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src="/images/xcontact15.GIF.pagespeed.ic.6f87quMDdI.png"> Contact me<?php echo $loc; ?></a><br><br><br><h4>My photographs</h4>Photographs of 34 locations.<br/><div class="form-inline"><input name="photographer" type="hidden" value="Caleb_Abbott"><select class="form-control" name="loc" id="loc"><option value='Aberdeen'>Aberdeen</option><option value='Aberystwyth'>Aberystwyth</option><option value='Bishop^s_Lydeard'>Bishop^s Lydeard</option><option value='Brighton'>Brighton</option><option value='Caernarfon'>Caernarfon</option><option value='Cei_Llydan'>Cei Llydan</option><option value='Dalwhinnie'>Dalwhinnie</option><option value='Dingwall'>Dingwall</option><option value='Drummuir'>Drummuir</option><option value='Dufftown'>Dufftown</option><option value='Eastbourne'>Eastbourne</option><option value='Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</option><option value='Elgin'>Elgin</option><option value='Fiddich_Viaduct'>Fiddich Viaduct</option><option value='Ford_(Sussex)'>Ford 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<input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Show" onclick="$('#preview').load('/contributors/Caleb_Abbott/' + $('#loc').val() + '.html');"></div>Photographs of 26 lines.<br/><div class="form-inline"><input name="photographer" type="hidden" value="Caleb_Abbott"><select class="form-control" name="coy" id="coy"><option value='Aberdeen_Joint_(Caledonian_Railway)'>Aberdeen Joint (Caledonian Railway)</option><option value='Aberystwyth_and_Welch_Coast_Railway'>Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway</option><option value='Brighton_and_Chichester_Railway_(London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway)'>Brighton and Chichester Railway (London,</option><option value='Denburn_Valley_Line_(Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway)'>Denburn Valley Line (Great North of Scot</option><option value='Eastbourne_Branch_(London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway)'>Eastbourne Branch (London, Brighton and </option><option value='Edinburgh_and_Glasgow_Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</option><option value='Edinburgh_and_Northern_Railway'>Edinburgh and Northern Railway</option><option value='Glasgow_Central_Station_(Caledonian_Railway)'>Glasgow Central Station (Caledonian Rail</option><option value='Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway'>Great North of Scotland Railway</option><option value='Inverness_and_Aberdeen_Junction_Railway'>Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway</option><option value='Inverness_and_Aviemore_Direct_Railway_(Highland_Railway)'>Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (H</option><option value='Inverness_and_Nairn_Railway'>Inverness and Nairn Railway</option><option value='Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway'>Inverness and Perth Junction Railway</option><option value='Inverness_and_Ross-shire_Railway'>Inverness and Ross-shire Railway</option><option value='Keith_and_Dufftown_Railway'>Keith and Dufftown Railway</option><option value='Llanberis_Lake_Railway'>Llanberis Lake Railway</option><option value='London_and_Birmingham_Railway'>London and Birmingham Railway</option><option value='London_and_Brighton_Railway'>London and Brighton Railway</option><option value='London_to_Peterborough_(Great_Northern_Railway)'>London to Peterborough (Great Northern R</option><option value='Midland_Metro'>Midland Metro</option><option value='Morayshire_Railway'>Morayshire Railway</option><option value='Nantlle_Railway'>Nantlle Railway</option><option value='Newtown_and_Machynlleth_Railway'>Newtown and Machynlleth Railway</option><option value='Scottish_Central_Railway'>Scottish Central Railway</option><option value='Southampton_and_Dorchester_Railway'>Southampton and Dorchester Railway</option><option value='West_Somerset_Railway'>West Somerset Railway</option></select> <input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Show" onclick="$('#preview').load('/contributors/Caleb_Abbott/' + $('#coy').val() + '.html');"></div></div><span id="preview"><div class="col-md-9"><h4>My latest additions</h4><div><a target='enlarge' href='/img/88/393'><img class='lazy' src='/images/88000/88393.jpg' srcset='/images/88000/88393.jpg 800w,/images400/88000/88393.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/88000/88393.jpg 200w' width='19%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 11/07/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='While coming back to the train from the Bishop's Lydeard museum, on the opposite platform, I ground to a halt when my wheelchair got stuck on the barrow crossing. Before I extricated myself, I thought a close up of GWR 5199 at ground level was in order.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/88/378'><img class='lazy' src='/images/88000/88378.jpg' srcset='/images/88000/88378.jpg 800w,/images400/88000/88378.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/88000/88378.jpg 200w' width='19%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 16/10/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='92010 has brought the stock for the Highlander Sleeper into platform 1 at Euston - it will later haul the Lowland Sleeper.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/88/368'><img class='lazy' src='/images/88000/88368.jpg' srcset='/images/88000/88368.jpg 800w,/images400/88000/88368.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/88000/88368.jpg 200w' width='19%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 05/10/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='4th & 5th October 2023 and due to a rail strike I was stranded in Birmingham, so naturally as the extension of the West Midlands Metro to Wolverhampton Station had just opened I sampled a couple of trams. Here is CAF built no. 39 ready to depart Wolverhampton for Edgbaston'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/87/583'><img class='lazy' src='/images/87000/87583.jpg' srcset='/images/87000/87583.jpg 800w,/images400/87000/87583.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/87000/87583.jpg 200w' width='19%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 28/09/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='158720 literally coasts into Dingwall with a service from Invergordon to Inverness on 28th September 2023.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/86/941'><img class='lazy' src='/images/86000/86941.jpg' srcset='/images/86000/86941.jpg 800w,/images400/86000/86941.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/86000/86941.jpg 200w' width='19%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 10/07/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='92 010 arrived at London Euston on 10th July 2023 on the Highland Sleeper. Gone are the days when it would crawl in a couple of hours late. Nowadays it's regularly in early to Euston.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/86/61'><img class='lazy' src='/images/86000/86061.jpg' srcset='/images/86000/86061.jpg 800w,/images400/86000/86061.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/86000/86061.jpg 200w' width='11.947443227187%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 03/06/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='New use for old stuff - former BR window toppers being used by the Welsh Highland Railway on their stock'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/86/50'><img class='lazy' src='/images/86000/86050.jpg' srcset='/images/86000/86050.jpg 800w,/images400/86000/86050.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/86000/86050.jpg 200w' width='11.947443227187%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 15/06/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='A class 171 drifts into Eastbourne, with a service from Ashford, on 15th June 2023. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/71/296'><img class='lazy' src='/images/71000/71296.jpg' srcset='/images/71000/71296.jpg 800w,/images400/71000/71296.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/71000/71296.jpg 200w' width='21.239899070555%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 25/11/2019' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Class 91 91125 waits to push 1E23 1630 to London Kings Cross on 25th November 2019. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/68/754'><img class='lazy' src='/images/68000/68754.jpg' srcset='/images/68000/68754.jpg 800w,/images400/68000/68754.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/68000/68754.jpg 200w' width='11.936823277652%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 22/04/2019' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='99 miles from Perth appears to be right in the middle of the former Inverness bound platform at Tomatin. Both platforms have rails as Tomatin is a passing place, notably in the morning where the London bound day train passes the Inverness bound night train - or rather - is supposed to!'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/68/550'><img class='lazy' src='/images/68000/68550.jpg' srcset='/images/68000/68550.jpg 800w,/images400/68000/68550.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/68000/68550.jpg 200w' width='37.928391197419%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 08/04/2019' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='A pristine looking 170470 sits in platform 2 at Inverness. This was one of the units painted in SPT livery, though they were repainted a few years ago. The rest of the batch were transferred away to Arriva North leaving this one and 170471 left with ScotRail.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/68/537'><img class='lazy' src='/images/68000/68537.jpg' srcset='/images/68000/68537.jpg 800w,/images400/68000/68537.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/68000/68537.jpg 200w' width='24.901810806398%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 12/04/2019' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Outside a Wetherspoons inn, but inside very much a station, albeit with just one working platform and a run round loop. Generally only served by the hourly Birmingham International, Shrewsbury, Machynlleth, Pwllheli/Aberystwyth train.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/67/495'><img class='lazy' src='/images/67000/67495.jpg' srcset='/images/67000/67495.jpg 800w,/images400/67000/67495.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/67000/67495.jpg 200w' width='24.901810806398%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 02/06/2017' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Class 140 Pacer prototype 140001 awaiting further restoration at Dufftown on 2nd June 2017.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/66/594'><img class='lazy' src='/images/66000/66594.jpg' srcset='/images/66000/66594.jpg 800w,/images400/66000/66594.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66594.jpg 200w' width='17.206743040814%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 02/07/2018' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='377132 on a Littlehampton to Bognor Regis shuttle, drifts into Ford Station in Sussex which is conveniently right next door to Gaugemaster - the purpose of the visit. Behind the unit is the triangular juntion allowing trains to leave Littlehampton and go east or west along the Coastway Line, Further to the east is Arundel Junction where trains join and leave the Arun Valley line to Horsham via Arundel and Billingshurst.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/66/580'><img class='lazy' src='/images/66000/66580.jpg' srcset='/images/66000/66580.jpg 800w,/images400/66000/66580.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66580.jpg 200w' width='13.994817673195%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 22/11/2018' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='High on the wall at the Junction of the Square and Duke Street in Huntly is this lovely Blue enamelled British Railways sign, pointing towards the station, conveniently situated over a mile away!'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/65/989'><img class='lazy' src='/images/65000/65989.jpg' srcset='/images/65000/65989.jpg 800w,/images400/65000/65989.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/65000/65989.jpg 200w' width='13.994817673195%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Caleb Abbott 02/10/2018' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Opened in 1858, Closed in 1866 and lifted in 1907, this is the trackbed of the Orton to Rothes line. Once the direct Elgin to Rothes line opened in 1862, the line via Orton was surplus to requirements. It had been problematic, relationship wise, since the start with Morayshire Railway and the Inverness Junction and Aberdeen Railway, who's line was used between Elgin and Orton - not getting on at all. Behind the trees in the background is the Aberdeen to Inverness line, this point being 50 or so metres to the west of the single tracked Spey Viaduct.'></a><br></div><script>$(function(){$('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover({trigger:'hover',html:true});});</script></div></span></div> </div> <img style="width: 100%;" src="/xfooter-bw.jpg.pagespeed.ic.eSSsw8dlsI.jpg"> <div class="row footer" style="background-color: #000; color: #FFF !important; font-size: 90%; padding: 30px;"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>Quick links</h4> <a href="/">Home</a><br> <a href="/news/">News</a><br> <a href="/contributorlista.html">Contributors</a><br> <a href="/onthisday.php">On this day</a><br> <a href="/latest.php">Latest</a><br> <a href="/articles">Articles</a><br> <a href="/slideshow/">Slideshows</a><br> <a href="/_maps/">Maps</a><br> <a href="/railways.php">Companies</a><br> <a href="/a2z.php">Sitemap</a><br> <a href="/pano/">Panoramic views</a><br> <a href="/tags/">Image tags</a><br> <a href="/privacy.html">Privacy</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>The Big Five</h4> <a href="/companies/C/Caledonian_Railway/">Caledonian Railway</a><br> <a href="/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway/">Glasgow and South Western Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/G/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway/">Great North of Scotland Railway</a><br> <a href="/Highland_Railway/">Highland Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/N/North_British_Railway/">North British Railway</a><br> <h4>The Big Four</h4> <a href="/companies/G/Great_Western_Railway/">Great Western Railway</a><br> <a href="/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway/">London and North Eastern Railway</a><br> <a href="/London_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway/">London, Midland and Scottish Railway</a><br> <a href="/Southern_Railway/">Southern Railway</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>Photographs</h4> <a href="/search/">Search</a><br> <a href="/latest.php">Latest</a><br> <a href="/onthisdayimg.php">On this day</a><br> <a href="/queries/">Notes and Queries</a><br> <a href="/newsinpictures.php">News in pictures</a><br> <h4>Share</h4> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php" target="external">Facebook</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/share" target="external">Twitter</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>Scenic Lines</h4> <a href="/companies/W/West_Highland_Railway/">West Highland Railway</a><br> <a href="/Mallaig_Extension_Railway/">Mallaig Extension Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/C/Callander_and_Oban_Railway/">Callander and Oban Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/D/Dingwall_and_Skye_Railway/">Dingwall and Skye Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/I/Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway/">Inverness and Perth Junction Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/G/Girvan_and_Portpatrick_Junction_Railway/">Girvan and Portpatrick Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/S/Strathspey_Railway/">Strathspey Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Hawick_Railway_North_British_Railway/">Edinburgh and Hawick Railway</a><br> <a href="/routes/F/Far_North_Line/">Far North Line</a><br> <h4>Contact</h4> <a href="/pm/?img=&whoto=Ewan%20Crawford" target="editor">News and picture editor</a><br> <a href="/pm/?img=&whoto=Ewan%20Crawford" target="editor">Technical issues</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12"><br></div> <p style="color: #555 !important">Content © Copyright 1995 to present</p> </div> </body> </html>