Images from this day in history
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 Cardross: A 3 car Metropolitan-Cammell DMU has just set off from Cardross with a service from Helensburgh Central to Glasgow on Sunday 7 November 1971. DMUs were substituting for the normal electric trains on this occasion due to major weekend engineering works near Hyndland, resulting in services running to Queen Street High Level. John McIntyre [07/11/1971] |
 Paisley Gilmour Street: 66401 passing through Paisley Gilmour Street with the daily Elderslie to Grangemouth freight service Graham Morgan [07/11/2006] |
 Paisley Gilmour Street: 66222 passing through Paisley Gilmour Street with coal empties for Hunterston Graham Morgan [07/11/2006] |
 Paisley Gilmour Street: I knew I took a wrong turning somewhere! Northern Class 142 Pacer off the beaten track at Gilmour Street. The Pacers of Northern Rail are being modernised at Glasgow Works and are banned from using the WCML north of Gretna. Graham Morgan [07/11/2006] |
 Woodburn: Platform scene at Woodburn on 7 November 2007. View is southwest towards Reedsmouth. The original roadbridge to the right, that carried the A68 over the trackbed, has now been turned into an embankment. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Woodburn: The former station at Woodburn, Northumberland, on the Wansbeck Valley line, seen on 7 November 2007 looking east towards Morpeth. Although normally a fairly quiet rural station up to the time of its official closure in September 1952, the area did see regular troop train movements in connection with the nearby military training centres at Otterburn and Redesdale. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Kielder Viaduct: Kielder Viaduct looking northwest on 7 November. The viaduct, one of the finest surviving examples of the skew-arch form of construction, bears a plaque in honour of Peter Nicholson of Newcastle, a pioneer geometrician involved in perfecting the technique. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Riccarton Junction: No 1 Riccarton Junction. The shell of the substantial 3-bedroom house built to accommodate the station master and his family stands on the hillside overlooking the north end of the former station in November 2007. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Kielder Viaduct: The northern extremities of Kielder Water seen looking south from the ramparts of Kielder Viaduct on the former Border Counties Railway on 7 November 2007. At 200 billion litres, Kielder is the largest capacity man made reservoir in the UK. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Markinch: View looking north of Markinch interchange the day before the official opening by Stewart Stevenson msp Transport Minister 6th November 2007. Brian Forbes [07/11/2007] |
 Riccarton Junction: The broad sweep of the up platform through Riccarton Junction on 7 November 2007, with track and associated works carried out by the Friends of Riccarton Junction. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Riccarton Junction: HONEY... I^M HOME!!! Return to Riccarton Junction, 7 November 2007. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Kielder: View north towards the former Kielder station (Renamed Kielder Forest in 1948) and goods shed on 7 November, with the trackbed of the Border Counties Railway running along the left of the road on its way to Riccarton Junction. In the background stands part of the massive Kielder Forest itself. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Riccarton Junction: The end of the line for the Border Counties Railway, after completing its 50 mile journey north from Hexham, was the BC bay at Riccarton Junction. The remains of the old bay are seen here hosting a brakevan on 7 November 2007. A considerable amount of restoration work and track relaying has been carried out at this famous outpost, thanks to the efforts of the Friends of Riccarton Junction. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Riccarton Junction: All alone amongst the desolation at Riccarton Junction on 7 November, an old plough-fitted brake van stands in what was once the former Border Counties bay. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Riccarton Junction: View south at Riccarton Junction on 7 November 2007 along the up platform. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |
 Riccarton Junction: View over Riccarton Junction from the southeast on 7 November 2007 with rails having been relaid by the Friends of Riccarton Junction along the route of the up Waverley line running through the picture. The old brake van is standing in the remains of the bay platform once used by trains on the Border Counties Railway from Hexham. John Furnevel [07/11/2007] |