Merchant Navy no. 35029 Ellerman Lines was saved from Barry scrapyard in South Wales in 1975 by the National Railway Museum, York. It was then sectioned and is now on display in that condition. I... (more)

LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland heads The Welsh Dragon at Broughton, near Chester. At the rear of the train, nearest the camera, is ex-Royal Train loco no. 47 798 Prince William. Abou... (more)

At the engine depot at Kumasi, the second largest city in Ghana (pop. 1.5m) and birthplace of Kofi Annan. There are no trains reaching here these days because the track to Accra and Takoradi is u... (more)

Billed as "The Great Reunion" at the National Railway Museum at York. The weather made it more like, "The Great Downpour". Heavy rain prevailed while we witnessed a sight that hasn't been seen fo... (more)

The signalman at Ramsbottom Station signal box, on the East Lancashire Railway, does a little admin while waiting for the last train of the day.

This panned shot is actually of US steam in England. S160 no. 5197 heading a Thursday northbound train at Burrs. The loco was built by Lima in 1945 for the United States Army Transportation Corps ... (more)

The absolutely beautiful Great Northern Railway No. 1 on display at The National Railway Museum, York. The loco is probably the peak of British locomotive builder's obsession with form over functi... (more)

A view at the Glocs Warks Spring Gala in 2009. GWR Number 3440 City of Truro was designed by G.J.Churchward and built in 1903. It is one of the contenders for the first steam locomotive to travel ... (more)

An amazing ride climbing through the undergrowth on Penang Hill in a cable railway car on my 2009 trip to Malaysia. Construction of this railway took place between 1906 to 1923 and it was opened t... (more)

A scene at the fantastic National Railway Museum in Delhi, India in February 1999. This beautiful WP class pacific was built by Baldwin in 1947 and retired in 1987. The loco is currently steamablk... (more)

A close up of the cut-away valve gear and piston of Merchant Navy no. 35029 Ellerman Lines in the National Railway Museum, York. A wider shot of the whole cut-away loco can be seen here: http://w... (more)

The driver of Z14 is on his cell phone, while the guard waits to hear whatever news he has. Perhaps he was finding out if the mountain top station was open on such a dull, rainy and cloudy day. Th... (more)

The amazing Shanghai Maglev Train arrives at Longyang Road station in Pudong. Incredibly, eight minutes later we were 30 km away at Pudong Airport. This was the first commercial high-speed magle... (more)

Seen on display at the National Railway Museum at York is Chinese Railways 4-8-4 Class KF7 No 607. It was built in 1935 by Vulcan Foundry in the North West of England as the first of a batch of tw... (more)

This is the cab interior of 4468 Mallard, the fastest steam locomotive in the world. Just imagine in 1938, sitting in that left seat looking through that small window at 126mph. The loco would b... (more)