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Inverkeithing used to be "for Rosyth" in the 60s (and 70s?).

There are two stations on the Highland line, at Pitlochry and Dunkeld, where ScotRail trains stop well short of the station buildings. i have seen at least one person actually miss his train because the guard wouldn't wait for him to run up.

I noticed this morning (10th August) that the app was not showing the morning LNER service from Pitlochry. Is it possible that this was because all LNER seats were booked? I bought my ticket at the station as usual, and found plenty of unreserved seating in coach C.

A slightly different situation; in Pitlochry, Perthshire, the Aldour stop bus shelter is located in the garden of someone's house. I dont know if the owner gets any kind of rent for allowing this. Coaches also use the driveway at Blair Atholl castle to pick up.

Operation in Scotland has been mentioned, and at least one unit appeared around the time that the Bathgate line was re-opened. This photo is not mine so apoplgies to the taker.

how close did we get at this time to having not 4 big companies, but one very big company?

In the 1960s, I would say that Inverkeithing would qualify- less so today, as the Aberdeen trains no longer stop. But there was one oddity; an Edinburgh to Dunfermline service (posslibly Saturday only) that didn't stop here.

And is there any plan to refurbish or rationalise the station buildings?

A couple of shots from Pitlochry . pitlochry, on the Highland Line to Inverness.

I've already seen posts on Might be good PR to send one of the Aberdeen or Inverness services this way?

Thanks for the response, although I don't think this would apply here as the home signals are still mechanical semaphores. 1773821467 Sorry for not making that point more clearly. I hope to get down to Dunkeld one day and see what happens from the platform. 1773821750 Thanks for posting that...

I have passed through Dunkeld and Birnam station on the Highland main line recently, and wanted to ask a couple of questions about the way this station is signalled. there is a Home signal on the Up line (Southbound), but no subsidiary signal for the loop. i would assume this means that the...

Here it is a Pitlochry.

The signals at Pitlochry are set at about one third/ two thirds intervals on both up and down platforms. I believe this was done to allow faster running into and out of the platforms. The Azuma and Sleeper trains have to stop well past these signals in either direction.

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Thanks for posting this link. I can see that the idea was raised, but immediately dismissed as being impractical on cost grounds. i think I have a plan somewhere of the proposed north station proposal which I will post when located.

I saw a comment of Facebook recently that St Enoch might have been under consideration for replacing Queen Street. There was a hand drawn map showing a flying junction at Bellgrove. Given the layout at St Enoch, and the curves and gradients on the line from Cowlairs, this seems to be very...

I hope they didn't teach you that a mile is 10 furlongs!

That is correct, but there was a turn-back siding a short distance beyond the platform which now marks the start of the new Borders Railway extension.