Glasgow St Enoch: Sunshine at St Enoch on a summer aftenoon in June 1961. On the left Black 5 45124 will shortly depart for Largs, while over on the right sister locomotive 45167 is at the head of a Kilmarnock train.

Thorntonhall: 80060 leaving Thorntonhall for East Kilbride.

Hairmyres: Standard class 4 2-6-4 tanks 80046+80060 between East Kilbride and Hairmyres on 3 June 1965 returning light engine to Glasgow.

East Kilbride: BR Standard 2-6-4 tanks 80046+80060 at East Kilbride late on 3 June 1965. The locomotives are awaiting the all clear to return light engine to Glasgow, having just stabled empty stock on the Blantyre spur for the night.

Busby: Fireman of 80046 collects the tablet for the single line to East Kilbride. Donald MacKay is the signalman.

East Kilbride: Standard tanks 80060+80046 seen across the yard at East Kilbride on the evening of 3 June 1966. The locomotives were preparing to return to Glasgow after stabling empty stock on the Blantyre spur for the night. See image [[47367]]

Hexham: The returning LCGB Thames-Tyne Limited at Hexham on the Carlisle-Newcastle leg of the railtour on 3 June 1967 behind 45562 Alberta. The Jubilee handed over to 4472 at Newcastle Central for the trip back to London.

Hellifield: The LCGB Thames-Tyne Limited railtour of 3 June 1967, stands at Hellifield, behind no 70039 Sir Christopher Wren. The Britannia took the train to Carlisle via the S&C.

Blackburn: Scene at the east end of Blackburn station on 3 June 1967. The building on the left is part of the old fish dock with the former parcels depot alongside. This has since been demolished and a supermarket car park now overlooks the station See image [[22709]]. Black 5 no 45339 is standing on the left, while on the right is the LCGB Thames-Tyne Limited, bound for Carlisle via the S&C, with Britannia Pacific no 70039 Sir Christopher Wren taking on water.

Carlisle: The LCGB Thames - Tyne Limited stands at Carlisle on 3 June 1967. Jubilee 45562 Alberta is about to haul the special as far as Newcastle where 4472 Flying Scotsman will take over for the return leg to Kings Cross. In the background Brush Type 4 no D1837 stands at platform 4 with the up Royal Scot.

Hexham: 'Cough please!' Examination of Jubilee no 45562 Alberta being carried out at Hexham on 3 June 1967 as the LCGB Thames-Tyne Limited makes a photostop on its way from Carlisle to Newcastle. 4472 took over at Newcastle for the final leg of the railtour back to Kings Cross.

Hexham: 45562 Alberta about to leave Hexham on 3 June 1967 with the returning LCGB 'Thames - Tyne Limited'. The Jubilee will take the special as far as Newcastle Central where 4472 Flying Scotsman will take over for the return to London. The distinctive old signal gantry at the east end of Hexham station which appears in many photographs from the steam era has since been replaced by CLS see image [[29918]].

Pumpherston Oil Works: A rather poor quality slide, taken with a Kodak box camera in 1970, of the Scottish Oils sidings at Pumpherston on the truncated NB Camps branch from Uphall. At this time the works were still rail served and producing detergents. The view looks west at the southern part of the site added during the reconstruction of 1947. The branch officially closed in 1981 and the works around 1993.

Dumfries: A pair of Type 2s running south through Dumfries in June 1972 with a lengthy parcels train. Leading locomotive is 5378.

Dumfries: A pair of EE class 50 locomotives with train 1S57, the diverted down Royal Scot, heading north through Dumfries on Saturday 3 June 1972 during electrification work on the WCML. The large wooden sign on the old goods depot top left still reads Caledonian Railway Goods Station.

Dumfries Shed: Remains of Dumfries shed looking north in 1972. The main line runs past on the left and part of the Station Hotel is visible in the left background on the west side of the station.

Dumfries: A busy scene looking north over Dumfries station on a bright summer's day in June 1972. A Peak is arriving at platform 2 with a Glasgow Central - Leeds train, while a northbound Anglo-Scottish service is standing at platform 1.

Plates, signs, notices etc: The last British Rail service from Rawtenstall left at 9.05pm on Saturday 3rd June 1972 to the usual explosive detonator send off. Driver Harry Lofthouse was at the controls of the four-car DMU that had been put on for the last day trippers. Except for the first train from Bury I travelled on every service on that last day and was grateful to the ticket inspector at Bury Bolton Street who saved the closure notice for me while I was riding on the last train. Living near Rawtenstall at the time I then of course had to get the bus back home.

Ferryhill MPD: Shunters on Shed - a Barclay Class 06 no 2423 and three Class 08 shunters bufferred up to one another at Ferryhill MPD in 1973.

Ferryhill MPD: 1950 ready for action at Ferryhill MPD, 03 June 1973.

Ferryhill MPD: Looking across the turntable at Ferryhill MPD, 03 June 1973, with the coaling stage road up on the right.

Ferryhill MPD: A Brush Type 4 in two tone green approaches Aberdeen Ferryhill SB with a northbound service in June 1973. This view is taken from the approaches to Ferryhill MPD and Ferryhill SB can be seen on the left of the photograph.

Ferryhill MPD: Quiet Sunday at Ferryhill in June 1973.

Ferryhill MPD: Three ex-Aberdeen Gasworks 0-4-0 tank engines stored in the southwest corner of Ferryhill MPD in 1973. Left to right are Bon Accord, Mr Therm and No 3. See image [[12565]]

Ferryhill MPD: Aberdeen Gas Works Barclay 0-4-0ST 'No.3' stands at the back of Ferryhill MPD on 03 June 1973. This was one of the three Gas Works 0-4-0ST locos that were stored at the site for a number of years.

Frinton: A four car 309 unit from Walton-on Naze pauses at Frinton on 3rd June 1978. It is heading to Thorpe le Soken where it will join with sister units from Clacton and continue as an express to London Liverpool Street. Division and combination of the London trains continued at Thorpe le Soken until the early 1980s.

Walton-on-the-Naze: Seaside trippers await their train home at Walton-on-the-Naze station on a warm and sunny 3rd June 1978. Platform 2 is occupied by a stabled Class 302 emu, some way away from its usual haunt on the Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness line. This platform ceased to be used from May 1982 leaving number 1 for all traffic.

Aviemore: 40157 with a northbound PW train at Aviemore on 3 June 1979.

Harmans Coss: Class N7 0-6-2T no 69621 running around its train at Harman's Cross on the Swanage Railway on 3 June 1990. The locomotive was on loan at that time.

Harmans Coss: Class N7 0-6-2T no 69621 at Harmans Cross on the Swanage Railway in June 1990.

Skegness: An arrival from Nottingham runs into Skegness in the summer of 1994.

Holt: A train has arrived at Holt station on 3 June 1995 behind restored B12 4-6-0 no 8572.

Cowdenbeath: The 1705 outer Fife Circle service from Waverley calls at Cowdenbeath in June 1997. First generation DMUs were then being used to supplement class 150 sprinters at peak times. It would have seemed inconceivable that slam-door stock would still be calling here 18 years later.

Newcraighall: 158706 at Newcraighall on 3 June 2002, the first day of Edinburgh Crossrail services.

Newcraighall: Platform scene at Newcraighall on 3 June 2002, the first day of operations, as ScotRail 158714, with a recently terminated service from Bathgate, prepares to run forward to the reversing siding at the north end of Millerhill yard.

Newcraighall Turnback Siding: ScotRail 156485 runs into the newly commissioned turnback siding at Millerhill on 3 June 2002. The DMU had recently arrived with a terminating service at Newcraighall on what was the first day of reintroduction of scheduled passenger services over this section of the former Waverley route. The day also marked the official opening of the new stations at Brunstane and Newcraighall.

Weston-super-Mare: A local service for Bristol Temple Meads pulls away from platform 2 at Weston-super-Mare on 3 June 2002.

Newcraighall: A train leaving the new reversing siding at the north end of Millerhill yard for Newcraighall station (under the bridge) to commence a Newcraighall - Dunblane service on 3 June 2002, the opening day of passenger services between Newcraighall and Edinburgh Waverley.

Weston-super-Mare: 150247 boarding at Weston-super-Mare on 3 June 2002 with a service to Bristol Temple Meads.

Newcraighall: Newcraighall viewed from the north end of Millerhill Yard on the first day of the new services, 3 June 2002.

Bruges: Luxembourg Railways (CFL) no 3018 and identical SNCB 1329 pass through Bruges with a container train for Zeebrugge, on 3 June 2004.

Haymarket: Progress on Haymarket platform 0 seen on 3 June 2006.

Cardross: London - Fort William sleeper approaching Cardross from the east. Less than a week for the 37s to go ...

Cardross: The West Highlands beckon.
Goodbye sleeper.

Horrocksford Junction: Horrocksford Junction box, Clitheroe, looking south-west.

Hellifield: Leeds bound train passes the disused bay platform at the east end of Hellifield station.

Dent: The Settle and Carlisle Line at Dent with the viaduct at Dent Head in the distance.

Pickering: The weekend of the Yorkshire flooding. Two days later Sheffield station was closed due to flooding. View looks to Whitby.

Toddington: V2 2-6-2 no 4771 Green Arrow stands at Toddington on 3 June 2007

Toddington: Former SDJR 7F 2-8-0 no 88 at Toddington, ex-Winchcombe, on 3 June 2007.

Winchcombe: Bulleid West Country Pacific no 34007 Wadebridge passing Winchcombe in June 2007 with a Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway special from Toddington sporting the Atlantic Coast Express headboard.

Toddington: Gresley V2 no 4771 Green Arrow at Toddington on 3 June 2007.

Thornton Junction TMD: EWS building for John Camerons steam locomotives, looking SE.

Markinch: Street side of new building. The packages cover the bus bays.

Thornton Yard: 66098 with a rake of coal hoppers ready to leave for Cockenzie.

Weeton [Lancashire] Signal Box: Weeton sees Transpennine units 185109 and 185111 pass the site of the now demolished signal box on 3rd June 2008 with a Blackpool North to Manchester Airport service. This location has lost its features now compared to 1981 See image [[19151]].

Gateside: Old bridge over the River Eden at Gateside, the line closed to all traffic circa 1966. The wooden balustrades denote a modern footpath along this former single track line. Access from Gateside Mills.

Piershill: The former Abbeyhill loop diverged from the ECML just to the left at what is now called Powderhall Branch Junction. The first station was Piershill whose platforms started near the right hand edge of the picture. Although a line still survives here, running as far as Powderhall waste plant, no trace remains of Piershill station (closed 1964). A garage fills the gap of what was the start of the northern portion of Clockmill Lane which ran to meet the other (existing) part at London Road after skirting St Margaret's shed. All other traces of this too were swept away during the construction of Meadowbank stadium for the 1970 Commonwealth Games. Pictured on 3 June 2009.

Cambuslang: Light at the end of the tunnel as Motherwell bound 318 254 approaches the platforms of Cambuslang station on 3 June.

Portobello [3rd]: The bricked-up subway that led from Christian Path on the south side of the ECML to the island platform of Portobello station. June 2009.

Cambuslang: Rear end of 318 264 on a Motherwell bound train at Cambuslang on 3 June.

Cambuslang: Back end of 318 263 forming a Partick bound train at Cambuslang on 3 June.

Craigentinny Depot: A smart looking 37 676 Loch Rannoch stands in Craigentinny sidings on 3 June 2009.

Shrubhill Tram Depot: A surviving tram pole in Dryden Street, the back door to Shrubhill depot.

Baileyfield Switch and Crossing Works: Looking towards Portobello Junction from the South Leith branch on 3 June 2009 past the VAE Baileyfield switch and crossing works.

Shrubhill Tram Depot: The surviving buildings of the former Edinburgh Corporation tram depot at Shrubhill seen from Dryden Street on 3 June 2009. The Leith Corporation depot was located a short distance to the north of here on the east side of Leith Walk.

Glasgow Central: Gordon Street carriage entrance - Glasgow Central, June 2010. Introverted and withdrawn vehicles have their own entrance.

Carlisle: Having turned on the triangle of lines to the south of Carlisle station on 3 July 2010, No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester stands ready to return 'The Cumbrian Coast Explorer' to Crewe. The Cumbrian Coast line was only traversed on the outward journey - the return was via the Settle and Carlisle.

Girvan: The immaculate interior of the waiting room at Girvan, Scotland's only art deco station, seen on 3 June. Even the ceiling is glossy. The more modern seating is unfortunately not sympathetic, though probably more comfortable than the wooden benches it no doubt replaced.

Slateford Viaduct: The 1208 TransPennine Express service from Edinburgh to Manchester Airport crosses Slateford Viaduct westbound on 3 June 2010. The train's next stop will be at Lockerbie.

Kemble: 150243 southbound leaving Kemble en route to Swindon on 3 June 2010. The sidings on the right are all that remains of the former GWR branch to Cirencester, now used for PW activities.

Oaksey Halt: A First Great Western HST northbound through the disused Oaksey station (closed 1964) on the Swindon - Gloucester line in June 2010. It is hoped this route will be returned back to double track by 2015.

Dalry Junction [Edinburgh]: The recently repainted footbridge linking Edinburgh's Dundee Terrace and Dundee Street over the trackbed of the former Caledonian main line a mile out of Princes Street station. View is north east from the Dundee Terrace side back towards the site of Dalry Junction. Photographed on 3 June 2010 see image [[29220]].

Dalry Junction [Edinburgh]: Photograph taken on June 2010 looking south west along the trackbed of the Caledonian a mile out of Princes Street, shortly after passing the site of Dalry Junction. The footbridge that spanned the tracks here still survives although nowadays it carries pedestrians between Dundee Terrace (left) and Dundee Street over what is now an exit from Edinburgh's West Approach Road. Merchiston station lay straight ahead just beyond and to the left of St Michael's Parish Church on Slateford Road, the tower of which stands in the background.

Slateford: The 1116 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts, formed by ScotRail 156437, calls at Slateford on 3 June 2010.

Aberdour: 67 025 at Aberdour with the morning loco-hauled Inner Circle service on 3 June 2010

Kemble: View north from Kemble station towards Gloucester on 3 June 2010. Note the former GWR water tank still standing just beyond the down platform.

Ladybank: The 1726 service to Perth about to leave Ladybank on 3 June. It will shortly pass the incoming 1730 for Edinburgh which is standing in the Loop.

Slateford Viaduct: An Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central via Shotts train about to cross the Water of Leith on Slateford Viaduct on a very warm and sunny 3 June 2010. The 1237 stopping - service has just restarted from Slateford station, with its next scheduled stop at Kingsknowe, less than a mile to the west, almost in sight.

Carlisle: Freightliner 70 002 waits at Carlisle platform 1 on 3 June with northbound coal empties.

Kilmarnock: A general view from under the canopy at Kilmarnock on 3 June.  The ironwork has recently been repainted in 'Scotland's Railway' colours. Very fresh and smart, but not quite as warm as the previous SPT colour scheme with gold highlighting.  The four cars at Platform 1, which have just arrived from Glasgow, are in the process of being split into two with the front set destined for Stranraer after a wait of 15 minutes or so.

Carlisle: The north end of Carlisle station on 3 June with 156492 having just arrived at platform 7 from Glasgow Central via Dumfries and Pendolinos for Euston and Glasgow Central standing at platforms 4 and 3 respectively.

West Kilbride: The other Kilbride seen here on 3 June.  West Kilbride has little in common with East Kilbride which is some way off and in a different county.  WK once bigger than EK but times have changed.  The station building here is now a smart restaurant called Chu Chus and bistro-style soft jazz was drifting onto the warm platform until it was mercifully drowned out by this train of coal empties heading away from me north to Hunterston.  Although the platform line is bi-directional the unelectrified line is the Up Freight only.

Dalry Junction [Edinburgh]: Looking north east towards Dalry Junction along the CR trackbed towards Princes Street in 2010 see image [[29621]]. There is still a junction here, now used by vehicles on Edinburgh's West Approach Road. The car is on the Caledonian 'main line' and has passed below the bridge carrying Dundee Street and the surviving footbridge to Dundee Terrace. The red van in the background is about to bear (to its) right and join the 'branch' that will take it across Dalry Road and along the former Caledonian route to Haymarket West Junction. And finally... just to keep the railway theme going, the 34 bus is showing 'Riccarton' on the destination panel! (No, not that one...)

Girvan: Having arrived at Girvan from Kilmarnock, 156 552 waits to return there with the 1206 departure on 3 June.  Note the period ironwork around the subway entrances of what is Scotland's only art deco station.

Anniesland: 158 707 Far North Line prepares to leave platform 3 at Anniesland with the next service to Glasgow Queen Street on 3 June 2010.  It would be nice to think that, with glorious synchronicity, there's a set called Maryhill Line about to leave Thurso... but no.

Slateford Viaduct: The 1247 'East Coast' Glasgow Central - Kings Cross train crossing Slateford Viaduct on 3 June 2010, some two miles short of its next scheduled stop at Haymarket. The substantial parallel structure on the far left of the photograph is the aqueduct carrying the Union Canal.

Prestwick Town: A 6-car 318 arrives at Prestwick Town on 3 June with a service for Ayr.

Slateford Viaduct: The 08.20 Birmingham New Street - Edinburgh Waverley Virgin Voyager photographed crossing Slateford Viaduct on 3 June 2010.

Slateford Viaduct: A westbound train on the Edinburgh - Glasgow Central via Shotts route is about to cross the Water of Leith on Slateford Viaduct in June 2010.

Girvan: 156 511 leaves Girvan on 3 June with a Stranraer - Glasgow Central service allowing 156502 to proceed in the other direction after the token has been handed over.

Kilmarnock: Every one of the canopy supports at Kilmarnock bears a roundel with a highly ornate 'G&SWRCo' worked into it.  Photographed on 3 June 2010.

Slateford Viaduct: An 'East Coast' Glasgow Central - Kings Cross service crossing Slateford Viaduct in the summer of 2010.

Carlisle: A Glasgow - London Pendolino service runs under Victoria Viaduct and into Carlisle station on 3 June 2010.

West Kilbride: 318 258 aproaches West Kilbride on 3 June with a Largs - Glasgow Central service.

Glasgow Central: Where is everybody? A pair of 318s standing at 'Inverclyde' platforms 14 and 15 in an unusually quiet Glasgow Central at 09.46 on Thursday 3 June 2010.

Holytown: GBRf 66723 'Chinook' rumbles through Holytown on 3 June with the 6S45 North Blyth to Fort William Alcan tanks.

Westerton: A well turned out DRS 47810 on the rear of 5Z34, the ECS of the Northern Belle, running 'wrong line' through Westerton on 3 June. WCRC 47790 is on the front of the train at this stage. See image [[34388]]

Kilmaurs: 156507 emerges from a leafy glade and pulls into the platform at Kilmaurs with the 1S50 Newcastle Central - Glasgow Central service on a beautiful summer's morning on 3 June 2011.

Hyndland: WCRC 47790 bringing up the rear of the 1Z33 Northern Belle tour as it runs through Hyndland station on a sunny 3 June 2011. The locomotive is sporting its new Northern Belle livery. On the front of the train is WCRC no 47810.

Millerhill Yard: The north end of Millerhill in bright sunshine on 3 June 2011 looking south from the road bridge. The new formation now ends at a buffer-stop, while the turnback siding see image [[2874]] has been lifted. Meanwhile, members of the crew of 'The Royal Scotsman' enjoy some fresh air on the rear deck as the empty stock enters the yard behind WCRC 57001.

Millerhill Yard: View south over the site of the old down yard at Millerhill on 3 June 2011 with WCRC 57001 passing with the empty stock of The Royal Scotsman. The line curving off to the right is part of the new Borders Railway route heading for its next station at Shawfair. Part of the new Shawfair development will occupy the site of the former Monktonhall Colliery. The short section of new track is currently being used as a replacement turnback siding for trains terminating at Newcraighall. See image [[4433]] for the view thirty years earlier.

Newtongrange: Photograph taken from alongside the A7 on 3 June 2011 looking south west over the site of the planned Newtongrange station on the Borders Railway route to Tweedbank. The houses of Jenks Loan in the background are part of a significant residential development on the west side of the trackbed here. The original Newtongrange station was located on the north side of the A7 behind the camera see image [[24342]].

Westerton: ScotRail EMU 320051 slows for the stop at Westerton on 3 June 2011

Glasgow Central: DBS 66111 brings the empty stock of the Caledonian Sleeper into Glasgow Central on 3 June 2011. See image [[34395]]

Holytown: WCRC 47790 powers through Holytown with 1Z34 the Northern Belle tour returning south on 3 June 2011.

Blairadam: Much of the old main line from Cowdenbeath North to Bridge of Earn (via Glenfarg) has reverted to agriculture, as here between Blairadam and Kinross, but this stretch has been retained for access. View south on 3 June 2011.

Westerton Junction: WCRC 47790, sporting its new livery, about to bring the ECS of the Northern Belle over the junction and onto 'wrong line' working at Westerton on 3 June. The original intention was to stable the ECS at Mossend but due to late running it went to Cadder yard instead.

Plates, signs, notices etc: Nameplate carried by GBRf 66723 Chinook. June 2011.

Holytown: DBS 92019 'Wagner' heads through Holytown on 3 June with the 6V15 Mossend - Didcot.

Glasgow Central: DBS 90029 The Institution of Civil Engineers has recently arrived at the rear of the 'Caledonian Sleeper' empty stock brought into Glasgow Central on 3 June by 66111 see image [[34376]]. Sleeper 'regular' 90029 will take out the train at 23.40 and, after attaching the Edinburgh portion at Carstairs, will continue on the overnight run to Euston.

Bo'ness: Ex-LNER D49 no 246 Morayshire complete with teak carriages at SRPS Bo'ness on Sunday 3 June.

Cardross: A pair of Class 334 EMUs depart Cardross, heading to Helensburgh, on 3 June 2013.

Beattock Summit: A northbound Pendolino passes Beattock Summit and the road traffic on the M74 behind it (in more ways than one!) on 03 June 2013.

Beattock Summit: A trio of Royal Mail Class 325s at the start of the 10 mile descent towards Beattock, having just passed the summit on 3 June 2013.

Kildale: High noon at Kildale on the Middlesbrough - Whitby line on sunny 3 June 2013. View is east from the footbridge looking towards Grosmont. [Ref query 4 October 2017]

Castleton Moor: The 1861 station at Castleton Moor, North Yorkshire, on 3 June 2013. View is east along the Esk Valley line towards Grosmont and Whitby.

Corfe Castle: 33202, with a Norden to Swanage train, approaching Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway, with the castle ruins on the hill behind, on 3rd May 2014. The class 33s were built for BR Southern Region between 1960 and 1962; no. 202 was one of those with a slightly narrower body for use on the Tonbridge to Hastings line that has several width-restricted tunnels. They were used alongside specially designed narrow diesel multiple units, the 'Hastings Sets', which remained in service until the line was electrified in 1988. For conventional electric trains to serve the line, the tracks through the tunnels were singled and re-sited in the centre.

North Berwick: The 11.26 service to Edinburgh awaiting its departure time at North Berwick on 3 June 2014.

Morecambe: Light engine movement on the Morecambe branch as 37603 and 37602 make their way towards Heysham to collect a reprocessing load for Sellafield. This picture taken from York Bridge, which carries the road to Lancaster out of the town. The land in the foreground was once occupied by carriage sidings used for stabling excursions to the resort.

Newtongrange: Work on the steps which will provide a pedestrian link between the A7 and the Borders Railway station at Newtongrange. Looking south east across the line on 3 June 2015.

Newcraighall South Junction: 'I think he wants me to stop...' The area around Newcraighall South Junction on 3 June 2015. The warning on the left reads 'Non Operational Railway Beyond This Point Await Instruction Before Proceeding Into Exchange Area'.

Eskbank: Looking south towards the new Eskbank station on a sunny 3 June 2015 from the A6094 road bridge. Beyond the station the line swings left onto Hardengreen Viaduct.

Shawfair: Activity at Shawfair station on 3 June 2015 centres around fencing and platform 'furniture'. View south towards Sheriffhall.

Eskbank: Various activities taking place in and around the new Eskbank station and footbridge on 3 June 2015. Looking north towards the site of the original 1847 station lying approximately half a mile away. The sign reads 'Eskbank : Alight here for the bus link to Dalkeith Country Park.'

Langho: The returning Fellsman railtour at Langho on the evening of 3 June 2015 attacking the long climb from Whalley viaduct up to Ramsgreave & Wilpshire. The locomotive is Royal Scot 46115 Scots Guardsman.

Hardengreen Viaduct: The Borders Railway crossing Hardengreen Viaduct over the A7 on 3 June 2015. Photographed looking south towards Dalhousie Mains from the footbridge near the new Eskbank station.

Langho: A summer evening service from Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria approaches Langho on 3 June 2015 as a small gathering awaits the arrival of The Fellsman see image [[51546]].

Farington Curve Junction: 46115 Scots Guardsman comes off the long sweeping curve on the climb from Farington Curve Jct and is about to cross School Lane at the site of the former Engine Shed Jct. As the headboard on the locomotive states, it is The Fellsman on the regular summer Wednesday service from Lancaster to Carlisle via Preston and the S&C.

Chorley: A Northern service to Buxton has departed from Chorley heading towards Bolton on 03 June 2016. The former goods yard was on the right but part of it is now used as a car park.

Leyland: Colas 60026 approaches Leyland on the Up Fast with the Carlisle to Chirk log train on 03 June 2016. This regular service has been rather less frequent in the last few months, reported as being due to work being carried out at the Chirk factory.

Spean Bridge: Mid-morning trains cross at Spean Bridge on 3rd June 2016.

Fort William: Shunting the afternoon Jacobite ready for the afternoon departure for Mallaig on 3rd June 2016.

Banavie Swing Bridge: Classic view of Ben Nevis from the afternoon Jacobite to Mallaig at Banavie on 3rd June 2016.

Glenfinnan Viaduct: Glenfinnan Viaduct from the rear of the afternoon Jacobite to Mallaig on 3rd June 2016.

Arisaig: The afternoon Jacobite to Mallaig crosses a ScotRail service at Arisaig on 3rd June 2016.

Arisaig: Mallaig-bound Jacobite crosses a ScotRail service at Arisaig on 3rd June 2016.

Arisaig: A traditional - and sensible - low-cost walking route across the railway: the barrow crossing at Arisaig on 3rd June 2016.

Arisaig: The Jacobite heads east from Arisaig on the evening of 3rd June 2016.

Moy: Caught out of position, I only just managed this shot of the weed-killing train as it was allowed to leave Inverness twenty minutes early. It consists of two MPV's coupled back to back, No's 98911 and 98961.

Moy: Unusual combination of the new and the old. 68024 Centaur and 37607 double head a train of autoballasters from Mossend to Dingwall. Pictured just north of Moy and an hour and forty minutes early. The class 68 was replaced by another 37 at Inverness.

Manchester Piccadilly: Platform 14 at Manchester Piccadilly. En route to Liverpool Lime Street with lots of delays. Little wonder I prefer the S & C when it works!

Shanghai Railway Museum: US built SN26 600mm gauge 0-10-0 dating from 1920. Served in Yunnan Province and was donated on withdrawal to the Shanghai Railway Museum. 3 June 2017

Summerseat: Desert Sand liveried D9537, working a Small Engines Gala ELR service through Summerseat on 3rd June 2017.

Shanghai Railway Museum: View across the buffer stops of the carriage sidings which now occupy the former station tracks at what was Shanghai North Station. The original terminal building was to the left, now the site of the extensive offices of the Shanghai Railway Administration. The smaller replica terminal building which houses the Shanghai Railway Museum is in the centre of the picture above the sidings. Shanghai Railway Station is some 3km off picture to the right past a large locomotive depot. 3 June 2017

Hornberg: Framed by a Schwarzwaldbahn panoramic viewpoint structure, a light electric loco hurries through Hornberg in the Black Forest on 3rd June.

Triberg: A substantial information board outside Triberg station illustrates the dramatic sweep of the Schwarzwaldbahn (the black and white line) and the accompanying Erlebnispfad (discovery path) in red. This considerable feat of engineering, which proved to be a model for rail construction in other mountainous parts of the world, involved a distance of 11 km as the crow flies from Hornberg to St Georgen being extended to 26 km of track length - but with the outcome that no gradient is steeper than 1 in 50.

Hornberg: Players and spectators at the SV Hornberg v. SV Hausach football match are oblivious to the passage of a northbound Schwarzwaldbahn RE service on 3rd June 2017.

Hornberg: A northbound DB automotive service snakes its way through Hornberg on the Schwarzwaldbahn on 3rd June 2017.

Freudenstadt: A Karlsruhe tram-train (on the right) has reached its terminus at Freudenstadt Hauptbahnhof on 3rd June 2017. On the left is a Freudenstadt-Offenburg local service - formed of two Regio Shuttle single-unit railcars - operated by franchised private operator SWEG. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson for loco intelligence]

Elzach: Classic German bus-rail interchange at Elzach, rural terminus of an S-Bahn local service from the university city of Freiburg in the western fringes of the Black Forest. The three red buses are operated by a DB subsidiary, the yellow bus belongs to a private operator, and in the background is a SWEG-operated Regio Shuttle train at the single-platform station.

Brock: Fresh from the boat. Newly imported DRS 68026 was used on the Crewe Sellafield flask train on Saturday 3rd June 2017. Paired with 68001 Evolution the pair are seen heading north at Brock. 68026 is intended for TPE passenger services and the different (temporary) livery is very noticeable.

Helmsdale: This weekend's SRPS  'Far North Explorer' tour ran from Edinburgh to Wick and Thurso with 37025 and 37421. The locomotives are seen during the waiting time and photo stop at Helmsdale. The sun shone and the hillsides were glowing with gorse + steam heat from 37025  what more could you ask for?

Wick: 37025 on the stops at Wick. The SRPS 'Far North Explorer' tour to Wick and Thurso ran with 37025 and 37421. The sun shone and the hillsides were glowing with gorse + steam heat from 37025  what more could you ask for?

Mill Hill: A Colne to Blackpool South service calls at Mill Hill on 03 June 2017. Although the train has 4 carriages (a Class 150 and 142) the rear unit is locked out of service as far as Preston due to platform length at some stations on the line.

Summerseat: Immaculate Drewry Class 04 D2298, operating a train at the ELR Small Engines Gala, seen at Summerseat in June 2017. The inset picture shows the previous time I had seen the loco, at Dunnington on 6th January 1973, when it hauled a railtour to the Derwent Valley Light Ralway near York. The tour from Manchester ran along the DVLR in near darkness due to a loco failure near Wakefield. Sister loco DVLR No.2 (D2245) shared the haulage on the light railway section.

Summerseat: The ELR Small Engines weekend took place on 3rd/4th June 2017, coincidentally the 45th Anniversary of the last BR passenger train to Rawtenstall. Newly repainted 09024 runs through the woods near Summerseat on a short working from Bury to Ramsbottom.

Summerseat: GWR 0-6-0ST No.813, a guest at the East Lancashire Railway 2017 'Small Engines Gala', leaves Summerseat and drops back down towards Bury after taking a service to Rawtenstall on 3rd June.

Summerseat: In addition to two train sets running between Heywood and Rawtenstall the 2017 ELR Small Engines Weekend also featured a variety of shunting locos working between Bury and Ramsbottom. Resident Class 03 D2062 is seen here paired with Drewry Class 04 D2298, visiting from Quainton Road, near Summerseat station on a three coach set.

Hausach: Seen at Hausach (the junction for Freudenstadt) on 3rd June 2017, the Class 146.2 loco of a southbound Schwarzwaldbahn train from Karlsruhe to Konstanz sports a livery promoting the panoramic viewpoints further south alongside this spectacular mountain railway. Completed in 1873, the line involves a height difference of no fewer than 670 metres between its lowest and highest points. Class 146.2s operate electric RE and IRE (Interregio-Express) trains across Baden-Wuerttemberg. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson for loco intelligence]

Kirkland Yard: Andrew Barclay 1890 of 1926 masquerading as Wemyss Coal Co No.10 (actually delivered to Edinburgh & Leith Gas Commissioners, [[Granton Gasworks]]) looks superb at the Fife Heritage Railway, Kirkland Yard, on 3 June.

Summerseat: Severn Valley based GWR 0-6-0ST 813 was a visitor to the ELR Small Engines 2017 gala and is seen here approaching Summerseat with the first train on 3rd June, five coaches for Rawtenstall. Already some twenty minutes late here it lost further time on its way northwards which impacted on other services as the day progressed.

Shanghai Railway Museum: US Lima Built KD7-641 dating from 1947. Provided to China after WWII by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. It is coupled to a coach used by government officials in the Republican period which is reputed to be the private car of Soong Mayling, Madame Chiang, wife of President of the Republic, Chiang Kai-Shek. 3 June 2017.

Shandwick Place [Tram]: Flowers placed close to the location where cyclist Zhi Min Soh died in a vehicle accident after her wheel became stuck in tram tracks in Edinburgh.

Craigendoran Junction: The empty Fort William Sleeper (Deerstalker) paused at Craigendoran Junction on a Saturday afternoon en route to Polmadie.

Shanghai Railway Museum: Shanghai Railway Museum. The museum, which opened in 2004, is largely contained in a replica of the main building of Shanghai North Station which was adjacent. Shanghai North Station was opened as Shanghai Station in 1909 and renamed in 1916. It was Shanghai's principal station for most of the 20th century until closure in 1987. It was replaced at that time by Shanghai Railway Station which is nearby and is still very much in use by both conventional and high speed trains. The site of the former Shanghai North Station terminal building is now the location of the extensive offices of the Shanghai Railway Administration. The former station tracks at Shanghai North now serve as the carriage sidings for Shanghai Railway Station. In addition Shanghai is served by the vast Hongqiao Station to the west of the city which is the principal high speed train station and also by the South Station from which conventional trains run to destinations in the south of China as well as high speed trains on the Jinshan Railway. 3 June 2017

Hornberg: Seen on 3rd June 2017, the panoramic viewpoint beside Hornberg station features detailed information boards on the history and geography of the Schwarzwaldbahn and its surroundings. Shouldn't Scotland be emulating this imaginative approach to promoting scenic railways?

Summerseat: In their all too brief BR lives the Class 14s only carried two-tone green livery but in preservation there has been a big variety. D9551, visiting the ELR 2017 Small Engines Weekend from the Severn Valley, sports Golden Ochre livery as originally carried by Western D1015. Seen here double heading with ELR resident D9531 on a train for Rawtenstall approaching Summerseat on 3rd June 2017.

Cupar: 158734 calls at Cupar with a southbound service on 3 June. To the left of the signal box in the background is the Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee goods warehouse, refurbished for commercial use.

Millerhill Marshalling Yard [North]: A new Network Rail sign has recently appeared at the Whitehill Road entrance to Millerhill yard, seen here on 3 June 2018. A new roadway is under construction behind the gated entrance visible on the left just beyond the roadworks barriers see image [[64413]].

Largs: A Viking longboat at Largs Station. Design supplied by the Scottish Maritime Museum.

Millerhill Engineers Depot: The north east corner of Millerhill yard looking south from Whitehill Road on 3 June 2018, with the recently constructed road clearly visible despite the haar. This new road meets the original depot entrance road at a T junction on the other side of the metal gate on the right of the photograph. See image [[64314]]

Topsham: Topsham, station and passing loop on the Exmouth branch, looking northwards on Sunday 3rd June 2018.

Croston: With major engineering work again taking place at Liverpool Lime Street, until 29 July, Northern are again operating Sunday trains between Preston and Ormskirk to connect with Merseyrail services into Liverpool city centre. on 03 June 2018 a service to Ormskirk departs from Croston passing the greenhouse and vegetable garden on the disused platform which is maintained by station volunteers.

Abbey Town: The station building at Abbey Town, seen in June 2019.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The foundations for the new section of frangible decking begin to take shape at what will soon be the end of the extended platform 2 and 3 roads at Queen Street High Level. The previously excavated and temporarily infilled trackbed is due to be opened out later this summer (June/July 2019) For a view of this area before the station redevelopment work started see image [[69113]].

Meridian Water: Having just passed through the (now closed) Angel Road station, 317653 with 317668 to Stratford arrive at the replacement station at Meridian Water, on its opening day, Monday, 3rd June 2019.

Angel Road: The now closed Angel Road station, where nameboards and shelters have already been removed, seen from its replacement station at Meridian Water on the latter's opening day, Monday, 3rd June 2019.

Meridian Water: After three aborted opening dates, 19th May, 23rd May and 28th May, the new Lea Valley Line station at Meridian Water finally opened on Monday, 3rd June 2019. This replaces Angel Road station which had served the area since 1840, first under the name Edmonton, then later Water Lane before becoming Angel Road. This view shows 317885 with 317814 from Stratford to Bishop's Stortford departing from London's newest station at 10.17 on the opening day and about to pass the now closed platforms of Angel Road station, beyond the North Circular Road viaduct in the background and from which running-in boards and waiting shelters have already been removed.

Meridian Water: Exterior of the ticket hall at London's newest station, Meridian Water, on opening day, Monday 3rd June 2019.

Meridian Water: 317881 with 317657 to Stratford departing from the new Meridian Water station on its opening day, Monday 3rd June 2019. There are lifts here but, notwithstanding they and the station are brand new, they were 'out of order'.

Meridian Water: 317504, with 317502, heading to Cambridge and speeding past London's newest station, Meridian Water on the Lea Valley Line, on its opening day, Monday, 3rd June 2019.

Meridian Water: The new Meridian Water station on opening day, Monday, 3rd June 2019, looking north from the up platform towards the now closed Angel Road station, just a few yards away and with the bay platform for the intended shuttle service to Stratford on the right. The start of this service has been delayed until September 2019.

Aviemore: What secrets lie behind the red door? A door marked 'private' at Aviemore station.

Inverurie: On platform drinking fountain at Inverurie.

Aviemore: The view south from Aviemore in June 2019 showing the new signalling.

Dalgety Bay: GBRf 66743 leads the 'Royal Scotsman' through Dalgety Bay on 3 June 2019. 66746 is on the rear.

Girvan: Socially-distanced tablet exchange as the 1106 from Stranraer runs in to Girvan ready to go forward as the 1159 to Kilmarnock on 3rd June 2021. The loop is distinctly rusty and services have not been restored to normal yet.

Leyland: D213 'Andania' heads the Saphos 'Welsh Marches Whistler' railtour from Lancaster to Bristol, seen passing Leyland early in the morning of 3 June 2021.

Girvan: With the station at Girvan behind the camera, this view on 3rd June 2021 looks west down the station access steps to part of the 'mining village' built by South Ayrshire Collieries Ltd in 1915 to 1916. They planned a new pit nearby, although it was never opened, but they had other mines in the Dailly Area.

Arbroath Harbour Junction: The 11:48 arrival at Arbroath from Edinburgh, 170408, heading past the signal box to the sidings for a very short lay over before returning to form the 12:10 service to Glasgow Queen Street on 3rd June 2021.

Toddington: GWR 4-6-0 7903 'Foremarke Hall', northbound out of Toddington at the Stanton road bridge, during the Platnum Jubilee weekend, 3rd June 2022.

Winchcombe: The GWR Platinum Jubilee Weekend Gala on 3rd June 2022 featured many locos. This is LMS Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41312, on loan from the Mid-Hants Railway, northbound with a GWR freight train out of Winchcombe.

Winchcombe: GWR 4-6-0 7820 'Dinmore Manor', in lined black livery with BR Lion on Wheel emblem, is northbound tender first out of Winchcombe during the Platinum Jubilee G&WR gala on 3rd June 2022.

Broadway: Green liveried Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 heading north towards Broadway during the G&WR Platinum Jubilee steam gala on 3rd June 2022. The handsome little loco was on loan from the Great Central Railway.

Toddington: SR (BR) Rebuilt West Country 4-6-2 34028 'Eddystone' southbound at the Stanton Road Bridge near Toddington for the G&WR Platinum Jubilee gala. The more observant will notice a second SR Bulleid in the train. This is local Merchant Navy 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co' whereas 34028 is usually based on the Swanage Railway.