme west end of the Forfar terminus, shown as the coal and lime sheds in the OS map of 1860.

Arbroath and Forfar Railway
Ewan Crawford [18/07/2023]


Corstorphine [2nd]: Metro-Cammell DMU at Corstorphine in 1966.

Corstorphine Branch (North British Railway)
Brian Haslehust [19/08/1966]


Bridge No 95: Morning sunshine illuminates a deserted Borders Railway works site on Boxing Day 2013. The view is north from Plumtreehall Brae, Galashiels, with bridge no 95 centre stage. Originally constructed to carry the Waverley Route over the Gala Water, the bridge had become part of a walking and cycling route following closure of the line in 1969.

Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
John Furnevel [26/12/2013]


Retford High Level: More EMUs for storage at Worksop. 37884 on 5Q26, the 1101 Gillingham to Worksop move at Eaton Lane nr Retford on 15th September 2023.

Peterborough to Doncaster Line (Great Northern Railway)
Roger Geach [15/09/2023]


Accrington: 156425 leaves Accrington heading towards Burnley and the Copy Pit route, with a Blackburn to Rainford service, on 22nd August 2023. These former Kirkby services, temporarily cut back to Rainford, will go through to the Headbolt Lane interchange with Merseyrail when that new station opens later in 2023.

Stubbins to Accrington Line (East Lancashire Railway)
Mark Bartlett [22/08/2023]


Killorglin Viaduct: Killorglin Viaduct looking east towards Farranfore, now part of a short footpath and cycleway. The section of the branch from Farranfore to Killorglin opened in January 1885, closing on 1 Feb 1960.

Valentia Harbour Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway)
Mark Poustie [20/06/2021]