Photographs by Robert McCulloch
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Welcome to my railway photographs, taken since the early 1980's. I will be starting with UK material but will be adding some Irish and mainland European material in the near future. Enjoy.
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About Me
I was born in Dunfermline in 1966 and brought up in west Fife where I still live with my wife and daughter.

I am lucky to work in an office in South Queensferry which has splendid views over the Forth Bridges.

I have been interested in railways since my early childhood and have been taking transparancies of trains since the early 1980's when I obtained my first SLR. Have now gone fully digital following the purchase of a digital SLR.

I am particularly interested in English Electric diesels, especially Classes 20, 37, 40 and of course, the greatest diesels ever built, DELTICS.

Although this site is primarily dedicated to railways I will photograph anything that catches my interest.

Location:Fife, Scotland

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Top Photographs This Year
37706 and 37676 pass Carricknowe with The Celtic Growler railtour. 07 Mar 09.  Class 37  (172)
40145 approaches Kirknewton with 1Z25, the return SETTLE SCOTSMAN from Edinburgh to Shrewsbury, 23 May 09.  Class 40  (146)
Albert Road LC, Leith. 12 Feb 09.  Miscellaneous  (142)
Having worked The Queen of Scots railtour from York to Edinburgh, 60009 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA has just passed over Jamestown Viaduct en-route from Niddrie W JN to Thornton. 18 Apr 09.  Steam  (135)
37676 and 37706 head through Rosyth Halt with the return leg of The Celtic Growler railtour. 07 Mar 09.  Class 37  (125)
37706 and 37676 pass Carricknowe with The Celtic Growler railtour. 07 Mar 09.  Class 37  (113)
56031 passes Culross with a loaded MGR for Longannet PS. 13 Feb 99.  Class 56  (109)
TORNADO passes Dalmeny Jn en-route from Millerhill to Thornton.  The Auld Reekie Express  (108)
40145 approaches Kirknewton with 1Z25, the return SETTLE SCOTSMAN from Edinburgh to Shrewsbury, 23 May 09.  Class 40  (108)
10 37714 and 37798 pass Culross with a loaded MGR for Longannet Power Station. 13 Feb 99.  Class 37  (106)
11 Albert Road LC, Leith. 12 Feb 09.  Miscellaneous  (103)
12 TORNADO approaches Spittal.  The Auld Reekie Express  (94)
13 66039 bringds up the rear at Millerhill South. Note the Husky on the left.  The Forth McFreighter  (92)
14 37706 and 37676 pass Carricknowe with The Celtic Growler railtour. 07 Mar 09.  Class 37  (90)
15 08881 at Markinch with a trip working from Thornton Yard to Auchmuty paper mill.  Class 08/09  (86)
16 TORNADO brings up the rear as the ECS arrives at Millerhill Yard.  The Auld Reekie Express  (86)
17 47428 drags a failed Class 122 single car DMU out of Platform 18 at Edinburgh Waverley towards Haymarket TMD.  Diesel Multiple Units  (85)
18 08881 runs round its train at Markinch. 17 Apr 89. Little did I realise then that my mother in law to be lived in one of the houses behind the loco.  Class 08/09  (85)
19 55022 ROYAL SCOTS GREY approaches Musselburgh station while working Spitfire Railtours "THE DELTIC PIONEER" railtour from Liverpool to Edinburgh. 23 Feb 08.  Class 55 - DELTICS  (85)
20 37676 and 37706 head south from Rosyth Halt with the return leg of The Celtic Growler railtour. 07 Mar 09.  Class 37  (85)
21 08881 approaches the Tullis Russell paper mill at Auchmuty with a trip working from Thornton Yard. 17 Apr 89.  Class 08/09  (83)
22 TORNADO approaches Spittal.  The Auld Reekie Express  (83)
23 TORNADO approaches Spittal.  The Auld Reekie Express  (81)
24 40145 passes Kirknewton with 1Z25, the return SETTLE SCOTSMAN from Edinburgh to Shrewsbury, 23 May 09.  Class 40  (80)
25 56098 passes Culross with a loaded MGR for Longannet PS. 13 Feb 99.  Class 56  (79)
Most Recent Collections
17th Jul 200537097 - First runs in preservation at Caledonian Rly.
Created 17th JUly 2005.
9th Oct 200640145 & 55022 on the Forth Bridge
40145 and 55022 ROYAL SCOTS GREY cross the Forth Bridge with the southbound Autumn Highlander railtour on Monday 9th October 2006.
25th Aug 200740145 on the West Highland Line
40145 made the first visit of its class to the West Highland Line while working and SRPS Railtour from Carlisle to Fort William. 25 August 2007.
6th Jan 2008Aircraft
30 May 09.
Photos taken at Edinburgh Airport today added.
8th Oct 2007Autumn Highlander - 8th October 2007
50049 Defiance and 55022 ROYAL SCOTS GREY provide the motive power for 1Z55 08:20 Inverness to London King's Cross charter with 40145 tagging along for the ride.
11th Aug 2007Barrow Hill Depot - 11 August 2007
Photos taken at Barrow Hill Depot on Saturday 11th August 2007.
20th Jul 2008Barrow Hill Roundhouse - 20 July 2008
Photos taken on Sunday 20 July 2008.
3rd Jan 2009Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Class 37 Day - 03 January 2009
27th Sep 2008Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Diesel Gala - 27 September 2008
29th Sep 2007Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Diesel Gala - 29 September 2007
27th Apr 2008Bo'ness Diesel Gala - 27 April 2008
30th Sep 2006Bo'ness Diesel Gala - 30th Sept/1st Oct 2006
Photos taken at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway's Diesel Gala on 30th September/1st October 2006.
1st Feb 2007Bridges
Updated 17 Feb 08.

See separate collection for pictures of the Forth Road Bridge.
19th Aug 2007Cairngorm Mountain Railway
Photos taken on 17 August 2007.
22nd Jul 2008
to 1st Aug 2008
Chesterfield
Photos taken from the footbridge to the north of Chesterfield station during the period 22 July - 01 August 2008.
13th Aug 2006CITY OF TRURO @ The Strathspey Railway
Photos taken during a vist to the Strathspey Railway on Sunday 13th August 2006 to view CITY OF TRURO. Photos also include other motive power on the line and a visit by 47854 with The Royal Scotsman.
Class 03
Updated 11 March 2005.
4th Apr 2005Class 04
Created 04 April 2005.
Class 08/09
Updated 06 Nov 2007.
Photos of 08798 at Millerhill today added.
18th Oct 2004Class 14
Updated 04 April 2005.
Class 17
Updated 16 October 2004.
Class 20
Updated 31 December 2007.
Photos of D8020 at Bo'ness and Birkhill today added.
Class 25
Updated 28 Apr 07.
Photo of 25235 at Bo'ness today added.
Class 26
Updated 31 Dec 07.
Photo of 26024 at Bo'ness on 29 Dec added.
Class 27
Updated 29 April 2006.
Photo of 27001 at Bo'ness today added.
Class 31
Updated 18 Aug 07.
Photo of 31418 at Swanwick Jn added.
Class 33
Latest update 18 Aug 2007.
Photo of 33046 at Swanwick Jn added.
Class 37
Updated 30 May 09.
Photos of 37401 and 37670 at Park Farm, Linlithgow and 37611 at Forteviot today added.
Class 40
Updated 23 May 09.
Photos of 40145 at Kirknewton today added.
Class 43/HST
Updated 27 Sep08.
Photos of 43290 and 43311 at Kirknewton today added.
Class 44
Updated 18 Aug 07.
Photo of 44004 at Swanwick Jn added.
Class 45
Latest update 18 Aug 2007.
Photo of 45041 at Swanwick Jn added.
2nd Mar 2005Class 46
Updated 09 April 2006.
D172 at Bury Bolton St in 1995 added.
Class 47
Updated 30 May 09.
Photos of 47804 and 47826 near Aberdour today added.
Class 50
Updated 18 Aug 2007.
Photo of 50007 at Swanwick Jn added.
4th Apr 2005Class 52
Updated 18 Aug 2007.
Photo of D1048 at Swanwick Jn added.
Class 55 - DELTICS
Updated 17 Aug 2008.
Photos of 55022 at Bo'ness Jn today added.
Class 56
Updated 09 April 2006.
Night shots of 56064 at Millerhill in 1995 added.
20th Oct 2004Class 57
Updated 25 August 07.
Photos of 57601 today added.
19th Mar 2004Class 58
Miscellaneous Class 58 pictures.
19th Mar 2004Class 59
Miscellaneous Class 59 pictures.
Class 60
Updated 13 Feb 08.
Photo of 60093 at Carstairs today added.
Class 66
Latest update 15 Nov 08.
Photos of 66421 and 66424 at Perth on the rail head treatment train today added.
28th Sep 2004Class 67
Latest update 31 January 2009.
Photos of 67024 at Edinburgh Waverley today added.
Class 73
Updated 01 Nov 2005.
73204 and 73205 in Edinburgh Waverley.
Class 77 (EM2/NS1500)
5th Jul 2004Class 81
Class 84
5th Jul 2004Class 85
Updated 06 April 2005.
Class 86
Updated 17 January 2006.
Class 87
Updated 13 Oct 08.
Photos added of 87002 at Carluke today.
Class 89
Class 90
Updated 31 Jan 09.
Photos of 90036 at Edinburgh Waverley today added.
Class 91
Updated 24 Feb 08.
Photo of 91124 at Musselburgh yesterday added.
Class 92
Updated 13 Feb 08.
Photo of 92019 near Crawford today added.
5th Aug 2007Crich Tramway Village
Photos taken on Sunday 5th August 2007.
Captions to follow.
3rd May 2008D1015 WESTERN CHAMPION in Scotland - 3rd May 2008
Photos of D1015 WESTERN CHAMPION on it's first visit to Scotland, taken at Musselburgh station, Millerhill and Park Farm, Linlithgow.
9th Apr 2004Denmark
Diesel Hydraulics
Miscellaneous British diesel hydraulic locomotives.

Updated 16 October 2004.
Diesel Multiple Units
Updated 17 May 09.
Photos of 170473 and 170476 taken today added.
20th Jun 2006East Lancs Railway - 17th June 2006
Photos from a trip to the East Lancs Railway.
Saturday 17th June 2006.
Electric Multiple Units
Updated 13 Oct 08.
Photos at Carluke today added.
18th Jul 2007Forth Fast hovercraft trial
Trial hovercraft service from Kirkcaldy (Fife) to Portobello (Edinburgh).

Photos taken at Kirkcaldy on 18 JUly 2007.
23rd Jan 2008Forth Road Bridge
Where I work.

Updated 23 Jan 08.
4th Feb 2008Forth Road Bridge Toll Plaza
To mark the removal of tolls from the Forth and Tay Road Bridges at 00:01 on Monday 11 February 2008, here is a collection of photos of the Forth Road Bridge toll plaza before the removal of the tolls.
24th Jun 2004France
Photos from France - 1985.
29th Jan 2007General Photos
A bit of anything and everything.

Updated 09 Jan 09..
Germany
Photos since 1989.
4th Apr 2008Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Diesel Gala 4th April 2008
26th Jul 2008Great Central Railway - Mail by Rail
Photos from the Great Central Railway's "Mail by Rail" event on 26 July 2008.

Includes images of mail bag drop off and pick-up from a moving TPO.
22nd Jul 2006Heatherslaw Light Railway
Photos taken on 22 July 06 at the 15" guage Heatherslaw Light Railway which runs between the villages of Ford and Etal in Northumberland. Motive power is THE LADY AUGUSTA which was built in 1989 by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway.
2nd Apr 2006Ireland
Photos taken during a 3-day visit to Ireland in June 1995.
7th May 2006Keith & Dufftown Railway
Photo's taken on 6th May 2006.
24th May 2009Kitesurfing at Longniddry Bents
Kitesurfers at Longniddry Bents, East Lothian. 24 May 09.
21st Jun 2005Miniature Railways
Updated 05 May 08.
Pictures of Kerr's Miniature Railway, Arbroath today added.
Miscellaneous
Railway photographs which don't fall into Class or Country categories.

Updated 13 Feb 08.
Photos added of Albert Road LC, Leith
Norway
Updated 28 Apr 06.
Photo of Cargonet 224 218 added.
13th Sep 2008RAF Leuchars Airshow - 13 September 2008
The 2008 Leuchars airshow was marred by low cloud and poorvivibility which cn be seen from the photos.
7th May 2006Royal Deeside Railway
Photo's taken on 5th May 2006.
14th Sep 2008Scottish Championship Car Racing - Knockhill - 14 September 2008
3rd May 2009Scottish Vintage Bus Museum
6th Apr 2008Severn Valley Railway 6th April 2008
8th Oct 2006Ships
Updated 09 June 09.
Photos of NORWEGIAN JADE, NORTHSEA TRADER and ASTRO PERSEUS today added.
25th Aug 2007South African Railways No 3007
SAR Clas 15F No 3007, built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, has been returned to the city and will be part of the new Transport Museum, due to open in 2010. The locomotive was displayed in George Square in the city to raise money for the neew museum.

25 August 2007.
24th Aug 2008SRPS "Routes & Branches" Railtour - 24 August 2008
Steam
Updated 17 May 09.
Photos of 60007 SIR NIGREL GRESLEY and 60009 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA today added.
15th May 2008Stirling to Alloa Reopening Specials - 15 May 2008
24th Jan 2009Summerlee - Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Photos taken on 24 January 2009.
20th Jan 2007SUPERFAST X
Photographs of SUPERFAST X passing below the Forth Bridges on arrival from Zeebrugge on Saturday 20 January 2007, shortly before it's replacement on the route by BLUE STAR 1.

27 Jan 07. Photos of SUPERFAST X's last visit to Rosyth added.
Sweden
07 Dec 06.
Photos taken in Gothenburg 4th-6th December 2006 added.

Sweden has featured in a few holidays since getting married in 1998. My wife studied Swedish at university and has kept in touch with friends from when she lived there while working as an English language assistant.

It's a great country with a lot of variety for the railway enthusiast.

Contrary to popular belief, it is not an expensive country, except for alcohol.

Go on - give it a try.
28th Feb 2009The Auld Reekie Express
60163 TORNADO on it's first visit to Scotland.

Photo's of the tour and associated workings.
2nd Feb 2007The Falkirk Wheel
The World's only rotating boat lift linking the Forth & Clyde and Union canals.
8th Feb 2009The Forth McFreighter
Photos of the Forth McFreighter railtour taken at Drem, Millerhill South and Leith South. Sunday 08 February 2009.

Captions to follow.
24th Sep 2006THE MORAY MINT
Photographs from the 3rd coming of 55022 ROYAL SCOTS GREY on the SRPS Railtour from Linlithgow to Inverness and return on Saturday 23rd September 2006.
19th Jun 2009
to 21st Jun 2009
The Western Chieftain
Photos of The Western Chieftain railtour from Bristol to Kyle of Lochalsh with D1015 WESTERN CHAMPION.
4th Aug 2008UK Trams
Welsh Highland Railway
Photos taken during a trip to the 2' guage Welsh Highland Railway which is being reconstructed from Caernarfon to Porthmadog. The line primarily uses ex-South African Railway Garratt steam locomotives.

The line has great locomotives and fantastic scenery - well worth a visit.
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