Castlehill Junction: 40644 passing Castlehill Junction, Ardrossan, on 6 July 1959 with a train for Kilmarnock.

Ardrossan Town: A train from Winton Pier calls at Ardrossan town on 6 July 1959 with a service for Kilmarnock. The locomotive is Hurlford shed's 2P 4-4-0 no 40689.

Holm Junction: 40668 shortly after leaving Ardrossan Town on 6 July 1959 about to run through Holm Junction with a train for St Enoch. The locomotive has just passed its home shed standing in the V of the junction. The Largs route runs off to the right.

Ardrossan Town: Fowler 2P 4-4-0 40689 pulls away from Ardrossan Town station on 6 July 1959 at the head of a Winton Pier - Kilmarnock train.

Holm Junction: A Winton Pier - Glasgow St Enoch train about to pass through Holm Junction on 6 July 1959. Corkerhill Standard class 5 4-6-0 73103 is at the head of the train. No doubt the lady in the garden on the left had checked the wind direction first thing that particular Monday morning.

Ardrossan North: Jubilee 45724 Warspite approaching Ardrossan North heading for Montgomerie Pier in the summer of 1959. The train is a Women's Guild special from Newcastle. [Ref query 695]

Ardrossan Winton Pier: Shunting at Ardrossan Winton Pier on a sunny 6 July 1959 is McIntosh 3F 0-6-0T 56282. The 1898 veteran survived until April 1962 at the nearby Ardrossan shed.

Ardrossan Town: Looking south through Ardrossan Town station in the summer of 1959. On the right a train for Kilmarnock is waiting in the bay behind Hurlford shed's 2P 4-4-0 no 40644. In the left background the gates of Princes Street level crossing are closed to rail traffic, with part of Princes Street signal box visible just beyond. See image [[37014]]

Joppa [2nd]: The down Flying Scotsman, still some 3 miles out from Waverley, coasts through Joppa station on the afternoon of 6 July 1959. Gateshead A3 Pacific no 60040 'Cameronian' is the locomotive in charge on this occasion.

Ardrossan Harbour Junction: Corkerhill Black 5 45007 about to pass Ardrossan Harbour signal box on 6 July 1959 with a Winton Pier - St Enoch express.

Ardrossan South Beach: 44671 arrives at Ardrossan South Beach on 6 July 1959 with a St Enoch - Largs train.

Eglinton Dock: 'M V Glenshira' loading and bunkering at Ardrossan prior to a trip to Stornoway in the summer of 1959. My father, G H Robin, was on this sailing as a sort of 'busman's holiday' and took a number of photos at various ports of call.

Ardrossan South Beach: Corkerhill shed's BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 76096 passing Ardrossan South Beach on 6 July 1959 at the head of a Glasgow St Enoch - Winton Pier express.

Ardrossan Town: 42124 brings a train from Glasgow into the bay platforms at Ardrossan Town on 6 July 1959.

Eglinton Dock: View from the M V Glenshira as she left Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan, heading for the Outer Hebrides in July 1959. On the starboard side the station building of Montgomerie Pier can be seen, while to port a ship is moored alongside Winton Pier station. Photo by G H Robin.

Joppa [2nd]: 60004 William Whitelaw with the up Talisman passing through Joppa on 6 July 1959.

Wimbledon: 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No. 4692 at Wimbledon, with what appears to be a single coach or parcels van, on 6th July 1960. Details of the working not known but it seemed to be an unusual visitor to the ex-LSWR mainline.

Waddon Marsh Gas Works: Kerr-Stuart (4167/1920) 0-4-0ST 'Moss Bay' shunting at Waddon Marsh Gas Works, by the Wimbledon to West Croydon line, on 6th July 1960. It acquired its name when originally delivered to the Moss Bay Haematite Iron and Steel Co in Workington. It subsequently moved to Croydon but is now a static exhibit at the Foxfield Railway. The line itself is now part of the Croydon Tramway system.

St Pancras: Midland Pullman diesel set arriving at St Pancras from Leicester on 6th July 1960.

St Pancras: Midland Pullman coach at St Pancras on 6th July 1960

Doncaster: 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley stands at Doncaster on 6 July 1963 with the LCGB 'Mallard Commemorative Railtour'. The special, which ran from Kings Cross, had been arranged to mark the 25th anniversary of the world speed record for steam set by Mallard and had included visits to York Railway Museum and Doncaster Works. (No 60007 reached a speed of 102 mph on Stoke bank during this trip.)

Doncaster: Locally based A1 Pacific no 60157 Great Eastern arrives at Doncaster on 6 July 1963 with the summer Saturday 10.25am Kings Cross - Scarborough.

Doncaster: A summer Saturday in 1963 sees A1 Pacific 60157 Great Eastern leaving the north end of Doncaster with the 10.25am Kings Cross - Scarborough.

Doncaster: B1 4-6-0 no 61010 Wildebeeste stands at Doncaster in July 1963 with the 12.12pm train to Cleethorpes.

Doncaster: A3 Pacific no 60107 Royal Lancer stands at Doncaster with the 12.58pm arrival from Grantham on 6 July 1963.

Doncaster: A4 60031 Golden Plover runs south through Doncaster station tender-first on 6 July 1963.

Doncaster: Doncaster based A1 Pacific 60114 W P Allen arriving home with a down ECML service on 6 July 1963.

Doncaster: Black 5 4-6-0 no 44851 brings the summer Saturday 8.33am Nottingham Midland - Scarborough into Doncaster on 6 July 1963. The locomotive will return to Nottingham later that day with a reverse working see image [[32974]].

Doncaster: The 12.58pm ex-Grantham arrives at a wet Doncaster station on 6 July 1963 behind A3 Pacific 60107 Royal Lancer.

Doncaster: Robinson O4 2-8-0 no 63730 clatters south through Doncaster on 6 July 1963 with a rake of mineral wagons.

Doncaster: The 2.33pm summer Saturday Skegness - Leeds Central, doubtless carrying many returning holidaymakers, heads north through Doncaster on a dull and drizzly Saturday afternoon in July 1963. Also on its way home is the locomotive in charge, Copley Hill based B1 4-6-0 no 61129.

Doncaster: Downpour in Doncaster on 6 July 1963, as Gresley A3 Pacific 60107 Royal Lancer arrives with the 12.58pm ex-Grantham.

Doncaster: 60031 Golden Plover ambles south on the middle road through Doncaster station tender first on 6 July 1963.

Doncaster: Immingham based BR 9F 2-10-0 no 92038 runs through Doncaster on the centre road in July 1963 with an up freight.

Doncaster: Nottingham based Black 5 no 44851 is about to leave Doncaster and head for home on 6 July 1963, having just taken over train 1M82, the 2.35pm Scarborough - Nottingham Midland. See image [[47667]]

Doncaster: A1 Pacific 60130 Kestrel at Doncaster on 6 July 1963 with the summer Saturday 9.25am Yarmouth - Leeds Central.

Thorntonhall: A Cravens DMU forms the leading set of the 17.18 from East Kilbride as it approaches Thorntonhall en route to Glasgow in July 1965.

Thorntonhall: Standard Class 4 tank 80001 leaving Thorntonhall on the East Kilbride line in the summer of 1965. The train is the 5.33pm from St Enoch.

Balornock Shed: A close-up of Ferryhill A2 60532 'Blue Peter' at Balornock (St Rollox) depot. The A2 had worked in with the 1.30pm Aberdeen to Glasgow, a regular duty at the time, the locomotive returning back north with the 11.30pm from Buchanan St.

Balornock Shed: An evening shot of Ferryhill A2 60532 'Blue Peter' at Balornock (St Rollox) depot. The Pacific had worked in with the 1.30pm Aberdeen to Glasgow, a regular duty at the time, the locomotive returning back north with the 11.30pm from Buchanan St.

Prestwick Oil Siding [1st]: D1579 (52A) unloads fuel at Prestwick Airport on the Glenburn branch on 6th July 1968. Note the worker on top of the tanks and the driver relaxing on the cutting side.

Swindon: 50036 'Victorious' with a train at a wet Swindon station in July 1980.

Southampton Central: A mid morning service for Waterloo about to leave Southampton Central in the summer of 1981.

Southampton Central: Looking east along the platforms at Southampton Central in July 1981. The mailbags have recently been unloaded from a westbound train.

Southampton Central: 47482 with a Poole - Birmingham train leaving Southampton Central on 6 July 1981.

Southampton Central: A westbound mixed freight approaching Southampton Central in July 1981 behind a class 33 locomotive, with passenger trains occupying both up platforms.

Perth: An impressive looking LMS 5025 stands at Perth on 6 July 1981 waiting to return a special to Aviemore.

Taunton: BR Class 45 Peak 45121 southbound out of Taunton at 1212hrs on 6th July 1985, I assume for Exeter and points south.

Taunton: BR Class 50s 50009 'Conqueror' and 50023 'Howe' in Taunton station at 1145hrs on 6th July 1985. Although a number of 50s have survived in preservation, these two were both scrapped.

Paddington: 31401 hauls a set of ECS out of Paddington in July 1985.

Bicester: DMUs at Bicester on 6 July 1986, the nearest about to leave on a service to Banbury. The former GWR station was renamed Bicester North in May 1987 and is now part of the successful Chiltern route between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill. The other station in Bicester was built by the Buckinghamshire Railway in 1850 and is now known as Bicester Town. It currently operates a shuttle service to and from Oxford.

Edinburgh Waverley: Early 1990s at Waverley. A 150 service departs for Dunblane while a 158 waits with a Glasgow Queen Street shuttle.

Edinburgh Waverley: East end of Waverley in July 1991 looking along the present (January 2008) platform 4. An InterCity 125 is leaving for the south while on the right a class 08 shunts Motorail vehicles. Over on the left in the siding stands one of the class 305 emus imported from Essex and used at that time on the North Berwick line.

Edinburgh Waverley: West end of Waverley in July 1991 with an SPT liveried 156 alongside an InterCity class 91 at the platforms.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking west towards The Mound tunnels in July 1991 with a 158 visible in the distance.

Edinburgh Waverley: West end of Waverley in July 1991 with 158706 on the left and more Class 158s hiding on under the station canopy.

Perth: A view north over the west side of Perth station in July 1991. A pair of Class 26s can be seen in bay platform 6 on the left, while a Class 158 DMU is about to leave with a southbound service from platform 3 on the right. Not sure about the alien spacecraft on platform 4...

Perth: 158 country. A view across the platforms at the south end of Perth station in July 1991.

Perth: Old carriages in the sidings to the west of Perth station in July 1991, including an ex-LNER parcels brake and a mk 1 sleeping car with a sign on the side reading Fulmar Express.

Edinburgh Waverley: 305502 stands at Waverley in July 1991 prior to being used on the North Berwick services.

Edinburgh Waverley: Waverley in July 1991 with an HST and a class 86 locomotive waiting to depart.

Edinburgh Waverley: 305518 (still in NSE livery) stands in the siding at the east end of Waverley in July 1991. The unit at the other end was 305502 and these were two of the Class 305 sets sent up from London to work the North Berwick services.

Aviemore: Looking north on 06 July 1991 as an Inverness bound Class 158 Express Sprinter calls at Aviemore.

Perth: A pair of class 26s stand in the bay at Perth in July 1991.

Kilmarnock: 46229 at Kilmarnock with Glasgow train.

Dumfries: 46229 at Dumfries with Glasgow train.

Carlisle: 46229 ready to leave for Dumfries and Glasgow.

Carlisle: 46229 amongst the weeds.

Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier: Looking south at the former Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier station.

Whifflet Foundry: A forlorn photograph of the entrance to RB Tennents in 2001 during the demolition of the site.

Newcastle Central: 'Table for one please.' Newcastle Central, 6 July 2004.

Newcastle Central: Arriva Trains Northern 156472 comes off the High Level Bridge and into Newcastle Central on 6 July 2004 with an afternoon Sunderland - Hexham service.

Newcastle Central: East end bay platform 1 under the refurbished roof. Newcastle Central, July 2004.

Newcastle Central: Platform view from the east end of Newcastle Central in July 2004. EWS 66229 is approaching with a coal train from the north with a DMU coming off the High Level Bridge. The Castle Keep stands on the left, while the north end of the Tyne Bridge can be seen in the right background.

Retford Low Level: 66562 passing Retford Thrumpton signal box and crossing with coal for Cottam in 2004. The platforms of Retford Low Level can be seen near the rear of the train.

Newcastle Central: Beautifully refurbished south train shed, Newcastle Central, July 2004.

Newcastle East Junction: A coal train about to pass Newcastle Central westbound in July 2004 behind EWS 66229.

Newcastle Central: Part of the station roof at Newcastle Central in July 2004 following cleaning.

Hereford Barton: Looking north from Hereford Barton. The line ran straight ahead to Shrewsbury. The line to the right runs to the present Hereford station.

Hereford: Looking south at Hereford station. Barrs Court Sidings are on the right.

Hereford Yard Junction: Looking north at Hereford Yard Junction. The line to the left runs to Hereford Barton (ahead) and Barrs Court Sidings (behind camera).

Panteg and Griffithstown: Looking north at the former Panteg and Griffithstown showing the former goods shed.

Victoria (South Wales): Former route of the line north from Victoria to Ebbv Vale terminus. The Ebbw Vale Steelworks was just to the south.

Aberdare High Level: Ground frame at Aberdare High Level for the catch points (and loop?) by the closed station.

Aberdare High Level: 66 in the old Aberdare High Level station and Sprinter in the new Aberdare station.

Onllwyn: Onllwyn looking south-west to Neath. The poor old station is in the foreground and the truck is bringing coal to the washery.

Innerwick: At first glance it could be a quiet, remote, rural residence, disturbed only by the occasional bleat of a sheep or the murmer of a distant tractor.... then you notice the catenary. The former station at Innerwick on the ECML in East Lothian, just over 30 miles out of Waverley. Photographed in the summer of 2006 looking south across the fields from a layby alongside the A1. Innerwick station closed to passengers in 1951.

Ebbw Vale: Sad. Ebbw Vale without sidings.

Hereford Barton: Looking south to the site of Hereford Barton station.

Aberdare High Level: Stand-off at Aberdare High Level ... the coal train serves the loading facility for the Tower Colliery near Hirwaun and the Sprinter is terminating on a local service from Cardiff.

Innerwick: A Paris bound TGV speeding past the Chateau of a small but exclusive vineyard in the Dordogne perhaps... no, an Edinburgh bound Voyager passing between a cabbage field and the former Innerwick station, East Lothian, in the summer of 2006.

Onllwyn Washery: Arriving with empties at the Onllwyn washery.

Cilmeri: South-west bound single car Sprinter entering Cilmeri.

Onllwyn: Titfield Thunderbolt 2006, an update at Onllwyn.

Hartlebury: Hartlebury station and box looking north.

Rhymney: Sprinter enters Rhymney. Bit of a let down after the 37s.

Pontypool and New Inn: Pontypool and New Inn looking south.

Onllwyn Washery: Traction changes but the South Wales long association with coal continues. A gritty scene at the Onllwyn coal washery. At least rail served even if the coal comes in by truck from opencast.

Innerwick: The former station at Innerwick on the ECML, closed to passengers in 1951 and now a private residence. View north east with the road bridge over the main line to the right. Torness nuclear power station can just be made out in the left background.

Perth: Light and dark contradiction at Perth.

Aviemore: Looking north, showing the station buildings, as well as Platform 3 to the right which is used by the Strathspey Railway

Aviemore: 170396 at Aviemore with the 1630 service for Inverness

Aviemore: 170415 with the 1431 service to Inverness departing Aviemore past the semaphore signals at the north end.

Aviemore: Looking south, showing the Strathspey Railway connection to the main line at Aviemore

Aviemore: 170396 at the rear of a two unit set with a Class 158 at the front departing Aviemore with the 1630 service for Inverness

Aviemore: 170415 with the 1431 service to Inverness stands at Aviemore on 6 July 2007.

Aviemore: The station nameboard on Platform 1 at Aviemore, July 2007.

Aviemore: Strathspey Railway No. 17 about to back onto the carriages at Platform 3 at Aviemore

Plates, signs, notices etc: Manufacturers plate on the first class carriage standing at Platform 3 on the Strathspey Railway

Aviemore: Interior of one of the first class compartments on a car standing at Platform 3 on the Strathspey Railway

Aviemore: Semaphore signals, sidings and mile post marker at the North End of Aviemore Station

Aviemore: Strathspey Railway No. 17 approaching Aviemore station from the turntable

Broomhill: At the loop beyond Broomhill, waiting for engine No. 17 to run round the train

Boat of Garten: Looking towards the yard at Boat Of Garten

Aviemore: Strathspey Railway No. 17 making ready to depart

Spey Viaduct [Broomhill]: Looking towards the embankment and remains of the viaduct over the River Spey where the GNSR line diverged at Broomhill Junction and made its way to Nethy Bridge

Broomhill: Station buildings at Broomhill

Broomhill: In the cab of No 17, waiting for pressure to build

Broomhill: At the loop beyond Broomhill, No. 17 prepares to run round the train

Broomhill: Strathspey Railway No. 17 running round the train at the loop beyond Broomhill

Broomhill: Broomhill Station, in its guise as Glenbogle

Broomhill: Barclay 0-6-0ST on display at Broomhill

Boat of Garten: Sleepers in storage at Boat Of Garten ready to be used as part of the extension of the Strathspey Railway to Grantown-On-Spey

Boat of Garten: Rails stored at Boat of Garten waiting to be used in the extension of the Strathspey Railway to Grantown-On-Spey

Boat of Garten: 31327 at Boat of Garten painted in BR green as D5862

Boat of Garten: Class 107 DMU and a tanker in the yard at Boat Of Garten

Boat of Garten: Class 117 DMU in the yard at Boat Of Garten

Boat of Garten: One of the Strathspey Railway Class 26 engines and other rolling stock at Boat Of Garten

Boat of Garten: D5862 at Boat of Garten freshly painted in BR green

Aviemore Shed: 0-6-0 tank engine and recovery crane at the shed at Aviemore

Aviemore Shed: The engine shed at Aviemore

Aviemore Shed: Recovery cranes and goods vans outside Aviemore Shed. The cranes were at one time a fixture at the MOD Boom Defence Depot at Fairlie

Aviemore Speyside: Passing through Aviemore Speyside station.

Aviemore: Turntable on the Strathspey Railway at Aviemore

Glenfarg: Road traffic stuck on the M90 southbound, on the site of Glenfarg station. T in the Park starts today. The M90 was blocked both ways at Milnathort, Junction 7.

Aviemore Speyside: Former Scottish Power 0-4-0DH shunter Power Of Enterprise sitting at Aviemore Speyside.

Aviemore Speyside: Station buildings at Aviemore Speyside

Haymarket: A pair of class 66 locomotives taking an engineers train from Waverley through Haymarket platform 2 on 6 July 2007. The train turned south onto the sub at Haymarket Central Junction. Note platform 0 in use over on the right. (The platform was constructed during the second half of 2006 specifically to relieve pressure on Waverley during planned major engineering works.)

Farington Junction: 185122 heading south from Preston on the up slow line at Farington Junction on 6 July with a service to Manchester Airport.

Inverkeithing East Junction: 158 732 and 158 741 form the 14.55 Dunfermline Town-Dundee service via Kirkcaldy during the temporary timetable on Sunday 6 July. The train is approaching Inverkeithing East Junction on the little used north/east chord.

Rhubodach: One of Calmac's largest Loch class ferries arrives at Rhubodach after completing the operator's shortest crossing from Colintraive on 6 July 2008. The photograph was taken from an aircraft on the short-lived scheduled Oban to Glasgow seaplane service.

Ramsbottom: Hymek D7076 about to leave Ramsbottom in July 2008 with a train on the East Lancs Railway.

Burscough Junction: It is very unusual on the Preston to Ormskirk line for a train to run on a Sunday. The 6th of July however was an exception when Network Rail & Northern Rail laid on a free train service to coincide with Community Rail Day. One of the Ormskirk bound services is seen waiting to depart.The unused platform on the left has recently been cleared and both platforms have been securely fenced.

Oban: Sign at Oban station car park, July 2009.

Oban: Oban Station, as seen in the rain on 6th July 2009. An example of the current low-maintenance manned stations.

Oban: 156493 at Oban waiting to form the 1811 service to Glasgow Queen Street

Bo'ness: Class D49 no 246 Morayshire with a train from Boness to Manuel on 6 July, first day of the SRPS 2010 summer services.

Bo'ness: Train heating boiler and generator van no ADS70190 at Boness on 6 July 2010.

Farington Curve Junction: Approaching Bee Lane and adjacent to Farington Curve Junction (on the slow lines) DRS 47818 hauls the 'Northern Belle' charter on the evening of 6 July 2011. On the rear of the train was 47790 in 'Northern Belle' livery.

Ossett: A remaining section of bridge abutment on the north side of Wakefield Road, Flushdyke, Ossett, between Wrenthorpe Junction and Ossett Station. One of a very few reminders that an intensive passenger railway between Wakefield Westgate and Bradford Exchange, via Dewsbury Central, Batley and Drighlington, once ran though the town until closure in September 1964. A station existed at Flushdyke until 1941.

Horbury Junction (Barnsley Branch): Photograph taken in July 2011 showing the entrance lines from Network Rail into the former Procor, later Bombardier, railway works at Horbury Junction, Wakefield. The picture shows the later arrangement of three access tracks to cope with the volume of Virgin Mk 2 and then GNER Mk 4 stock refurbished here prior to closure by Bombardier.

Thornton-Cleveleys: Looking north towards Fleetwood from the level crossing, this view of Thornton station on 6 July 2011 shows the work carried out by the Poulton & Wyre Railway Society in tidying up and restoring the station area. Bottom right are the foundations of the former signalbox which, according to the society website, they hope can be rebuilt.

Horbury Junction (Barnsley Branch): Tracks running into the old rolling stock workshops at the former Procor, later Bombardier, railway works at Horbury Junction, Wakefield, in July 2011. The site is now fully occupied by both light and heavy industrial users.

Calder Grove: Walkway through the superstructure of the rail bridge crossing the River Calder between Broad Cut at Calder Grove and the nearby former Charles Roberts Wagon Works at Horbury Junction. While it is now lit, it is probably not a recommended route to take unaccompanied, despite there being a popular Public House nearby at Broad Cut. See image [[29836]]

Carleton Crossing: A York to Blackpool North service is only a few miles from its final destination as it approaches Carleton level crossing on 6 July 2011. At this time the crossing was locally controlled from a signal box behind the camera [[34880]].

Carleton Crossing: 'Looks like more rain on the way.' Under a heavy sky on 6 July, Carleton Crossing signalbox stands alongside the line to Blackpool North. [Shortly after taking the photograph the heavens opened!]

Ossett Tram Depot: The boarded up former Dewsbury and Ossett Tramways tram shed off Church Street, Ossett, in July 2011. The trackbed is still discernible down through the yard entering from the right and curving round to enter the two road tram shed, only the left section of which is visible. The building was for many years an appliance repair workshop for Yorkshire Electricity up to the early 1970s - I spent part of my electrical apprenticeship here. It later became a manufacturing site for playground equipment.

Calder Grove: The less than salubrious access to the steps at the rear of the former Charles Roberts Wagon Works car park see image [[34789]] giving access to the walkway through the rail bridge over the River Calder.

Horbury Junction (Barnsley Branch): The myriad of lines between the main stock workshops at the former Procor, later Bombardier, railway works at Horbury Junction, Wakefield, with a set of points visible in the foreground.

Georgemas Junction: Georgemas Junction, looking towards Wick, on 6th July 2012. The new Dounreay flask loading facility is nearing completion beyond the bridge and to the right. The wagon in the siding was a bogie timber carrier and seemed to be in good (shiny) order but it was unclear if this was a cripple or in use for gauging etc in the new terminal.

Wick: Journey's end for 158702 facing the buffers at Wick on 6th July 2012. A mural of a Highland 4-4-0 adorns the wall here and at Thurso but at Wick the platform has been raised inside the trainshed allowing trains to enter.

Dingwall: The 0620 Wick to Inverness, formed by a pair of Class 158s, leaves Dingwall on the last stage of its journey on 6 July 2012. There are two more intermediate stops before a scheduled arrival in Inverness at 1035. View towards Muir of Ord on a gloomy July morning.

Glenfinnan: K1 no 62005 climbs the gradient west of Glenfinnan with The Jacobite on the 6th July 2012.

Fort William: K1 62005 with the morning 'Jacobite' getting ready to leave Fort William for Mallaig in July 2012.

Georgemas Junction: Having shuttled to Thurso and back 158702 runs in to Georgemas Junction ready to continue on to Wick. In the background the new crane and loading area for the Dounreay flasks are nearing completion and as a result the footbridge has gone and the old platform has been incorporated into the perimeter fence. See image [[12679]] for the same location in 1989. A few days after this photo was taken two DRS Class 37s with a nuclear flask wagon made a timing run to Georgemas Junction ahead of the Dounreay traffic commencing in earnest.

Dingwall: The Lairg Tanks, a weekly working from Grangemouth, approaches Dingwall on Friday 6th July 2012. Here 66110 and its eight four wheeled fuel tanks will wait to cross a southbound passenger service. My own train to Wick later overtook the freight at Tain station.

Mallaig: The morning 'Jacobite' being prepared by 62005 ahead of the return journey to Fort William on 6th July 2012.

Thurso: 158702 waits to form the last departure of the day from Thurso, the 1629 to Inverness. Compared to a similar view five years earlier See image [[16892]], the goods shed has now been demolished but not yet replaced although the passenger trainshed still forms an impressive backdrop.

Interiors: 1st Class coach interior of the Jacobite at Fort William. The trip was a retiral gift for my Brother in Law from his firm, another great jolly boys day out.

Wick: Looking towards Watten and Georgemas Junction from just outside the trainshed at Wick on 6 July 2012. 158702 will form the 1600 departure for Thurso and Inverness, the last train of the day to head south.

Dingwall: Thurso and Wick bound 158702 draws in to Dingwall station on its way north. The main station buildings are behind the camera with the smaller shelters seen here on the Inverness platform.

Blacksboat: Blacksboat, looking north eastwards along the cycle path, in July 2012. One of those closed stations that seem to be crying out for a train to call again.

Wick: Exterior view of the well maintained trainshed at Wick in July 2012. This is a longer structure than the similarly styled building at Thurso.

Glenfinnan Viaduct: K1 No.62005 crossing Glenfinnan Viaduct with the morning Jacobite service in July 6th 2012.The now completed path up to the view point is still being constructed,passing under the last arch of the viaduct on the left.

Thurso: 158702 pauses briefly before reversing at Thurso with the last train south of the day, the 16.00hrs from Wick to Inverness. Unlike Wick, the raised area of the platform at Thurso does not extend inside the trainshed and trains stop outside. The goods shed and cattle auction building visible in earlier photos have since been demolished. See image [[16800]]

Glenfinnan: Milepost 19 3/4 on the return Jacobite near Glenfinnan. K1 62005 running tender first at the head of the train. Picture taken from the First class carriage in July 2012.

Bury Bolton Street: Hymek D7076 looking a little the worse for wear at Bury Bolton Street on 6 July.

Bath Spa: The late running 18.00 Torbay Express see image [[43737]] tries to hide behind the 18.13 to London Paddington at Bath Spa on 6 July 2013. Due to a comedy of errors, we spent nearly an hour and a half waiting for a 2-minute journey to Oldfield Park.

Bellingham (North Tyne): The former Border Counties station at Bellingham in July 2013. The station closed to passengers in 1956, with the line back to Reedsmouth finally abandoned in 1963. The station building was subsequently put to use as Council offices. Behind the camera is Bellingham Heritage Centre. The coaches provide additional exhibition space and tea room facilities.

Bath Green Park [2nd]: Possibly as relaxing as an S&D steam train - a hot air balloon spotted above Green Park station in July 2013.

Leipzig: Leipzig Hauptbahnhof looks more like a palace than a railway station. Just about every mode of land transport - car, tram, bus, cycling, walking and main-line railway - are in evidence here on 6th July 2013.

Whitrope Siding: A warm day at Whitrope siding, home of the Waverley Route Heritage Association, during an ICE visit on 6 July 2013. See image [[29713]]

Woodacre Crossing: Two for the price of one. The Carlisle to Chirk logs on Saturday 6th July was headed by two Class 56 locos that were returned to the main line by Colas in 2013. 56105 and 56087 power the long train of timber south in the summer sunshine at Woodacre near Garstang.

Dysart: 170424 nears Dysart on 6 July with the 12.34 from Dundee to Edinburgh.

Ramsbottom: EE Type 4 no D335 with a train at Ramsbottom station on 6 July 2013 during the ELR diesel gala weekend.

Leven [1st]: View west along the course of the Leven branch in July 2013, now the access road to the KFRPS's Methil site.

Bath Spa: Typical. You wait ages for a light engine, then two (66532 and 66563) come along at once. Taken during a long wait (pun intended) for a train to Oldfield Park on 6 July.

Bury Bolton Street: Hymek D7076 with a train at Bury Bolton Street on 6 July 2013 during the ELR diesel gala.

Balshaw Lane Junction: On the annual UK tour, 47237 heads the Royal Scotsman on Day 1 with the Dundee to Chester part of the trip south from Balshaw Lane Junction.

Farington Junction: A Northern Class 150 heads past the Leyland Trucks site approaching Farington Junction on 6 July 2013 with a service to Blackpool.

Bath Spa: The 18.00 Torbay Express approaches Bath, 11 minutes down. The leading power car is 43156, Darlington International Summer School, and yes, I was wearing an anorak - how did you guess?

Ramsbottom: Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey with a train at Ramsbottom on 6 July 2013 during the ELR Diesel Gala.

Euxton: Colas Rail Freight 56105+56087 head south on the WCML at Euxton on 6 July with the Carlisle to Chirk loaded log train.

Charnock Richard: The return trip to Carlisle for the empty wagons from Chirk, heading north at Charnock Richard on a bright and sunny 6 July 2013, with Colas Rail Freight locomotives 56105+56087 in charge.

Rawtenstall: 'Just watch it... that's all...' 73210 meets 33109 at Rawtenstall on 6 July.

Woodacre Crossing: Heading north at Woodacre on a bright July afternoon in 2013 is DRS 66302 with an Anglo-Scottish container train. The loco had originally been operated by Fastline but, along with its stable mates, was snapped up by DRS when Fastline ceased trading.

Leipzig: The preserved 2-car Fliegenden Zuege - sister to the Fliegenden Hamburger - rests below Leipzig Hauptbahnhof's magnificent trainshed on 6th July 2013. Built in 1935 at the famous Goerlitz railway works (still operating under Bombardier ownership), these were the fastest trains in the world at the time.

Ramsbottom: Smart looking EE Type 4 no D335 stands at Ramsbottom on 6 July during the East Lancashire Railway diesel gala.

Bury Bolton Street: A well occupied Bury Bolton Street on 6 July during the ELR Diesel Gala. Locomotives present include 47596, 33109, D335, D8233 and 20087.

Bury Bolton Street: D9537 at Bury Bolton Street on 7 July during the ELR Diesel Gala.

Bury Bolton Street: The surviving Class 15 (BTH Type 1) no D8233 at Bury on 6 July with engine running. See image [[13456]]

Leipzig: Platform 24 at Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, seen here on 6th July 2013, hosts a former Deutsche Reichsbahn 2-10-0 steam loco (used occasionally on excursions) and an assortment of preserved diesel and electric rolling stock. Built between 1909 and 1915, this was the largest terminus station in Europe when opened, with 26 platforms - only two of which have been lost (to car parking).

Bury Bolton Street: Hymek Type 3 D7076 stands alongside Brush Type 2 D5613 at Bury Bolton Street on 6 July 2013.

Marsden [2nd] (Whitburn Colliery): A Mark 1 carriage outside The Rattler Bar and Restaurant alongside the coast road at Marsden, South Shields, in July 2014. Named after The Marsden Rattler - the line opened by the Whitburn Coal Company from South Shields (Westoe Lane) to Whitburn Colliery in 1879 - which roughly followed the route of the current road. The line closed to passengers in 1953, but continued to transport coal until the pit closed in 1968.

Pont Briwet: The soon-to-be-demolished original Pont Briwet on 6th July with its replacement taking shape alongside. Work on the new bridge caused the 1860s wooden trestle bridge to become unstable in December 2013, following which the line was closed from Harlech to Pwllheli. It is expected to reopen by September 2014. See image [[46693]]

Fushiebridge [2nd]: The former station site at Fushiebridge on 6 July 2014 looking north towards Edinburgh.

Fushiebridge [1st]: Scene at Fushiebridge on 6 July 2014 looking south.

South Shields [NER]: View east from River Drive bridge, South Shields, showing the run round loop from the current terminus, located just beyond the curve, with a head-shunt running below the camera to a stop block. Alongside the loop on the right is an electrified siding used by Metro services.

Pont Briwet: A road-rail vehicle parked on the realigned track alongside the newly widened road leading to the rebuilt Pont Briwet on 6th July 2014. The line from Harlech to Pwllheli is due to reopen by September 2014.

Eskbank: View south from the A6094 road bridge on 6 July past the site of Hardengreen Junction towards the works underway on the new Eskbank station, with the partially constructed footbridge at the south end.

Pont Briwet: Looking north at the Pont Briwet rebuilding works on 6 July 2014, with the line from Harlech to Pwllheli currently scheduled to reopen in September.

Llandecwyn: The realignment of the track for the replacement Pont Briwet has (temporarily) obliterated Llandecwyn halt, seen here on 6 July 2014. As the area is part of Snowdonia National park, care is being taken to build the boundary walls with local materials.

Gore Glen Bridge: The Borders Railway bridge over the A7 at Gore Glen looking south on 6 July 2014.

South Shields [NER]: Modern head-shunt stop blocks, located a short distance beyond the South Shields Metro terminus station, can be seen alongside the River Drive over-bridge near the eastern bank of the River Tyne in a view looking west on 6 July.

Clocherlee Quarry: Opened in 1866 the Dunrod quarry branch left Dunrod and climbed towards the quarries in Sheilhill Glen that supplied the red sandstone used to build houses in Skelmorlie, Wemyss Bay and Inverkip. The picture shows the trackbed in July 2014 curving away from the Dunrod Loop.

South Pier [South Shields]: Long abandoned tracks running along South Shields south pier in 2014. Along the more landward half of the pier the track is laid level to the concrete surface, whereas on the seaward end the track stands some 20mm proud of the stone setts forming the surface up to the pier end lighthouse.

Coventry: The 19.00 Virgin Trains London Euston - Wolverhampton pulls into Coventry on 6 July 2014.

Porthmadog: Repairs to the roof of the Cambrian station at Porthmadog, which blew off in the storms in February 2014, seen looking west on 6 July, with nature attempting to reclaim the trackbed. Gwynedd Council has announced that the line, currently closed from Harlech to Pwllheli because of problems with the rebuilding of the Pont Briwet, should reopen by 1st September.

Gorebridge: A Sunday morning view over a quiet Gorebridge station site on 6 July 2014.

Arniston Catchpoints: Sunday morning view south at Arniston on 6 July, with the trackbed starting to veer south east prior to crossing the A7 on Gore Glen bridge see image [[47898]]. (The houses on the far left stand on the east side of the A7.)

Porthmadog: Looking east from the Stryd Fawr level crossing on the Cambrian Coast line on 6th July, with Porthmadog main line station behind the camera. The Welsh Highland Railway heritage station is on the left. The disused looking main line has been closed since December 2013 because of problems with the rebuilding of the Pont Briwet at Penrhyndeudreath.

Carnforth: Warton Road at Carnforth, looking towards the town centre. The bridge in the foreground is now disused but once carried the direct link between the Barrow and Wennington lines. The second one carries the surviving, sharply curved, Wennington line out of Carnforth station. In between the two, Crag Bank Road off to the right goes under an even lower bridge See image [[50535]] that carries the Carnforth - Barrow trains on the third side of the old triangle.

Bastia [Corsica]: Looking out from the platform at Bastia on the morning of 6 July 2015. The station is located at the northern end of the line and reached via a half-mile tunnel under the old town.

Dalgety Bay: 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley passing through Dalgety Bay with the 'Cathedrals Express' Fife Circle trip on 6 July.

Dalgety Bay: WCRC 47760 working hard on the rear of the 'Cathedrals Express' Fife Circle trip on 6 July passing through Dalgety Bay. See image [[51883]]

Paxford Level Crossing: Finally I get to see Galatea!

Galatea was photographed heading north out of Moreton in Marsh bound for Worcester. The location is Paxford level crossing on the B4479.

Pyle: The Robeston to Westerleigh Murco oil tanks approach Pyle station with 60044.

Pitlochry: Poster for a railway books sale at Pitlochry station on Sunday the 31st of July.
Pitlochry Station Bookshop website.

Fort William Junction: I happened to take a picture of the morning Jacobite almost exactly 46 years on in the very same location as the query image see image [[54302]], passing milepost 99 and Inverlochy Primary on the approach to Fort William Junction, hauled by Black 5 45407 Lancashire Fusilier. Typical Fort William weather.

Borwick: Hauling its first train in over fifty years Merchant Navy 35018 British India Line undertook a loaded test run from Carnforth on 6th July 2017. The ex-Barry 4-6-2 is seen passing Borwick but was 50 minutes late and only managing around 15mph on the climb. Perhaps it was just a dirty fire because after Hellifield it steadily gained time round the circuit and was nearly three hours early back in Carnforth.

Bamber Bridge: Bulleid Merchant Navy pacific 35018 'British India Line' is seen passing Bamber Bridge on 06 July 2017 whilst working a loaded test run from Carnforth to Carnforth via Hellifield, Blackburn and Preston. After a slow start see image [[59898]] it made good time after Hellifield. The loco's BR number was chalked on the smokebox door but the NR TOPS number (98818) has been applied in the correct font to the right hand cab side. What a pleasant sight to see a Southern pacific returning to the mainline 50 years after the end of steam on Southern Region. Credit to the restoration team at WCRC, Carnforth.

Hest Bank: MN 4-6-2 35018 British India Line on the home straight passing Hest Bank almost three hours early towards the end of its first loaded test run from Carnforth on 6th July 2017. There is still a little cosmetic work to complete but what a transformation of this former Barry loco to be back on the main line.

Visby: This shot shows the 'deck' of the bridge shown in Colin's view from the hotel see image [[60766]]. The top of the stone abutments and the handrails seem to be original but the wooden 'deck' elements are replacements. The route of the railway can be traced in the grass for some distance in both directions. This branch of Gotlands Jarnväg an 891mm gauge railway, was on its way down to the harbour; the location is above the left hand '47' where the line crosses a burn flowing into the bay see http://www.justus2.se/rwy/zigzag/visby/zzvisby.htm

Visby: Both of the ferries used on the Nynäshamn route are in Visby Harbour. MS Visby left and MS Gotland right were built in 2000 and 2002 respectively at Guangzhou, China. It has not been plain-sailing for these sisters, however. This shot shows the unusual stern design which appears to consist of vehicle ramps-it's quite hard to see how this arrangement is watertight. On the left is the high ground, a clifftop, from which the railway had to descend to reach the harbour hence the need for a zigzag see image [[60916]].

Coatbridge Sunnyside: 37025 passing through Coatbridge Sunnyside station with the Network Rail track recording train with 37219 on the rear.(06/07/17)

Sunnyside Junction: Colas 37219 on the Network Rail track recording train approaching Sunnyside Jct from the Whifflet loop. Large Logo 37025 is on the rear (06/07/17)

Glenesk Junction: A ScotRail 158 on the Borders Railway about to pass below the B6392 Melville Road, midway between Shawfair and Eskbank, on 6 July 2017. Glenesk Viaduct, spanning the valley of the North Esk, can be seen in the left background.

Glenesk Junction: View across the old yard that once formed part of Glenesk Colliery, photographed looking north in July 2017. The area is here being used for the storage of pipes and various building materials. Approaching the site of the former Glenesk Junction in the background is the ScotRail 0959 Tweedbank- Edinburgh service.

Forton: Consecutive light engine movements from Carlisle on the WCML on 6th July 2017. Colas 60026 is seen working south at Forton heading for Preston and an appearance at the ELR diesel gala. Behind it, almost on double yellows, is brand new electro diesel 88007 Electra (a name Triang-Hornby enthusiasts of a certain age will remember well) on a return test run to Crewe.

Roma: The station building now at Roma was originally that from Österport Halt in Visby. It had been a hunter's forest shelter for decades before being moved, restored and then re-opened in 2015. Roma village had been a hub for two of Gotland's railways and originally had a much bigger station building. The runround loop extends to a headshunt over a level crossing off to the right of picture. There is a bay platform whose buffer stop is visible to the left of the platform bench. There are plans to rebuild the turntable on its original site and build a new water tower in the grey area on the left centre of the shot.

Glenesk Viaduct: ScotRail 158734 crossing Glenesk Viaduct on 6 July 2017 with the 1024 Edinburgh - Tweedbank.

Forth Bridge: The 1517 Edinburgh to Cowdenbeath and the 1434 Dundee to Edinburgh pass on the northern approach to the Forth Bridge on 6th July 2018.

King's Gate Junction: A Tweedbank service as about the enter the (rather limiting) single track section to Fushiebridge at King's Gate on 6 July 2018. As it happens this is the precise location where the southern end of the Sheriffhall deviation parts company with the former Waverley route through Millerhill, which went off to the right.

Ayr: Bits have started to fall off the neglected Station Hotel in Ayr and, as from a few days ago, the whole area is cordoned off, including the ticket office, which has become a man with a card machine at a more northerly entrance to platform 1. A portable cabin is in place as a temporary office but all the electronics have still to be installed. The neglect has gone on for years with the Council seemingly powerless to act effectively and it could soon be curtains for this famous building. Photographed on 6th July 2018.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: With the impressively large hole where Consort House once stood in the foreground, the remaining buildings above the Dundas Street entrance are being carefully dismantled with another change to the east entrance to the station being necessary to complete the job safely see image [[64524]]

Shawfair: A Borders Railway service heads south from Shawfair on 6 July. The isolation is obvious. The first houses in the Shawfair development will be ready for occupation in September. This is a slow burn. Meantime the station is within walking distance only of the small village of Newton.

Interiors: A view inside an almost empty 365525 as it glides effortlessly up the incline from Queen Street High Level. The wide aisles are popular with the staff who need to move the refreshment trolleys through theses trains and the seats seem comfortable enough though there are fewer tables than on the diesel 170s which they have replaced.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A sunny 365525 at Queen Street platform 4 about to leave for Edinburgh on 6th July 2018. These EMUs did not prove to be as reliable as was hoped during their nine months of service with ScotRail.

Forth Bridge: View of a Forth Bridge cantilever from a boat trip in July 2018.

Forth Bridge: The 1434 Dundee-Edinburgh Class 170 crosses the Forth Bridge on 6th July 2018.

Forth Bridge: Silhouettes.

Interiors: The cosy First Class section in one of the Class 365 EMUs recently acquired by ScotRail. First Class is located next to the cab at each end of the 4 coach unit.

Farington Junction: An ECS move from Polmadie to Wembley on 06 July 2019 resulted in Caledonian Sleeper stock appearing in the north of England in daylight hours. 90049 is seen passing Farington Jct on the 5Z92 move south of 10 MkIII sleeper carriages.

Freshford: This bus stop sign is not for transport interchange, but for rail replacement buses as required. Given the narrowness of Station Road, I would not expect a large bus!

Freshford: The new standard for windscreen cleaning on GWR Class 166s, is that you should be able to read the word FRESHFORD reflected in a mid-formation windscreen within an hour of sunset, as shown here on an exclusive test run on 6th July 2019.

Balshaw Lane Junction: 195114 takes the Down Slow line at Balshaw Lane Jct while on a Manchester Airport to Barrow service on 06 July 2019.

Kirkby Stephen East: A quick photo of two saddle tanks at the Stainmore Railway Museum, in the old Kirkby Stephen East station, before the trudge up the hill to Kirkby Stephen West for my 1701hrs Northern service back to Carlisle on 6th July 2019.

Balshaw Lane Junction: Manchester Airport to Barrow in Furness service passes Balshaw Lane Jct on 06 July 2019 operated by new CAF unit 195120.

Balshaw Lane Junction: DRS 66428 on the Grangemouth to Daventry container service on 06 July 2019 as it passes Balshaw Lane Jct.

Dornoch: The former station building at Dornoch is a fine survivor, which lived on after the 1960 closure and did service as a takeaway before becoming a clinic. 6th July 2019.

The Mound: Far North trains still rush by The Mound, and the owner of the old junction station keeps chickens on the site of the branch platform (off to the left). 6th July 2019.

Freshford: This picture was taken only a couple of months after the opening of the extended platforms at Freshford; but nature is already trying to reclaim them - notice the creeper climbing up the fence on the right. The train, in the gorgeous new Great Western green, is a Bristol to Weymouth 158.

Bay Horse: There have been daytime WCML sleeper coach movements on consecutive weekends in June/July 2019 See image [[69383]]. However, whilst the first involved brand new vehicles, the second, seen here in the cutting at Forton, was a rake of ten (redundant?) MkIII coaches hauled from Polmadie to Wembley by Freightliner 90049.

Cardiff Bay: TfW service to Caerphilly awaiting departure from Cardiff Bay on 6th July 2020.

Taff's Well: The easing of lockdown in Wales in July means we are now able to travel further than five miles from our home but most other restrictions are still in place. A 142/150 Pacer/Sprinter combination makes its way along the Taff Vale Railway between Radyr and Taffs Well on 6th July 2020.

Taff's Well: A TfW Pacer Sprinter combination heads up the valley, following the River Taff between Radyr and Taffs Well, on 6th July 2020.

Taff's Well: A Merthyr Tydfil to Penarth service, formed by a TfW Sprinter, approaching Taffs Well on 6th July 2020.

Cardiff Bay: The former Cardiff Bute Road station buildings, and entrance to the platforms of the now named Cardiff Bay station. The buildings were originally the head quarters of the Taff Vale Railway until 1862 and have recently been spruced up. The trains stop just in front of the old station [[53000]].

Taff's Well: A TfW Pacer leads a service from Cardiff Central to Treherbert, passing through Taffs Well, on 6th July 2020.

Bay Horse: Working in tandem, Colas 37219 and 37116 power the NRMT through Forton Cutting near Bay Horse. This was a working from Derby to Carlisle on 6th July 2021.

Moss Side: 156452, heading from Blackpool South to Preston, has just crossed narrow Cartmell Lane on the low bridge and is approaching the final (open) station on the branch at Moss Side. 6th July 2021.

Meadowhead Paper Mill: After bringing fuel tanks from Grangemouth to Prestwick on 6th July 2021, Colas 70813 then ran light engine to the Caledonian Paper Mill branch at Meadowhead, Irvine where it picked up half of the tank wagons parked there. The photograph shows the train on departure at the south end of the branch, stopped at the pedestrian crossing from where the photograph was taken, and about to set down the shunter who then drove off in his van to Barassie where the train would run round and then be shut down. The shunter would then take the driver back to Grangemouth before returning to his home in Kilwinning.

Faslane Junction Yard: Two single track bridges crossing a burn on the former railway built to serve No.1 Military Port during WW2. The line ran from Faslane Junction on the WHR and was double track from the exchange sidings down to the port. After the war the port was used to scrap ships and later steam locomotives. The latter were delivered to the site along the railway as was the scrap metal going in the opposite direction heading to the steelworks in the west of Scotland. Both bridges are fenced off as there is no decking although the sleepers remain in place.

Murrayfield Stadium [Tram]: An Edinburgh Tram has a vinyl hailing return of the Festival, seen at Murrayfield on 6th July 2021.

Faslane Junction Yard: Looking north west along the trackbed of the No.1 Military Port railway a short distance from Faslane Jct Yard (behind the photographer) on 6 July 2021. The pipe on the right is a few feet beneath the West Highland Line.

Drybridge: 156437, forming the 1202 from Kilmarnock to Girvan, (which appeared to be empty) is seen at Shewalton Moss between Drybridge and Barassie on 6th July 2021. The number of trains on this line has been reduced significantly, presumably as a result of Covid cuts.

Shandon: The North Blyth to Fort William alumina tanks passes the site of Shandon station on 6 July 2021 with 66736 in charge again. The station had been an island platform like many others on the West Highland but after closure and demolition, the loop was removed and the track given a straight alignment. The loco is located approximately where the steps down to the underpass used to be located on the platform. On the left the back of the loading bank can just be made out amongst the undergrowth while on the left is the station house.

Perth: A class 158 at Perth on 6th July 2022. The paint colours on the station are the old BR Scottish region brown and cream and so could date from any time since the mid-1960s, given the typeface on the direction signs.

Lancaster: The camber on the Through lines at Lancaster is most noticeable as 90021 and 90034 power south with a Mossend to Daventry train on 6th July 2022. The Malcolm centenary livery of the lead loco contrasts with the much plainer blue of 90034.

Cark: 195116, on a Northern service from Barrow to Manchester Airport, pulls away from Cark on 6th July 2022. Situated on a sharp curve, the platform has been raised and then an outward extension added up to the point of the 'S' sign.

Kings Cross: Passengers with their luggage head for the Kings Cross suburban platform, as a Lumo and an LNER service wait on 6th July 2022.