Exmouth Junction Shed: Scene in the shed yard at Exmouth Junction in August 1960. Maunselll 'Z' class 0-8-0T no 30954 is nearest the camera, with S15 4-6-0 no 30843 in the background.

Penzance: 6824 Ashley Grange photographed in August 1960 on Penzance shed.

Crewe: Stanier 'Coronation' Pacific no 46225 Duchess of Gloucester southbound from Crewe on 10 August 1962 with a Holyhead - Euston train.

Crewe: 46225 Duchess of Gloucester at Crewe with a Holyhead - Euston train on 10 August 1962.

Stockport Edgeley Shed: Jubilee 45632 Tonga stands on Sockport Edgeley shed in August 1962. The locomotive had just over 3 years operational life remaining at this stage, being finally withdrawn from Newton Heath in October 1965. Edgeley shed itself officially closed in May 1968 with much of it demolished shortly thereafter, although part of the rear wall still stood a year later when the site was in use as a stabling point see image [[10054]].

Gorton Shed: Ex-GCR Robinson class O4 2-8-0 no 63631 in the sidings alongside Gorton shed on 10 August 1962, approximately one month prior to official withdrawal by BR.

Gorton Shed: J39 0-6-0 64880 in the stored locomotives sidings alongside Gorton shed in August 1962.

Gorton Shed: Scene at Gorton shed, Manchester, in August 1962, with home based Crab 2-6-0 no 42813 in the yard.

Stockport Edgeley Shed: 42316 in the shed yard at Stockport Edgeley in August 1962. A plaque commemorating Edgeley's most famous driver is today displayed on the wall of the station at Chapel-en-le-Frith. See image [[23666]]

Elderslie: 57270 was a surprise visitor to Elderslie on 10 August 1963 and is seen shunting near the No. 1 signal box in pouring rain. The veteran was one of the last surviving Jumbos, being withdrawn from Ardrossan shed in November of that year.

Carlisle: Just a passing shower...??? A fine summer Saturday at Carlisle station in August 1963 sees Royal Scot no 46160 'Queen Victoria's Rifleman' preparing to take forward the next leg of the 1.57pm Gourock - Birmingham New Street.

Carlisle: 46160 'Queen Victoria's Rifleman' arrives at Carlisle station from Kingmoor shed on a wet and windy 10 August 1963. The Royal Scot was rostered relief locomotive for the incoming 1.57pm summer Saturday Gourock - Birmingham New Street... by which time the weather had not improved! See image [[33214]]

Carlisle: Wet platforms at the north end of Carlisle station in August 1963 with Leeds based A1 Pacific no 60131 Osprey having brought in the 6.29am Birmingham - Gourock standing alongside Polmadie standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73060.

Corkerhill: In 1896 the G&SW built a new depot at a rural location near Corkerhill Farm. Because of its remoteness the company built a railway village of 136 houses for workers and families, with a staff halt alongside. Facilities included a general store, wash-house, library, reading rooms, meeting hall, hot baths, allotments and a company doctor. This 1963 photograph shows Black 5 No 45362 reversing east through Corkerhill station towards the signal box controlling access to the shed. On the right is part of the original 1896 railway village on which demolition commenced 6 years later, with the site transferred to Glasgow Council in 1971.

Carlisle: Kingmoor Black 5 no 45323 with a train at Carlisle platform 4, thought to have been photographed on 10 August 1963.

Carlisle: Rebuilt Royal Scot 4-6-0 no 46162 Queen's Westminster Rifleman stands in wait in the sidings on the west side of Carlisle station in the summer of 1963. The loocomotive is awaiting the arrival of the 2.15pm Liverpool - Glasgow Central which it will take forward to its ultimate destination.

Carlisle: Britannia Pacific 70049 Solway Firth stands in Carlisle station's bay platform 5 on 10 August 1963 following arrival with the 11.55am train from Hellifield.

Gourock: Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45629 'Straits Settlements' with the 10.40am to Glasgow Central awaiting departure time at Gourock on 10 August 1964.

Greenock Central: BR Standard tank no 80001 about to leave Greenock Central on 10 August 1964 with a train for Glasgow Central.

Gourock: Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42264 leaving Gourock with the 1pm to Glasgow Central on 10 August 1964.

Gourock: Jubilee 45698 Mars takes the 12.10pm to Glasgow Central away from Gourock on 10 August 1964.

Cairnie Junction: An NBL Type 2 arrives at Cairnie Junction from the coast line with an Elgin-Aberdeen train in 1965. A quick glance at the semaphores might not have suggested that the train was being signalled to cross over to the platform track, but the train of course followed standard practice at Cairnie and did exactly that, followed by reversal into the station to collect the waiting passengers.

Longmorn: A Park Royal railbus waits in the northbound platform at Longmorn on 10th August 1965. The view is taken from the front of an incoming southbound diesel unit.

Cairnie Junction: Cairnie Junction, seen from an approaching Inverness-bound DMU, in August 1965. See image [[23394]] for a modern view from a similar point.

Elgin East: Elgin East on 10th August 1965. On the left is an NBL Type 2 with a service for the Moray Coast line, and across the platform is a Cravens DMU which will take the inland route via Craigellachie, meeting up again with the Type 2's train at Cairnie Junction. Further right a short rake of wagons are parked in front of another Cravens and a Swindon DMU completes the line up.

Drummuir: Drummuir station, photographed in 1965 from the back of a diesel unit on a journey from Elgin to Cairnie Junction.

Elgin West: A Swindon DMU calls at Elgin, with a morning service from Aberdeen to Inverness in 1965.

Longmorn: View of Longmorn in August 1965, taken from an incoming southbound diesel unit. A Park Royal railbus, probably on an Aviemore-Elgin service, waits in the northbound platform, and a Ruston diesel, no doubt belonging to the Glenlossie private railway, can be seen in the distillery sidings.

Kyle of Lochalsh: MV 'Loch Seaforth' at Kyle of Lochalsh in 1966.

Pont DArdres: Heading south east from Calais in the direction of Hazebrouck, SNCF American-built 2-8-2 141R50 passes over the Ardres canal at Pont D'Ardres. The train is made up of distinctive Art Deco carriages of the style introduced in the late twenties and early thirties. These were often seen throughout the next forty years on services between France and Belgium and in the area of the France- Belgium border.

Calais Depot : By 1967, the lovely Chapelon 231E’s were all retired from service, but there were still several classic SNCF Pacifics active on routes from Calais. 231G42, a Chapelon rebuild of an earlier PLM design, was photographed at Calais depot.

Enns Gorge: An OBB Class 52 2-10-0 takes a mixed freight into the impressively steep-sided gorge of the River Enns, between Hieflau and Admont in Austria's Styrian Alps. The photograph dates from the summer of 1970. The weather had been severely wet for several days and the Enns, fast flowing at the best of times, was certainly in full spate that morning.

Enns Gorge: A 1970 photograph of an OBB Class 52 2-10-0 working hard as it brings a freight through the gorge of the River Enns, between Hieflau and Admont, in Austria's Styrian Alps.

Enns Gorge: On a very wet August morning in 1970, an OBB Class 52 2-10-0 hurries tender first through the gorge of the River Enns, between Hieflau and Admont, in Austria's Styrian Alps.

Praebichl: 1970 scene at Praebichl, in Austria's Styrian Alps, on a rather gloomy evening. Praebichl was at the summit of the famous Erzberg ('Ore Mountain') rack railway, which over many years transported large quantities of iron ore quarried from the mountain. Ore trains up and down the rack were top and tailed by OBB Class 97 tanks, one of which (97 201) can be seen ready to descend the rack with a loaded train. In the background a Giesl ejector-fitted sister locomotive brings empties into the station, banked by another Class 97 out of sight at the rear.

Eisenerz: OBB Class 52 2-10-0 52 7064 shortly after arrival Eisenerz with a mixed local train from Hieflau. Eisenerz was at the northern end of the famous Erzberg ('Ore Mountain') rack railway which over many years transported large quantities of iron ore quarried from the mountain.

Eisenerz: OBB Class 52 2-10-0 52 7064 shunts its train at Eisenerz, after arriving with a local service from Hieflau in August 1970. Eisenerz was at the northern end of the famous Erzberg ('Ore Mountain') rack railway, which over many years transported large quantities of iron ore quarried from the Erzberg, seen here in the background and mostly chiselled into rock terraces after many years of ore extraction. The rack railway eventually closed in 1988, although its southern ramp remains open as a preserved line.

Boat of Garten: Inveresk Paper Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0 shunter is stabled on the down platform at Boat of Garten during the hot summer of 1975. A work party take a break from digging in a set of point rodding cranks and head along the platform to get some refreshment.

Sudbury [2nd]: The crew of an afternoon service from Marks Tey has plenty of time for a stroll around the overgrown station at Sudbury before needing to head back on August 10th 1980. The original building survived for a few more years before fire damage and vandalism hastened its demolition. In 1990, the track was slewed over to the right and into a new terminal platform on the site of the former loading dock. See image [[41998]]

Tynemouth: A DMU from Newcastle at Tynemouth station on 10 August 1980. This was the final day of scheduled BR operations before the route was handed over to the Tyne and Wear Metro.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: 40030 on a northbound freight held in the down loop at Berwick for a passing InterCity 125 Kings Cross - Edinburgh working.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: 55008 The Green Howards obliterates the scenery on the curve north of Berwick station in the summer of 1981 with the 11.16 Kings Cross - Aberdeen.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: 55010 The Kings Own Scottish Borderer on the 11.44 Dundee - Kings Cross stands at Berwick in August 1981.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: Deltic 55008 The Green Howards with the 11.16 Kings Cross - Aberdeen just north of Berwick in August 1981.

Dalmeny: EE Type 1s 20222 and 20217 with a northbound coal train at Dalmeny on 10 August 1981.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: A down freight restarts after a stop at Berwick in August 1981.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: A class 40 runs through Berwick station with a northbound freight in August 1981.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: A southbound ECML service arrives at Berwick in August 1981 as a freight leaves the sidings for the north.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: 40030 rejoins the ECML to continue its journey north after being held in the loop north of Berwick on 10 August 1981.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: Deltic no 55010 'The Kings Own Scottish Borderer' arriving at Berwick on a bright and sunny 10 August 1981 with a Dundee - Kings Cross train.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: 40030 with a down freight restarts north away from Berwick in August 1981 following a lengthy holdover in the loop.

Mallaig: A Class 37 heads the last train of the day to Fort William at Mallaig station on 10 August 1982.

Okehampton: A DMU special at Okehampton on a sunny Saturday 10 August 1985.

Stirling: The resident Stirling pilot (08725) toys with a few container wagons and a single container on 10th August 1985. It is making use of the roads that once ran through the former Stirling South loco shed, of which only the concrete base remains visible. Since these sidings had no routine use at the time, it is possible that the pilot is about to shunt, or has just done so, that container along the branch to the MOD Forthside Ordnance depot which diverges to the left in front of the gasometer.

Glenbruar Viaduct: 37402 crosses the viaduct north of Crianlarich station with a Glasgow Queen Street - Fort William train in August 1987.

Tyndrum Upper: Platform scene at Tyndrum Upper in August 1987. The station was still staffed at this time.

Errol: A westbound service passes the station at Errol and approaches the level crossing in August 1992.

Errol: BR Express Sprinter no. 158741 passes through the closed station at Errol in August 1992 en route to Dundee and Aberdeen.

Perth Princes Street: Aberdeen train passing Perth Princes Street and about to run onto the bridge over the Tay in August 1992.

Errol: Northbound over Errol LC in August 1992

Errol: Looking towards Dundee from Errol level crossing in August 1992.

Tay Viaduct [Perth]: 26042 heads east from Perth towards Barnhill in August 1992.

Tay Viaduct [Perth]: A 158 crosses the Tay at Perth on a southbound service in August 1992.

Tay Viaduct [Perth]: Class 158 crossing the Tay approaching Perth station in August 1992 with a Dundee - Glasgow service.

Broomhill: Austerity saddle tank No 68030 leaving Broomhill on the Strathspey Railway.10/08/06.

Boat of Garten: City of Truro passing Fishermans Crossing near Boat of Garten.10/08/06

Broomhill: City of Truro makes a fine sight leaving Broomhill.10/08/06.

Carstairs South Junction: Fiddlers Ferry - Hunterston coal empties approaching Carstairs from the south on 10 August 2006. EWS 66200 is passing the former Strawfrank Junction PW depot, closed in the 1960s, with the site subsequently taken over by a local road transport company (see image [[51942]]).

Tay Bridge: A view of the Tay Bridge taken from near Wormit on the Fife side of the Tay.

Crawford: A Virgin Voyager northbound between Crawford and Abington on 10 August 2006. The train is a Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central service.

Abington: A Freightliner class 90 with a container train northbound between Crawford and Abington in the summer of 2006.

Livingston North: 'Oh God.... not another waving marathon...' SPT liveried 170470 westbound between Uphall and Livingston North with a Bathgate service during the early afternoon of 10 August 2007. The train is proceeding slowly through the redoubling works on the approach to Livingston North station.

Livingston North: A man and a bike boarding a Bathgate - Newcraighall train at Livingston North in August 2007. At that time the slimline station seemed to have almost been squeezed into the cutting. Hard to believe the transformation that took place here over the ensuing 2 years. For the same view in August 2009 see image [[25933]].

Stanley Junction: Cabin at Stanley Junction. A double line to single line junction, the former Strathmore main line diverged to the right where the car stands. The line going around the box is the Highland Main line for Inverness.

Livingston North: Looking west towards Bathgate as a train for Waverley arrives at the cramped station at Livingston North on 10 August 2007.

Edinburgh Waverley: The work goes on - class 60s 066 and 075 with a pw train at the west end of Waverley on 10 August.

Caldercruix: Looking west over the platforms at Caldercruix on 10 August 2007. This will be the next station east from the current terminus at Drumgelloch on the reopened line to Bathgate.

Forrestfield: Detail see image [[9672]] of the former Forrestfield inn in August 2007. Note the 1882 date on the front of the building.

Livingston North: Passengers leaving an afternoon Edinburgh - Bathgate service ascend the ramp from the single platform at Livingston North on 10 August 2007. The sign on the side of the cutting has arrows indicating left for Uphall / Edinburgh and right for Bathgate.

Ribblehead: Northern 156443 is seen departing from Ribblehead, with a Dales Rail service to Preston, on 10 August 2008.

Loch Leven: The bridge at the east of the old Loch Leven station, which carries the B996 south from Kinross. The station was to the left of shot. The old smoke deflectors are still in situ see image [[17439]]. All rail use ceased early 1971, when the line was closed to allow the construction of the M90.

Ribblehead Viaduct: With mist rolling in off the fells, a pair of 158 DMUs heads south over Ribblehead viaduct towards Leeds on 10 August 2008.

Blea Moor Signal Box: The signal box at Blea Moor must rate as one of the least accessible still in existence on the national network. View along the track leading up to the box from the south on 10 August 2008. Of particular note is the fact that it is not raining...

Ribblehead: A southbound 'DalesRail' service from Carlisle to Preston calls at Ribblehead station on 10 August 2008.

Settle: Britannia class Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell heads north between Settle Junction and Settle station on 10 August 2008 with The 15 Guinea Special railtour.

Acreknowe: Part of the formation of the Stobs Camp internal tramway system - the remains of this formation looking south on 10 August 2009. The system connected with Stobs Yard, adjacent to the mainline (just behind the camera) before starting a circuitous route toward the camp

Carrbridge: The Northern Belle southbound at Carrbridge on 10 August 2009 behind 37670(leading)+37401. The train is on its way back to Kings Cross via Edinburgh after visiting Aberdeen and Kyle of Lochalsh.

Wemyss Bay: The Waverley commemoration ceremony seen taking place at Wemyss Bay - see news item dated 10 August 2010.

Inverkeithing: 66108 passing through Inverkeithing on 10 August with pipe train for Georgemas Junction.

Aberdour: 67030 arrives at Aberdour with 17.08 Edinburgh - Fife Circle service on 10 August.

Bulkington: The former village station of Bulkington lies South of Nuneaton and East of Bedworth. The station building is fine, the steps from the road bridge are fine, but I'm not convinced that the LNWR used white painted scaffolding poles as handrails...notice the new flats for trainspotters on the left. View looks South.

Forth Viaduct [Gartmore]: Replacement bridge over the River Forth at Flanders Moss, Gartmore, photographed in August 2010. The new crossing was constructed by the Army. see 14373.

Aberdour: 67025 climbs away from Aberdour with empty stock off the 17.21 Edinburgh - Cardenden on 10 August.

Forth Viaduct [Gartmore]: Looking across the replacement bridge constructed by the Army spanning the Forth at Flanders Moss, Gartmore, in August 2010.

Gartmore: The bridge carrying the A81 road over the trackbed at Flanders Moss, Gartmore, in August 2010.

Forth Bridge: View south over the Forth Bridge towards South Queensferry on the evening of 10 August 2011 with the 1500 'East Coast' London Kings Cross - Aberdeen HST crossing.

Norwich: Awaiting supplies of weedkiller? Norwich, summer 2012.

Cardiff Queen Street: 66186 running light engine crosses Newport Road, Cardiff, just north of Queen Street station on 10 August. The large building on the right behind the trees is Brunel House, built originally as the head office of the Western Region.

Stanley Road [Tram]: Then, Then and Now at the new Stanley Road tram stop in Fleetwood as Flexity 015 approaches the town from Blackpool. See image [[36360]] from 2011 since when the stop has been completed, as has the new Fleetwood Fire Station.

Coatbridge Central: Still standing... but for how much longer? The old Coatbridge Central station, opened in 1842, rebuilt 1899... looking like the end is nigh...

Kirkcaldy: West Coast 57315 leads a Compass Tours excursion from Saltburn to Dundee through Kirkcaldy on 10 August with 47826 bringing up the rear.

Fleetwood Copse Road Tram Depot: I've driven past this car showroom many times without knowing its provenance but with the aid of an old book I realised that it was the original Blackpool & Fleetwood Tram Depot. The outside is covered in cladding but two holes have been left to show the inscribed stones underneath. An enlargement of the stone on the left is reproduced here (the other says Jubilee 1897). The depot had a capacity for 41 trams but finally closed in 1963. [Update: During 2016 the old tram depot was demolished but I understand the plaques have been saved.]

Coatbridge Central: The 10.39 (SO) Grangemouth WHM - Daventry passing Coatbridge Central on 10 August behind DRS 66422.

Poulton-le-Fylde: 150218 on a Blackpool to Liverpool service passes Poulton No.3 signal box and the junction for Fleetwood, a location that will soon change significantly as electrification of the Blackpool line proceeds. The bridge in the background was previously a vantage point See image [[21671]] but has now had very high parapets fitted ahead of the OLE being installed.

Victoria Street [Tram]: Flexity 011 makes its way along North Albert St in Fleetwood town centre on 10 August heading for Blackpool Starr Gate. The tram is just passing one of the numerous crossovers that allow flexible working when the main running lines are disrupted for any reason.

Coatbridge Sunnyside: View along the westbound platform at Coatbridge Sunnyside on 10 August.

Sunnyside Junction: View west over Sunnyside Junction, Coatbridge, on 10 August 2013. Sunnyside station is behind the camera and the freight only line from Whifflet South comes in from the left. Part of Summerlee Industrial Heritage Centre stands in the background. See image [[22309]]

Fleetwood Ferry [Tram]: Although the loop directly outside the Fleetwood Ferry entrance is still used by occasional heritage tram services the actual tram stop is now round the corner and built for level access to the Flexity trams. 015 passes through the loop as it sets off for Starr Gate. See image [[23892]]

Rossall School: The quality of finish on the new Blackpool and Fleetwood tram stops is a complete contrast to the old system. Flexity 013 slows for the Rossall School stop on a service from Fleetwood. See image [[32523]] for the same location in 2011 (and earlier).

Victoria Street [Tram]: Pulling away from the penultimate northbound stop, Flexity 002 moves back towards the centre of North Albert St in Fleetwood town centre on 10 August and heads for Fleetwood Ferry, closely followed by a Blackpool bus.

Svensta: Not quite Skimbleshanks but a more serious railway cat (belonging to a neighbour) called Inspektören (The Inspector) on his daily rounds checking the track. Perhaps he was a Banvakt (railway section supervisor) in one of his previous lives? Looks like the OHLE mast in the background is needing painted, eh?

Poulton-le-Fylde: Another view of Poulton station that may not be possible when the catenary masts are erected. Unit 158905, calling on a Blackpool to York service, photographed on 10th August 2013 from alongside the street level booking office.

Newbattle Viaduct: The 23 arch Newbattle Viaduct carries the railway across the valley of the South Esk, above a river and two public roads. At the north end of the viaduct the two arches spanning the river rest on a pier with deep curved cutwaters, seen here in August 2014. The scaffolding is in connection with inspection work being carried out as part of the preparations for the new Borders Railway.

Eskbank: The new Eskbank station starting to take shape on Sunday 10 August 2014. View is south towards Newtongrange.

Newbattle Viaduct: The northern end of Newbattle Viaduct on 10 August 2014 looking south across the A7.

Newbattle Viaduct: Looking north east along the River South Esk through one of the arches of Newbattle Viaduct on 10 August 2014. The car in the centre is heading for Hardengreen Roundabout on the A7. The South Esk is heading for the Forth at Musselburgh, after meeting up with its good friend the North Esk just beyond Dalkeith.

Newtongrange: Progress at Newtongrange on 10 August 2014. View south over the site of the new station from the A7.

Eskbank: The new Eskbank station from the west side of the cutting on Sunday 10 August 2014.

Glasgow Central: A snappier title for Glasgow's interstation bus, seen outside Central on 10 August 2015.

Ayr Harbour: Compass Pier at Ayr Harbour on 10 August, with PS Waverley departing for Brodick, etc. She has to have her bow hauled round on the bow rope by the windlass to line her up for the harbour mouth, particularly with a good-going south - wester. Then it's full-ahead!

Leyland: The Coatbridge to Crewe Freightliner container train approaches Leyland on 10 August 2015 hauled by 86637 and 86622 in matching Powerhaul livery.

Lenzie: The 1119 from Glasgow Queen Street to Alloa departs from Lenzie under the wires on 10 August 2016.

Barnetby: Freightliner 66602, working ore from Immingham to Scunthorpe iron ore terminal, passing Barnetby on 10th August 2016.

Largs Pier: Given the sad news about Waverley's boilers, I thought we might see her in better days. Here she sweeps into Largs Bay to call on 10-8-17.

Slateford: The Edinburgh - Motherwell ScotRail empty stock working runs west through Slateford on 10 August 2017 behind DRS 68006 Daring.

Slateford: Platform view west at Slateford on the morning of 10 August 2017 as DRS 68006 Daring takes the Edinburgh - Motherwell ScotRail empty stock west through the station, having travelled via the sub and the Craiglockhart Junction - Slateford Junction spur.

Slateford: A Network Rail track machine returning to Slateford Depot from Mossend runs east through Slateford station on 10 August 2017. The unit is running wrong line having crossed over at the west end of the platform in order to reach the single lead Slateford Junction up ahead. The line into the depot is some 250m beyond the junction.

Greenock Central: Class 380 westbound and just east of Greenock Central. I've been past this bridge so many times without taking a photograph ... until now. A second bridge crossed the roadway closer to the camera, carrying a line serving the former goods yard off to the left.

Ardrossan Town: 380111 at Ardrossan Town. This station formerly had two through platforms and a bay platform (to the right, often used for Largs trains) and sidings on both sides. The station building succumbed some time in the early 2000s but the goods shed remains in use by several businesses. Unfortunately the classic view of the station from the castle is no longer possible, authorities having fenced it off for our own protection. This is the view by the Alexander MacFadzean memorial.

Slateford Junction: DRS 68006 Daring accelerates gently through Slateford Junction following a signal check, with an Edinburgh - Motherwell ScotRail empty stock working.

Ardrossan North: The rambling remains of Ardrossan North have finally fallen to the inevitable development of housing. The bitument works were to the right and the station's platforms have been obliterated on the left. The harbour control tower on Montgomery Pier is in the background right. For a similar view in happier days see image [[56264]].

Slateford: Sunshine on Slateford. The morning sun illuminates the containers of the 0422 Tees Dock - Mossend as it passes west through Slateford station. Photographed from the footbridge on a glorious summer morning in August 2017.

Ardrossan Town: 380111 leaving Ardrossan Town, passing the platform extension at the north end. The South Beach (the actual beach, not the station) is seen in the background.

Ardrossan Town: 380111 crosses Princes Street on its way to Ardrossan Harbour. The crossing is protected with half barriers. On the left is a new building built on the site of the station building.

Ardrossan Winton Pier: Looking over the site of Winton Pier station towards the buffers. The wall in the foreground was the wall on the west side of the station, now the back wall of the covered walking way from Ardrossan Harbour to the CalMac terminal.

Slateford: Network Rail MPV 98954 on its way from Mossend yard to Slateford depot approaching Slateford station on 10 August 2017. The unit is in the process of crossing over to the down line in order to reach the single lead Slateford Junction in order to enter the yard.

Ardrossan Town: The reverse (non station) side of the former goods shed at Ardrossan Town, now given over to other uses. In the background on Castlehill is the MacFadzean Memorial.

Castlehill Junction: Castlehill Junction with the route left to Largs now somewhat overgrown. Also ahead was the second G&SW Ardrossan shed, somewhere in those trees.

Ardrossan South Beach: A Ardrossan Harbour bound 380108 approaches Ardrossan South Beach viewed through electrical clutter. The tower of St Cuthbert's Church looks on.

Ardrossan South Beach: 380108 leaves Ardrossan South Beach. The lesser used line to the left is dedicated to freight from Hunterston. Perhaps one day to become passenger again.

Slateford: The 0422 ex-Tees Dock leaves the Craiglockhart Junction - Slateford Junction spur on 10 August 2017 heading for Carstairs and the WCML en route to Mossend Euroterminal.

Ardrossan Town: 380111 crosses Princes Street to enter Ardrossan Town with a Glasgow bound train. Ailsa Craig is on the horizon.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Queen Street travelshop relocated ... into 'The Vale' public house.

Glasgow Central: All The Stations. Here are Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall on their odyssey to visit every British mainline station at the Piano Garden on Glasgow Central. Evening Times article.

Holm Junction: 380108 takes the Ardrossan Harbour line at Holm Junction. Ahead is the turnback siding and to the right the Largs branch.

Glenfinnan: The NELPG support crew and chief mechanical engineer are poised like coiled springs ready for action 10/08/17.

Edinburgh Waverley: Track-laying for the new Platform 6 can just be seen in this image at Waverley on 10th August 2018.

Robroyston: August 2019 view of Robroyston station under construction. Located between Stepps and Springburn on the Glasgow to Cumbernauld line, the new station will include step free platform access, together with two car parks with a total of 258 spaces, offering a new 'park and ride' facility for people driving into Glasgow along the nearby M80.

Seton Mains Halt: There was a level crossing at Seton Mains once but the road it served was hardly more than a track so eventually the crossing was simply done away with. A bullhead rail post remains, probably once holding a trespass notice. The crossing would have been the only access to the Down platform of this wooden halt, immediately to the right.

Robroyston: EMU 385111 with an Edinburgh to Glasgow via Cumbernauld service speeds through the site of what will eventually become Robroyston station between Stepps and Springburn. The new station is currently scheduled to open during December 2019.

Prestonpans: A London Kings Cross service races through Prestonpans on 10 August 2019. Note the red plastic barriers without which no Scottish station is complete these days.

St Germains Level Crossing: The road served by St Germains level crossing is pretty minor and leads to nowhere in particular. This is just as well as barriers come down well in advance of trains and there is little space for vehicles to queue on this side. A North Berwick service crosses the tarmac on 10 August 2019.

Nuneaton: 37706 (leading) and 37518 (trailing) picking up at Nuneaton on the Branch Line Society Type 3 to the Sea railtour, whose destination was Portsmouth (and, by hovercraft, the Isle of Wight). By bizarre coincidence, I met three female friends on the station whose names all started with L - but they weren't getting on this train!

Nuneaton: The trouble with electronic scrolling displays is that the part of the message displayed can be totally misleading out of context - albeit cruelly amusing.

Cogie Hill: A 2020 view looking west towards Pilling at the site of Cogie Hill Crossing and Halt, together with an extract from the 1912 25inch OS Map. The line proceeded across this field from the crossing towards the gate on the far side. The halt was on the south side of the track between the line and Island Lane. There is no trace of anything in the field now, including the former peat moss litter works with its siding. Shown as closed in 1912 it reopened in 1915 and continued in production until 1931. The crossing keeper's cottage, on the east side of the crossing, is still in residential use. See image [[72129]]. Map extract reproduced with permission of the National Library of Scotland.

Clunes: West Coast Railways 37516 'Loch Laidon' and 37685 'Loch Arkaig', on the way from Inverness to Georgemas Junction to collect another load of timber. They are approaching the site of the former Clunes Station on 10th August 2020.

Edinburgh Waverley: A CrossCountry service from Leeds approaches its destination on 10 August 2021. Yes, another diesel train running entirely under wires but I'm sure this would be justified on 'operational grounds'.

Inveruglas: A northbound 'Highland Explorer' Sprinter (bottom right) passes the site of the former halt at Inveruglas (opened for the Loch Sloy Hydroscheme) alongside Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond off to the left. Part of the site of the station sidings is currently being used for the SSEN project to bury the powerlines in the area. The train has just passed over the Inveruglas Viaduct.

Pleasington: 45627 'Sierra Leone' or is it 45562 'Alberta' or is it really 45699 'Galatea'? The smoke box and nameplates suggest 45627, the cabside numbers show it as 45562 but it is of course 45699 in disguise(s) hauling 'The Pendle Dalesman' from Lancaster to Carlisle on 10 August 2021 as it approaches Pleasington.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west over Cameron Bridge on 10 August 2021. The branch has been lifted as far as the trolley, half way along the island platform, ahead of the refurbishment for reopening work.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking east at Cameron Bridge on 10th August 2021. Although the Methil Branch rails have been briefly shiny again from contractor's vehicles, in this shot the track is being prepared for removal and had already been lifted to a point just behind the camera.

Lancaster Old Junction: Despite its interchangeable identities (see image [[77792]]) Jubilee 45699 was making some glorious chimney music as it dug in to the bank out of Lancaster on the first leg of the Pendle Dalesman on 10th August 2021. There is speculation in the railway press that, as 45627 'Sierra Leone', this Jubilee is to carry a yellow diagonal stripe on its cab sides (and not for the first time [[59244]])

Liverpool Lime Street: 802218 at rest in Lime Street, before heading back to Newcastle with a Trans-Pennine service on 10th August 2022.

Liverpool Pier Head: A 2009 canal, known as the Liverpool Link Tunnels, extends the Leeds and Liverpool Canal down to the Albert Dock, passing in front of the famous waterfront buildings by the Pier Head. This is the view from the 1st floor of the Liverpool Museum, looking northwards along the new waterway which means canal boats can reach city centre moorings without entering the tidal waters.

Liverpool Lime Street: 331013 emerges from the tunnels and runs in to Platform 5 at Lime Street on 10th August 2022 leading a 6-car Northern service from Blackpool North, where it will return after a brief pause.

Salisbury Dock: The Victoria Tower, sometimes known as the Hexagonal Clock, marks the former entrance to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal from the Mersey Estuary. However, in 2009 a new canal was constructed down through the docks and a new tunnel to allow canal boats to get down to the Albert Dock in the city centre without navigating the treacherous Mersey. The construction work behind the tower is for the new Everton football stadium. This August 2022 view from a Mersey Ferry 'cruise'.

Oxford: Freightliner 66513 northbound through Oxford at 1205 hours on 10th August 2022. This was a stone train from Westbury (Wilts) to Bescot, Reporting number 6M50.

Kirkdale Servicing Depot: The RMT dispute over the introduction of the new Class 777 EMUs was reported to have been resolved in July 2022 allowing their roll out to the Merseyrail network. Seen from the station platform, this was Kirkdale depot on 10th August, with 777003 outside the rebranded Stadler servicing facility and three classmates on stabling roads.

Ormskirk: 150106, newly arrived from Preston, connects with 507013 for the Merseyrail service into Liverpool Central on 10th August 2022. This separation of tracks has been in place now for over fifty years [[19549]]. It is derided by some but makes for very simple signalling arrangements on the two systems. Class 777s are likely to be making the connections very soon and the forty year old 507s and 508 will fade into history.

Birkenhead Woodside: Mersey Ferry 'Snowdrop' nears the terminal at Birkenhead Woodside on 10th August 2022. The structure on the left is the old fog bell, which guided the ferries in to the terminal before the availability of radar.

Canning Dock: Since 2009 this lock from the Canning Dock has been the entrance point to the western end of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. This lock, and a new stretch of canal along the waterfront known as the Liverpool Tunnels Link, replaced a sea lock into the Mersey Estuary allowing canal boats to safely enter the city. The white building in the background is the Liverpool Museum, home of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 0-4-2 'Lion' - (See [[42070]]).

Kirkdale: Looking north at Kirkdale, as 507021, which had worked down ecs from Ormskirk after the morning rush hour, crosses over to take the back road into Kirkdale Depot. The 507s and 508s were handling all services on 10th August 2022 but their days are numbered now.

Oxford: Royal liveried DBC 67005, southbound through Oxford with the Belmond Pullman train set. 67024 brought up the rear on 10th August 2022.

Didcot Parkway: A hot day at Didcot on 10th August 2022. The sunlight was perhaps too strong at times too but it passed the time away. 59004 took a heavy freight eastbound through the station at 1050. with a second engine, 66056, almost hidden in the consist.