It wasn't hard to find this eye-catching collection of cess pictures - the railway is littered with loathsome linesides. We'll keep our eyes peeled for other purlers as we tour the network and if you have any photos which tell a similar story, email them to us and they'll be featured here.
Scrap is the inevitable consequence of maintenance and renewals but it doesn't have to sprout roots and become a long-term fixture as it did near Dent (left) and Walsall.