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Alloa Bridge: Throsk Cabin Alloa Bridge. Signalman taking the tablet from CR 0.6.0 57443 on up freight.

Alloa Railway
G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. [19/04/1952]


Squires Gate: The operational platform at Squires Gate has been kept in good order for some time (See [[69185]]) but now the local group of friends have turned their attention to the old Up Platform and spruced that up too. 156425 departs for the Pleasure Beach and Blackpool South on 4th September 2024.

Blackpool and Lytham Railway
Mark Bartlett [04/09/2024]


Slochd Viaduct: Approaching Slochd Viaduct in 1961.

Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway)
David Murray-Smith [18/03/1961]


Hackney Wick: 378213, London Overground from Stratford to Richmond, departing from its first stop at Hackney Wick at 14.32 on Saturday, 24th February 2024. The train is about to pass the site of Victoria Park station, which had platforms on both the Stratford and Poplar lines. Those on the Stratford line closed in 1942 and on the Poplar line in 1943, a year ahead of the Broad Street to Poplar service finishing due to war damage. The Bow to Poplar section is now part of the DLR.

North London to North Woolwich Line (Great Eastern Railway)
David Bosher [24/02/2024]


Kinfauns: A4 'Union of South Africa' on a Pentland Round Table Jubilee railtour at Kinfauns in 1977.

Dundee and Perth Railway
Aitken Scott [//1977]


Newington [NBR]: Looking east towards the closed Newington Station in 1971. The island platform was later removed and the tracks re-aligned.

Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
Bill Roberton [//1971]


Tullibardine: View south at Tullibardine, with some blurring for privacy. There was no loop at the station, just a loading bank served from a headshunt.

Crieff Junction Railway
Ewan Crawford [17/11/2023]


Glasson Dock: Viewed from the old railway line at Glasson Dock, general cargo vessel MV 'Fluvius Axe' unloads a cargo of grain, from Blaye in France, into waiting trucks on 3rd September 2024.

Glasson Dock Branch (London and North Western Railway)
Mark Bartlett [03/09/2024]