Connel Ferry: Connel Ferry station, looking east as a steam hauled train calls on a sunny midsummer evening in 1962.

Lugton East Sidings: Corkerhill Jubilee 45665 Lord Rutherford of Nelson stored in Lugton sidings on 26 June 1962. 'Official' withdrawal by BR did not take place until several months after the photograph was taken, although the locomotive's next and final journey would be back to Glasgow, where it was cut up in the yard of Messrs Campbell at Shieldhall in December 1963.

Lugton East Sidings: Steam locomotives stored in Lugton sidings on 26 June 1962 included Jubilee 45711 Courageous and class 2P 40621.

Lugton East Sidings: A pair of McIntosh ex-Caledonian 0-4-4 tanks stored in the sidings at Lugton awaiting disposal on 26 June 1962. 55266 and 55206 had been officially withdrawn from Corkerhill shed 9 months earlier. Both were cut up at Connels of Coatbridge in September 1963.

Ballachulish: Ballachulish station in 1962, with a service from Oban having just arrived behind a BRCW Type 2 diesel.

Calton Tunnels: St Margarets V3 no 67617 banks the empty coaching stock for the 'Heart of Midlothian' into Calton Tunnel on Saturday 26th June 1962.

Ballachulish Ferry: The Pap of Glencoe is prominent in this view from the branch train nearing the end of its journey to Ballachulish. The locomotive is a BRCW Type 2 diesel.

Ballachulish: By 1962, diesels had taken over from the Caley 0-4-4 tanks that had previously been the mainstay of Ballachulish branch services, and a BRCW Type 2 is seen here, about to run round its train after arrival at Ballachulish.

Lugton: 45123 heads an evening northbound freight through Lugton.

Lugton: 73059 has been put in the loop while 73124 and 45687 pass with the car sleeper.

Carlisle Upperby Shed: Stanier Pacific no 46238 City of Carlisle is standby locomotive at Upperby shed on 26 June 1964.

Clarkston and Stamperland: EE Type 1 no D8127 passing Overlee Park, Clarkston, on 26 June 1964 with a morning East Kilbride - Glasgow St Enoch service. [Ref query 22 November 2018]

Ayr Harbour: No shortage of passengers boarding TS 'Duchess of Montrose' at Ayr Harbour, on a summer Friday in June 1964, and no shortage of fishing boats at the quay opposite. 1964 was the final summer of service for the Duchess.

Carlisle: Britannia 70033 Charles Dickens has just backed onto the 9.25am Crewe - Aberdeen at Carlisle platform 3 on Saturday 26 June 1965. The Pacific had been reallocated to Kingmoor from Crewe South during the previous week and would spend the rest of its operational life at 12A until final withdrawal in July 1967.

Port Erin: Immaculate Isle of Man Railway No.10 'G H Wood' makes a lovely sight at the head of the 10.35 to Douglas, awaiting departure from Port Erin on a summer morning in 1965.

Carlisle: 'Right - let's start at Upperby... well Kingmoor gets my vote...' Happy days at Carlisle station on a fine Saturday morning in the summer of 1965. The train is the 8.15am Newcastle - Heads of Ayr, preparing to leave behind Polmadie Black 5 no 44796.

Peel: Isle of Man Railway No. 5 'Mona' was the oldest of the active locomotives seen on a visit to the island in 1965. The visit was a 24-hour expedition from Glasgow organised by the railway club at my former school. Unusually and fortunately, as far as I was concerned, recent FP's were invited along also! Mona, dating from 1874, was photographed at the water column at Peel after bringing in the 12.35 arrival from Douglas.

Carlisle: Summer holiday traffic at Carlisle platform 4 in June 1965 where Black 5 no 45226 has recently arrived with 1S54 the 11.00am ex-Blackpool North carrying passengers for Dundee and Edinburgh Princes Street.

Douglas [IoM]: A train for Port Erin leaving Douglas, Isle of Man, in 1965. The locomotive was No.10 'G H Wood'.

Douglas [IoM]: An afternoon Isle of Man Railway service from Douglas to Port Erin crosses the bridge over the River Glass as it climbs away from Douglas. The engine was No. 11 'Maitland'.

Douglas [IoM]: An afternoon Isle of Man Railway service from Douglas to Peel heads away from Douglas in June 1965. The line to Port Erin has branched left just behind the photographer's vantage point.

Carlisle: An empty stock movement at Carlisle on the morning of 26 June 1965 involving Black 5 4-6-0 no 44730, a visitor from Warrington's Dallam shed (8B). The locomotive had arrived on the 6am (Saturday) Warrington - Carlisle stopping train.

Port Erin: Immaculate Isle of Man Railway No.10 'G H Wood' was one of the locomotives seen on a visit to the island in 1965. No.10 was based at the small engine shed at Port Erin. Preparation at the shed for the journey to Douglas has been completed and the engine will shortly take charge of the 10.35 service.

Douglas [IoM]: Isle of Man Railway No. 8 'Fenella' shunting in Douglas station in June 1965 after arrival with a morning service, which I think had come from Ramsey.

Carlisle: The 10.35am Glasgow Central - Blackpool North arrives at Carlisle on 26 June 1965, having run south via the G&SW route. Britannia Pacific no 70032 'Tennyson' is in charge.

Glasgow St Enoch: All passenger trains which are at present operating from this station will arrive at and depart from Central Station Glasgow on and from Monday 27 June 1966. Message to passengers on the last quiet Sunday afternoon at St Enoch, with the time at 4.20pm on the station clock... on a brighter note, other signage invites us to open a copy of Photoplay, pour ourselves a glass of Standfast and light up a Bristol!

Glasgow St Enoch: St Enoch on 26 June 1966. As the light begins to fade on the final day of scheduled passenger services, some of the last ever departures stand in the station.

Glasgow St Enoch: A type 2 arrives at St Enoch with a passenger train (origin unknown) on the final day of operations. This may well have been the last locomotive - hauled passenger train to enter the station.

Glasgow St Enoch: Sunday 26 June 1966 on St Enoch Platform 2. I can almost smell the exhaust from the Metro - Cammell dmu mixed with the pigeon by-products.

Glasgow St Enoch: As it is the 51st anniversary of the closure of St Enoch (Sunday, 26th June,1966) here is a suitable view of the station as it was that day - the station throat looking to the signal box, taken on that fateful Sunday.

Glasgow St Enoch: The last day... An external view of St Enoch station from the square on 26 June 1966, the last day of scheduled train services from the station.

Glasgow St Enoch: Sunday 26 June 1966 - the last day of train services from St Enoch. View of the passenger exit to Dunlop Street from platform 1 with its roof mounted signalling equipment.

Glasgow St Enoch: A pair of Firemen's Call Boxes, located on platforms 2&3 at St Enoch station, photographed on Sunday 26 June 1966, the last day of scheduled passenger services.

Glasgow St Enoch: Signal detail on platform 4 at St Enoch, photographed approaching its retirement on Sunday 26 June 1966.

Glasgow St Enoch: A Derby DMU arriving at St Enoch on 26 June 1966, the last day of operations.

Glasgow St Enoch: The destination board from the departure gallery at St. Enoch for Johnstone (obviously) which slatted into the racks on the windows and would have been last used on 26 June 1966. Bought for (I think) two and sixpence at a sale by BR - all the good names had gone by the time I got there (no offence Graham!)

Glasgow St Enoch: The last day... Looking out from St Enoch on 26 June 1966, the last day of scheduled train services.

Glasgow St Enoch: Looking back towards the great roof of St Enoch station on 26 June 1966, last day of operations.

Skin Works Siding: Hold up at Galashiels on 26 June 1968, two days into an NUR/ASLEF extended 'work to rule'. The train is described as the 'Night Limited' on its way from London to Glasgow behind an unidentified EE Type 4 locomotive. See image [[31274]]

Helensburgh Upper: Platform view towards Glasgow from Helensburgh Upper on 26 June 1971, with a Queen Street - Oban train approaching the station.

Helensburgh Central: North Clyde class 303 electrics at Helensburgh Central in June 1971.

Helensburgh Upper: A Fort William - Glasgow Queen Street train approaching Helensburgh Upper station in June 1971. Note the smoke from the coal fire in the waiting room.

Wymondham: Wymondham South Junction on 26th June 1977, looking west towards Attleborough. Removal of the direct connection between the up main line and the Dereham branch has just been completed and the work team are keeping an eye on their handiwork as the first trains travel over it. Freight traffic to Dereham and beyond continued via the down connection until 1989 and it was subsequently maintained in use for the Mid Norfolk railway. The signalman's supply of coal, somewhat carelessly dumped on the track beside his box, will be noted.

Kings Cross: Deltic 55003 Meld getting into the mood at Kings Cross on 26 June 1978.

Flåm: Scene at Flåm terminus on 26 June 1994. An NSB class 69 EMU awaits departure with the next service to Myrdal, flanked by a pair of X10 units, borrowed for use during the summer peak. The X10s were popular with tourists due to their larger windows. The SL (Stockholm Commuter Rail) unit on the right was being used for driver training.

Sebnitz: Photograph taken from the leading vehicle of a former DR Ferkeltaxi (piglet taxi) comprising power car No. 772 015 and trailer No. 972 615. This is the view as the set departs from Sebnitz in June 2001 while working the 08.30 Neustadt (Sachsen) to Bad Schandau. See image [[41299]]

Bad Schandau: The view ahead from the 08.30 Neustadt (Sachsen) to Bad Schandau train which is about to step onto the bridge over the River Elbe shortly before reaching its destination in June 2001. The Prague to Dresden main line can be discerned just below the trees on the far side.

Porschdorf: Power car No. 772015 (with trailer car No. 972615 in front) has halted at Porschdorf, on the so-called Saxon Semmering line between Sebnitz and Bad Schandau on 26 June 2001 with the 08.30 departure from Neustadt (Sachsen). The schedule was obviously very leisurely as the crew showed us inside one of the station buildings where there was some sort of exhibition, probably celebrating the centenary of the line, which had opened in 1898. See image [[40760]]

Bad Schandau: Steam on the river. The paddle steamer Pirna, built in 1898 as the König Albert and renamed in 1919, still plies the River Elbe south of Dresden through 'Saxon Switzerland' and is seen here at Bad Schandau in the summer of 2001.

Neustadt (Sachsen): The Romanian built C-C diesel hydraulics of DR class 119 were never famed for their reliability and despite significant expenditure on the class by DB following German reunification (by which time they had become class 219) they did not survive long, with many of their duties being taken over by multiple units. A pocket of the class survived in the extreme south-east of the former DDR into the 21st century and here No. 219067 has recently arrived at Neustadt (Sachsen) in June 2001 on the 07.10 local train (No. RB17914) from Pirna.

Pontrilas: Southbound through Pontrillas, once junction for Hay.

Ebbw Vale Steelworks: Death of a steelworks. Buildings being torn down.

Alexandra Dock Junction Sidings: View looking west from above. The line to Ebbw Vale bears off to the right into the undergrowth.

Bedlington: A light locomotive returns south through the closed Bedlington station on a wet afternoon in June 2004 after servicing Lynemouth Aluminium Works and North Blyth bauxite terminal. Bedlington South signal box and level crossing stand in the background, with Furnaceway Sidings beyond.

Bedlington: A suitable sign outside a pub with Bedlington South box in the background. The station was to the left.

Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter: Alumina wagons being unloaded at the Lynemouth Aluminium Works in 2004.

Newsham South Level Crossing: Newsham South Level Crossing signal box, seen from the east side in 2004.

Dennyloanhead: The former Dennyloanhead station which closed in 1932 stood behind this aptly named public house.

Ferguslie: Looking North to site of Ferguslie Station from Paisley Canal Line with Paisley to Ayr line in background.

Elderslie Fly Under: Looking up to the main line from the Fly-under at Elderslie, this shows a Southbound modernised Class 318 .

Elderslie Fly Under: Looking east towards Paisley, this shows the fly-under as it is now. The bridge is still in place, but the this part of the track bed is now the site of a re-cycling plant and haulage yard.

Elderslie Fly Under: This view looks north at the point where the fly-under went under the main line and headed towards Cart Junction. The track bed here is now part of the cycle network.

Bangour Junction: Bathgate - Edinburgh train approaches the site of Bangour Junction on the single line branch in June 2007.

Bathgate East Junction [2nd]: View west as a Waverley - Bathgate service runs towards its destination on 26 June 2007. On the left is the freight-only line from Carmondean Junction serving the STVA Bathgate Car Terminal.

Drumshoreland: Originally named Broxburn (until 1870), the closed station at Drumshoreland is seen here looking south east on 26 June 2007. The surrounding area was once the centre of the West Lothian shale oil industry.

Greenhill Lower Junction: FSR 158733 glides down from Greenhill Upper Junction, heading for Stirling. The vegetation surprised me.

Bathgate Yard: A Newcraighall train eastbound shortly after leaving Bathgate on 26 June 2007. The DMU is passing the entrance to a sparsely populated Bathgate Car Terminal.

Greenhill Lower Junction: FSR 158733 passing through the points at Greenhill Lower Junction.

Bathgate Yard: Heading east from Bathgate on 26 June. The line running off to the right is the freight line from the STVA Bathgate Car Terminal.

Bathgate Yard: Edinburgh bound service leaving Bathgate on 26 June 2007 showing part of the huge area occupied by the Bathgate car compound.

Dalmeny Junction: An Edinburgh - Dundee train on the climb towards the Forth Bridge on 26 June 2008 photographed running through Dalmeny Junction.

Dalmeny: A Waverley bound train runs down the gradient towards Dalmeny North Junction on 26 June 2008, while in the background a 158 stands at the northbound platform of Dalmeny station with a service for Fife.

Rosyth Dockyard: Blue Star 1 arriving at Rosyth with the ro-ro ferry from Zeebrugge on 26 June 2008. Passenger services on the route ceased at the end of 2010 although a freight only service is still in operation. The line from Inverkeithing South Junction into the dockyard is still officially open, if overgrown. Intermittent use of the branch in previous years has included ScotRail DMUs undergoing refurbishment by Babcock Engineering see image [[22278]].

Dalmeny: ScotRail 170459 runs downhill from Dalmeny station on 26 June 2008 with a Fife Circle train returning to Waverley. The yard visible in the background is used to hold equipment and materials for use in connection with maintenance of the Forth Bridge see image [[54772]].

Dalmeny Junction: Looking south over Dalmeny Junction on 26 June 2008 as a returning Fife Circle DMU passes below on its way to Edinburgh. The walkway on the left which occupies the trackbed of the old South Queensferry branch has been temporarily closed due to maintenance work taking place on the bridge carrying the A90 in the background.

Dalmeny Junction: Southbound service passing Dalmeny North Junction on 26 June with the spur from Winchburgh coming in on the right.

Philpstoun: A Dunblane - Edinburgh Waverley 158 working passes the site of the former Philpstoun station, located approximately 2 miles east of Linlithgow, on 26 June 2008. This area formed part of the once extensive West Lothian shale oil industry.

Dalmeny: Side by side. ScotRail services to and from Fife about to pass at Dalmeny in the summer of 2008. The busy engineer's yard on the right holds plant, equipment and materials in connection with the ongoing maintenance of the Forth Bridge.

Almond Viaduct: An Air France jet about to land at Edinburgh Airport in June 2008 flys low over the railway viaduct spanning the River Almond carrying the line between Edinburgh and the Forth Bridge. The location is just north of the site of the former Turnhouse station (closed 1930) and approximately 2 miles north of the planned interchange at Gogar where future passengers will transfer between trains and trams to connect with the airport.

Dalmeny Junction: A northbound First ScotRail DMU passing below the A90 overbridge on the approach to Dalmeny Junction on 26 June 2008. The pathway running in parallel on the left occupies the trackbed of the former South Queensferry branch. The horizon is formed by the Pentland Hills, some 10 miles to the south.

Dalmeny Junction: Passing trains at Dalmeny Junction in the summer of 2008. A 170 destined for Waverley is about to pass a northbound 158 below the road bridge carrying the A90. The line to Winchburgh Junction runs off to the right, while on the left beyond the fence is the trackbed of the South Queensferry branch, now a walkway.

South Gyle: View over South Gyle towards Waverley on 26 June as a train from Fife passes. The rear of the shopping centre stands on the right and the platforms of South Gyle station are visible in the distance.

Edinburgh Gateway: A 158 heads north towards the Forth Bridge on 26 June 2008 past a compound associated with the nearby tramworks. This site has been proposed as the location for the Edinburgh Airport tram-train interchange (to be called Edinburgh Gateway).

Glasgow Central: 43166 of CrossCountry majestically passes a Class 156 and 314209 as they await signals at Bridge Street on 26th June

Wick: 158706 seen shortly after arrival at Wick on 26 June 2008.

Daviot: First ScotRail 170394 heads south near Daviot on 26 June.

Daviot: Freightliner liveried 66613 climbs towards Daviot with a southbound train of cement wagons on 26 June 2008.

Dalmeny: The 0950 NXEC Aberdeen - Kings Cross HST heads south from Dalmeny on 26 June 2008.

Almond Viaduct: A new interchange station is to be built at Gogar in order that train passengers can change onto a tram to reach Edinburgh Airport. The photograph shows the 1241 ex-Waverley Fife Circle service running alongside the airport and crossing the River Almond on 26 June 2008 near the site of the former Turnhouse station (closed 1930).

Castle Grant Platform: Rail Overbridge and gatehouse to the north of Grantown on Spey, where the former Forres line crosses the A939 road. A private halt was provided here by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway in 1863 ...in acknowledgement of the great facilities given by the Earl of Seafield in the formation of the railway through his estates.

Ballater: View along the former Ballater Station platform towards Aberdeen in June 2009.

Ballater: The restored former station (closed 1966) at Ballater, seen in June 2009. The building now houses a tourist information centre, museum and restaurant.

Keighley: Ex-GCR class 8K (LNER Class O4) 2-8-0 no 63601 leaves Keighley with the 1100 departure for Oxenhope during the KWVR Summer Steam Gala on June 26 2009.

Oxenhope: Robinson class O4 2-8-0 no 63601 approaching Oxenhope station on 26 June 2009 with the 1525 'express passenger' working from Keighley.  The 2-8-0 was visiting the KWVR as part of the Summer Steam Gala. 

Dufftown: Railbus prototype no 140001 stored west of Dufftown station in June 2009. The track ends just ahead of the unit and the trackbed is then blocked by an access road into the adjacent distillery complex. See image [[24656]]

Elgin East: Frontage to former Elgin East station. June 2009

Ballater: Platform view looking west at Ballater on 26 June showing the extension built to accommodate part of the Old Station Museum.

Dufftown: Another view of the prototype railbus DMU 140001 stored west of Dufftown Station in June 2009.

Dufftown: Weather worn ex-Brighton Belle coach no 87 at the West End of Dufftown Station, as viewed from the foot crossing in June 2009.

Mytholmes Tunnel: KWVR Summer Steam Gala, June 2009, with WD 2-8-0 no 90733 approaching Mytholmes Tunnel with the 1150 service from Keighley to Oxenhope.

Largo Viaduct: The East of Fife Railway viaduct at Largo in June 2009.

Aviemore: EWS 66107 seen during an early evening crew stop in Aviemore Station on 26 June 2009. The empty fuel tanks from the Lairg oil terminal can be seen at the front of the consist in the working that is heading south from Inverness.

Ballater: Restored main entrance to the former Ballater Station on 26 June 2009. My wife is perusing the shop window display for anything of interest. Fortunately nothing bit.

Elgin East: View over the goods yard at Elgin East on 26 June 2009.

Dufftown: A DMU leaves Dufftown station for Keith Town on 26 June on the Keith and Dufftown Railway.

Broomhill: The Great Marquess a mile south of Broomhill with the return working of the SRPS Railtours 40th Anniversary special on 26 June 2010.

Exeter St Davids: 6024 King Edward I stands at the platform at Exeter St Davids on 26 June with the 'Steam Dreams' Cornish Riviera Express.  Sadly 6024 did not lead the train into Exeter but was piloted by D1015 Western Champion.

Glenfinnan: 62005 starts the climb west from Glenfinnan station with The Jacobite on 26th June 2010.

Warton: A Cumbrian Coast service passes under the Carnforth Ironworks Tramroad bridge that is now used to carry a private farm road See image [[30144]]. 153378 is running between Silverdale and Carnforth.

Haddington: View from the trackbed of the former Haddington branch, taken from the outskirts of Haddington looking west on 26 June.  The overbridge carries the former A1.  Those extra supports can't be original.  All but the last few hundred yards of the branch were converted many years ago to a walkway which, in the absence of obstructions, faithfully follows the trackbed from the branch platform face at Longniddry.  The only exception is for the current A1 dual carriagway where a slight diversion is needed because of the skew.

Lostock: A sizeable group of Saturday passengers heading for Bolton and Manchester at Lostock station wait to join Sprinter 150275. In this view towards Bolton the extensive railway land that has now been used for car parking, and which on a weekday would be full, can be seen as can the junction with the Westhoughton and Wigan line trailing in from the right.

Lostock: A Preston to Manchester and Hazel Grove service runs in to Lostock station past some of the new housing developments that made it viable to reopen the station after a long period of closure. 150275 is the unit in use in this view towards Chorley and Preston.

Perth: A ballast train heading north through Perth station on 26 June behind locomotive 66114.

Perth: 47760 approaching Perth on 26 June prior to backing on to the returning SRPS 40th Anniversary Railtour (1970-2010).

Lostock Junction [Station]: When Lostock Jcn was originally open the station building sat in the 'V' of the junction with four platforms. These were swept away after closure and on reopening only the Chorley line platforms were reinstated. 150146 climbs away from the junction on the L&YR built link to Wigan via Westhoughton passing the site of the removed platforms.

Lostock Junction: View west at Lostock Junction sees 156466 dropping down from Westhoughton to join the line from Preston and Chorley and run to Bolton. When the station reopened in 1988 (as plain Lostock) the platforms were only reinstated on the Preston line.

Dalwhinnie: 61994 'The Great Marquess' at the Dalwhinnie watering stop on the SRPS 'Speyside Steam Special' tour from Polmont to Broomhill.

Portknockie: Start of the section of Moray cycle track heading east along the former trackbed towards Cullen, seen from the A942 on the south edge of Portknockie in June 2010.

Perth: 61994 The Great Marquess, photographed at Perth at 2025 on 26 June 2010. The locomotive had brought in the returning SRPS 40th Anniversary Railtour (1970-2010) from Boat of Garten. Class 47 no 47670 took the train on from here to its final destination at Polmont. See image [[29551]]

Perth: With the light amost gone, no 47670 has just taken over the SRPS 40th Anniversary Railtour (1970-2010) from no 61994 The Great Marquess at Perth station on 26 June 2010. The class 47 will shortly take the train south on the final leg of the return journey to Polmont. See image [[29548]]

Cruden Bay: Former overbridge across the trackbed of the railway alongside the A975 at grid ref NK103374 looking south west towards Cruden Bay.

Exeter St Davids: Running approximately an hour late D1015 Western Champion leads 6024 King Edward I into Exeter with the 'Steam Dreams' Cornish Riviera Express special.  The train then reversed into Riverside Yard where D1015 came off and 5029 Nunney Castle joined 6024 for the run to Cornwall.

Pickering: View north through Pickering station on 26 June 2011 showing the recently constructed overall roof. For the previous arrangement see image [[30915]].

Formby: A Liverpool bound service, with 508141 on the rear of a 6 car formation, leaving Formby station on 26 June 2011.

Freshfield: On the Liverpool to Southport Merseyrail Northern line, Freshfield station is the place to alight for the National Trust Red Squirrel Reserve. On Sunday 26 June 508108 departs south with a service to Liverpool as 507018 on the left waits for clearance to proceed to Ainsdale from Sandhills signalling centre following a track circuit failure.

Ainsdale: Looking north at Ainsdale on 26 June 2011 as Merseyrail 508140 arrives with a Liverpool bound train.

Ainsdale: Merseyrail 507004 departs from Ainsdale heading to Southport on 26 June 2011. The Class 777 replacements for these old EMUs have started to arrive on Merseyside in 2020.

Ainsdale: View south from the footbridge at Ainsdale station on a warm and sunny 26 June 2011 as a Southport - Liverpool Central service pulls away from the platform.

Formby: The station entrance and booking office on the road overbridge at Formby, seen in June 2011. Note the station name and LYR logo displayed within the mosiac on the front of the building.

Freshfields: A Southport bound ecs movement enters Freshfields station on 26 June 2011.

Pickering: BR Standard tank 80072 arriving at Pickering with empty stock on a sunny 26 June 2011. View north through the station showing part of the new overall roof, approximately two months old at the time.

Hightown: A Southport - Liverpool Central EMU arrives at Hightown station on the Merseyrail Northern line on Sunday afternoon 26 June 2011. Like many stations on Merseyrail, the booking office here is open on a Sunday.

Pickering: Have a pew... Period piece at the north end of Pickering station - choose a date!

Pickering: Admiring the new station roof. Discussion group at the south end of Pickering station in June 2011.

Ainsdale: A Merseyrail service from Hunts Cross to Southport approaches Ainsdale station on 26 June 2011. The height of the unused section of the Up platform is considerably lower than the rest.

Rugby: A tad colourful - 66434 in W H Malcolm livery waits for the road with an up container train at Rugby on 26 June. The usual DBS container train was loading in the sidings to the right at the same time... form an orderly queue, please!

Challow: Photographed running into the loop at Challow Station at 0900 on 26 June 2012. A1 Pacific no 60163 'Tornado' is heading for Canterbury with the Cathedrals Express.

Wakefield Kirkgate: New canopy supports being erected at the west end of the eastbound platform at Wakefield Kirkgate in June 2012 during major renovation work at the station.

Lostock Hall: A York to Blackpool service slows as it approaches Lostock Hall station on 26 June 2013. In the background is Lostock Hall Junction with the electrified lines to Farington Junction coming in from the right.

Bridge of Orchy: A Network Rail track team with rail mounted Land Rover standing by milepost 43 south of Bridge of Orchy on 26 June 2013. They had approximately 15 minutes left to clear the section by 13.00 for the ex Mallaig service to pass through.

Morar Viaduct: Black 5 No.45407 seen crossing the viaduct over the River Morar on 26 June with the morning Jacobite steam service from Fort William to Mallaig.

Glenfinnan: The Jacobite, hauled by Black 5 No 44871, makes light work of the 1 in 50 gradient between Glenfinnan Viaduct and the station on 26 June with the afternoon Fort William - Mallaig service.

Carlisle: 46115 Scots Guardsman runs into platform 3 at Carlisle with the down Fellsman on 26th June 2013. I have no idea why it is carrying the Scarborough Spa Express headboard.

Glenfinnan: In the shadow of Druim na Brein-choille, west of Glenfinnan station, Ian Riley's 5MT 4-6-0 44871 climbs towards the summit with a Jacobite service for Mallaig in June 2013.

Beasdale Bridge: 45407 takes the morning Jacobite westwards crossing the A830 on the approach to Beasdale station on 26 June 2013. Bury stablemate 44871 was also in use that day on the afternoon service.

Armathwaite: On a hot June day, the exhaust from 46115 Scots Guardsman is little more than a faint haze as it approaches Armathwaite with the southbound Fellsman returning to Lancaster.

Arisaig: Black 5 44871 heading the afternoon Jacobite towards Mallaig in June 2013 amidst scenery typical of the western end of this line.

Crianlarich: First Scotrail liveried Super Sprinter 156474 runs into Crianlarich Upper station on the rear of a twin 156 working from Mallaig and Fort William to Glasgow in June 2013

Glenfinnan Viaduct: Preserved Black 5 no 45407 takes the morning Jacobite westwards over Glenfinnan Viaduct on 26th June 2013.

Crianlarich Junction: 156457 leads unit 156474 round the final curve before entering Crianlarich Station on the 10.10 ex Mallaig to Glasgow Queen Street service on 26 June 2013.

Farington Curve Junction: With around 75 years of development separating them two generations of West Coast Main Line express motive power meet at Farington Curve Junction. 46115 Scots Guardsman is routed on to the East Lancashire line with The Fellsman while the Pendolino is heading north on a Glasgow service.

Preston: Having been to Carlisle via Settle with The Fellsman on 26 June 2013, 46115 Scots Guardsman waits to depart from Preston on the last leg to Lancaster.

Lancaster: Colas Freight 56302 (formerly 56124) powers the Carlisle to Chirk log train up the gradient to the south of Lancaster station on 26th June 2013.

Lostock Hall: The empty tar wagons from Preston Docks (Lanfina) run through Lostock Hall station on their way back to Lindsey Oil Refinery, Immingham, on 26 June. The locomotive in charge is DBS 60092.

Armathwaite: 66142 heading what is thought to be the 11.23 coal empties from Milford West Sidings to New Cumnock, seen here just north of Armathwaite on 26th June 2013.

Lancaster: Interesting motive power combination on the Crewe-Sellafield train on 26th June 2014. DRS 57007 pilots one of the few remaining DRS EE Type 1s, 20304, and three nuclear flasks as they take the Down Fast through Lancaster station. The locos stayed together for the day and worked the evening service back to Crewe with 20304 leading.

Newcraighall South Junction: Borders Railway progress at the north end of Millerhill Yard on 26 June 2014. View south west towards Shawfair, with a new bridge over the trackbed starting to take shape beyond the end of the turnback siding. The bridge will provide access from Whitehill Road into the new recycling plant which is being constructed here.

Millerhill: The former Millerhill station looking south from Old Craighall Road along the trackbed of the Waverley route on 26 June 2014. The temporary road access is in connection with the construction of a Biogen food waste recycling plant being built at the north end of the old yard. (Permanent access from Whitehill Road via a new bridge that will span the Borders Railway is currently under construction.) The Glencorse Branch, latterly serving Bilston Glen Colliery, turned west in the middle distance see image [[5547]].

Culloden Viaduct: Having just crossed Culloden Viaduct in the sunshine, DRS liveried 37610 T S (Ted) Cassady 14.5.61-6.4.08 heads south on 26 June with two nuclear flasks from Georgemas Junction to Carlisle. DRS 37259 brings up the rear.

Dunaskin Platform: No.10 giving rides in the converted brake van at ARPG Dunaskin on 26 June 2015. The nearer two lines belong to ARPG while the Network Rail line to Dalrymple Junction is beyond. It has seen no coal traffic for about three years and is currently 'out of use'. Beyond the 10 mph speed limit sign the 'main line' up to the unused Chalmerston Opencast belongs to Hargreaves as successors to Scottish Coal.

Babylon: The station at Babylon (the Czech Republic version) is not quite what the photographer expected. An unstaffed halt, with just two trains a day south to Furth im Wald in Germany, and three to Domazlice / Pilsen. However, a 1-metre wide canal, dating from the 16th century, runs right past the station - providing ample alternative transport interest.

Tynehead Junction: A ScotRail 158 involved in driver training duty on 26 June 2015. The train is in the process of running north through the points at Tynehead and entering the double track section to Fushiebridge.

Tynehead: A driver training trip on the double track section of the Borders Railway just north of the former Tynehead station on 26 June 2015. ScotRail unit 158782 is on its way back from Tweedbank to Newcraighall.

Tynehead: Site of Tynehead station (1848-1969) looking south from the road bridge in June 2015 with a 158 on crew training duty passing through. Note the Network Rail access points created on both sides of the line - these follow the route to the former goods yard on the up side and the platform steps on the down side. See image [[42698]]

Eglinton Street Junction: The 1530 Pendolino from London Euston approaching Eglinton Street Junction on 26th June 2015 and passing a Welcome to Glasgow greeting.

Ostend: The Kusttram is a metre gauge tramway running along almost the entire Belgian coast, some 42 miles. The depot at Ostend.

Ostend: The magnificent Ostend terminus, presently undergoing renovation. The platforms are to the right.

Ostend: Siemens Desiro EMU 08554 at Ostend with fill up with hundreds of scouts with the 15.08 to Antwerp.

Craigendoran: Panoramic view of Craigendoran station and piers (see larger version). The view is sufficiently wide that the stopped train appears both to the left and right.

Eskbank: One of the reduced number of ScotRail services running on Sunday 26 June 2016 was the 0911 Edinburgh - Tweedbank, seen here arriving at Eskbank on schedule.

Norwich: Norwich station approach, June 2016.

Glasgow St Enoch: On the 26th of June it was half a century since St. Enoch closed. This is a selection of tickets to and from St. Enoch and various other destinations long gone.

Ostend: The Kusttram is a metre gauge tramway running along almost the entire Belgian coast, some 42 miles. Trams 6046 and 6334 at the interchange for Ostend SNCB station.

Glasgow St Enoch: On the 26th of June it was half a century since St. Enoch closed. This is a selection of tickets to and from St. Enoch and various other destinations long gone.

High Level Bridge: Seen beyond the deck of the Tyne Bridge a Northern Class 156 Sprinter, on a short working from Newcastle to Metro Centre, sets out across the High Level Bridge on 26th June 2017. Built in 1928 the classic Tyne Bridge was restored to its original green colour (with liberal splashes of white Kittiwake guano) in the 1980s after many years painted in blue and red.

Breich: Breich is surrounded by countryside. The hotel has closed and and no-one now lives anywhere near. The village and its bus stop are a 15-minute walk away. In the last days of Lothian Regional Council the stops at Breich station had already been reduced to once daily (none on Sunday), and the plan was to move Addiewell westwards to where it could serve both villages but that fell through with privatisation and local government reform.

Breich: Despite the very low platforms, Breich station features modern furniture. 26th June 2017.

Middleton-in-Teesdale: Just outside the old Middleton-in-Teesdale branch terminus the Lunedale Viaduct still carries the Tees Valley Railway trackbed, and a bridleway, across a tributary of the River Tees. It is over fifty years since it last saw any trains but it is still a fine structure.

Bank Foot: Metro 4082 leads a 4-car Airport to South Hylton service over the level crossing and into Bank Foot metro station. Bank Foot is built on the site of Kenton Bank (NER)station, which closed as early as 1929. The old Kenton Bank station has a page on the Disused Stations website.

Breich: This view graphically illustrates the low platforms at Breich.

Middleton-in-Teesdale: Middleton-in-Teesdale station, nicely maintained and in use as the caravan site office. Closed to passengers with the line in 1964. Seen from the station approach road in June 2017.

Breich: View west from the old footbridge at Breich to the new roadbridge. A ramp runs up from the westbound platform to the bridge and formerly another ran from the eastbound, now overgrown.

Queen Elizabeth II Bridge: A 4-car Metro unit heads south over the Queen Elizabeth II bridge crossing the Tyne on 26th June 2017. The slight arc of the cantilevered Metro bridge allows a glimpse of a Virgin ECML train on the King Edward VII bridge behind. The bright blue paintwork of the bridge recreates the colour of the old Redheugh road bridge, replaced in the 1980s by a modern concrete structure, the pillars of which can be seen beyond the rail bridge.

Preston: Brand new DRS 68031 waits patiently for the signal to clear at the north end of platform 5, Preston while making a light engine move from Crewe to Carlisle on 26 June 2017.

Middleton-in-Teesdale: The old station at Middleton-in-Teesdale closed in 1964 and has since become a caravan site with the station building in use as a site office. The static caravans in the foreground occupy the old trackbed with the remains of the platform, station building and station house behind. 26th June 2017.

High Level Bridge: The road deck of the High Level Bridge is briefly quiet as a Pacer trundles above, nearing the end of its run from Middlesbrough to Newcastle on 26th June 2017.

Interiors: A ghostly buffet car. The ex-FGW buffet in the Scotrail driver training HST set on 26th June 2018.

Woodacre Crossing: With hot dry weather continuing The Fellsman was diesel hauled on 26th June 2018. WCRC 37516 and 37668 head south at Woodacre with the outward leg of the tour. Classic traction but no doubt a disappointment to many passengers.

Stirling South Signal Box: Not any more! LNER powercar 43257 leads the Highland Chieftain past the Kerse Road overbridge construction site 2 days after VTEC ceased to run the franchise.

Haymarket: Breich Station is closed until September 2018. This is a Customer Information Screen at Haymarket on 27th June. Class 365 unit in opposite platform.

Brock: The low sun catches the flanks of 68016 and 68034 as they head south alongside the Lancaster Canal between Garstang and Brock on 26th June 2018. The train is the evening flasks from Sellafield to Crewe.

Bargeddie Bridge: Oil tanks en route from Grangemouth to Prestwick seen crossing a busy M8 early on a summer morning.

Brock: Evening view northwards along the Lancaster Canal from Stubbins Lane bridge, between Brock and Garstang & Catterall, on 26th June 2018. A Virgin Voyager heads for Scotland.

Stirling South Signal Box: A Class 158 DMU bound for Carnoustie passes the Kerse Road overbridge construction site on its approach to Stirling. The railway has been reduced from 3 tracks to 2 at this point for the duration of the works.

Brock: Diesel hauled because of the hot weather fire risk on 26th June 2018, The Fellsman runs alongside the Lancaster Canal at Brock on its return leg. 37668 and 37516 did not need the usual water stops and were over an hour early on this last part of the journey.

Brock: Framed by Bridge 51 on the Lancaster Canal, a Pendolino speeds south between Garstang and Brock on the evening of 26th June 2018.

Stirling South Signal Box: View of the east side of the Kerse Road overbridge works from the long and rather meandering temporary footbridge, part of which can be seen disappearing into the distance on the left of the photo.

Stirling South Signal Box: DMU 156430, heading for Glasgow Queen Street, passes the Kerse Road overbridge construction site shortly after leaving Stirling. The railway has been reduced from 3 tracks to 2 at this point for the duration of the bridge works.

Interiors: Interior shot of an ex-FGW 1st Class saloon in the Scotrail driver training HST set. 26th June 2018.

Dundee Esplanade: 170429 descends from the Tay Bridge, through the remains of Dundee Esplanade Station (closed October 1939), to meet the Perth line at Dundee Central Junction on 26th June 2019.

Arbroath Goods: In splendid and secure isolation, the goods yard crane at Arbroath in June 2019. For a previous view see image [[18157]].

Arbroath: The 14.42 Aberdeen to Glasgow HST calling at Arbroath, on time at 15.30hrs, on 26th June 2019.

Dundee Central Junction: While I waited to capture the Edinburgh-bound HST at Dundee, this Colas Class 70 and tanks appeared from the Perth line. 26th June 2019.

Dundee Central Junction: While waiting to capture the Edinburgh-bound HST, this appeared from the Perth line. Colas tanks. (Missed the HST hidden behind this train.)

Kinlochleven Aluminium Smelter: Looking to the east along the old Kinlochleven electric tramway formation, as it skirts the south side of the village, in June 2021.

Slateford Yard: Grab shot of Inter7City extra carriages and spares stabled in Slateford sidings on 26th June 2021.

Kinlochleven Aluminium Smelter: The British Aluminium Co. (or North British Aluminium Co.) built the Kinlochleven Alumimium Works between 1905 and 1909, using narrow gauge railways to aid in the construction of the factory, power station, Blackwater Dam and the connecting water pipes. After opening, a 3 foot gauge tramway connected the works to piers on Loch Leven for the import and export of materials. This was double track with overhead catenary. It closed in 1960 with the works following forty years later. This view looks east over the cleared site of the aluminium works to the still-active power station. Behind it are the water pipes from Blackwater Reservoir - one of them has sprung a leak! To the left of the pipes, a railway and aerial ropeway reached the dam.

Kinlochleven Aluminium Smelter: Looking along the track bed to the site of the Kinlochleven smelter in June 2021. In the left distance is the largest surviving structure, now housing an outdoor centre. A siding diverged to the left of the building.

Burton and Holme: 35018 'British India Line' is a few miles out from its standing start at Carnforth but the eleven coaches of the Cumbrian Mountain Express are not yet rolling particularly quickly as it passes the local riding school at Burton and Holme, in the old County of Westmorland, on 26th June 2021. The mountains of the South Lakes provide the distant backdrop.

Burton Road Aqueduct [LC]: Two aqueducts tunnel under the Lancaster Canal near Burton and Holme station. This is the more southerly, over Burton Road, and the headroom is quite limited compared to its sister [[22859]].

Kinlochleven Aluminium Smelter: Rock cutting on the course of the Kinlochleven Smelter Tramway where it entered the works. Seen on 26 June 2021, sixty years after the tramway closed although the works itself continued to operate for a further forty years.

Burton and Holme: 35018 'British India Line' rolls through south Cumbria at Burton and Holme with a Cumbrian Mountain Express excursion for Carlisle, which it had just taken over at Carnforth on 26th June 2021.

Drybridge: Operating an excursion from Ayr to York on 26th June 2021, the 'Midland Pullman' HST passes through the remains of Drybridge station around 0800 en-route to its next pickup at Kilmarnock.

Burton and Holme: A southbound Pendolino leans into the curve as it passes through the closed station of Burton and Holme on 26th June 2021.

Kinlochleven Smelter Pier: The British Aluminium Co. (or North British Aluminium Co.) built the Kinlochleven Alumimium Works between 1905 and 1909, using narrow gauge railways to aid in the construction of the factory, power station, Blackwater Dam and the connecting water pipes. After opening, a 3 foot gauge tramway connected the works to piers on Loch Leven for the import and export of materials. This was double track with overhead catenary. It closed in 1960 with the works following forty years later. This is the south pier on Loch Leven, partially demolished, in June 2021. The isolated section carried rail mounted travelling cranes.

Kinlochleven Aluminium Smelter: Looking east along the track bed of the Kinlochleven tramway, towards the fine 1929 built bridge, which still carries the A82/B863 over the trackbed sixty years after closure. At the bottom left might be discerned the moss-covered square base for a catenary mast.

Kinlochleven Smelter Pier: Looking across the head of Loch Leven from the south pier at Kinlochleven in June 2021. In the centre is the much-reduced rump of the north pier. A massive concrete framed extension into deeper waters was removed after closure of the railway in 1960.

Beeches Light Railway: Sadly, as of 13th December, you wont get Adrian Shooter on any phone. Apparently he could set challenging assignments; but was a great manager most of the time, and transformed Chiltern from a backwater to a premier league railway. I only met him twice; but found him to be genial, supportive, and hospitable.

Loanhead: Progress on the old booking office building at Loanhead on 26 June 2022. Viewed platform side looking east, with part of what is now the 'Rosslyn Chapel Way' visible in the bottom left corner of the picture.

Abingdon: It is over 40 years since the MG car factory at Abingdon closed. This railway branch line - seen approaching Crabtree Place near the station site, which is now a Waitrose supermarket and car park - carried thousands of cars out for export. Now it is a peaceful footpath and cyclepath, for those who prefer its old fashioned charm to the springy tarmac path to the left in this view.

Beeches Light Railway: A Branch Line Society visit in June 2022 allowed me to inspect this impressive garden railway at the home of Adrian Shooter. The blue engine is Sharp, Stewart and Company #3518 of 1889, rebuilt at Tindharia Works in 1908. They obviously did a good job, because the next rebuild (at Tyseley) was in 2004. The green engine is called 'Minas de Aller', and was built by L.Corpet in Paris, #439 of 1884. Theres a Simplex behind the green engine.

Beeches Light Railway: Any colour you like, as long as its black - a Ford Model-T railcar seen on shed at Adrian Shooter's garden railway during a summer 2022 visit.

Beeches Light Railway: A Simplex called 'Gerald' - this escapee from Bedford was called in to assist a visiting French steam engine which wasn't quite man enough to pull a passenger train around Adrian Shooter's garden railway. 26 June 2022.