Gushetfaulds Carriage Sheds and Sidings: Carriage sidings at Larkfield Junction in the summer of 1962. Later the site of the now closed Gushetfaulds Freightliner depot.

Busby: Standard and Fairburn 2-6-4 tanks run light through Busby station on 6 June 1963 on their way back to Glasgow from East Kilbride.

Kings Cross: One of the Finsbury Park batch of Brush Type 4s, no 1775, stands alongside a classmate at the buffer stops at Kings Cross station in June 1969 after bringing in ecs from Holloway carriage sidings.

Kings Cross: Brush Type 2 no 5596 leaving the Cross with suburban ecs in June 1969. On the right is the 'Hotel Curve' platform aka 'Kings Cross Suburban' (latterly no 14) used by down trains arriving from Moorgate on the steep climb from the Metropolitan widened lines. Up trains on the Moorgate route used the York Road platform on the other side of the station. Both platforms were in use between 1866 and 1976 see image [[37734]].

Clare: The last train ran through Clare station, Suffolk, in March 1967. Nine years later, on 6th June 1976, the premises were being well cared for as part of Clare Castle country park. This view is east towards Cavendish. It is still available to visit today, with a small museum housed in the former goods shed.

White Colne: The former station at White Colne in June 1976, looking towards Earls Colne. Tickets used to be issued from the porch, but latterly the platform was behind the camera across a minor road. The rubble in the foreground marks the site of the crossing keeper's hut, which had recently been taken away for rebuilding on the Colne Valley Railway. The main building has survived in good order as the village hall. [Ref Query 6617]

Dent: Signal box at Dent, photographed in June 1978 from a passing train.

Horton-in-Ribblesdale: Refurbishment and restoration work taking place on the former station building at Horton-in-Ribblesdale in June 1978. The 1876 station had been closed to passengers since 1970 but happily reopened in 1986. See image [[46928]]

Rowley [Beamish Open Air Museum]: No 14 with a single coach about to run past the signal box at Beamish in the summer of 1980.

Beamish Open Air Museum: Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries 0-4-0ST no 14 (Hawthorn Leslie 3056/1914) with a train at Beamish in June 1980.

Swindon Works: 31017 photographed on 6 June 1981 on the scrapline at Swindon works.

Swindon Works: 25007 and 25006 patiently awaiting their fate on one of the scrap lines alongside Swindon Works on 6 June 1981.

Swindon Works: 20050 (later restored as D8000 for the NRM) at Swindon on 6 June 1981.

Swindon Works: Warship D818 Glory at her birthplace in Swindon Works on 6 June 1981. Despite her immaculate appearance (following a restoration exercise by works apprentices) she was subsequently scrapped.

Swindon Works: Security staff ensuring railway enthusiasts dont help themselves to souvenirs from the remains of locomotives such as 40071 on the condemned lines at a Swindon Works open day on 6 June 1981.

Swindon Works: The shell of 40125 stands in a siding on what has become wasteland around Swindon Works on 6 June 1981.

Swindon Works: D1023 Western Fusiler stands at Swindon works on 6 June 1981.

Miles Platting: A DMU arriving at Miles Platting in June 1984. The station closed to passengers in 1995. [Ref query 6883]

Haverthwaite: Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank (Cumbria) leaving Haverthwaite for Lakeside Windermere in 1988.

Haverthwaite: Hunslet Saddle Tank 0-6-0 Cumbria at Haverthwaite in 1988, being prepared for the day's duties.

Westerton Junction: The junction for Milngavie at the west end of Westerton station seen in 1989 before the branch was reduced to one track. The photograph was taken during a weekend of PW works partly relaying the track which would be retained.

Woolley Edge Services: A droop - nosed and partially stripped 31159 at rest on the Woolley Edge northbound service area on the M1 on its final journey on 6 June 1996. The locomotive was cut up at MC Metals, Springburn, later that month.

Weston-super-Mare: Road apprioach to Weston-super-Mare station in June 2002. [Ref query 5 February 2019].

Exeter St Davids: A terminating Virgin Cross Country service from Manchester Piccadilly runs into platform 4 at Exeter St Davids during the afternoon of 6 June 2002.

Bishops Lydeard: Preserved Collett 4-6-0 no 7828 Odney Manor seen shortly after arrival at Bishops Lydeard in June 2002.

Minehead: Collett 2-6-2T no 4160 photographed at Minehead on the West Somerset Railway on 6 June 2002.

Minehead: Collett 4-6-0 7820 Dinmore Manor taking a break at Minehead in June 2002.

Bristol Temple Meads: A Virgin CrossCountry service leaves Bristol for Birmingham in 2002 behind 47839 Pride of Saltley.

Bristol Temple Meads: Virgin Liveried 47839 Pride of Saltley with a CrossCountry service about to leave Bristol Temple Meads for the north in June 2002.

Bristol Temple Meads: 47839 Pride of Saltley about to leave the north end of Bristol Temple Meads station on 6 June 2002 with a CrossCountry service heading for Birmingham New Street.
See query 2244

Crawford: Looking north to the former Crawford station. The trackbed to the right led to and was used in the construction of Camps Reservoir.

Lampits Junction: 90027 comes out of the early morning fog shortly after leaving Carstairs with the Edinburgh portion of the Lowland Sleeper on 6 June 2006. The train is about to pass below the A70 road bridge, just as the sun starts to break through. 90027 is in Railfreight Distribution livery and carries the nameplate 'Allerton T&RS Depot - Quality Approved'. See image [[9616]]

Carstairs: EWS 90028 draws to a halt well beyond the platform at Carstairs shortly before 0630 on a foggy morning in June 2006. Trailing behind the locomotive are the 15 coaches of the down Lowland Sleeper, whose Edinburgh and Glasgow portions will be separated here before leaving the station in opposite directions (see image [[9617]]).

Carstairs: 90027 coupled up and ready to go with the Edinburgh portion of the sleeper in the fog at Carstairs on 6 June 2006.

Carstairs: View from a less than crowded waiting room at Carstairs, approaching 06.30 on 6 June 2006. 90027 is in the process of coupling up to the rear of the Lowland Sleeper, 7 coaches of which it will take on to Edinburgh Waverley, while the front portion continues to Glasgow Central behind 90028.

Carstairs: Following the split of the Glasgow and Edinburgh portions of the Sleeper at Carstairs, 90027 prepares to leave for Waverley.

Carstairs: Out of the early morning mist and into Carstairs station on 6 June 2006 at precisely 0620 (5 minutes ahead of schedule) comes 90028 with the 15 coaches of the combined Edinburgh & Glasgow Lowland Sleeper.

Carstairs: Early shift. Waiting at Carstairs on 6 June 2006 for the arrival of the combined Edinburgh/Glasgow Sleeper from Euston is 90027. Following the split, the locomotive will take the rear portion on to Waverley.

Dalreoch Tunnels: Approaching Dalreoch.

Carstairs: An early morning mist covers Carstairs on 6 June 2006, as a freight passes through the station on its way north hauled by EWS 66216.

Carstairs: The Edinburgh portion of the Lowland Sleeper held in the mist at Carstairs at 0640 on 6 June 2006 as the 0550 Glasgow - London Pendolino service passes through at speed on the adjacent platform... honest.

Carstairs: Having brought 15 sleeping cars overnight from Euston as far as Carstairs, EWS 90028 stands to the west of the platform at 0625, shrouded in fog, while the rear seven coaches are detached for Edinburgh. 90028 will then proceed to Glasgow Central with the remainder.

Carstairs: 'What time is...' 'Half past four' 'What are you do...' 'I'm going out to take some photographs' 'Where can you take photographs at this time of the mor...' 'At Carstairs - the Caledonian slee...' 'ZZZZZ....'
All that and it turns out to be foggy...
EWS 90027 has just coupled up to the rear of the recently arrived Caledonian Sleeper at Carstairs on 6 June 2006, seven coaches of which it will shortly take north to Edinburgh Waverley... 'Is that light still red..?

Tay Bridge: A view of the Tay Bridge - you can see the piers of the original bridge clearly from here.

Slateford Junction [1st]: Heading southwest from Haymarket towards Carstairs on 6 June 2008 is the 1152 First TransPennine service to Manchester Airport. The train is running alongside the rear of the tenements on the south side of Slateford Road and will shortly reach the site of the original Slateford Junction where the line becomes the former Caledonian route to Carstairs. The Pentland Hills form the horizon.

Lancaster Green Ayre: The former single line link from Lancaster Castle to Green Ayre station was electrified until closure in 1966, as was the line to Morecambe that passed over the curving bridge in the background - now a road. Green Ayre steam shed was behind the trees alongside this link line, now a supermarket. The two old railway lines are both cycleways now, linked by the new bridge.

Dalmeny: The 0950 Aberdeen - Kings Cross HST comes off the Forth Bridge and into Dalmeny station on 6 June 2008.

Caledonian Brewery: A morning NXEC Kings Cross - Glasgow Central service about to pass under Slateford Road shortly after leaving Haymarket East Junction on 6 June 2008. Wardlaw Terrace is on the left and the Caledonian Brewery to the right.

Glasgow Central: NXEC DVT 82210 at Glasgow Central waiting to form a service to London Kings Cross

Paignton: First Great Western HST, with power car 43063 leading, arrives at the end of its journey in rain soaked Paignton on 6 June 2009. The water level between the tracks was slowly rising and expanding during the afternoon as the English Riviera resort was battered by wind and rain.

Preston: DBS 37670 (and 37401 hidden by the OHL stanchion) stand at Preston on 06 June 2009 having recently arrived back with Compass Tours 'The Devonian' railtour. The special to Paignton had departed from Preston over 18 hours earlier.

Bathgate Upper: The once rail - connected former North British Steel Foundry site at Bathgate on 6 June 2009. The new railway to Airdrie will follow the boundary fence in the foreground (on the inside of the former alignment) in order to bypass retail developments in the old goods yard.

Paignton: 142068 having recently arrived at Paignton waits to return to Exemouth on a very wet Saturday afternoon.

Warszawa Centralna: The cavernous interior of Warsaw Central station, seen on 6 June 2010.

Severn Tunnel Junction: Severn Tunnel Junction looking east. A new line and platform on the left has increased the capacity at this point for the tunnel route. See image [[7135]] for the layout before this platform came into use.

Dalry Road: Miraculous survivor. A platform of the former Dalry Road station on 6 June 2010, looking towards Princes Street. Ironically the path leads to a bus stop (visible through the trees just before the end of the platform) located in a lay-by alongside the West Approach Road, from which buses now carry passengers on the short hop (600m) to Princes Street along the trackbed of the former railway. Dalry Road shed stood just off to the right of the photograph. See image [[29251]]

Seafield Viaduct: I doubt if many passengers waiting for a number 12 bus on Seafield Road notice the subtle change in the angle of the wall on the left, behind which stands the Seafield Shed Centre. The relatively short perpendicular section is all that remains of the bridge that once carried the CR Leith New Lines into Leith South Yard and the Eastern Docks see image [[27121]]. Coincidentally, Seafield Shed stood in the north east corner of the yard, beyond the wall on the other side of the road. View west towards Leith in 2010.

Yeovil Pen Mill: The signalman and driver of a busy service from Weymouth make a tablet exchange at Yeovil Pen Mill on 6 June 2010. The view looks to Weymouth.

Vienna West: View over Vienna West sidings on 6 June 2010. [With congratulations to Railscot contributor (formerly) Veronica Inglis on her recent marriage. Ed]

Auschwitz: The infamous rail link running into the former Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz II - Birkenau, Poland, seen in June 2010. After the Second World War Poland established a museum on the site of Auschwitz I and II. The museum is visited annually by three quarters of a million people.

Seafield Level Crossing: 'Not exceeding forty shillings' seems a long time ago... sign on a fence alongside Seafield level crossing on 6 June 2010.

Trowbridge: Northbound passenger train at Trowbridge.

Victoria Swing Bridge [Leith]: Looking west across the Victoria swing bridge over the Water of Leith with the docks off to the right. The bridge once provided rail and road links across the river between the western and eastern docks. Photograph taken on 6 June 2010, by which time rail traffic had long ceased (although embedded rails are still in situ) and road traffic now passes by alongside on Ocean Drive. Bridge rotation was driven from an adjacent hydraulic power station (a corner of which can just be seen on the extreme right). The area is now dominated by modern buildings, including 'Ocean Teminal' in the right background - all part of the Leith Waterfront Development that kicked off in the 1990s.

Honiton: Looking west past Honiton signal box towards Exeter in June 2010.

Dalry Road: View west from the surviving Edinburgh bound platform of Dalry Road station on 6 June 2010. Part of what is now the West Approach Road, which occupies the route of the former Caledonian main line from Princes Street station, is visible through the trees. The line north started to curve away here before crossing Dalry Road itself to reach Dalry Middle Junction see image [[35358]].

Leith Central: The clock tower of the former Leith Central station, photographed looking south west along Constitution Street early on a quiet grey Sunday morning in 2010. A definite feeling of 'the morning after the night before...'

Leith Central: Detail - Leith Central, junction of Duke Street and Leith Walk, June 2010.

Westbury: 59102 approaches Westbury North Junction from the Stert and Westbury Railway (Lavington Line). Although the locomotive looks set to run through the station towards the camera it will diverge to the right passing behind platform 1, drawing to a halt in the Down Reception.

Budapest East: Platform scene at Budapest East station (Budapest Keleti pályaudvar) on 6 June 2010.

Budapest East: View over part of Budapest East station (Budapest Keleti pályaudvar) on 6 June 2010.

Leith Central: The north west corner and clock tower of Leith Central seen looking south from Constitution Street on Sunday 6 June 2010.

Greenock Ladyburn Shed: Two for the price of one! View north over the site of Greenock Ladyburn shed towards the Clyde on 6 June 2011, with a class 380 passing along the bottom of the picture on a Gourock - Glasgow Central service. The particularly sharp eyed may notice a second train in the photograph on the north bank, where a Class 334 has just left Craigendoran on its way from Helensburgh to Edinburgh Waverley.

Cherry Tree: Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48151 storms west through Cherry Tree station heading towards Preston on the 'Diamond Jubilee Fellsman' railtour from Carlisle on 6 June 2012. After a problem at Carlisle and leaving around 35 minutes late with the recently repainted 47580 sporting a large Union Jack on each bodyside, it was almost right time when it passed Cherry Tree with the 8F appearing to be doing all the work. The undergrowth to the right is the trackbed of the line from Cherry Tree to Chorley via Abbey Village.

Lancaster: Jubilee festivities continue. 48151 was rostered for the Diamond Jubilee Fellsman on 6th June 2012. The 8F 2-8-0 made a fine start up the bank from Lancaster with the heavy train, which has been sold out for some time. On a damp and grey morning it headed initially for Preston and then Carlisle via the S&C.

Barassie: Compass tours ran the 'Oban & Lorn Highlander' tour from Ayr to Oban and return on 6 June 2012. Here West Coast Rail Co's 37676+37516 power through Barassie station having just left Ayr.

Grosmont: The 11.44 Northern service to Whitby pulls away from Grosmont platform 1 on a hot and humid 6 June 2013. The train has approximately 20 minutes remaining of its journey from Middlesbrough. Platforms 2-4, which handle NYMR services, are off to the left.

Grosmont: A DMU from Middlesbrough arriving at Grosmont platform 1 off the Esk Valley line on a summer afternoon in 2013. The route between here and the end of the line at Whitby is shared with NYMR services.

Hyndland: An Airdrie bound service approaching Hyndland during the afternoon of 6th June 2013.

National Railway Museum York: General view over the workshops at the National Railway Museum in June 2013. The locomotive hiding at the back, disguised in wartime black livery and carrying the number 502 is Flying Scotsman. See image [[26937]]

New Bridge Level Crossing: The rear end of B1 4-6-0 no 61002 Impala approaching New Bridge level crossing on 6 June 2013 with the NYMR 'Yorkshire Coast Express' bound for Whitby. (Note the B1 is in fact 61264 in disguise, with the original 61002 having been scrapped 46 years earlier.)

Wall: Wall station, the first on the Border Counties line out of Hexham, lies some way to the south of the small village it served. Since closure in 1956 it has become a private residence and has been extended. It is seen here from the A6079 road looking down towards the River North Tyne. There is a Mk1 BR coach at the north end of the station site.

Grosmont Shed: Lambton tank no 29 receiving attention inside the shed at Grosmont on 6 June 2013.

National Railway Museum [York]: Shunter with a story. Built at Horwich in 1961, D4105, spent its first 7 years at Chester before moving to Feltham in 1968. Within 2 years it was transferred to Selhurst, where it was renumbered 09017 during 1973. Withdrawn in August 1987, it reappeared 2 months later as departmental locomotive 97806, allocated to Sudbrook Pumping Station, where it was used on the Severn Tunnel emergency train. By mid 1998 it had reverted to its former number 09017, this time sporting EWS colours. Finally, in 2011, the National Railway Museum obtained 09017 as its resident shunter at York, where it was refurbished and given a new Maroon livery. Photographed here at its stabling point within the museum in June 2013.

National Railway Museum York: Who needs computer games... those of a certain age will recall this item of platform furniture from the fifties and sixties, when amusements, chocolates, drinks, cigarettes, etc all came courtesy of The British Automatic Company Ltd, 14 Appold Street, EC2. Photographed in the 'warehouse' section of the NRM in June 2013.

Saltburn: 142084, newly arrived from Darlington, stands at Saltburn terminus on 6 June prior to retracing its route and then continuing on to Bishop Auckland.

Grosmont: The 10.38 Middlesbrough - Whitby Northern DMU service, photographed shortly after leaving Grosmont platform 1 via the Esk Valley Line on 6 June 2013. The NYMR platforms stand on the right beyond the fence.

Middlesbrough: The rather ordinary looking canopies and building exteriors at Middlesbrough station conceal a very impressive booking hall and concourse that are worth a second look. Northern Pacer 142026 departs on a Saltburn to Bishop Auckland service.

Grosmont Shed: 61002 Impala receiving some last minute TLC on Grosmont shed in the summer of 2013. In real life the locomotive is actually NYMR preserved B1 4-6-0 no 61264. Interesting sign.

Grosmont Shed: View through the running shed at Grosmont on 6 June 2013. Locomotives receiving attention on this occasion are A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley and Lambton Tank no 29.

Grosmont Shed: The NYMR steam breakdown crane, Cowans Sheldon ADRC95224 of 1926, photographed in June 2013 standing alongside the shed at Grosmont.

National Railway Museum York: Cosmetically restored A4 Pacific no 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower on display at the National Railway Museum, York, on 6 June 2013.

National Railway Museum York: 6000 King George V at the NRM in 2013. Shipped to the US in 1927 to feature in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad centenary celebrations, it received the bell, inscribed thus: 'This bell was presented to the locomotive by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co in commemoration of its centenary celebration September 24 - October 15, 1927'.

Grosmont: The level crossing at Grosmont on the NYMR on 6 June 2013, with Black 5 no 45428 'Eric Treacy' about to enter the station from the east running tender first with the Pickering - Whitby Yorkshire Coast Express.

Hexham: Refurbishment work at Hexham means the NER footbridge is out of use at present with its temporary replacement further along the platforms. Pacer 142071 is newly arrived on a Northern service from Middlesbrough via Hartlepool and will shortly return there departing from this westbound platform via a crossover.

Grosmont Shed: BR Class 4 2-6-0 no 76079 'receiving attention' outside Grosmont shed on 6 June 2013. See image [[23489]]

Grosmont Shed: Cowans Sheldon ADRC95224 of 1926, now the NYMR steam breakdown crane, photographed in June 2013 standing in the shed yard at Grosmont.

Hyndland: An eastbound service about to leave Hyndland on 6 June 2013.

Grosmont: BR Sulzer Type 2 no D5061 awaits its turn at Grosmont station on the morning of 6 June 2013.

Grosmont: Ex-SR Schools class 4-4-0 no 30926 Repton stabled in the sidings alongside Grosmont shed on 6 June.

York: Looking south along the Ouse towards Lendal Bridge on 6 June, with the 13.48 TransPennine service from Scarborough to Liverpool Lime Street about to cross the river and enter York station.

Newcastle Central: Contrast in front ends at Newcastle. Although both trains are heading south on the East Coast Main Line they will depart in opposite directions. TPE 18548 took the High Level Bridge route before turning right past the site of Gateshead Depot whereas 91112 crossed the Tyne on the King Edward VII bridge.

National Railway Museum York: Memories of Riccarton South. Spotted in the 'warehouse' section of the NRM on 6 June. (The boards are stored vertically, two photographs have been combined and rotated through 90 degrees). See image [[23830]]

Saltburn: Closed due to technical difficulties. Not what you want to hear when you arrive at the foot of Saltburn cliffs. The water powered Cliff Lift had been operating earlier in the day but now the car seen here was stuck at the top and its counterpart in the promenade station.

New Bridge Level Crossing: B1 4-6-0 no 61002 Impala south of New Bridge level crossing at the head of a NYMR train bound for Pickering on 6 June 2013. The B1 is actually 61264 in disguise, with the genuine 61002 having been withdrawn from Hull Dairycoates in June 1967 and cut up a few months later.

Grosmont: The NYMR's much loved ex-Southern S15 4-6-0 no 825 crosses the bridge over the Esk shortly after leaving Grosmont station on its way to the shed on 6 June 2013, just a few weeks before the locomotive's boiler ticket was due to expire. In the background BR Sulzer Type 2 D5061 can be seen on the north side of the level crossing.

National Railway Museum York: 'Unusually quiet this morning Fred...' The old 'box from Borough Market Junction finds at bit of peace at last in the north yard of the National Railway Museum, York, in June 2013. See image [[43904]]

National Railway Museum York: Diminutive 0-4-0ST Teddy in the yard at the NRM in June 2013. Built in Bristol by Peckett & Sons in 1942 (works no 2012) Teddy is believed to be the smallest working standard gauge steam locomotive in the UK. Originally used by the Royal Ordnance Corps in Poole, Dorset, the locomotive spent much of its life, including the war years, shunting wagons around the very tight yard there. Teddy is now regularly employed on mini tourist steam trips at the NRM.

York: Nice day for a bicycle ride along the banks of the River Ouse at York on a pleasant afternoon on 6 June 2013. Meantime, in the background beyond the trees, an East Coast HST is accelerating away from York station with a northbound train.

Blairadam: Looking north towards the site of Blairadam station on 6 June. The curving field boundary marks the course of the railway, while the former goods yard is now occupied by industry and housing. Just one of many obstructions to rebuilding the direct Edinburgh - Perth line. [See recent news item]

Borwick: Back on the main line after an extensive overhaul is EE Class 40 40145. Scheduled to haul its first excursion on 7th June 2014 (Rawtenstall to Oxford) it was sent to Carnforth the day before to collect the stock and a number of enthusiasts paid to travel back to Bury on a circuitous route behind the gleaming veteran, seen here passing the closed station at Borwick just after leaving Carnforth.

Rishton: Back on the mainline after several years of refurbishment work, CFPS no. 345, looking and sounding immaculate, climbs to Rishton on 6 June 2014 whilst working a loaded stock move from Carnforth to the East Lancashire Railway in preparation for a railtour to Oxford the following day.

Rishton: Northern 158754 passes through Rishton non-stop on a York to Blackpool service on 6 June 2014.

Darwen: Class 40 no.345 coming to a halt for an extended stop at Darwen on 6 June while it waited for a late running service to clear the single line section from Bromley Cross. See image [[47567]]

Rishton: Northern Pacer 142038 departs from Rishton on 06 June 2014 whilst working a Blackpool South to Colne service.

Edrom: Looking east over the well-preserved Edrom station on the occasion of a NBR Study Group outing on 6 June.

Bamber Bridge: The Railway Touring Company's Cumbrian Mountain Express on 6 June 2015 ran from London to Appleby via Shap and returned via Settle and Blackburn. The 'northern' legs of the tour were hauled by 46115 Scots Guardsman. The train is passing under the M6 motorway as it approaches Bamber Bridge.

Edinburgh Waverley: 68025 'Superb' at Waverley station.

Brocklesby: 60074 at Brocklesby with 6M00 Humber to Kingsbury oil tanks on 6 June 2016

Clunes: 37688 Kingmoor TMD and 37607 are running late as they approach the site of the closed station at Clunes with five autoballasters for Fodderty.

Ulceby: 60001 at Ulceby on 6 June 2016 with 6E54, the Kingsbury to Humber oil tanks.

Kilmarnock: GBRf 66732 working 4S27 Tyne Dock coal terminal to Greenburn Keir Mining south through Kilmarnock, having run round in the long lyes. It will repeat this move when returning fully loaded as 6E95 to Drax Power Station.

Kilmarnock: GBRf 66732 working 6E95 Greenburn Keir Mining to Drax north through Kilmarnock station for run round in the long lyes.

Kilmarnock Junction: GBRf 66732 working 6E95 Greenburn Keir Mining to Drax south through Kilmarnock station heading for Drax.

Kilmarnock: GBRf 66732 working 6E95 Greenburn Keir Mining to Drax south through Kilmarnock station heading for Drax. The driver is a friend of the photographer!

Craigendoran Junction: 66739 squirms round the reverse curves at Craigendoran Junction to leave the West Highland and join the Helensburgh line. The track to the right is a loop for the West Highland and that to the left a somewhat overgrown PW siding (disconnected), formerly the westbound track of the Helensburgh line. The digger at the extreme left is involved with the laying of a new sewer at Craigendoran Pier.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Centre portion of the new mural at the Queen Street concourse.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 1720 to Cardenden about to depart Platform 2 at Waverley in the care of 68 025 Superb on 06/06/2016. This is the last of a batch delivered to DRS only a few weeks ago and the paintwork at least is still gleaming. Locos are still popping out but carriages just get older ...

Craigendoran Pier: View of Craigendoran Pier, base of operations for the laying of a new sewer.

Beuron: A DB Interregio-Express (IRE) on an Ulm-Donaueschingen service on 6th June 2017 is dwarfed by its natural surroundings (including limestone outcrops) in the Danube (Donau) gorge, less than 50 miles from its source in the Black Forest.

Beuron: An IRE service pauses at the monastery village of Beuron in the Danube gorge on 6th June 2017. The station loop is long gone and the station building is now used as a Haus der Natur for visitors, staffed by the regional park authority.

Beuron: Class 611 tilting diesels are the standard rolling stock on DB's Donaueschingen-Ulm IRE service, linking the southern Black Forest with the Schwabische Alb (Schwabian mountain region) to the east. Here a 2-car service accelerates away from the village of Beuron on 6th June 2017. The tower of the local Benedictine monastery, where the photographer stayed for a week (highly recommended for a peaceful holiday), can be glimpsed in the background. The Class 611s are concentrated in south west Germany, based at Tuebingen. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson for loco intelligence]

Haymarket: The Royal Scottish National Orchestra playing today (6th June) at Haymarket. The shark is because the RSNO with the Edinburgh International Film Festival are presenting JAWS in concert at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on 22 June.

Sessay: A short distance north of the former Sessay station, towards Thirsk, there is a very narrow and low bridge, with blind approaches on each side, under the East Coast mainline on a local road heading from the A19 towards Dalton to the west of the line. The bridge ECM 5/37 is seen in a view looking east. The arched centre of the bridge is possibly from when the East Coast Main Line was only twin track, with the flat extension at each side being added when it was four tracked.

Camelon: If it were human, only a mother could love it. A Class 385 pulls into Camelon with a Glasgow to Edinburgh service on 6 June 2019.

Oxford: X-Country Voyager 221140 on a northbound service at Oxford on 6th June 2019. The principle difference between 220s and 221s are the heavy duty tilting bogies on the latter but also nearly all 221s run as five cars and all the 220s as four cars.

Larbert: A Glasgow to Stirling service calls at its penultimate stop of Larbert on 6th June 2019. Six cars seems generous for an off-peak service, but let's not complain.

Didcot Parkway: DB Schenker 66095 heading east through Didcot with a car train for Southampton on 6th June 2019.

Dunblane: An Inverness to Glasgow HST has cleared Dunblane station so the next returning Edinburgh service has entered Platform 1 from the reversing stub. It will wait a few minutes before departing. In the 1980s I once got on a clapped out DMU here which seemed ancient even then. A German tourist said 'In Chermany such a train would be in a museum, I sink'. Perhaps someone might say that about this 385 one day too.

Edinburgh Waverley: A ScotRail HST pulls into Waverley's Platform 15 on 6 June 2019.

Oxford: GWR 802107, southbound for Paddington, seen at Oxford on 6th June 2019.

Camelon: An Edinburgh to Dunblane service calls at Camelon on 6 June 2019. Behind it, the track divergence betrays the site of the old, island station which closed in 1967. I imagine it would be too expensive and disruptive to iron this out.

Dunblane: A ScotRail Inverness to Glasgow HST pulls away from Dunblane on 6 June 2019.

Gleneagles: It is hard to believe that Gleneagles station has been unstaffed for many years as it always looks so good. Unusually it has run-in boards at right angles to the track, as if for the drivers' benefit rather than the passengers'. View looks south, so those are the Ochils rather than the proper Highlands - and I don't want to get into an argument about where the Highlands start. Highland Spring? From Blackford?

Ford Bridgend Engine Plant: On the day they announced the closure of Bridgend Ford Engine Plant this was sitting in the siding. It had arrived overnight and was due to return to Dagenham booked to leave 2150. Colas Rail 56087 sits behind the gates to Bridgend Engine Plant. The railway crosses the A48 at Waterton. (6/6/19)

Crewe: Well earned break for the driver of 45690 Leander at Crewe. 6th June 2019.

Ford Bridgend Engine Plant: On 6th June 2019 it was announced that the Ford Engine Plant at Bridgend will close in 2020. On the day of the announcement Colas Rail 56087 sits behind the gates to the site. The railway crosses the A48, in the foreground, at Waterton. 56087 had arrived overnight and was due to return to Dagenham booked to leave 2150.

Holyhead: 45690 'Leander', prepares for the journey back to Crewe from Holyhead, its part of the 'Steam Dreams' outing from London Euston to Holyhead, 6th June 2019.

Holyhead: 47245 rests before its journey back to London Euston from Holyhead with the 'Steam Dreams' excursion on 6th June 2019.

Ford Bridgend Engine Plant: This is the level crossing with the A48 at Waterton on the branch to the works from the Vale of Glamorgan Railway. Seen on 6th June, 2019 the day they announced the Bridgend Ford Engine Plant will close in 2020.

Didcot Parkway: GWR 387168, newly arrived at Didcot from Paddington on 6th June 2019. These electric trains terminate at Didcot. The DMU in the background is GWR 165133.

Crewe: 45690 'Leander', 57308 from Direct Rail Services, and Class 47 47245 from West Coast Railways seen at Crewe on the 6th June 2019. This was a 'Steam Dreams' excursion from London to Holyhead, changing engines at Crewe with 'Leander' about to take over from 47245.

Larbert Junction: An Edinburgh service (obviously) approaches the points at Larbert on 6 June after calling at the station. Simple geography would dictate that Larbert and Larbert North Junctions should be Larbert South and Larbert respectively, but the seemingly randon names of the various Cowlairs junctions demonstrate that common sense doesn't always apply to such names.

Gleneagles: A ScotRail HST from Inverness pulls into Gleneagles with the 1108 to Glasgow, apparently a regular HST diagram on a line still dominated (for now?) by 170s. There was a plan a while back for regular Glasgow to Perth stopping services but these never came about and Gleneagles has been left behind in the general improvement of services in central Scotland. It may be quite isolated, but the few trains which do call see reasonable custom.

Oxford: Colas 70805 leading, with 70809, and hauling a fully loaded northbound ballast train at Oxford on 6th June 2019.

Stirling: On 6 June 2019 the up Highland Chieftain is slightly delayed waiting for a more lowly down Alloa service to clear the points at Stirling. Long-running footbridge replacement works continue on the far right.

Oxford: Chiltern Railways 168217 running into Oxford's newly restored Platform 1 on 6th June 2019.

Powderhall Loop: If I hadn't photographed it myself a fortnight previously I might not have believed that the rails here had been lifted in order to dig a hole. The hole is now filled in and the rails replaced. This would be unremarkable, but the line is disused… View looks south towards Leith Walk. The engine release loop is nearest the camera.

Granton Esparto Wharf: A look along the Western Breakwater at Granton. The view is southwest, so inland. Note the solitary remaining rail, the telegraph pole and what I take to be cable supports. The last two presumably serviced the shed which was behind me and right at the end of the breakwater, which was then wider here.

Granton Esparto Wharf: View towards the end of the Western Breakwater at Granton showing the remaining rail (yes, just one.) There were in fact four tracks here; the breakwater has obviously been narrowed since the wharf closed with the wharf side gone. If you don't know what esparto is please be assured it's as dull as it sounds.

Newhaven [Tram]: Former tram crews' convenience at the one time Newhaven terminus of the Numbers 7 and 11. The No 7 bus still terminates there today and the facility appears still to be in use. I'm talking about bus drivers' toilets? Maybe there's something missing in my life.

Raskelf: A Cross Country Trains HST set heads north on the evening of Sunday 6 June working 1S51 the 12.27 Plymouth to Edinburgh service. Power cars are 43303 leading and 43207 at the rear. The working was around 20 minutes late at this point.

Birmingham International: HS2 is coming - this bridge over the M42 near J6 (for the NEC and Birmingham Airport) was installed earlier this year.

Raskelf: Bi-Mode loco 88003 leads similar bodied diesel loco 68017 as they head south on a diverted Mossend to Daventry DRS operated Tesco intermodal service nearing Raskelf Station site on Sunday evening 6 June. These workings were to avoid various improvement works along the WCML over a number of weekends, and have now stopped.