Plates, signs, notices etc: Eastern region condemned wagon plate 1948 21T no. 307527, at Arnott Young, breakers Dalmuir.

Aberdeen South Signal Box: Taken during a visit to the Aberdeen signal boxes this shot shows a view towards the Guild Street Goods Yard where several trains of wagons are standing in the sidings together with a Class 40 loco. A Class 25 approaches the box with another goods train probably to be propelled back into the sidings. For a view of the gantries and the box from the station platforms see image [[59130]].

Doncaster Works: Lineup of withdrawn locomotives at BREL Doncaster on 27 February 1982 with 40067 and 03107 (both withdrawn from Gateshead the previous summer) nearest the camera.

Doncaster Works: Deltic 55005 The Prince of Wales's own regiment of Yorkshire on display outside Doncaster works on 27 February 1982.

Coulsdon North: Remains of the 4-platform Coulsdon North station in Surrey, looking north in 1984. The station had been closed in September 1983 and the site was completely cleared by early 1986. Part of the area is now occupied by industrial and commercial premises, with the A23 Coulsdon relief road running through the site.

Barry: 4253 stands in the scrapyard at Barry in February 1986.

Szoldry: 2-8-2T No. TKt48-171 pulls away from Szoldry in Western Poland on the 09.10 departure from Czempin to Srem in February 1991. This section of line was in poor condition with a severe speed restriction imposed - on one occasion a train (possibly this one) was observed hereabouts being paced by an elderly lady on a bicycle!

Dinton: Looking west over the former Dinton station (closed 1966), on the Salisbury to Exeter main line, in February 1992. While it still appears to be double track, the right hand line (the old up line) was only used by this time as a connection between the RAF site at Dinton and the RAF site at Chilmark to the west. Both had their own internal narrow gauge systems and there were trans-shipment sheds to move supplies between standard gauge and narrow gauge waggons.

Wilton Junction: 47717 heads east towards Salisbury with an Exeter to Waterloo service as it approaches Wilton Jct on 27 February 1992. The photo was taken on The Avenue road bridge over the railway and the ex GWR line to Westbury is through the trees immediately on the right.

Tisbury: West of Tisbury, near to Wardour Castle, a Class 33 heads an Exeter service through the Nadder Valley on 27 February 1992.

Tisbury: A class 33 locomotive departs from Tisbury, Wiltshire, on the single-line section between Templecombe and Salisbury, with an up train for Waterloo (accompanied by plenty of exhaust) in February 1992.

Tisbury: An Exeter - Waterloo service arrives at Tisbury, Wiltshire in February 1992 behind a class 33 locomotive.

Amsterdam Central: A Plan T EMU entering Amsterdam Central on 27 February 1992.

Tickets and labels: 8 Oct 2010 marked the 50th Anniversary of closure of the former Sheffield Corporation trams operation. After a 33 year closure the Sheffield Supertram came on the scene in early 1994. Tickets were issued to council officers, and other dignatories, with some then making their way to friends and contacts, yours truly included. One of the Pre Opening One Trip VIP Travel Passes is shown here.

Millerhill Junction: Having just propelled its train of coal out of Monktonhall Colliery, 08411 draws forward from the former Bilston Glen branch towards Millerhill Yard on 27 February 1995. In the backround is the disused ECML Electrification Yard which utilised the Waverley Route sidings.

Perth: An Inverness to Edinburgh service pulls out of Perth's Platform 3 in February 1999.

Dumfries: A Carlisle - Glasgow Central train pulls up alongside platform 2 at Dumfries on 27 February 2002.

Tyseley: Carriage Sidings to the west of Tyseley station looking north in 2003. The station is to the right and locomotive works museum off to the left.

Brampton: Looking west at Brampton. Great lighting, but sadly no train showed.

Low Row: A sprinter heads west from the level crossing at Low Row.

Milngavie: A cold and frosty February morning at Milngavie in 2005.

Milngavie: Platform 1 at Milngavie terminus, February 2005. SPT 320302 has recently arrived with a train from Springburn.

Milngavie: Likely Lads. Milngavie Station, February 2005.

Johnstone: 66020 racing through Johnstone station with coal empties heading for Hunterston.

Johnstone: Freightliner Heavy Haul 66583 thunders through Johnstone on 27 February as it heads for Hunterston with an empty coal train.

Laurencekirk: Looking north towards Aberdeen along the platform at Laurencekirk on 27 February 2008. The 1849 station was closed in September 1967 but is scheduled to reopen in just over a years time. See image [[24189]]

Johnstone: Northern pacer 142014, photographed approaching Johnstone on 27 February, on its way to Glasgow Works for overhaul. The 142 units use the G&SW route as they are banned from using part of the West Coast Main Line

Johnstone: 318265 & 318266 departing Johnstone with the 1445 service to Ayr on 27 February.

Inchyra Level Crossing: View south over Inchyra AHB level crossing on the Dundee & Perth line on 27 February 2008, with 'Crossing Cottage' standing on the right.

Johnstone: EWS 66068 passing south through Johnstone with empty coal hoppers for Hunterston on 27 February.

Laurencekirk: Scene just south of Laurencekirk on 27 February with Freightliner 66615 on the 6A65 Oxwellmains - Aberdeen cement train.

Arbroath Goods: The old goods yard and shed at Arbroath on 27 February 2008. Strangely free of weeds given the years of disuse.

Montrose: The 07.10 Leeds-Aberdeen HST service passes evidence of resignalling at Montrose on 27 February. Two-way working is to be introduced to allow disabled access from the main platform to trains travelling in both directions thus avoiding the expense of a new footbridge. Control will be from the north box with the south cabin being abolished.

Crewe: A Liverpool to Birmingham service departs south from Crewe with 350128 on 27 February 2008.

Laurencekirk: 4A66 Grangemouth - Aberdeen containers approaching Laurencekirk on 27 February behind DRS 66414.

Craigo: Northbound ECML service passing the up starter at Craigo on 27 February

Arbroath: The 1911 station building at Arbroath in February 2008.

Curriehill: A lone passenger on the platform at Curriehill on a Wednesday morning in February 2008 about to board an afternoon Glasgow Central - Edinburgh Waverley (via Shotts) service.

Craigo: Southbound train passing Craigo signal box on 27 February.

Farington Curve Junction: Advenza Freight, and parent company Cotswold Rail, were wound up in the High Court on 7 October. Here a crew member of Cotswold's 47810, hauling failed Advenza 47375 and its train of scrap vehicles, speaks to Preston Power Box having halted at the signal on the Up Fast due to a problem with the train. The three leased Class 66/8 locos have already gone back to Porterbrook and it remains to be seen what happens to the remainder of the companies' fleets.

Dalgety Bay: 158 730 approaches Dalgety Bay with a Kirkcaldy service on 27 February 2009, passing a sign on the Up side reading End of Poor Adhesion. The train is entering a section where a stiff upgrade and trees hard by the line mean that on a wet day in autumn trains can have difficulty getting going after a stop at The Bay.

Edrom: View east along the platform at Edrom station on 27 February 2009, looking towards Reston and the ECML.

Duns: Old marker in Railway Avenue, Duns, now part of a housing estate built on the line of the railway just before it reached Duns Station.

Farington Curve Junction: Prior to the Easter weekend relaying of Farington Curve Junction there was considerable preparatory work including creating a new access road and the installation of lighting columns. This view of 158855 negotiating the junction on a York to Blackpool service shows these preparation works.

Queen of the South Viaduct: The 1859 bridge that carried the Stranraer line over the Nith between Dumfries and Maxwelltown, reopened in July 2008 as the Queen of the South viaduct for use by pedestrians and cyclists as part of the Maxwelltown Railway Path.

Farington Curve Junction: Advenza Brush Class 47, 47375, failed whilst hauling a scrap train between Lancaster and Preston on 250209 and was dragged to Preston to await a tow home. After two days Cotswold liveried 47810 took the loco, five wagons and two old coaches away but came to a halt at the Up Fast signal by Farington Curve Junction for around ten minutes before getting slowly underway again. In over thirty years of visiting the junction this was the first time I had seen a train halted at this particular signal. (Update - 47375 didn't recover from this failure and was sold to Booths at Rotherham for scrap being transfered there on 260309, although it was later reprieved and is now (Oct 14) reported bound for further work in Hungary with three other Brush Type 4s.)

Dalgety Bay: The course of most of the southern part of the Fordell Waggonway (1700s to 1946) was bulldozed over in the building of Dalgety Bay from 1966 onwards, and some imagination is needed to plot it, though see Bill Roberton's image 15524.  Here the line entered what is now the town from the north after a dogleg under the main line and coast road, just east of Dalgety Bay station. The mysterious line (military, I think) from Donibristle box on the main line to Inverkeithing Bay bridged over it running east-west approximately where Dobbies stands in the middle distance. The remains of that line are even more scant.

Duns: View east over the former Duns station in February 2009.

Nith Viaduct: Plaque commemorating the opening of the Queen of the South viaduct, Dumfries, as a footpath/cycleway in July 2008.

Donibristle Siding: Behind this building, which appears to be an air-raid shelter, ran the line from Donibristle Junction to East Ness Jetty, Inverkeithing Bay, used to transport seaplanes to and from RNAS Donibristle (behind me) for storage and overhaul. It fell out of use after WWII. Immediately beyond that was Donibristle Halt on the main line, a little to the east of the current Dalgety Bay station. The halt, which closed with the airbase in 1959, was built of wood so unsurprisingly nothing remains on the ground see image [[21502]]. One can guess why an air raid shelter was needed near, but not in, an airbase, but why between it another strategic target? [My thanks to Railscot visitor Colin Dawson for information on the East Ness line.]

Perth Holding Sidings: 'Behind the Wall' at Perth in February 2010, looking north along the old no 2 road. The lamps were suspended from wires across the tracks see image [[19602]].

Perth Rowntree Mackintosh Siding: Looking North along the route of the avoiding lines at Perth in February 2010. Rowntrees siding formerly ran through a gate to the warehouse on the left.

Perth Holding Sidings: Remains of the old telephone equipment on the wall of the former holding sidings alongside Perth station in February 2010. It never worked. The Secondman always ended up being sent to see the gaffer, or fitter, or whoever was required!

Marshall Meadows: A northbound ECML service passes the border sign at Marshall Meadows on 27 February 2010. 

Marshall Meadows: A southbound train on the East Coast Main Line nears the border at Marshall Meadows on 27 February 2010.

Fylde Junction: St Mark's church in Preston, now converted into apartments, forms an impressive backdrop as 142039 heads for Kirkham and Blackpool South.

Marshall Meadows: A northbound train on the ECML about to pass under Marshall Meadows road bridge on 27 February 2010, with Berwick-upon-Tweed in the background

Perth Holding Sidings: Perth holding sidings in February 2010. Pre-1968 these were the down carriage sidings and were through sidings. However with the closure of Perth Shed in 1968 buffer stops were put in midway, enabling the north end to become 'holders' nos 1-3. See image [[1569]]. The wall separating the wash road and the 'holders' extended past the photographer. This was removed in 1984/5 as this wasn't part of the original station and therefore not listed. At the same time there was some rationalisation of track and signalling with the down passenger loop (between the wash road and platform 7) being removed. The crossovers and signals midway along 7 were also removed. To the right is the solum of the station avoiding lines, a double line that ran from the Edinburgh Road to Crieff Road Bridge. These were removed around 1970. Perth HS gradually fell out of use with the run-down of loco work and are now clamped oou.

Perth: View east from Perth holding sidings towards the station in February 2010. The metal contraption on the right is an incinerator and may date from the days when these were carriage sidings.

Burntisland: Track renewal activity on the down line at Burntisland just west of the station on 27 February 2011, with rail fixings being applied to new track in the deep cutting.

Burntisland: 'This'll doo' (sorry) as the driver of 66093 (at the head of a ballast train) admires the pigeons on a pleasant Sunday morning in Burntisland.

Burntisland Viaduct: Track renewal on the down line at Burntisland just west of the station on 27 February, looking over the viaduct by the harbour.

Lumphinnans Central Junction: During the track renewal work at Burntisland on 27 February through services were diverted via 'the branch' (as it's known locally) through Cowdenbeath.  43310 is seen here leading the 13.10 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross 'East Coast' service past the former Lumphinnans Central Junction.

Coaltown of Wemyss: Surviving gate of the Hugo branch level crossing on the A955 in Coaltown of Wemyss, photographed in February 2012. This line served the Hugo Depot at the northern end of a railway tunnel from the Victoria Pit on the foreshore at West Wemyss see image [[37854]].

West Wemyss: South portal of the tunnel from the Victoria Pit, West Wemyss, Fife, to a trans-shipment point at the Hugo Depot, photographed in February 2012.

Fleetwood Ferry [Tram]: Blackpool tram 013 on a service from Starr Gate pauses briefly at Fleetwood Ferry on 27 February 2014 before returning south. Heritage tram services ran to Fleetwood again over the Easter weekend and are scheduled to operate on other Bank Holidays in 2014.

Tower (Blackpool): With a familiar (if partly shrouded) landmark dominating the promenade backdrop, Flexity 001 leaves the Tower tram stop heading south on a bright February morning.

Fleetwood Ferry [Tram]: Flexity tram 013 swings round the corner into the Fleetwood Ferry stop on a service from Starr Gate on 27 February. The Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramway is double track along its entire length apart from this loop at the northern terminus.

Carnforth: Stored ex-Fragonset 47355 languishing in the component recovery yard at Carnforth in Febuary 2015. Externally it is probably the most presentable of the Brush 4s there. In October 1971, as D1816, it was involved in a fatal crash at Beattock having run away down the bank with a loaded steel train.

Moreton-in-Marsh: First Great Western 180102 Paddington bound at Moreton-in-Marsh on 27 February 2015. Surprising to see the station is still mechanically signalled with a manned signal box and GWR pattern lower quadrant signals in place, particularly given the line was recently upgraded back to double track.

Rufford: Having photographed a pair of DRS 37s on a test train at Rufford last month see image [[49989]], on 27 February 2015 it was the turn of a pair of Network Rail Class 97s to work the train down to Ormskirk and back to Preston as part of their overnight travels around the north-west. The photograph shows 97301 on the rear of the train on the outward trip with 97304 leading.

Moreton-in-Marsh: The signal box at Moreton-in-Marsh on 27 February 2015.

Greenan Siding: Revealed by the die-back of vegetation, the ramp of the loading bank at Greenan Siding between Alloway and Heads of Ayr in February 2015. The location featured in a famous photograph of a Coronation Pacific being brought out of here on a low-loader on its way to Butlins. See image [[45559]]

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal: The northern rail limit at this ever expanding terminal has increased by about half a mile since last photographed see image [[35439]] - note the orange buffer stop on the right. The acoustic fence is to reduce noise for a new housing estate. The warehouse on the left is part of DIRFT 2 and belongs to Sainsbury's.

Moreton-in-Marsh: Platform scene at Moreton-in-Marsh on 27 February with First Great Western 180106 running north into the station on a service to Hereford.

Carnforth: 156490 leaves Carnforth heading for Barrow-in-Furness. The train has just passed the West Coast depot and is now on the bridge crossing Crag Bank Road and the tidal River Keer. [Ref query 7588]

Moreton-in-Marsh: FGW 180106 departing Moreton-in-Marsh on 27 February, about to pass a GWR lower quadrant signal.

Barrow Hill Shed: 89001 resting up between main line turns in February 2016. So far, the rest has been for about ten years. That 37 in the background looks rather high-vis.

Ruddington: 03118 pretending to be a steam engine - look at that chimney! GCR(N) at Ruddington in 2016.

Ruddington: Suit enthusiast - Abernant #5 would struggle to pass its MoT, were it to be a car.

Barrow Hill Shed: The diesel and electric side of the turntable at Barrow Hill. See also image [[39590]].

Dunblane Junction: 66111 enters Dunblane with the empty fuel tanks from Lairg on 27 February 2016. Switch of this traffic to road transport has been announced.

Barrow Hill Shed: Platform staff and footplate crew confer before the departure of a BLS special from Barrow Hill during an open day on 27 February 2016.

Barrow Hill Shed: Imaginary telephone conversation: Hello Mr. Railtour operator, you know you wanted D9015 for your tour tomorrow? Well, we've just got to put the engine and the front bogie back in - hello? - 'Tulyar' in an Airfix frame of mind in the DPS shed at Barrow Hill.

Ruddington: Quite large, as preserved boxes go; and a nice little hut next door.

Dunblane: A united corporate front is presented by 170 452 on the 14.41 from Glasgow QS to Aberdeen, with 170 395 on the 15.13 to Glasgow on the left and 170 460 recently arrived from Edinburgh on the right.

Rushcliffe Halt: Another 'if only' see image [[53774]]. This is the prototype HST power car 41001, arriving at Rushcliffe Halt to pick up passengers from a BLS DMU charter. Could HST's have saved the GC? Discuss.

Penicuik Gas Works: Part of a still discernible trackbed in Lady Wood alongside the A701 on the northern approach to Penicuik, photographed in February 2016 looking east. The embankment carried a mineral line running south from the goods yard at Glencorse station to serve coal workings and the local gasworks (which stood just off picture to the right). Nowadays the route is used regularly by walkers and as a shortcut by students from the nearby high school.

Bridge of Allan: DRS 68001 Evolution takes the Grangemouth to Aberdeen intermodal service through Bridge of Allan on 27th February 2016.

Birch Coppice: This is a difficult location to photograph as the sun spends most of the day over the hills in the background, making exposure difficult. But at 0730 on this Saturday morning, the sun was not yet over the yardarm as 66757 West Somerset Railway shunted a GBRf service back into the yard. I was on my way to catch a BLS charter from Uttoxeter.

Eskbridge: A mile after leaving the terminus, trains on the Penicuik Railway reached the single wooden platform at Eskbridge. The station here closed in 1930 and any remains are buried beneath the mound on the left. The trackbed now forms part of the popular Penicuik – Dalkeith Walkway. Scene looking north towards Auchendinny on 27 February 2016.

Barrow Hill Shed: Now, I wonder what company owned this one - LNER 0-6-0 no. 8217 on static exhibit at Barrow Hill. This J17 (BR No. 65567) is the sole survivor of its class. see image [[13378]] for its near neighbour.

Rushcliffe Halt: It's not every day that you see a 56 (this is 097) and a 156 (this is 413) together. The occasion was a BLS railtour to the GCR(N) seen at Rushcliffe on 27th February 2016.

Barrow Hill Shed: I think you might describe this as a colourful livery. GBRf loco 'Celsa 2' is clearly an 08 or 09, but is distinguished from the general run of 'gronks' by being converted to remote control.

Uttoxeter: Last man standing - but it doesn't look like an action movie. A BLS member who had just left the 'North Midlands Tracker' railtour awaits his onward connection at Uttoxeter station on 27 February 2016. The footbridge is a fairly recent addition see image [[20924]].

Rushcliffe Halt: No rush, mate. We can wait. The prototype HST set on the Great Central (North) has to wait for a staffer to finish his lunch.

Dunblane Junction: 170 460 eases out of Dunblane loop in preparation for reversal and then a return to Edinburgh. DBS 66111, with empty tanks from Lairg to Mossend, waits patiently for these manoeuvres to be completed.

Ruddington: Down in the carriage shed, something stirred - the mystery being, why would the GC have a Southern Region coach? See image [[12077]] - the answer, apparently, being that this is a DMU coach, and the Southern green is an undercoat for a dark green final coat.

Edinburgh Park Station [Tram]: An airport - bound tram climbs from Edinburgh Park in the strong early morning sun on 27-2-17.

Buxton MPD: The foundations of the demolished shed at Buxton seen from the station in February 2017.

Stow: Stow in the snow, seen from 170404 on an Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank Borders Line service arriving at the station on 27th February 2018.

Stow: Wintry scene just south of Stow, seen from 170404 working from Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank on 27th February 2018.

Galashiels: 170404, on a service from Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank, departing from Galashiels station on 27th February 2018

Galashiels: 158731, with a Borders Railway service from Tweedbank to Edinburgh Waverley, arriving at its first port of call at Galashiels, just as the Beast from the East was starting to make its presence felt, on 27th February 2018.

Edinburgh Waverley: 170404 waiting to depart from Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank on 27th February 2018.

Farington Curve Junction: Freightliner 90041 and 90043 raise flurries of fresh snow as they take a southbound intermodal through Farington Curve Junction on 27th February 2018.

Farington Curve Junction: 88005 'Minerva' takes the northbound Tesco through a snowy Farington Curve Junction on 27th February 2018.

Stow: Stow station, closed 1969, reopened 2015, seen in heavy snow from 170404 departing with a service from Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank on 27th February 2018.

Moy: GWR liveried Hitachi Class 800 Azuma, No. 800303 forms the 5X71 ECS working from Craigentinny to Inverness crossing the freezing cold moor at Moy on 27th February 2018. (Strictly as GWR, this is a InterCity Express Train (IET) rather than Azuma - thank you WC.)

Tay Bridge: 'Opened June 20 1887' reads the plaque above the central section of the Tay Bridge, seen from a northbound HST on 27 February 2019. Photographed with only my camera outside the window, naturally.

Dundee Central Junction: An Edinburgh to Arbroath 170 approaches Dundee on the Platform 4 line on a fine 27 February 2019. The long-term plan is that these signals (or their replacements) will be controlled from Waverley.

Woodacre Crossing: New TPE EMU 397001 passes Woodacre on a test run from Longsight (via Crewe) to Carlisle on 27th February 2019. The 5-car Class 397s are destined for the Manchester Airport to Glasgow/Edinburgh route allowing the 4-car 350s to be cascaded elsewhere.

Carnoustie: The level crossing at Carnoustie station is about to be resurfaced and have new barriers installed. The only visible sign of work in this shot on 27th February 2019 are the new warning lights, still under wraps, but there is a busy-looking compound in the old goods yard behind the HST. The signalling is also apparently being revamped, but I saw no sign of this yet and the Down semaphore is certainly still in place.

Dundee: An Aberdeen to Kings Cross HST comes to a halt at Dundee on 27 February 2019, with the masts of RRS Discovery in the background. If the masts seem a little high, could it be because Dundee is the only Network station in Britain below sea level? I'm preparing to be shot down.

Wallasey Village: Platform building on Wallasey Village with its art deco canopy.

Leuchars: No, I wasn’t trespassing; this is a fragmentary remainder of the Tayport loop in a public area just to the north of Leuchars box. In more recent times it was the approach to the oil siding at RAF Leuchars. It had obviously been left as a - what, conversation piece? Preserved railway with no trains? The point lever has either been disabled as a safety measure or I am too feeble to shift it. View looks north on 27 February.

Carnoustie: An Arbroath to Edinburgh service makes its first stop on the precocious spring day of 27 February 2019. I can read the driver's Him again? expression from here.

Golf Street: The rather insubstantial platforms at Golf Street actually give under your feet. This must be one of the few stations in Britain without departure information, though it is probably coming as screens are being installed at its fellow parliamentary stations of Barry Links and Balmossie. All for one train a day each way.

Barnhill Signal Box: With the empty headquarters of the Edrington Group behind, and the Tay in the foreground, a HST working 1A63 passes Walnut Grove (mid way between Barnhill and Kinfauns) en route to Aberdeen on 27th February 2019. Picture by John Cumming.

Gore Glen Bridge: The 1024 Edinburgh - Tweedbank about to enter the wooded area at the northern end of the Gore Glen between Newtongrange and Gorebridge on 27 February 2019.

Garstang and Catterall: Recently refurbished Voyagers 221114 and 115 approach the bridge over the River Calder at Garstang, working from Euston to Glasgow (via Birmingham), on 27th February 2021. The sun is behind the train so the new Avanti vinyls do not really show up in this image but the Voyager programme is proceeding apace and others will quickly appear.

Garstang and Catterall: Intermodals passing at Garstang and Catterall on 27th February 2021. 66433 is working from Daventry to Mossend. 90008 'The East Anglian' and 90007 'Sir John Betjeman', both still in Greater Anglia grey, are bound for Crewe with containers from Coatbridge.

Oxford: In response to Peter Todd's picture (see image [[80250]]), here is a view North from Oxford, further down the platform and somewhat later in the day! The trains on the right are a GWR Hitachi unit about to go South to London, and a Chiltern unit about to go North to London. You know it makes sense.

Bath Spa: I could watch this for hours. This electronic display (IIRC on platform 2 at Bath) tells you where the train you just missed has gotten to; or more constructively, the location of the train you are just about to catch.

Slateford Yard: More signalling demonstration and training facilities at Slateford in February 2022.

Coventry: Coventry has a brand spanking new forecourt, and its multi-storey car park is all lit up. Unfortunately it is closed off behind steel mesh fencing. To park your car, you must exit stage right, then turn left five times. Fans of the late lamented Richard Briers should enjoy travelling in Ever Decreasing Circles.

Moy: Return working of LSL's 'The Clansman' railtour from Inverness to London Euston on 27th February 2022, double headed by 47614 and 47593 'Galloway Princess'. DVT No.82139 was immediately behind the 47s.

Lasswade Viaduct: View north over the valley of the North Esk in Midlothian on a February morning in 2022. Thomas Bouch's 1867 Lasswade Viaduct saw its last scheduled passenger train in 1951, although freight services continued to serve the local mills at Polton until final closure of the branch in 1964.

Bath Spa: There is a stark contrast between the immaculate paintwork of the Westbound Hitachi unit and the peeling paint on the woodwork on the right. Bath Spa is still a very pleasant station; recent renovations led to the necessity of leaving the station (from the Eastbound platform) through a privately owned bar. Slight temptation there.