Bowland: Scene on the Waverley route some 30 miles south of Edinburgh, thought to have been taken on 25 April 1964. Hawick shed's BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76050 works hard with a northbound train at Bowland on the climb to Falahill summit. View is south east with the train passing the site of Bowland station (closed 1953) located on the south side of the bridge over the B710. For the same view 52 years later see image [[56217]].

Glasgow Central: Black 5 44796 has brought the empty stock for the 5.25pm express to London into Platform 2 at Glasgow Central on 25th April 1967, but is not attracting much interest from the lady commuter opposite. The gentleman with the peaked cap looks as though he might be rather more aware that the sight is about to become past history, this being the final week of active BR steam in Scotland.

Glasgow Central: Black 5 44796 brings empty stock, for the 5.25pm service to London, into Platform 2 at Glasgow Central, on Tuesday 25th April 1967. Polmadie-based steam locomotive operation was to cease at the end of that week. Brush Type 4 D1838 is in Platform 1 after arrival with an express from the south.

Millerhill: The last scheduled freight from Hawick at the south end of Millerhill Yard on 25th April 1969 near the site of Millerhill station (closed November 1955).

Galashiels [1st]: Clayton D8606 stands alongside Galashiels signal box on 25 April 1969 having dropped off the travelling signalman.

Millerhill: The last scheduled freight from Hawick enters Millerhill Yard off the Waverley Route on Friday 25 April 1969.

Mound Tunnels: Although this particular day was a Saturday, the 11.50 Freightliner service from Aberdeen to Kings Cross, depicted here behind Brush Type 4 No. D1997, was a regular working through Waverley station on most days. The train ran 'Fridays excepted', presumably because the main traffic was perishables for the London markets, and the Saturday working was particularly interesting in that it recessed for almost 24 hours at Gosforth (can anyone explain why there?) before continuing on its way to London at 16.50 on the Sunday afternoon.

Craigentinny Depot: EE Type 3 No. 6858 passes Craigentinny box at the head of the 08.46 fitted freight from Carlisle Yard to Millerhill on 25 April 1970. The day being a Saturday, the train has been routed through Waverley Station rather than round the Sub, which would have been closed for the weekend.

Craigentinny Depot: Immingham allocated Brush Type 4 No. 1882 passes Craigentinny Depot with the 21:00 Dagenham to Bathgate Upper loaded Cartic 4s. On weekdays this train ran via Millerhill Yard and the Sub, but the 25th April 1970 was a Saturday so it should have stayed on the ECML at Monktonhall Junction and is certainly running via Waverley station where a crew change was booked.

Craigentinny Junction: Despite the headcode discs on EE Type 4 No. 275 indicating a class 1 working, this was actually ECS bound for Craigentinny Sidings on Saturday 25 April 1970. The stock is off the 06.25 from Aberdeen.

Liverpool Street: View out from the concourse at Liverpool Street station on 25 April 1972, with a train for King's Lynn boarding at platform 7.

Liverpool Street: An early afternoon Clacton line service preparing to leave Liverpool Street on 25 April 1972. Clacton Express EMU 309621, built at York in 1962 (originally as class AM9) still has its distinctive wrap-around cab windows at this time.

Weymouth Quay: 'Strewth! That local cider must be stronger than I thought...' 33115 with The Royal Wessex at Weymouth Quay on 25 April 1976. 33103 was on the other end of the train. The special, organised by the Lea Valley Railway Club, ran from Waterloo.

Haymarket East Junction: An unidentified type 2 takes a westbound train away from Haymarket on 25 April 1980. The train is passing between Haymarket coal depot on the left and Haymarket East Junction on the right.

Edinburgh Waverley Goods: Waverley station's unusual pilot - Deltic no 55002 The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - shunting a Cravens class 105 DMU on 25 April 1981.

York: Deltic 55008 The Green Howards brings a northbound train into York on a cold April day in 1981.

Princes Street Gardens Cutting: Haze over Princes Street Gardens on 25 April 1981, with the station pilot looking on aghast as Deltic 55002 The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry decides to undertake some shunting of its own involving class 105 DMU M50778.

Princes Street Gardens Cutting: A class 40 heading west through Princes Street Gardens in 1981 is about to enter Haymarket Tunnel.

Dalfaber Level Crossing: Cable ploughing with steam power on the Strathspey Railway in April 1986. Initially it had been planned to use a Ruston diesel to provide the traction and a special frame was built and attached to it. However on the first day the diesel failed and on day two Barclay 0-4-0ST 'Clyde' was fired up to tow the diesel as a second diesel also failed..

Dundee: The driver of a class 47 gets a green flag and a stiff neck at Dundee station in April 1987 as he prepares to take out an Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street service.

Millerhill Yard: The flask wagon for the nuclear submarines at Rosyth, seen at Millerhill in 1987.

Millerhill Yard: Mk1 DB977168 at Millerhill in April 1987. This coach was used to accompany the MOD Flask wagons.

Dundee: An Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street train about to restart from Dundee platform 4 on an April afternoon in 1987.

Dusseldorf Hauptbanhof: A local push-pull set leaves Dusseldorf Hbf in April 1990. The driving trailer is at the back of the train with an electric loco on the front heading north.

Launceston: Hunslet Quarry engine Covertcoat operating on the Launceston Narrow Gauge Railway on 25 April 1993.

Launceston: Scene on the Launceston Narrow Gauge Railway on 25 April 1993 featuring Hunslet Quarry engine Velinheli.

Newington [NBR]: View just east of the site of the former Newington Station where the Up Line is still jointed rail. There is a low wall at the edge of the track here in the Up Cess. Looking at the 1947 OS map it seems that there was a dedicated footpath (FP) leading from the stairs coming down between no.69 and 69a Mayfield Road along the railway and finishing at a footbridge (FB) to enable passengers to reach the island platform. Again there is, on the right edge of the photo, the orange jacket of the safety Lookout.

Newington [NBR]: Standing on the former location of the island platform at Newington Station looking east to OB 17 Craigmillar Park/Mayfield Gardens. Now the only form of public transport here is a Lothian Buses service seen on the bridge. Both lines were jointed rail. Buddleia is growing happily in the ballast. For a view from the opposite side of the bridge see image [[54140]].

Newington [NBR]: Detailed close up of Up line passing under OB 17 Craigmillar Park/Mayfield Gardens and adjacent steps down onto the platform at the former Newington Station.

Newcraighall Turnback Siding: On the far left is the then new turnback siding complete with hump! Also showing (left to right) Down Millerhill and Up Millerhill lines and part of the Up yard with stabled Class 37 loco 37415 in EW&S livery.
Whitehill Road bridge features in the middle distance from where railway photographers are wont to take their shots of trains moving to and from Millerhill Yard.
Soon to be opened Newcraighall Station is visible in the centre distance beyond the A1 overbridge shown by the white platform edging.
A close up shot of the turnout is also available see image [[54551]].

Blackford Hill: The location is about 300 yards to the east of the access point off Cluny Avenue in Morningside. On the left of the picture over the fence is the Jordan Burn. OB12 Egypt is visible in the background with signal ES670R adjacent. Blackford Hill itself is visible in the background through the trees above the bridge.

Newcraighall Turnback Siding: Track level view of the then recently completed turnout at Newcraighall North Junction built in conjunction with the re-opening of stations at Newcraighall (off the picture to the right just beyond the A1 overbridge) and Brunstane. The siding rises quite steeply to a hump see image [[54492]]. This enables the longer part of the siding to be on a level (lye). The junction was later rebuilt to a better standard and then rebuilt again on a different alignment when it became the junction for the Borders Railway.

Blackford Hill: Looking east about 100 yards from the access point on Cluny Avenue with the Jordan Burn just over the fence on the left. What looks like a CWR expansion joint lies in the foreground see image [[55375]].

Newington [NBR]: A view of the two overbridges west of the former Newington Station. The bridge closer to the camera is the mysterious OB15 which is listed as an aqueduct. Is there any water still flowing across it? The further away bridge is the rather less mysterious OB16 Mayfield Road. The ivy fairly cascades down the face of the retaining wall between them. Also showing are octagonal white 'SAND' signs beyond the bridges, one on each Cess.

Cameron Toll Signal Box: Looking east along the Edinburgh sub in April 2002, with Lady Road allotments on the left and Cameron Toll bridge just visible in the background see image [[38115]]. [Ref query 1653]

Blackford Hill: View to the west (Down) from beside OB14 Blackford Avenue shows the access point off Charterhall Grove.

Newington Goods: An example of a CWR expansion joint (Adjustment Switch). The short pieces of rail (strap rails) hold the special timbers in position whilst the slip joint allows for expansion and contraction of the rails. The sleepers on the Up line were concrete. Looking east from the position of a former signal post now occupied by pieces of timber in the Cess. Location is between what is now Relugas Place on the left and East Champanyie on the right. Hard to believe that there had been an extensive system of sidings on the Up side. Despite the obvious signs of Spring it seems that there was still a dusting of snow on the side of Arthurs Seat in the background.

Blackford Hill: View to the west (Down) from 2m 1400y shows signal ES671R, a repeater, and OB13 Oswald Road.

Blackford Hill: View to the east (Up) from 2m 1550y showing OB 14 Blackford Avenue with the access point just out of view on the right. The Down line is still jointed rail whereas the Up line was CWR. See image [[36196]] for a view of the station in 1971.

Morningside Road: View to the west (Down) from close to the access point in Cluny Avenue, Morningside. The Down line is jointed rail while the Up line appears to be CWR. This shot clearly shows the 'top of the hill' a few metres east of OB11 Morningside Road where the tracks drop away to both east and west. I would guess that this is the highest point on the South Sub. Note the yellow 2 and a quarter milepost in the Up Cess.

Newington [NBR]: View looking west (Down) with OB17 Craigmillar Park/Mayfield Gardens (A701) in the background and former Newington Station beyond. Here the both lines were jointed rail on concrete sleepers. Look carefully at the base of OB17 to see the safety Lookout (orange blob) just visible to the left of the Down line. For another view of this bridge see image [[54972]]; same bridge, different bus.

Prestonpans: Freightliner 66606 runs through Prestonpans over the re-aligned ECML on 25 April 2003. The disconnected former route is to the right and rear of the empty cement train.

Edinburgh Waverley: GNER long distance services passing at the east end of Waverley on 25 April 2003. The arrival on the left is heading for platform 11 via the south side crossover.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 1114 Virgin Voyager CrossCountry service to Cardiff Central boards at Waverley platform 19 in April 2003.

Victoria Swing Bridge [Leith]: The Victoria swing bridge in Leith Docks, still surviving with rails in place amongst the new riverside penthouse flats in April 2004, now used as a walkway across the Water of Leith.

Albert Road Level Crossing: Entrance to Leith Docks across Albert Road from Leith South yard, April 2004.

Leith Docks: Constitution Street entrance to Leith Docks (and Casino!), 2004.

Leith Docks: Leith Docks. View northeast from Ocean Drive in April 2004 looking across the former graving docks with Albert Dock beyond.

Musselburgh: A First ScotRail North Berwick - Edinburgh Waverley service calls at Musselburgh on 25 April 2006.

Musselburgh: Scene at Musselburgh in April 2006, with a GNER London bound express passing south through the station.

Wallyford: An Edinburgh - North Berwick train calls at Wallyford in April 2006.

Wallyford: Heading home. With the Pentland Hills forming an attractive backdrop, a class 37 takes empty Binliner containers west through Wallyford station in April 2006 on its way back from Oxwellmains to Powderhall depot.

Johnstone: Inspection taking place on a junction box at Johnstone

Johnstone: 66236 thundering through Johnstone station with coal empties for Hunterston

Kincardine: Ballast tamping in operation west of Kincardine on 25 April.

Rodney Street Tunnel: Looking south towards Rodney Street tunnel on 25 April 2007, with clearance work underway courtesy Sustrans. The path on the left leads up to Broughton Road. See image [[45235]]

Scotland Street: View north from the top of Scotland Street tunnel over the station site on 25 April 2007 showing work currently underway on the reopening of Rodney Street tunnel as part of an extended cycle path/walkway under Rodney Street and Broughton Road.

Scotland Street: The western entrance to the former Scotland Street station and goods yard (now a childrens play area) seen on 25 April 2007, with the south portal of Scotland Street tunnel standing centre right. Above the tunnel is Scotland Street itself and the houses of Edinburghs New Town.

Scotland Street: View southeast showing the bricked up entrance to Scotland Street tunnel on 25 April 2007. The tunnel opened in 1847 allowing trains to be rope hauled under the New Town from the terminus at Canal Street (now part of the Waverley station site). The tunnel was closed in 1868.

Old Kilpatrick: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, sidings at Old Kilpatrick Goods Yard, looking West towards the Erskine Bridge.

Old Kilpatrick: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, sleepers piled to side.

Dalmuir Riverside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, looking West at Dalmuir.

Dalmuir Riverside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, skeleton of trackside building.

Dalmuir Riverside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, bridge over stream at Dalmuir.

Old Kilpatrick: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, bridge over line and Old Kilpatrick Station. The purpose of this bridge is unclear leading only to old saltings.

Old Kilpatrick: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, view of station area at Old Kilpatrick, looking W from bridge over Ferry Road.

Old Kilpatrick: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, view of trackbed and sidings at Old Kilpatrick Goods Yard, looking E from bridge over Ferry Road.

Bristol Harbour: The western portal of Redcliffe Tunnel, Bristol Harbour Railway, now part of a car park.

Arbroath Harbour Junction: Unusual view of 170 421 as it passes Arbroath with an Aberdeen-Glasgow sevice on 25 April 2008.

Bristol Harbour: The line from the terminus near Cumberland Basin going under a road bridge to reach Hotwells and Cannons Marsh goods Depot. The location is currently used for vehicle storage.

Ashton Swing Bridge [Bristol]: The Bristol Industrial Museum railway general terminus layout seen on 25 April. The remains of the far left track head towards the former Ashton swing bridge.

Ashton Swing Bridge [Bristol]: Looking across the Cumberland Basin over Ashton Swing Bridge in the Port area of Bristol on 25 April 2008. The bridge carried both road and rail traffic prior to the remodelling of this area of the city in the 1960s. The last known rail use of the bridge, now no longer a swinger, was in 1996.

Fylde Junction: 156423 on a service from Blackpool North held at signal PN156, protecting the junction with the WCML. This cutting once contained four running lines but now has two, plus a loop that rejoins the main line by St. Mark's church (now residential apartments). As part of the 2018 electrification of the Blackpool line this signal was replaced by one located at the western end of the cutting.

Bristol Harbour: A steam powered (and working) 3.5 ton Stoddard & Pitt dock crane, now run by the Bristol Industrial Museum.

Bristol Harbour: Sidings and stock at the Bristol Industrial Railway headquarters.

Lostock Hall: 40145 standing in for a pair of Class 37s on the Pathfinder tour to Carlisle on 25 April is seen at Lostock Hall Junction about to join the line to Blackburn and East Lancashire before running via Clitheroe to join the Settle & Carlisle line.

Sod Hall Crossing: The one coach wonder 153363 forms the 1539 hrs from Preston to Ormskirk as it crosses Farington Moss and approaches Sod Hall occupation crossing on 25 April 2009.

Midge Hall: Adjacent to milepost 23 1/4 on the Preston to Ormskirk line just north of Midge Hall stands a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway boundary stone. The remains of the original fence post can be seen to the right now that the new boundary fence is a few feet inside the actual boundary.

Noyelles-sur-Mer: Scene on the Chemin de Fer Baie de Somme at Noyelles Saturday 25th April 2009, showing the impressive 141R 840, which had arrived on a special from Paris.

Noyelles-sur-Mer: SNCF DMU on display at Noyelles on the Chemin der Fer Baie de Somme on 25 April 2009.

Crook: Remains of the locomotive facilities at Crook on the Talla Railway on 25 April 2009, unused for more than a century. View is north towards Broughton, with the Crook Inn on the right. No trace remains of the private wooden platform erected here by contractor John Best of Leith circa 1900.

St Valery-sur-Somme: Former Kent and East Sussex Railway P class locomotive working at St Valery on 25 April. From Noyelles to St Valery the track is double/interlaced with meter gauge and standard.

Cayuex-sur-Mer: Sacrebleu... the French seem to be fond of action statues, such as this one, seen at Cayuex-sur-Mer in April 2009, depicting a railwayman changing points.

Noyelles-sur-Mer: Replica of a French locomotive dating from 1829 on show at Noyelles on 25 April 2009. The fans on the side provide air to the fire. [They do work as it shuffled up and down the siding all day.] Named Marc Seguin after the designer. Not an idea persevered with!!

Crook: Remains of the Talla Railway looking south towards Tweedsmuir from the car park of the Crook Inn on 25 April 2009. The long gone wooden platform stood alongside the base of the old water tower in the background. See image [[23860]]

Cayeux-sur-Mer: At Cayeux-sur-Mer, a Swiss 2-6-0 tank, SLM 2317 from 1913, ex-Furka-Oberalp Railway, now located at Blonay-Chamby, Switzerland. The locomotive was low-loaded in for the weekend.

Crook: View south towards Tweedsmuir along the trackbed of the Talla Railway by the Crook Inn. Remains of the locomotive servicing facilities still stand a century after the line was lifted, although there is no trace of the wooden platform built here in 1899 by contractor John Best. The pillar on the skyline marks the route of the 35 mile long subterranean Talla Aqueduct, constructed between 1895 and 1905, which continues to supply millions of gallons of water each day to the City of Edinburgh.

Easingwold: Easingwold Station throat viewed from the trackbed. The chimney stacks of the now residential former Station Hotel are visible above the houses to the right. Track continued to a platform beyond what is now Station Court and sited in front of the Station Hotel at an angle to both Raskelf Road and Knott Lane beyond the garage visible in the centre.

Bowland: Looking north from the site of Bowland station during the time when the trackbed was in use for farm access and storage. The bridge was replaced during the reopening of the line.

Becconsall: Looking out from the West Lancs running shed as Irish Mail departs with another service for Delph. Whilst steam is the main attraction on this line there is a fascinating collection of industrial narrow gauge diesels from a variety of systems. Photo with kind permission of WLLR volunteer staff.

Becconsall: The fireman's view from Hunslet 0-4-0ST Irish Mail as it approaches Becconsall on the West Lancashire Light Railway. The sheds are on the left with the station through the small gap on the right. With thanks to the WLLR volunteer staff.

Dalgety Bay: DBS 67003 coasts downhill to its stop at Dalgety Bay with the 17.08 Edinburgh-Fife-Edinburgh on 25 April. At left is the coping stone of the bridge over the Fordell Railway, now removed and infilled.

Delph [West Lancashire Light]: The charming 0-4-0ST Irish Mail, built by Hunslet (823/1903), doesn't look 108 years old as she runs round her train at Delph on the WLLR. Just beyond the headshunt the unused track curves round the corner, but is only used for stock storage at the present time. This loco was one of many to a similar style used in the Dinorwic Quarry near Llanberis. See image [[36786]]

Bowland: The original bridge at Bowland (complete with nesting birds) with the barely readable maker's plate (inset) taken on 25th April 2011, This bridge was one of those replaced during the reopening works see image [[36188]]. Somervail and Co. of Dalmuir Iron Works produced bridges and roofs.

Bowland: A close up view of the original bridge at Bowland. The bridge separated the passenger station from the goods station, which was to the north (left).

Galashiels [1st]: View south on 25th April 2011 from what is now the trackbed of the Borders Railway near Station Brae and looking over the site of southern end of the previous Galashiels station. See image [[35002]] for a similar view before construction of the supermarket.

Galashiels [1st]: View north on 25th April 2011 from what is now the trackbed of the Borders Railway at Station Brae and looking towards what was the block of flats in more senses than one, demolished just over a year later see image [[39258]].

Loch Ken Viaduct: View over Loch Ken Viaduct looking east in April 2012. It appears to be in good condition apart from the decking either side of the trackbed.

Troon: The late running 'Great Britain V' special approaching Troon on 25 April 2012 behind 45305+45407.

Troon: Girvan bound Sprinter at Troon on 25 April (the cause of the delay to the Great Britain special).

Loch Ken Viaduct: View of Loch Ken Viaduct in April 2012 from the west side of the loch.

Troon: An Ayr - Glasgow Central service approaching the northbound platform at Troon on 25 April 2012.

Rugby: Something old (the steps), something new (the replacement deck), something borrowed (that bush certainly shouldn't be sticking out of the steps), and something distinctly not blue - the weeping sky was rather grey. Unusual to see a new deck and old steps; the bridge is on the West side of the station.

Lyon Saint Exupéry: The airport station, Lyon Saint Exupéry, built in 1994, poised for takeoff. A few hardy travellers take refuge from the howling gale.

Ayr: Duncan Sooman of Network Rail with Provost Winifred Sloan at Ayr on 25 April 2012 during the unveiling of the commemorative plaque to engineer John Miller [see adjacent news item].

Loch Ken Viaduct: Loch Ken viaduct from the west bank looking north in April 2012. See image [[38829]]

Lyon Saint Exupéry: Another quiet day at the airport station, which forms the most impressive building on the developing airport, and is the first airport station served directly by TGV services.

Troon: Freightliner 66561 on the approach to Troon with coal hoppers on 25 April 2012.

Ayr: The commemorative plaque to engineer John Miller unveiled at Ayr on 25 April 2012 by Provost Winifred Sloan [see adjacent news item].

Duncraig: Eastbound 158.709 approaching Duncraig in 2013. The station building was beautifully restored.

Nuneaton North Chord: After turning north off the Birmingham line 66117 heads along Nuneaton North Chord to reach the down West Coast Main Line on 25 April 2013. See image [[42864]]

Nuneaton North Chord: Captured at last. View east as 66117 turns off the Birmingham line onto the North chord at Nuneaton on 25 April 2013. I believe this is a sand train from Whitemoor yard to Carlisle. Notice the Freightliner in the right background stopped at platform 6 - most likely for a driver change. See image [[42863]]

Kyle of Lochalsh: Nearing journey's end on the Kyle line, a train passing Garnmore on 25 April 2013.

Slochd Summit: After stalling at the start of the climb up to Slochd Summit, Black 5 no 44871 puts in a forgiving performance as it nears the top on 25 April with the Great Britain VI.

Dalnaspidal: Black 5 no 44871 powers up the long climb to Druimuachdar Summit near Dalnaspidal on 25 April with the northern potion of the Great Britain VI railtour.

Ballochmyle Viaduct: The Ballochmyle Viaduct civil engineering landmark plaque unveiled by Provost Jim Todd and ICE President Geoff French on 25 April 2014 see image [[59257]].

Ayr: The 10.30 from Glasgow Central, formed by 380002, arrives at Ayr platform 1 on 25 April 2014.

Christian Street Junction: A train on the Southend line approaching Fenchurch Street station on 25 April 2015. On the right a Docklands Light Railway train is emerging from Tower Gateway station, with the entrance to the DLR tunnel to Bank visible alongside.

Bermuda Park: The Northbound platform at the new Bermuda Park station appears to be almost finished in this Saturday afternoon view South on 25 April 2015 see image [[50936]].

Hag Fold: At track level Hag Fold is just one of a number of unremarkable stations built in Greater Manchester during the 1980s and 1990s. However, the road level ticket office, which apparently doesn't open on a Saturday, is quite a quirky modern design. 150144 calls on a service heading for Southport in this view looking towards Daisy Hill and Wigan.

Daisy Hill: Daisy Hill is on the former four track direct line from Wigan to Manchester but trees now grow where the fast lines were. In L&YR days expresses from Manchester to Liverpool raced through here. Northern Pacer 142037, heading for Manchester Victoria from Kirkby, calls at the station.

Daisy Hill: Unlike nearby Atherton and Walkden stations, Daisy Hill has lost the L&YR canopy from its island platform. The street level booking office is staffed however, for two shifts per day, and the station is well used. 142057 calls on a Todmorden to Kirkby service on 25th April 2015.

Charing Cross (London): A Southeastern service leaving Charing Cross station and crossing the Thames to Waterloo East. Viewed from Embankment Pier on 25 April 2015.

London Bridge: South Eastern services from the west running into London Bridge on 25 April 2015 passing The Shard. The red cranes are for the ongoing rebuilding of London Bridge Station.

Cowlairs Incline: These 'gallus' cartoon characters are apparently unaware of their impending demise as they disport themselves on the parapet of Gourlay Street overbridge on the day work started on preparations to demolish the bridge as part of the EGIP electrification.

Thornton North Junction: GBRf 66733 at the head of the Royal Scotsman in Thornton Down Loop.

Stranraer: A wild and windswept Stranraer Harbour on the afternoon of 25 April 2016. Just visible at the platform in the distance is the 1659 departure for Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock.

Cowlairs Incline: Assorted plant for the Queen Street High Level Tunnel works assembled at the Keppochhill Drive/Fountainwells access point on 25th April 2016.

Thornton North Junction: 66733 and 66746 with the Royal Scotsman parked in Thornton Down Loop for afternoon tea. The crumbling bridge in the foreground carried the branch to Balgonie Colliery's Lochtyside and Julian pits. 25 April.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Concrete pumping for the base of platform 3 is in progress in this view of the Queen Street Improvement works taken from Buchanan Galleries. A pile of sleepers for the relaying of the platform 4 and 5 roads lies where the realigned platform 3 and 4 is being constructed.

Cargill Viaduct: This is the bridge which carried the line from Stanley Junction to Coupar Angus. It spans the River Tay just west of Cargill. Pedestrian Access is denied and a £25 trespass fine applies!

Aberdour: View of Aberdour station from the former signal box.

Williton: D1010, D6575 & D6566 stabled in the diesel depot at Williton out of use on 25 April 2017.

Achallader Viaduct: A Sprinter heading south above Loch Tulla. A minute before it was snowing, a minute later it was sunny then the snow flurries started again ...

Williton: D7017, D6575 & D6566 in the yard at Williton diesel depot on 25 April 2017.

Aberdour: Aberdour signal box, decommissioned in the 1970s, has been restored for Artline. Artist Lynette Gray will use the lower floor for creating ceramic work and the upper floor for painting. The box was 'opened' on the 25th.

Inverkeithing Central Junction: DRS-liveried but Freightliner-owned and branded 66413 draws a Craiginches South - Millerhill ballast out of Inverkeithing Up Loop on 25 April.

Aberdour: Aberdour, noted for its gardens.

Aberdour: The official re-opening of the former Aberdour signal box in April 2017. Lynette Gray (centre) stands with Colin Whyte (left), ScotRail Alliance commercial property manager, and John Yellowlees (right), honorary ScotRail Alliance community ambassador.

Achallader Viaduct: High above Loch Tulla a four coach Sprinter turns its nose south and heads for Bridge of Orchy.

Bay Horse: Iconic profile, if not such an iconic livery. 43062 John Armitt speeds north through Bay Horse heading from Derby to Edinburgh with the High Speed Measurement Train. 43014 was bringing up the rear but with its large buffers didn't look quite so stylish.

Stratford-on-Avon Old Town: The platform wall remarkably still seems to survive at Stratford-on-Avon Old Town station on 25 April 2018. The view is east towards the River Avon with the trackbed now being used by the A4390 for a short distance. The railway became part of the SMJR, then the LMS and finally BR however the station closed to passengers in 1952 and to freight in 1965. [Ref query 30 April 2018]

Brock: Leaving the first wagon of the long Tesco Express empty, as happens occasionally, does allow a different angle to view 88007 Electra as it powers north at Brock on 25th April 2018.

Small Heath: Freightliner 66623 waits in the sidings opposite Small Heath station on 25 April 2018. A rake of ballast box wagons were behind the loco although it didn't appear to be going anywhere in the immediate future.

Stratford-upon-Avon: With a long lay-over, Chiltern Railways 2 car DMU 165027 waits in platform 3 at Stratford-upon-Avon for the return trip to Marylebone on 25 April 2018.

Ballymoney: Station forecourt at Ballymoney, County Antrim. View south west on 25 April 2018.

Stratford-on-Avon Old Town: This is Seven Meadows Bridge, today carrying the A4390 road over the River Avon at Stratford. The road bridge is however supported on the piers and foundations of Bridge 59 that once carried the E&WJR line to the east of Sratford-on-Avon Old Town station. The remains of the station are to the left of the photograph.

Brock: After a rest day in the Lakes the Great Britain XI tour resumed on 25th April with 35018 British India Line taking the train from Grange-over-Sands to Crewe with 37668 on the rear. Seen here passing the site of Brock water troughs the tour was to continue over the Central Wales Line and on to Cardiff behind Black 5 45212.

Bower Bridge: ScotRail 158740 northbound on the Borders Railway at Bower on 25 April 2019. The train is the 0958 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley

Morningside Road: Another cat on the track see image [[56899]]. This one seems intent on catching the bird which is jaywalking well, magpie walking, on the 6 foot rail. What happened next? The bird continued walking towards the cat apparently oblivious of its presence but when it got to within a few sleepers of the cat it made a wrong line movement in the UP direction over the DOWN line and got away with it...

Borwick: Track level view of the old station at Borwick from a passing Leeds to Morecambe Pacer on 25th April 2019. All three intermediate closed stations between Carnforth and Wennington live on as homes long after their closure.

Galabank Bridge: A southbound train on the Borders Railway crossing Galabank Bridge on its jourrney between Gorebridge and Galashiels on a bright and sunny 25 April 2019.

Melling: Grab shot, from a passing Pacer, of the closed station at Melling, just to the west of Wennington. Melling closed in 1952 but remains in residential use. 25th April 2019.
See query 2081

Galabank Bridge: A southbound ScotRail 158 on the Borders Railway approaching Galabank Bridge on a sunny Saturday morning in April 2019.

Hollowshank Bridge: The 0924 Edinburgh - Tweedbank southbound on the Borders Line between Fountainhall and Stow on 25 April 2019. The train is crossing the Gala Water on the approach to Galabank with the A7 running in parallel just beyond.

Watherston Bridge: A train on the Borders Railway meets a car on the A7 near Watherston Bridge (right centre background) on a fine spring morning in 2014. The train is the 0958 ex-Tweedbank and its next scheduled stop will be at Gorebridge, just under 15 miles to the north.

Bower Bridge: The late running 0928 ex-Tweedbank northbound on the Borders line at Bower on 25 April 2019.

Watherston Bridge: The ScotRail 0928 Tweedbank - Edinburgh runs north alongside the Gala Water shortly after restarting from Stow on 25 April 2019.

Bentham: 3-car Pacer 144020 calls at Bentham with a Morecambe to Leeds service on 25th April 2019. Bentham station is in first class order these days, not least because a 'friends group' is based there. A Community Rail Partnership known as The Bentham Line has successfully campaigned for improvements to the Leeds to Lancaster and Morecambe services.

Lancaster: Northern 144019, newly arrived in bay Platform 1 at Lancaster Castle station on 25th April 2019 with a service from Leeds. After a short layover it will form a service to Morecambe. 144014 to 144023 are the three car variants, the only Pacers with intermediate vehicles. 2019 should be the last year they are in service.

Gorgie Cattle Market [NB]: We are midway along the course of the branch, looking towards the junction at Gorgie. There were three tracks; that wall across the path was a later addition. A road on the right used to come right up to the line on the now grassed area and there was a footbridge, but no level crossing as there was then no road on the other side. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Merchiston: This bit of fencing at Merchiston looks not too bad considering that it has presumably not received any maintenance for at least 55 years. It seems to have been at the back of the path leading from the platform to the street. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Edinburgh Princes Street: These corbels attached to the back of the Caledonian Hotel once supported the station's overall roof. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Garstang and Catterall: Immediately to the north of the old G&KER junction is another bridge over the WCML and alongside this is a pipe bridge. The pipe carries the Parkhead Brook over the line. Immediately behind, the stream is carried over the M6 on an open aqueduct that also has a track over it, leading to the unusual situation where the bridge has three sets of railings that can be seen from the motorway. Photographed on 25th April 2020, ancillary to a daily permitted exercise walk.

Redford Barracks Branch Canal Bridge: I confess I had never heard of this branch until I stumbled across it on RailScot, but then it was necessarily short lived. Looking at the terrain it covered it must have been a bit of a roller coaster. The course is now entirely covered by suburbia and this bridge over the Union Canal is the only remnant, though it is a pretty substantial one. It is divided between a footpath and these pipelines. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

St Pauls [Tram]: Snow Hill station is visible in the background as a tram for Wolverhampton calls at St Pauls on 25th April 2021. Notice the BT tower on the right.

Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Sunday 09:47 Aberdeen to Kings Cross Azuma passing the new trackside defences at Carmont on 25th April 2021.

St Pauls [Tram]: Near the tram stop adjacent to Snow Hill (see image [[76600]]), I told a lion and a donkey that my favourite escape from reality was to imagine an enterprising resurgence of HSTs. The lion gave me a pitying look, but the donkey just laughed.

Inverkeithing East Junction: LNER Azuma 800104 passes Inverkeithing East Junction, with the 09.08 from Edinburgh to Aberdeen, on 25 April 2021.

St Pauls [Tram]: This tram is heading for Library - change for reading.

Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Network Rail have now fitted these access stairs at Bridge 325 near Carmont, presumably to allow easier inspection of this line following the 2020 derailment. The photo also shows the extent of the new drainage installed.

Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: 08:04 Waverley to Aberdeen crossing Bridge 325 on 25th April 2021. This view shows the check rails that NR have fitted after last years fatal derailment.

Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: April 2021 close up view of the new access stairs, and new drainage works, at the site of the 2020 Carmont derailment.

Dalgety Bay: The 'Great Britain XIV' railtour passes Dalgety Bay behind 'Merchant Navy 4-6-2 35018 'British India Line' on 25 April 2022. This was the leg from Edinburgh to Stirling and 47802 was on the rear.

Dalgety Bay: 47802 brings up the rear of the 'Great Britain XIV' from Edinburgh to Stirling on 25 April 2022, led on this leg by 35018 'British India Line'.