Chris Hall

Beautiful day for a walk in the Pentland Hills; very lucky to have these on the doorstep of Edinburgh!

Tangmere gets a lot of use!

Went to Carlisle last Friday to see ‘Blue Peter’ arrive with the ‘Cumbrian Mountaineer’ railtour. Such a beautiful engine with a very strong following, judging by the number of people present!

Yes, while I understand modern day requirements for access to this signal; the way Network Rail did it is a disgrace

The structure supporting the semaphore is appalling

Yes, the new trains entered service in 2024; must have been quite a job getting them to the railway!

Thank you; can’t believe that’s 30 years ago!

Oui, c’est vrai

They do look good in the landscape although maybe don’t have as much charm as the old ones

It is a beautiful place and I absolutely agree with you

The trains have changed a bit!

Quintessential Swiss; a train heads for the small village of Mürren in the Bernese Oberland last Saturday. The mountain in the background is the Jungfrau

Calton Hill offers a superb view of Edinburgh, especially during the ‘blue hour’ before darkness. This was the view yesterday; the monument is to Dugald Stewart, philosopher and mathematician, and luminary of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th/19th centuries.

Only good things are they can shift and rarely fail in my experience

West Coast diversion on the Edinburgh Suburban Line today; the 12:02 Coatbridge to Daventry ‘Tesco train’, locos 88003 and 68018

Sunset from Aberdour, Fife today, looking towards the Forth bridges

Battle of Britain class ‘Tangmere’ passing Slateford, Edinburgh today, a fine sight!

The Walter Scott monument looking a little incongruous among the colourful Edinburgh Christmas Market

Cheers Jed, thank you!

Before the rain came; the 08:20 from Aberdeen to Plymouth skirts the Firth of Forth approaching Burntisland, Fyfe, 10 December 2026

Catch them while you can; 2026 may well be the last year of High Speed Trains in passenger service. This is the 07:10 from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley entering Haymarket on 10 December 2025

That’s lovely

Thank you; very kind of you to say

Apologies for posting another photo of Blue Peter, but I find it so photogenic! Seen this morning leaving Edinburgh for Carlisle where a change to diesel traction was to take place

Thanks Robert; it’s an attractive looking loco

Not sure, but there are a lot of active steam locos in the UK on heritage lines and working railtours on the main line

The power of a class A2; ‘Blue Peter’ leaving the Forth Bridge and approaching North Queensferry today on a circular itinerary from Edinburgh to Edinburgh

A stirring sight this morning; the 07:29 York to Edinburgh 'Edinburgh Christmas Market’ is seen between Drem and Longniddry in East Lothian behind Battle of Britain pacific no.34067 ‘Tangmere’

Thanks, it was great weather for it!

43049 ‘Neville Hill’ leads the Locomotive Services Blue Pullman set crossing the river Clyde at Crawford today, working the ‘Edinburgh Christmas Pullman’ from Watford Junction to Edinburgh