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We are looking south towards London.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/342'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92342.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92342.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92342.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92342.jpg 200w' width='28.1292063767%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Mark Bartlett 19/02/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='The road from Bacup to Rochdale drops sharply down from Britannia towards Shawforth. The railway ran alongside the road to just outside Shawforth, on a gradient of 1:40. This view, from just below Britannia Summit, shows the steeply graded trackbed on the stone built shelf, which saw its last passenger and freight trains in 1947, although occasional light engine movements continued for a few more years. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/341'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92341.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92341.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92341.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92341.jpg 200w' width='25.128757696519%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Network Rail /10/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='Anniesland station is now step-free as a unique accessibility project is completed. New lifts at Anniesland station are open, providing step-free access to passengers.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/340'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92340.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92340.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92340.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92340.jpg 200w' width='13.443885367638%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Tony Gale 25/10/1975' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='D1013 Western Ranger stands at Haverford West with the Pembroke Coast Express run by the Wirral Railway Circle. This tour gave the rare opportunity to visit various locations in West Wales where Westerns once worked. Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock being the highlights as westerns were still working to Fishguard Harbour. My Late friend Tony Gale was booked on this tour and took a few pictures . The Wirral railway society ceased to exist some time ago but are remembered by the very large amount of Rail Tours they ran back in the day. [Added by Roger Geach.]'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/339'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92339.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92339.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92339.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92339.jpg 200w' width='24.468069671744%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John Clark //1969' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Wembley Hill displayed a fine variety of signals when photographed in 1969. I think the station was renamed Wembley Complex in the late 70s [1978] and then about 10 years later became Wembley Stadium [1987]. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/338'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92338.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92338.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92338.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92338.jpg 200w' width='24.504808515095%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ewan Crawford 14/12/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='View east showing the former railway entering Methven Moss with the Pow Water taking a detour round the moss on the left.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/337'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92337.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92337.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92337.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92337.jpg 200w' width='24.468069671744%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Bill Roberton 21/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='158741 arrives at Cameron Bridge with the 14.18 from Leven to Edinburgh on 21st March 2025. Duniface footbridge is in the background.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/336'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92336.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92336.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92336.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92336.jpg 200w' width='21.559052141418%' style='margin: 1px;' title='David Bosher 13/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='66747 on 6017 (ZZ) Purfleet Fy Gbr to Grain Foster Yeoman Gbrf, passing Gospel Oak station on the London Overground, at 13.27 on Thursday, 13th March 2025.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/335'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92335.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92335.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92335.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92335.jpg 200w' width='22.713683914704%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Roger Geach 11/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='The station frontage in the sunshine at Marylebone.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/334'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92334.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92334.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92334.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92334.jpg 200w' width='22.679630415582%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Bill Roberton 19/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='385011 and 385008 arrive at Camelon, with the 11.33 from Edinburgh to Dunblane, on 19th March 2025. The divergence of the tracks beyond is a reminder of the island platform of the first station, closed on 4 September 1967.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/333'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92333.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92333.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92333.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92333.jpg 200w' width='22.713683914704%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Mark Bartlett 19/02/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='This is the site of Whitworth station (closed 1947), looking towards Rochdale from the now filled in bridge at the Bacup end of the station, in February 2025. The station approach ramp is on the left. In the 1950s this would be a view of a small disused station with a single track passing through and, where the sheltered housing is now, a goods shed and yard. The last goods train left in 1967. Behind the camera a road runs along the old trackbed, all the way to the site of Facit station.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/332'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92332.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92332.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92332.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92332.jpg 200w' width='26.89300175501%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Network Rail //2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Old Dalkeith Road closed for a bridge upgrade - the railway bridge over Old Dalkeith Road at Cameron Toll roundabout was refurbished. From March 4 to March 14 2025.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/331'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92331.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92331.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92331.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92331.jpg 200w' width='23.406393435251%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Tony Gale 10/11/1973' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='45005 with its box headcodes seen at Manchester Piccadilly with the service for Harwich Parkeston Quay, 45005 has recently been out shopped in new tops numbers from Derby Works. It was previously 79. 45005 would work to Sheffield where a Eastern Region based loco would return to Harwich often a class 37 from Stratford or March based in those days which had worked in on the northbound service that morning. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/330'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92330.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92330.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92330.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92330.jpg 200w' width='22.984656616598%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ewan Crawford 14/12/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='A very small bridge survives east of Balgowan at a 3/4 mile post where there was also a level crossing. There had been a crossing keeper's cottage here, just out of shot to the right on the far side of the line.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/329'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92329.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92329.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92329.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92329.jpg 200w' width='22.881586407555%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John Clark 18/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='60026 passes through Ashington on 18th March 2025, with the 09.28 Lynemouth PS - Tyne Coal Terminal empty biomass hoppers. The reopened station consists of the recessed platform on the left of the shot with the previous up platform visible on the right. The building in the background is being demolished.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/328'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92328.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92328.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92328.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92328.jpg 200w' width='25.727363540596%' style='margin: 1px;' title='David Bosher 15/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='LU 1996 stock, Jubilee Line to Stratford, arriving at Dollis Hill at 14.49 on Saturday, 15th March 2025. LU Metropolitan Line trains and National Rail Chiltern Trains services pass this station non-stop.'></a><br></div><script>$(function() { $('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover({ trigger: 'hover', html : true }); });</script> <div class="row" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="/latestmapkml.php"><img width=15 src="/railscoticons/googleearthlogo.gif" alt=""></a> <a href="/latestmapkml.php">KML version</a><br> <a href="/statstrends.php">Image Statistics and Trends</a> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <center><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/latest.php">More</a></center> </div> </div> <br> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/onday">On this day</a></h3> <table> <tr> <td>1850 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/A/Aberdeen_Railway/">Aberdeen Railway</a><br><a role="location" href="/locations/A/Aberdeen_Ferryhill/">Aberdeen Ferryhill</a> opened, with the extension of the line north from <a role="location" href="/locations/P/Portlethen/">Portlethen</a>. New stations at <a role="location" href="/locations/C/Cove/">Cove</a> and <a role="location" href="/locations/A/Aberdeen_Ferryhill/">Aberdeen Ferryhill</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1851 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/B/Bristol_and_Exeter_Railway/">Bristol and Exeter Railway</a><br>Horse traction abandoned on the <a role="location" href="/locations/W/Weston-super-Mare_1st/">Weston-super-Mare [1st]</a> branch</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1854 </td> <td>Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway<br>Newry Armagh Road renamed Mullaghglass.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1856 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/G/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway/">Great North of Scotland Railway</a><br><a role="location" href="/locations/K/Kittybrewster_1st/">Kittybrewster [1st]</a> to <a role="location" href="/locations/A/Aberdeen_Waterloo/">Aberdeen Waterloo</a> opened completely (with horse tramway to the <a role="company" href="/companies/A/Aberdeen_Railway/">Aberdeen Railway</a>'s terminus at <a role="location" href="/locations/A/Aberdeen_Guild_Street/">Aberdeen Guild Street</a>). <a role="location" href="/locations/K/Kittybrewster_1st/">Kittybrewster [1st]</a> and <a role="location" href="/locations/A/Aberdeen_Waterloo/">Aberdeen Waterloo</a> stations opened. Original <a role="location" href="/locations/A/Aberdeen_Kittybrewster/">Aberdeen Kittybrewster</a> terminus closed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1857 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/D/Durham_Branch_Newcastle_and_Darlington_Junction_Railway/">Durham Branch (Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway)</a><br><a role="location" href="/locations/D/Durham_Gilesgate/">Durham Gilesgate</a> Branch from Belmont Junction closed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1857 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/B/Bishop_Auckland_Branch_North_Eastern_Railway/">Bishop Auckland Branch (North Eastern Railway)</a><br>Line opened.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1858 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/D/Denny_Branch_Scottish_Central_Railway/">Denny Branch (Scottish Central Railway)</a><br>Line opened.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1858 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/M/Morpeth_Branch_Blyth_and_Tyne_Railway/">Morpeth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway)</a><br>Opened to passengers.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1858 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Glasgow_Railway/">Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a><br><a role="location" href="/locations/C/Cowlairs/">Cowlairs</a> station opened, possibly as an exchange in anticipation of the opening of the <a role="company" href="/companies/G/Glasgow,_Dumbarton_and_Helensburgh_Railway/">Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway</a> the following month.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1863 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/A/Aberdeen_Railway/">Aberdeen Railway</a><br><a role="location" href="/locations/F/Friockheim_Junction/">Friockheim Junction</a> to <a role="location" href="/locations/G/Glasterlaw_Junction/">Glasterlaw Junction</a> re-opened. <a role="location" href="/locations/F/Friockheim_Viaduct/">Friockheim Viaduct</a> brought back into use.</td> </tr> </table> <br> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/onday">More</a> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/onday">This day in history</a></h3> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td> <a target='enlarge' href='/img/84/94'><img alt="A4 60009 ^Union of South Africa^ departs southbound from Stirling in 1963, a station she would still be visiting over fifty years later [[47144]]." src='/__cache/thumbnails/84000/84094.jpg' style='padding-right:5px;'></a> </td> <td valign=top> <p class="text-justify">A4 60009 ^Union of South Africa^ departs southbound from Stirling in 1963, a station she would still be visiting over fifty years later [[47144]].</p> <a href="/contributors/David_Murray-Smith">David Murray-Smith</a> (1963) </td> </tr> </table> <br> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/onday">More</a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/notesandqueries.php">Notes and Queries</a></h3> <table> <tr> <td> <a href="/notesandqueries.php"><img src="/uploadarea//64990.jpg" width="200" style='padding-right:5px;'></a> </td> <td valign=top> <p class="text-justify">A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for?<br>[Added 01 March 2023.]</p> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/notesandqueries.php"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil" aria-hidden="true"></span> Responses so far</a> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- Advert panel --> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2605210640043393" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <!-- Wide short (home page) --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;height:120px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-2605210640043393" data-ad-slot="2826500028" ></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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