11 Images released on Tuesday 17/10/2023

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Arndean Cutting: View west to a removed bridge. West of Arndean the DVR crossed a minor road between Vicar's Bridge and Westmuir. With the opening of the line the road was placed into a cutting with retaining walls on the east side of the bridge.

Devon Valley Railway
Ewan Crawford [17/08/2023]


Ashington Colliery: Hunslet 21201/208, works no. 6616 of 1965, at Ashington Colliery in 1987, along with an ex-BR Class 14. The Hunslet had previously worked at Boldon Colliery.

Ashington Collieries Railway
Bill Roberton [//1987]


Rochford: 720542 with the ex-09.33 Greater Anglia service from Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria departing from Rochford, Essex, at 10.23 on Friday, 15th September 2023.

Shenfield to Southend Line (Great Eastern Railway)
David Bosher [15/09/2023]


Great Harwood: The last trains ran through Great Harwood in 1964. Now this street, known as Railway Terrace, overlooks a public greenspace that has been built on the trackbed and runs for some distance towards Blackburn. This view looks east towards the site of Great Harwood station.

North Lancashire Loop (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Mark Bartlett [13/09/2023]


Falahill Summit: A southbound ScotRail DMU on the Borders Railway rounds the curve at Falahill with a service to Tweedbank. View is north east, looking back towards Tynehead, on the morning of 21 July 2022.

Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
John Furnevel [21/07/2022]


Bolitho Viaduct: The sun in the early morning is on the up side at Bolitho. 47808 has the Penzance to Glasgow service on the viaduct. Harvest time is over.

Cornwall Railway
Roger Geach [05/09/1989]


Maud: Last day of passenger services at Maud, with a BRCW Type 2 (later Class 27) on the 2.15pm Fraserburgh-Aberdeen.

Formartine and Buchan Railway
Brian Haslehust [02/10/1965]


Blairingone Siding: This interesting bridge carries a minor road (Blairingone to Vicar's Bridge) over the Devon Valley Railway a little east of the site of Blairingone Siding. The bridge is skew and the roadway crosses over the top on even more of a skew. Those stonemasons were quite something.

Devon Valley Railway
Ewan Crawford [17/08/2023]


Horseshoe Viaduct: The 06.55 Mallaig to Glasgow Queen Street crossing Horseshoe Viaduct in October 1975. Motive power is an unidentified Class 27.

West Highland Railway
John Clark [/10/1975]


Ashington Colliery: 9107/57 (D9555) and NCB No.7 (D9518) stabled at Ashington in 1987, the latter under repair. Both locos made it into preservation but D9518 has not yet operated although in 2023 it is nearing the end of a long, comprehensive restoration.

Ashington Collieries Railway
Bill Roberton [//1987]


Pinkhill: Pinkhill station in 1967 with a Met-Cam DMU from Corstorphine to North Berwick arriving. Passenger services over the branch were withdrawn as from 01/01/1968 with the last trains running on Saturday 30/12/1967.

Corstorphine Branch (North British Railway)
John Clark [//1967]