Ex-South African Railways NGG 16 Class Garratt no 87 shunts carriages at Portmadog station on the Welsh Highland Railwayto allow it to access the water supply. After that the loco headed a train b... (more)

An old self-powered snowplough at the Railway Museum in Budapest. This certainly looks like this machine means business. Perhaps SD45-Lady can fill in some more details about this beauty.

A view of the rather handsome BR Standard Class 5 no. 73050, City of Peterborough, seen parked outside the shed at Wansford on the Nene Valley Railway.

Recently restored to traffic after major repairs, here is the magnificent 3-cylinder 4-6-2 no 71000 Duke of Gloucester. It is being loaded onto a road vehicle for transport to the West Somerset Ra... (more)

92203 Black Prince pollutes the rainy atmosphere as it waits to depart from Weybourne station on the North Norfolk Railway, with a service to Holt.

World Record Holder, A4 class no 4468 Mallard on display at Locomotion Museum in County Durham. It stands next to the prototype Deltic diesel locomotive. This site is owned by the National Railway... (more)

08 266 at rest in Haworth Station yard on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

No.3 Holy War runs alongside Bala Lake with a service from Bala to at Llanuwchllyn on the Bala Lake Railway on the Sunday of the first weekend of operation of 2011. The loco was built in 1902, by ... (more)

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 27 is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work. No 1300 (later LMS 12322 and BR 52322) was built at Horwich Works in 1896. Desi... (more)

LNER mogul no. 61994 The Great Marquess pauses at Ramsbottom on the East Lancashire Railway while heading a rake of freight wagons on a photographers' charter.

A scene at the Spring Gala at the Glocs. Warks. Railway in the beautiful Cotswolds. The famous loco from the Harry Potter films, 5972 Olton Hall, carrying Hogwarts Castle nameplates, in tandem wi... (more)

A tram passes the impressive City Hall at the quayside in Oslo, Norway.

An old shot from 1978. GWR "Castle" class no 7029 Clun Castle is seen reversing at Chester Station. The loco, with it's Pullman support coach was reversing onto the stock of a railtour which it wa... (more)

My 1,000th photo on the RP database and a blast from the past. On a Saturday afternoon in October 1980, class 47 no. 47 555 The Commonwealth Spirit passes the signal box and enters Chester station... (more)

An old shot from August 1980. The crowds (and a dog) turn out at Eccles Station to see 5690 Leander pass through on a main line special. Notice the two boys perched precariously on top of the hig... (more)