Scotland^s biggest stations held a series of events on Friday, May the 8th, to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allies^ Victory in Europe. With VE Day events taking place across Britain, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley held two-minute silences and wreath laying ceremonies at the stations^ war memorials at 11:00. At 15:00 train horns were sounded in the stations followed by lone pipers. Network Rail engineer Darach Urquhart at Central and LNER train manager David Johnston at Waverley played ^When the Battle^s Over^.

Network Rail [08/05/2020]

800107 passes Dalgety Bay with the 07.08 from Leeds to Aberdeen on 18th May 2020. This is the first LNER service north of Edinburgh since curtailment due to the COVID 19 emergency. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Bill Roberton [18/05/2020]

A single passenger on the concourse at Waverley, and even he is about to leave it. Photographed 7 days into the coronavirus lockdown, incidental to my permitted daily exercise.

David Panton [30/03/2020]

66419, a former DRS loco (See image [[20305]]), is seen in the new Freightliner colours as it passes through Eastleigh on 6th March 2020.

Peter Todd [06/03/2020]

DB Class 90s are rostered to make two driver training round trips between Crewe and Blackpool North each weekday as part of the Grand Central preparation for their new Blackpool to Euston services. On the second day of operations 90019 led a LNER DVT and MkIV coaches back towards Preston, seen here near Lea Road on 5th March 2020. The training runs have been using two locos top and tail and 90036 was on the rear on this run. Passenger services will use one Class 90 and the DVT and the coaches and locomotives will be in Grand Central black and yellow livery.

Mark Bartlett [05/03/2020]