Ballachulish (Glencoe): Ballachulish station. C.R. 0.4.4T 55196.

Inverness: C.R. 4.4.0 54493 at Inverness station on Perth via Forres train. July 1950.

Muir of Ord: C.R. 4.4.0 54470 on Black Isle train. 5P 4.6.0 45460 on Wick train. Muir of Ord 1950.

Muir of Ord: C.R. 4.4.0 54470 drawing out of up island platform with Black Isle empties. Muir of Ord Junction.

Connel Ferry Bridge: CR 0-4-4T 55196 approaching Connel Ferry Bridge.

Muir of Ord: 5P 4.6.0 45460 on Wick train. Muir of Ord Junction.

Muir of Ord: 5P 4.6.0 on Tain-Inverness local (45477). Muir of Ord Junction.

Fortrose: On arrival. C.R. 4.4.0 54470 at Fortrose station.

Fortrose: On arrival. C.R. 4.4.0 54470 at Fortrose station.

Fortrose: Ready for departure. C.R. 4.4.0 54470 at Fortrose station.

Fortrose: Ready for departure. C.R. 4.4.0 54470 at Fortrose station.

Eastfield Shed: Gresley K2 2-6-0 61764 Loch Arkaig photographed on Eastfield shed in the summer of 1958.

Carlisle Canal Shed: A4 Pacific 60012 Commonwealth of Australia in the shed yard at Carlisle Canal in the summer of 1961.

Newcastle Central: 60112 St Simon prepares to leave Newcastle Central on 1 July 1961 with the 8.10am to Kings Cross. Note the experimental small smoke deflectors, which appeared on some A3s following the fitting of double chimneys in the late 1950s. These proved ineffective and were later abandoned in favour of the German-style attachments. See image [[32634]]

Largs: Black 5 44723 approaching Largs on a fine and sunny first day of July 1961 with the 3.56pm train from Glasgow St Enoch. [Ref query 8066]

Carlisle Canal Shed: Class N15 0-6-2T no 69155 stands in front of the coaling plant at Carlisle Canal shed in July 1961.

Largs: Corkerhill Black 5 45460 accelerates as it heads south from Largs with a summer Saturday train for Law Junction on 1st July 1961. The young observer standing alongside the fence looks suitably impressed.

Largs: A BR Standard tank with a Glasgow - Largs train, seen approaching Largs in the summer of 1961.

Largs: BR Standard tank 80005 photographed on the outskirts of Largs in July 1961, shortly after leaving with the 4.35pm to Glasgow St Enoch.

Carlisle: Looking south through Carlisle station from the footbridge on 1 July 1961. On the left D34 4-4-0 no 62484 Glen Lyon has recently arrived with the 12.25pm stopping train from Hawick.

Carlisle: D34 4-4-0 no 62484 Glen Lyon at Carlisle on 1 July 1961 with the empty stock of the 12.25pm from Hawick.

Largs: B1 61404 approaching Largs on 1 July 1961 with a summer Saturday excursion from Airdrie and Coatbridge. [Ref query 42931]

Carlisle Canal Shed: Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60835 The Green Howard, thought to have been photographed in the shed yard at a hazy Carlisle Canal on 1 July 1961. [Ref query 6533]

Carlisle: Deltic D9005 at Carlisle on Saturday 1 July 1961 where it is about to return Butlins holidaymakers home to the north east, having just taken over the 8.10am Heads of Ayr - Newcastle. The locomotive had entered service some 2 months earlier after leaving the Vulcan Foundry and being allocated to 52A Gateshead. Notice there is no nameplate at this stage, the naming ceremony being carried out at York in October 1963 when D9005 became The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.

Carlisle: Platform 4 at Carlisle on 1 July 1961, with the 12.25pm from Hawick having just arrived behind 62484 Glen Lyon.

Newcastle Central: Corridor tender A4 Pacific no 60031 Golden Plover proceeds slowly through Newcastle Central on 1 July 1961 with the down 'Elizabethan'.

Carlisle: Carrying the headboard of 'The Waverley', Royal Scot no 46130 The West Yorkshire Regiment stands at Carlisle platform 4 ready to take out the 10.05 Edinburgh Waverley - London St Pancras on 1 July 1961. On this occasion, for reasons unknown, locomotive changeover had taken place earlier at Canal Junction.

Aberdour: Beach-bound travellers leaving an Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy DMU at Aberdour on Sunday 1st July 1961.

Newcastle Central: Haymarket corridor-tender A4 no 60031 Golden Plover carrying the headboard of The Elizabethan appears to have come to (almost?) a halt at Newcastle Central on 1 July 1961.

Carlisle: The 12.25 from Hawick runs into Carlisle on 1 July 1961 behind Hawick shed's D34 4-4-0 no 62484 Glen Lyon.

Carlisle Canal Shed: Partially stripped Gresley A3 Pacific no 60079 'Bayardo' standing in the sidings alongside Carlisle Canal shed in July 1961, some 2 months prior to official withdrawal by BR.

Largs: BR standard tank 80052 at the head of the Saturday 6.15pm Largs - St Enoch, seen shortly after commencing its journey on 1 July 1961.

Carlisle: D34 4-4-0 no 62484 Glen Lyon meets 3 admirers at Carlisle on Saturday 1 July 1961 as it arrives with the 12.25pm from Hawick.

Carlisle Canal Shed: Hawick D34 4-4-0 no 62484 Glen Lyon simmers on Canal shed, Carlisle, in the summer of 1961. The locomotive had arrived at Hawick shed from Perth following a period in store at Dundee West see image [[28841]]. Final withdrawal from Hawick came at the end of November 1961.

Aberdour: A healthy complement of passengers leaving a DMU from Edinburgh at Aberdour on Sunday 1st July 1961.

Crookston: A black 5 on an eastbound oil train disturbs the golfers near Crookston in July 1962.

Kilwinning: Steam meets diesel at Kilwinning in July 1962. Note the Caledonian semaphore route indicator carried by the steam locomotive.

Crookston: Corkerhill Jubilee 45677 Beatty with a Starlight Special passing Crookston on Sunday 1 July 1962. [Railscot note: The Starlight Specials were launched in 1953 to provide cheap overnight travel on summer weekends to London (usually Marylebone) and at their peak of popularity in 1960 a dozen or more were in operation. Most of the specials started from St Enoch although there were trains from Waverley, Gourock and even one for a time from Clydebank Riverside. The last Starlight Special ran in 1962, the year the photograph was taken.] see image [[27077]]

Elderslie: I lived in Elderslie during the 1960s, and so many of my photos are in that area. I travelled to work in Glasgow from Elderslie station, which was a very distinctive building, as can be seen here. On 1 July 1964, 70038 arrives with the 7.21am from Kilmarnock. This train boasted a wide variety of motive power, from Black 5s to Duchesses, and provided a daily spectacle as it challenged the 7.55am from Kilmacolm, usually powered by a Standard 2-6-4 tank, in a race from the station to the Canal line junction. Although leaving at the same time, the Standard tank usually won!

Paisley Canal [1st]: 4MT 2-6-0 76093 pilots 5MT 4-6-0 73124 through Paisley Canal on the 17.33 from St Enoch to Kilmarnock. By 1964 double heading was not unusual on this train, and several interesting combinations occurred.

Hillington West: Someone didn’t seem to be concerned at taking a dangerous-looking access route to the platform at Hillington West in July 1965. Whether the driver of Standard 2-6-4T 80051 felt quite as relaxed is not known. The train was the 17.02 Hillington West – Glasgow St Enoch.

Cardonald Junction: Standard 2-6-0 76071 leaving Cardonald with the 16.54 Glasgow Central to Gourock, seen from an eastbound service heading for Glasgow St Enoch in July 1965.

Eastfield Shed: A variety pack of LMS, LNER and BR Standard Class 5 power on manoeuvre in the shed yard at Glasgow Eastfield depot in July 1966. The locomotives are 44794, 61342 and 73105.

Tebay: View of Tebay engine shed on a summer evening in 1967. Standard Class 4 4-6-0 75037 is the locomotive in steam in the shed yard.

Shap Summit: Shortly after dawn on 1st July 1967, Crewe North Black 5 44761 was in full cry as it made brisk progress towards Shap summit with a southbound van train. In the still air, the sound of the locomotive could be heard from a long distance away.

Tebay: Late evening sun on Standard 5MT 73000, tackling Shap with a northbound freight, near Greenholme, on 1st July 1967. The Tebay banker darkening the sky is Standard 4MT 4-6-0 75037.

Tebay: The lengthening shadow of the photographer stretches out on the left as Tebay's Standard 4MT 4-6-0 75037 banks a northbound freight for the climb to Shap summit, seen near Greenholme on the evening of 1st July 1967.

Tebay: Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0 75037 coasts back downhill to Tebay after banking a summer evening freight to Shap summit (see image [[78143]]).

Carlisle: Scene at Carlisle platform 4 on a summer Saturday in July 1967. Black 5 45227 of Lostock Hall shed is preparing to take out the 11.05 Glasgow Central - Blackpool North

Carlisle: Britannia Pacific no 70023 Venus is about to take the 09.10 summer Saturday Dundee - Blackpool North out of Carlisle on i July 1967.

Carlisle: Britannia 70023 Venus bides its time on the centre road at Carlisle on 1 July 1967. The Pacific will shortly take over the 9.13am Dundee - Blackpool North.

Shap: Black 5 45227 on the ascent of Shap in 1967 with the summer Saturday 9.25am Blackpool to Glasgow. The banker was Standard 4MT 4-6-0 75037.

Carlisle: With a tender filled to capacity, 45227 of Lostock Hall shed appears at the north end of Carlisle on the first day of July 1967. The Black 5 is rostered to relieve the locomotive off the incoming 11.05 summer Saturday Glasgow Central - Blackpool North. See image [[38390]]

Hardendale Quarry: Black 5 45134 has not long passed Shap summit and is wasting no time getting back to full speed as it aproaches Hardendale Quarry with the summer Saturday 8.25am Morecambe to Glasgow on 1st July 1967.

Oxenholme: Britannia 70016 'Ariel' runs briskly into Oxenholme with the 11.55 Saturdays only service from Euston to Carlisle and Windermere on 1st July 1967. The train was split into two sections at Oxenholme, with the rear portion being taken to Windermere by Black 5 45445.

Oxenholme: Black 5 45445 sets off from Oxenholme with the Windermere portion of the 11.55 Euston to Carlisle.

Tebay: A lengthy parcels, seen on a 1967 summer Saturday evening, on the ascent of Shap, above Tebay, near Greenholme. The train engine is Black 5 44842 and the banker Standard 4 75037. See image [[69801]] for the relatively unchanged present day view.

Dillicar Watertroughs: The first carriage of the 09.40 (SO) Dundee – Blackpool on 1st July 1967 would have been expected to provide colour contrast but it rather blended with the surroundings, being unexpectedly in Southern Region green. Britannia 70023, one time 'Venus', is in charge of the train and drawing water from Dillicar troughs.

Carlisle: Britannia Pacific no 70023 Venus leaves Carlisle for the south on 1 July 1967 after taking charge of the 9.13am Summer Saturday Dundee - Blackpool North.

Kendal Junction: Britannia 70016 'Ariel' setting off from Oxenholme for Carlisle on 1st July 1967, with a full head of steam for the gradients ahead. The train was not heavy, however, as it was the 11.55 Saturdays only Euston – Carlisle, from which the portion for Windermere had just been detached. Alongside the train is the direct link from the Windermere branch onto the mainline at Kendal Junction. This has since been removed and the station platform extended into this space. Trains now access the branch via the line on the left of this picture.

Shap: Stanier 8F 48464 leaves a fine trail of smoke and steam as it climbs towards Shap from the north, shortly after daybreak on 1st July1967.

Dillicar Watertroughs: Black 5 44669 will not require banking assistance at Tebay, as it makes good speed through the Lune valley with a short northbound freight.

Dillicar Watertroughs: No thought of taking a banker at Tebay for the climb to Shap, as Britannia 70025 'Western Star' speeds north across Dillicar water troughs with the 13.20 (SO) London-Glasgow on 1st July 1967.

Gretna Junction: The 1205 Euston - Glasgow Central at Gretna Junction on Saturday 1 July 1972, double headed from Crewe by 407+422. The train is taking the ex-GSWR route via Dumfries due to electrification work on the WCML.

Quintinshill Loops: Interior of Quintinhill signal box in 1972. The diagram can now be found at the Devil's Porridge Museum by Eastriggs see image [[54155]].

Quintinshill Loops: Scene inside Quintinshill signal box on 1 July 1972.

Gretna Junction: The 0905 London St Pancras - Glasgow Central Thames - Clyde Express takes the GSWR route at Gretna Junction on 1 July 1972, hauled by the usual Peak Type 4 locomotive.

Cardross: A glint of late evening sunshine catches the side of the 6 car Blue Train as it leaves Cardross heading for Airdrie in July 1973.

Ashington Colliery: 37250 pulls away from Ashington colliery with a coal train on 1 July 1982. This scene has long gone, although the class 37 has been preserved.

Ashington Colliery: 37250 stands alongside a classmate at Ashington Colliery on 1 July 1982.

Mossend No 1 Junction: A class 37 brings a freight into the south end of Mossend yard in the summer of 1996.

Mossend Marshalling Yard: SPT liveried 314209 passing through Mossend Yard in July 1996 heading for Motherwell.

Mossend Marshalling Yard: Looking north through Mossend Yard in 1996 with the locomotive holding sidings in the right background.

Rosyth Dockyard: The signal box at Rosyth Dockyard in July 2002, before it was (literally) ring-fenced.

Bushbury Viaduct: Railway crosses railway crosses canal. Top is the Bushbury Viaduct of the LNWR Stour Valley Line, below is the swing bridge of the GWR Wolverhampton Junction Railway (now re-used as a chord from Bushbury to Oxley) and below that is the Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level. View looks north west.

Motherwell: Aerial view of Motherwell. Top left is Haughhead Junction, bottom left is Dalzell and right is Lesmahagow/Motherwell Junction. The original route of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway is mostly built over now with little trace on the ground.

Glasgow Central: The car parking area at Glasgow Central in July 2005, looking back towards the station concourse. At this point details were being finalised regarding the removal of the parking facilities to make way for the creation of two new platforms which would cater for trains on the planned Glasgow Airport Rail Link, entering the station via the arch directly behind the camera. See image [[40518]]

Haymarket: Work underway on the new Haymarket bay platform 0. View west over the car park from Haymarket station building on 1 July 2006.

Horseshoe Viaduct: The Royal Scotsman heads north on the Horseshoe curve. The 47 accelerates out of the speed restriction over the viaducts.

County March Summit [West Highland]: Royal Scotsman heading north from County March Summit into the Horseshoe Curve.

Crianlarich Lower Junction: Crianlarich Lower Junction looking east. On the left is the (very overgrown) cut-back line to Callander and to the right the WHL link to the Oban line. The line on the left may re-open to Crianlarich Lower for timber traffic.

Crianlarich Lower Junction: Looking west at Crianlarich Lower Junction. WHR line to left and Callander route to right. Both lines once approached this point as double tracks.

Cambus: Track panel for points being assembled at Cambus - at right angles to the railway alignment. A second panel is being prepared just off to the right. View looks south.

Cambus: Track panel for points being assembled at Cambus in July 2006 - at right angles to the railway alignment which is behind the camera.

Cambus: Track panel for points being assembled at Cambus - running parallel to line. The station was to the left here. View looks west to the former junction.

Alloa: A regular check of Alloa station reveals progress on the supermarket and flats ... not much else has changed.

Hilton Road Level Crossing: The footbridge to the east of Alloa near Hilton Road has been retained.

Hilton Road Level Crossing: View looking to Alloa from the footbridge. The trackbed is looking good.

Hilton Road Level Crossing: View looking to east to Kincardine from the footbridge by Hilton Road LC (in distance).

Hilton Road Level Crossing: Hilton Road level crossing. The level crossing that caused so much trouble as it is close to a junction (in distance). The road will be replaced by another further east.

Alloa Loop: Bridge on the replacement road to Hilton Road. The road will cross over the railway. View looks west.

Causewayhead: The Wallace Monument looks down on the site of Causewayhead station.

Kilbagie: Site of Kilbagie station (left) looking south to Kincardine. Drainage works continue.

Blackgrange: No doubt the Wallace Monument will feature in many photographs of the line re-opened. Looking west at Blackgrange.

Kincardine Power Station: Plant and supplies in the former marshalling yard at Kincardine Powerstation.

Manor Powis: Looking east at Manor Powis.

Fillan Viaduct: Fort William - Glasgow Sprinter approaches Crianlarich.

Gleann Viaduct: Fort William - Glasgow Sprinter on the Horseshoe Curve nearing County March Summit.

Bridge of Orchy: Fort William - Glasgow Sprinter about to enter the Horseshoe Curve nearing County.

Horseshoe Viaduct: Reversing spur on one of the temporary way railways used in the construction of the West Highland Railway on the Horseshoe Curve.

Bridge of Orchy: The Royal Scotsman heads for Bridge of Orchy off the Horseshoe Curve.

Horseshoe Viaduct: The Horseshoe Viaduct from its west end in 2006.

St Monance: Loading bank remains at St Monance, in the East Neuk of Fife, photographed in July 2007. The former station had begun life as St Monance on 1 September 1863, was renamed St Monans in October 1875, reverted to the original St Monance in February 1936 and was finally closed in September 1965.

St Monance: Part of an old loading bank that once stood alongside St Monance station on the Fife coast, photographed looking south west towards Elie in 2007. The station, which stood off to the right, was closed by BR in September 1965 and the site has since been redeveloped. See image [[17857]]

Nisbet: Remains of the goods yard at the south end of Nisbet station on 1 July 2008, complete with fine looking white horse on the left. View is towards Jedburgh.

Nisbet: The former station at Nisbet, Roxburghshire, approximately 3 miles north of Jedburgh, looking west on a sunny July day in 2008. The site of the level crossing is to the right and the road bridge over the River Teviot is behind the camera. [Ref query 15 May 2018]

Nisbet: Looking south towards Jedburgh over the site of the level crossing at the former Nisbet station on 1 July 2008. The Jedburgh branch closed to all traffic in 1964 (although some sources quote 1966) having operated freight-only since 1948.

Alloa: Tree-lined avenue in the rain. The main pedestrian approach to Alloa station on 1 July 2008 with the next train to Glasgow Queen Street at the platform.

Jedfoot: Road entrance to the former goods yard at Jedfoot from the A698, photographed in the summer of 2008 looking north towards Roxburgh. The remains of the goods platform can be seen in the background. For the view back from the far end of the platform see image [[20135]].
See query 2129

Jedfoot Bridge Viaduct: Like the marooned hulk of some ancient battleship, the massive stone pier that once supported the railway bridge carrying the Jedburgh branch over the Teviot still stands defiant alongside the south bank of the river near the remains of Jedfoot station. View northeast along the River Teviot as it winds downstream to join forces with the Tweed at Kelso.

Jedfoot: Remains of the goods yard and substantial goods platform at Jedfoot station on 1 July 2008, looking south over the A698 towards the terminus at Jedburgh. The decayed remains of the wooden passenger platform lie in the undergrowth off to the right see image [[63005]].

Alloa: Approach to the station building at Alloa on a damp 1 July.

Nisbet: View from the end of the platform of the former Nisbet station (1856-1948) looking south along the trackbed towards the terminus at Jedburgh in the summer of 2008. Note the surviving goods platform on the east side of the line beyond the gate. See image [[33141]]

Alloa: Buffer stops at Alloa on 1 July 2008 with a First ScotRail service preparing to return to Glasgow Queen Street.

Kirkbank: Road entrance to the former station at Kirkbank on the Jedburgh branch. View west on 1 July 2008. The buildings have been modified considerably since closure in 1948. See image [[19973]] [Ref query 1 May 2018]

Jedfoot Bridge Viaduct: The remains of the viaduct that once carried the Jedburgh branch over the River Teviot to the north of Jedfoot station (formerly Jedfoot Bridge). View across the river from the the south shore looking towards Roxburgh on 1 July 2008 with the northern abutment visible in the left background.

Roxburgh Viaduct: The approach to Roxburgh from the south on 1 July 2008. The impressive viaduct over the River Teviot once carried the route to Kelso and on towards the ECML. Just over 40 years earlier it had featured prominently in The Great Escape (Kelso version) see image [[17963]].

Alloa: The modern design of the station building at Alloa. View west from the buffer stops on 1 July 2008.

Kirkbank: The much modified and extended former station at Kirkbank on the Jedburgh branch seen in July 2008. Without the sign it would be difficult to tell it had ever been a station.

Jedfoot Bridge Viaduct: View north west over the River Teviot near the site of Jedfoot station on 1 July 2008. The remains are part of the viaduct that once carried the Jedburgh branch across the river some two miles from the terminus. The top of the 150 ft Waterloo Monument can be seen on the horizon.

Nisbet: Looking north along the trackbed towards the level crossing at the former Nisbet station on the Jedburgh branch in July 2008. The old station, now a private residence, stands off to the right behind the fence running along the platform edge.

Roxburgh: A tractor takes a load of hay bales into Roxburgh from the west in July 2008, passing the remaining abutments of the twin railway bridges that once carried traffic leaving the south end of the former Roxburgh station, located off picture to the left.

Neidpath Tunnel: Shortly after leaving Peebles Caledonian station westbound, trains on the SB&B entered Neidpath Tunnel. The approach to the eastern portal of the 674 yard tunnel, which now forms part of a popular walking route, is seen here in the summer of 2008. On leaving the west end of the tunnel the line emerged onto Neidpath Viaduct - see image [[6456]].

Alloa: 170471 standing in the rain at Alloa on 1 July 2008 preparing to depart with an afternoon service to Glasgow Queen Street.

Clarkston: A train for East Kilbride approaches Clarkston in July 2009.

Coatbridge Sunnyside: A Helensburgh Central service arrives at Coatbridge Sunnyside on 1 July 2009.

Oubeck Loops: Four wheeled coal hopper wagons are now a rare sight on the WCML but in 2009 train 6S13, Warrington to New Cumnock coal empties, ran MWF passing through Preston at 0725. Here the train is seen at Oubeck loops, powered by EWS Class 66 No. 66060, accelerating away from a signal check.

Clarkston: Services for East Kilbride and Glasgow Central meet at Clarkston on 1 July 2009.

Coatbridge Sunnyside: An eastbound service runs into Coatbridge Sunnyside on 1 July on its way to Drumgelloch

Brockenhurst: The last week of slam door stock on the Lymington branch - July 2010.

New Bridge Level Crossing: Scene at New Bridge level crossing on the northern outskirts of Pickering on 1 July 2011 with Black 5 no 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' bringing in the 10.30 train from Grosmont.

Paisley Canal [1st]: The G&SW 1885 Paisley Canal station, closed in January 1983 and now an eating and drinking venue. The current station was opened 7 years later, behind the camera, on the other side of the bridge carrying Causeyside Street over the trackbed see image [[34737]].

Culloden Moor: A short working from Inverness to Aviemore, formed by 158723, passes through the remains of Culloden Moor station and on to the single line section over the viaduct. The train will immediately return as a morning commuter service to Inverness.

Great Yarmouth: An evening arrival approaching Great Yarmouth on 1 July 2011.

Paisley Canal: 156509 stands at the 1990 Paisley Canal station shortly after arrival from Glasgow Central on 1 July 2011. The single platform terminus replaced the former G&SW through station on the west side of Causeyside Street when this section of the line was reopened see image [[34728]].

Clachnaharry: The Kessock Bridge almost frames 158720, as it negotiates the 10mph Clachnaharry swing bridge while heading west on a Kyle line service on 1 July 2011. This view was taken from the beer garden of the Clachnaharry Inn at the site of the long closed station.

Culloden Moor: An early morning service from Inverness heads south through the closed station of Culloden Moor and joins the single track section. On the impressive viaduct over the River Nairn Turbostar 170434 will swing right and continue the climb onto the moorland ahead.

Gollanfield: An early morning Aberdeen to Inverness service runs through Gollanfield. 158706 is passing the overgrown trackbed of the short Fort George branch, which left the mainline here but closed in 1958. The trackbed is heavily overgrown at this point but the branch formation runs on an embankment and is clearly visible for most of its length.

Fort George [1st]: Early morning view looking east towards Nairn from the overbridge at Gollanfield. The old station, once the junction for Fort George, is the more distant of the two buildings alongside the track. Although it closed in 1965 it is still in residential use. For the view west from the same overbridge See image [[34727]].

Malton: A fine July morning at Malton in 2011 as a Scarborough - Liverpool Lime Street train prepares to restart its journey west. The impressive looking canopy over the single platform was relocated here from a 'post-rationalisation' Whitby station to replace the original (demolished) overall roof. Note the surviving base of an old roof support to the left of the train. For a view of the station with the former roof in place see image [[18630]].

New Bridge Level Crossing: It's all downhill from here. 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' between New Bridge level crossing and the terminus at Pickering on 1 July 2011 with the 10.30 service from Grosmont.

Allanfearn: Originally named Culloden, until the direct line to Aviemore opened in 1898, Allanfearn was the first station out of Inverness on the line to Nairn. It closed in 1965 and like most others on the line is now a private residence. Early morning view towards Nairn from the level crossing.

Clachnaharry Swing Bridge: Clachnaharry bridge swings open on 1 July 2011, during a suitable opportunity between trains to allow several pleasure craft to exit the Caledonian Canal. This is the view inland from the final stretch towards the sea loch showing the signal box on the west side and the bridge swinging over to the east bank.

Fort George [2nd]: The very short branch to Fort George left the main line at Gollanfield and ran on a low embankment to the village of Ardersier where the remains of Fort George station house and goods shed still stand. The only significant structure on the branch was a bridge over the road just outside Ardersier where the embankments and stone abutments are still visible in July 2011. The branch closed to passengers in 1943 and completely in 1958.

North Berwick: A most unusual bicycle seen at North Berwick Station, whose floral displays 'North Berwick in Bloom' won the station environment award at last year's Community Rail Awards.

Midland Yard Junction: The reopened flyover North of Nuneaton station is doing fine. In this picture, taken looking east on 1 July, you can see fresh ballast and new fencework on the flyover - also some new flats with an excellent view not only of this line to Birmingham, but also the WCML. For the old line, see image [[26636]]. The train is a 170 heading for Brum.

Culloden Moor: The closed station at Culloden (Moor) looking north towards Inverness. Platforms still in place on both sides at this point despite the station closing in 1965. Although the line is quite busy the narrow overbridge with no footpath on this side is not a place to wait for a train to photograph. See image [[34709]] for the view in the opposite direction.

Paisley Canal: Access to the 1990 terminus at Paisley Canal from Causeyside Street road bridge. The former through route ran below the camera to the G&SW station on the west side of the bridge see image [[34728]].

Paisley Gilmour Street: Hoarding and scaffolding abound at Paisley Gilmour Street on 1 July with work on the new overall roof well underway. The project is due to be completed by the end of the year.

Clachnaharry: Real ale and really close trains. Customers in the beer garden at the Clachnaharry Inn look on as 158722 accelerates away from the swing bridge speed restriction on its way to Wick on 1 July with the mid day service from Inverness.

Paisley Canal: Looking west from the platform at Paisley Canal terminus on 1 July 2011. The footbridge leads up to Causeyside Street, while beyond it, passing below the roadbridge, is the trackbed of the former G&SW through route see image [[9588]].

Dalcross: The former Dalcross station, between Inverness and Nairn, viewed from the north side of the level crossing in July 2011. The station closed in 1965 and like a number of others on this line is now a private residence. If a new station opens for Inverness Airport as proposed it will be sited to the east of here.

Barrow Hill Shed: The scene around the turntable inside Barrow Hill Roundhouse on 1 July 2012. Line-up from left to right features D4092, 37057, 26007, E3035, 85006, 81002 and 37275.

Barrow Hill Shed: 84001 in the sidings at Barrow Hill on 1 July 2012.

Barrow Hill Shed: Staveley Engine Shed signal box, photographed at Barrow Hill on 1 July 2012.

Barrow Hill Shed: 60532 Blue Peter inside Barrow Hill roundhouse on 1 July 2012.

Barrow Hill Shed: 'Peak' 45105 standing in the yard at Barrow Hill in July 2012.

Bridge of Allan [1st]: 158735 slows to call at Bridge of Allan with a Sunday evening service for Edinburgh. The train is just passing the original station house. Bridge of Allan closed in 1965 but re-opened twenty years later on the opposite side of the road bridge. The modern houses behind were built in the old station yard.

Barrow Hill Shed: Brighton Belle Pullman car 88, now named 'Diamond Jubilee', stands at Barrow Hill in July 2012. 'Bringing back the Brighton Belle' is currently Britain's biggest rail restoration project.

Barrow Hill Shed: D2587 photographed at Barrow Hill in July 2012.

Debden: Debden station, LUL Central Line, looking towards Epping on 1st July 2012. This was opened by the GER as Chigwell Lane in 1865 with the extension of the line from Loughton to Ongar and was first served by tube trains on 25th September 1949 with electrification to Epping. On the same date, it was renamed Debden after the vast new post war LCC estate that grew up in the fields to the north and north-east of Loughton. In 1973, the rather cramped Victorian station entrance (which I remember well as I grew up in Loughton) was replaced by a modern building but the former station house survives, out of view on the left. The canopy over the footbridge also dates from the same time.

Bridge of Allan: The reopened (and resited) station at Bridge of Allan has fairly basic shelters but a plethora of cameras and information screens. 158735 departs with a Sunday evening service for Edinburgh, next stop Stirling. The station was closed from 1965 to 1985 but now enjoys a regular, seven days a week service.

Barrow Hill Shed: D4092 at Barrow Hill on 1 July 2012.

Stirling Forth Viaduct [SCR]: A six-car Class 170 set approaches Stirling from Perth with a Sunday afternoon service. Above the train the Alloa line can be seen curving away. This view taken from Stirling Castle.

Barrow Hill Shed: 41708 inside the roundhouse at Barrow Hill in July 2012.

Val d'Europe: An MI 84 EMU, set 8437, arriving at Val d'Europe on a UPAL service to Cergy - Le Haut. Val d'Europe is the newest station on the RER A4 line, opening in 2001

Barrow Hill Shed: D213 meets 89001 - photographed in the sidings at Barrow Hill on 1 July 2012.

Stirling: Stirling station, as seen from the castle, showing the signal box at the south end, a Class 158 stabled at the north end and the distinctive modern footbridge. In the distance Longannet Power Station can be seen on the banks of the Forth.

Barrow Hill Shed: GCR 506 Butler Henderson at Barrow Hill on the 1st of July 2012.

North Weald: Where London Underground Central Line tube trains once ran, between 1957 and 1994, D 6729 at the head of an Epping Ongar Railway train to Ongar, is now waiting to depart from North Weald station on 1st July 2012.

St Andrew Square [Tram]: Still turning heads - thankfully - Edinburgh tram 277 enters North St Andrew Street from York Place on 1 July.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: Tram 268 emerges from under the A8 Glasgow Road on the the approach to Gyle Centre on 1 July.

Newmilns Viaduct: Part of the G&SWR viaduct on the Kilmarnock to Darvel line at Newmilns on 1 July 2014.

North Queensferry: On 1 July Provost Jim Leishman of Fife, Alex Sharkey of Network Rail and the last staff member when the station became unstaffed in 1988, opened with the help of local schoolchildren the new cafe and gallery created by the North Queensferry Station Trust, who have installed a replica clock.

Largs: 380018 ready for the off at Largs on 1 July with the 17.33 service to Glasgow Central.

Langho: With no more than a quiet hum from the engine, DRS 66426 lifts a heavy Carlisle to Crewe infrastructure train up the 1:82 climb out of the Ribble Valley through Langho station. Although the box wagons at the front appear empty they were actually loaded with concrete sleepers.

Preston: DRS 37423 Spirit of the Lakes waits in Platform 5 at Preston on 1 July before returning to Barrow-in-Furness with the daily Northern service. Pendolino 390006 stands alongside on a Euston to Glasgow train. RVEL Derby is presently refurbishing some DBSO coaches that will allow the Class 37/4s to run the Cumbrian Coast trains singly in push pull mode rather than requiring a second locomotive in top tail.

Dunbar: Dunbar joins ScotRail, 1 July 2015. See image [[24208]]

Hollinwood: A tram bound for Ashton-under-Lyne crosses the M60 Motorway as it slows for the Hollinwood stop on the Oldham and Rochdale line. The bridge was put in by engineers building the motorway to carry Oldham line trains and now the Metrolink services. See image [[25756]] for the same location in railway days.

Grosmont: Flashback - not the West Highland in the 1980s but the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 2016.

Grosmont Tunnels: 26038 Tom Clift passing through the double track tunnel at Grosmont on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Keiss: Subsea 7 pipehead vehicle on 976 mm rails at Keiss.

Grosmont: D7628 at Grosmont on 01/07/2016.

Grosmont Shed: Inside the shed at Grosmont on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Helensburgh Upper: 66739 'Bluebell Railway' draws to a stop at Helensburgh Central for a crew change. For a panoramic version click here.

Wick: 0802 leaving Wick for Inverness.

Helensburgh Upper: Freight train driver changeover in action on a dreich July day at Helensburgh Upper.

Donibristle Siding: Colas 60085 passes the former RN air station branch junction at Donibristle with Inverness - Oxwellmains cement empties, diverted through Fife.

North Queensferry: 66107 leads a Millerhill - Huntly autoballaster into North Queensferry on 1 July. Red 66206 is on the rear.

Didcot Parkway: A shot of 66149 hiding in the background at Didcot. I was misinformed and told 35028 Clan Line would be departing Didcot today at 1120, heading east. Oops, it left on Friday. I suspect it was enroute to the Mid-Hants Rly, they are having a Gala Weekend to celebrate the end of Southern Steam in 1967. Five Bulleids in steam, who would have thought it?

Nynäshamn Harbour: HSC Gotlandia about to approach the harbour at Nynäshamn. Built in Lorient, France in 1999 the top speed for this ship is 35 knots. She normally plies between Visby and Oskarshamn but in the high season she also sails to and from Nynäshamn.

Logierait Viaduct: Logierait Viaduct is the only community-owned viaduct. The plaque reads:
The Tay Viaduct, Logierait. First opened in 1865 by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (later to become the Highland Railway), the Tay Viaduct passed into the hands of Kinnaird Estate in 1964 after the last train had crossed the bridge on 1st May of that year. In 1994 the estate gifted it to the local community which founded the Logierait Bridge Company (a company limit by guarantee with charitable status) to hold it. In 2000/01 it was comprehensively restored at a cost of around £400,000 and re-opened as a community-owned road bridge.

Kings Cross: An image of the now preserved 40145 running light engine at Kings Cross in July 1974.

Logierait Viaduct: A side view of the community owned Logierait Viaduct and sign showing its website www.logieraitbridge.com.

Donibristle Platform: 66122 and 66142 at Donibristle with a short train of concrete sleepers from Millerhill to Elgin.

Nynäshamn Harbour: View from the stern of the ferry to the Isle of Gotland leaving Nynäshamn quayside. The two platform railway station is visible in the middle of the shot just to the left of the blue building. The station is about 400 metres away (440 yards or a quarter of a mile in old money) from the ferry terminal and was served by local commuter trains to/from Stockholm Central Station. After the new underground route through central Stockholm, Citybanan, opened on 10th July the trains on this single track route now go to/from Stockholm City Station.

Windermere: 57314 at Windermere with the shuttle to Oxenholme on 1st July 2018, last day of West Coast Railways operation of these trains.

Oxenholme: The Windermere shuttle, 'The Lakelander', awaits its next run at Oxenholme.

Niddrie West Junction: After finally getting the right away at Niddrie West Junction, DB 66115 takes the scenic route to Millerhill via Portobello and Niddrie South on 1 July 2018 with a much delayed empty ballast train from Newbridge Junction. See image [[64867]]

Newcraighall: The 0922 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank leaves the platform at Newcraighall on 1 July 2018 and runs below the road bridge carrying the A1. ScotRail DMU 170393 will take the right fork at Newcraighall North Junction, visible just beyond the train.

Niddrie West Junction: DB 66115 on the single line section of the sub between Niddrie West and Niddrie North on 1 July 2018 during its marathon journey from Newbridge Junction to Millerhill South Sidings see image [[64761]].

Culloden Viaduct: The Institution of Civil Engineers visit to Scotland's longest masonry viaduct.

Fawley Hill: This steam powered donkey engine, used to pump water into the Fawley Hill loco's tank, is one of many artefacts and curios around the Fawley Hill Railway that were collected by the late Sir William McAlpine. 1st July 2018

Fawley Hill: One of the more poignant artefacts seen on a visit to the garden railway of the late Sir William McAlpine on 1st July 2018.

Burghead [2nd]: The last passenger train on the Hopeman branch ran in 1931. Freight to Burghead finally succumbed in 1992 but the old railway yard has now been turned into a community garden, seen here on 1st July 2018.

Fawley Hill: A distinctive lineside hut, now resident on the Fawley Hill Railway that was created by the late Sir William McAlpine. 1st July 2018.

Edinburgh Airport [Tram]: A pair of Edinburgh trams await their turn at the western terminus. The pattern is that as soon as one leaves it is replaced by an incoming tram so there there are two trams here for most of the day.

Niddrie West Junction: Following a long delay DB 66115 is about to proceed slowly over the temporary level crossing at the Niddrie West works site on 1 July 2018 with the 1000 Newbridge Junction - Millerhill. Much of the plant and equipment has now been removed as activities are run down. The gated entrance from the main works yard is visible just beyond the crossing. The green canopy on the extreme right of the picture is part of the filling station of the adjacent ASDA-Walmart Supercentre at The Jewel. See image [[65043]]

Niddrie West Junction: While the up line at Niddrie West remains closed, works activity appears to be nearing completion, with the site now tidied up, previous excavations infilled and only a small section still awaiting replacement track see image [[64285]]. The area is seen here on Sunday 1 July 2018 with Freightliner 66523 creeping past in the shadows on the down line with train 602N, the 1001 Millerhill SS - Linlithgow.

Brunstane: The ScotRail 1011 Edinburgh - Tweedbank DMU calls at a leafy Brunstane on the first day of July 2018.

Windermere: West Coast Railway's 'The Lakelander' on arrival at Windermere.

Newcraighall: A sunny summer morning at Newcraighall on 1 July 2018 as a ScotRail service for Tweedbank arrives at the platform.

Niddrie West Junction: 'Did you leave that there? ...No, I thought it was you...' Completing the formalities at Niddrie West Junction on 1 July 2018. With the direct up line to Niddrie South Junction still closed, eastbound traffic on the sub heading for Millerhill is required to reverse at Portobello. Held at signals in the background awaiting the right away to continue through the works site and on around the sub on such a manoeuvre is the 1000 Newbridge Junction - Millerhill south sidings. See image [[64795]]

Fawley Hill: No. 31, a Hudswell-Clarke 0-6-0ST built in 1913 for the McAlpine business, seen here operating at Fawley Hill on 1st July 2018. It does tend to bark a lot as it climbs the steep gradient back into the Station.

Bay Horse: Knowing that a single Class 88 can haul the Tesco Express over Shap and Beattock makes the sight of two with two four wheel container wagons all the more incongruous. 88003 'Genesis' and 88007 'Electra' are on the evening Sellafield to Crewe train passing through the cutting at Forton, near Bay Horse, on 1st July 2019.

Bay Horse: 195121 quietly powers south through Bay Horse with a Barrow to Manchester Airport train on the first day of Northern Class 195 services, 1st July 2019.

Preston: When it is the first Class 195 in passenger service, even the train crew get their cameras out. 195116 is seen here at Preston with the 0453 hrs Barrow to Manchester Airport, the first journey in passenger service on 01 July 2019.

Lancaster: 195118 takes the Down Through Line at Lancaster with a Manchester Airport to Windermere service on 1st July 2019. 390046 is in Platform 3 on a Euston service. This was the first day of CAF Civity operations and this was the first 195 to operate a service on the Windermere Branch.

Preston: 195116 'Proud to be Northern' calls at Preston with the 0453 hrs Barrow to Manchester Airport. This was the first of the new CAF units to enter passenger service.

Bay Horse: 195116 heads north at Bay Horse with the 0725 Manchester Airport to Barrow-in-Furness service on 1st July 2019. Earlier that morning this unit had formed the first ever Northern 195 service, the 0453 from Barrow. Full credit to John McIntyre for capturing the outbound rather than return working See image [[69392]]. Out of one hundred and one units (DMU & EMU) on order eight were in passenger service on this first day with testing of newly delivered trains continuing.

Lancaster: TPE liveried 68025 'Superb' has been a regular on the TPE loco-hauled test trains on the WCML. Seen here arriving in Platform 5 at Lancaster it went through into the Up Goods Loop to allow a Pendolino to pass before continuing south.

Oxenholme: Looking through a Class 195/1 unit from the corridor connection between coaches 2 and 3. There are no doors in connection between coaches and in this view you can see all the way to the driver's cab door. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work the other way due to the compliant toilet blocking the centre line.

Oxenholme: 195117 is dropping down the hill from Oxenholme station towards the next stop, Kendal on the evening of 01 July 2019, the first day in service for at least some of the new CAF units.

Lancaster: TPE Driving Trailer 12811 leads a Carlisle to Bletchley test train into Platform 5 at Lancaster on 1st July 2019. 68025 'Superb' provided the motive power.

Bay Horse: A TPE Class 397 EMU heads for Carlisle passing through Bay Horse on 1st July 2019. This was a day of new trains with Class 195s in passenger service and on test plus 397s and the TPE loco hauled sets also on test.

Rhu: The mid afternoon service from Glasgow to Oban and Mallaig on 01 July 2021 passes the site of Rhu station. The former up platform was still in situ (beneath the undergrowth) and the down platform appears to still be present as well although it wasn't so obvious. The train was formed of three Class 156 units and no sign yet of the new active travel Class 153s in the formation.

Glasson Dock: An evening view along the East Wall at Glasson Dock in July 2021. Two tracks ran along this quay in railway days. The boat moored at the NAABSA** berth looks like it is about to join the pile of scrap in the background but is being worked on - and has been for some time [[48134]]. Although modern flood defences have been installed along the line of one railway track the East Wall is still used by cargo vessels. **Not Always Afloat But Safe Aground

Cumberland Street: Over fifty years after its 1966 closure, the former station at Cumberland Street seems to be crying out for some sort of restoration and repurposing in 2021.

Edinburgh Waverley: Activity at the east end of Waverley on 1 July 2022 with the 1458 arrival from Berwick-upon-Tweed at platform 1 alongside the 1530 departure to London Kings Cross boarding at platform 2.

Kincardine: Freightliner 66513 nears Kincardine with the Thornton - Ravenstruther empty ballast on 1 July 2022.