The rain stopped for half an hour later at "The Great Reunion" at the National Railway Museum at York. Unfortunately, by this time, Union of South Africa had left. It still left a heck of a sight ... (more)

On display at the National Railway Museum, York. No. 2500 was the first of the 37 three-cylinder 2-6-4 express passenger tank locomotives designed especially for the London Tilbury and Southend li... (more)

A funicular car descends Mount Fløyen at Bergen, Norway. These small cars can carry 100 people up the mountain to see the spectacular view of Bergen.

An old shot from 1982. The low January sun gives strong contrasty lighting as LNER A4 streamliner no. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley, pulls into Hellifield Station with the Cumbrian Mountain Pullman, a ma... (more)

Star visitor to the Steel, Steam and Stars Gala II at the Llangollen Railway was this beauty. 3440 City of Truro, part of the National Collection was the first locomotive to reach 100mph in 1904. ... (more)

William Stroudley's 0-4-2, No.214, Gladstone was built at Brighton in 1882. It was the first of a class which later consisted of 36 engines which managed the London, Brighton and South Coast Railw... (more)

Royal Scot Class no. 46115 Scots Guardsman crosses the magnificent Ribblehead Viaduct with the northbound Fellsman main line special from Lancaster via the Settle to Carlisle line. The sky looks s... (more)

The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is a 15 in narrow gauge heritage railway in beautiful Cumbria. This 7 mile long line runs from Ravenglass to Dalegarth Station in the valley of Eskdale. Here we ... (more)

Turkish Railways Bo-Bo E52517 stands in Istanbul Haydarpasa Station. This loco is one of a class which actually belong to Bosnia Herzegovina Railways (ZBH) and rented by Turkish Railways. It is an... (more)

A diesel loco starts to move around the yard in rteadiness to work the train of the day over the Hedjaz Railway. The station manager and an observer look on.

Recently retored "Castle" Class no 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe arrives in the pouring rain at Kensington Olympia with a main line special from Birmingham. The last time I saw this engine it was in... (more)

On a very dull evening, 8F no. 48151 crosses the magnificent Batty Moss viaduct at Ribblehead with the returning Waverley railtour from Carlisle to York.

VIA Rail no. 6411 stands in a siding at Jasper with the stock of the No.5 service to Prince Rupert. The train was being serviced in between trips on this cloudy morning. The loco wears special Ope... (more)

An old shot from 1982. The low January sun lights up the side of A4 streamliner no. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley, as it waits to depart from Hellifield with the Cumbrian Mountain Pullman, a main line sp... (more)

A clutch of trams at the tram stops in Hong Kong Central. Hong Kong has the largest fleet of double deck trams in the world with 163 vehicles. The only two other operators of the type are Blackpoo... (more)