Past and present

[John Ashworth]

I tried to do a sort of comparison here, whilst waiting for signals at Bon
Accord. The station lies ahead and, although the focus is out , there is the
footbridge going over the tracks. The photo in the photo album depicts the
same scene, albeit a bit closer, of Bon Accord station in the 1970s, with
steam and diesel operations happening. Station and surrounds were very clean
and it was manned and operated 24 hours. Semaphore signals are today colour
lights and the building is vandalised. Platforms are overgrown. A sad sight.
Sept 2008 and 1971.

[Steve Appleton]

Bon Accord's signals are colour lights? Once upon a time, but not now. Due to major and seemingly unstoppable cable theft and vandalism, the signals have all become dark, replaced by cellular-telephoned or radio'd authorities. Not even the wired telephones exist anymore.

[Chris Janisch]

I believe such a shot is a photographic first. Well done to the arty Trainman- there is scope for more of this..