I seldom take photographs of 'modern' traction, but this westbound Class 66 with a train of scrap metal was too good to ignore. Captured in lovely evening light, she is probably heading for the sm... (more)

'Scots Guardsman' has just passed the site of what once was Goose Hill Junction (just beyond the distant bridge). Here the Midland Railway main line once diverged southward in a long, deep cutting... (more)

What a difference a day makes! Running slightly early and heading out of Leeds in the most glorious sunset, 'Scots Guardsman' is bathed in the golden evening light that I had been hoping for but n... (more)

Stourton's freight yard cranes loom like sentinels on a hot, humid and muggy August evening. Yet even in 'challenging' light, who could resist seeing the delightful sight and sound of 'Scots Guard... (more)

It's nearly 9pm and the last dying rays of evening sun impart blood red tones to the exhaust of ever-reliable 'Black 5' No.45407 as she thunders up the grade through the suburbs of Leeds heading f... (more)

This season's 'Scarborough Spa Express' has got away to a fine start if performances like this are anything to go by! Thundering up the grade from Wakefield, 45407 makes a fine sight heading for L... (more)

Here's a wonderful locomotive portrait from my archive. It was taken at Crewe, probably around 1960 by the late Jim Carter. Jim was a railwayman and he had access (and opportunity) to take images ... (more)

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway's annual weekend 'vintage trains' event has begun for a short Summer season. The opportunity to photograph vintage Victorian locomotives and rolling stock is irresi... (more)

In 1956 there occurred a rare (but most welcome) remembrance of the days of Edwardian splendour. The nationalised British Railways Eastern and North Eastern regions encouraged the restoration of a... (more)

Photography of a fast-moving train in 1909 presented a huge challenge. The era's photographic equipment was bulky, emulsions were painfully slow and shutter speeds were only really suited to stati... (more)

It has taken no less than 106 years for this wonderful portrait of a London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 'D1' class to emerge from obscurity. It is from a small but fascinating collection of or... (more)

This fine, atmospheric image taken in 1934 at King's Cross Station by an unknown photographer, shows the classic lines of Class A1 Pacific 'Dick Turpin' The locomotive is about to depart northward... (more)

This solid and sturdy 0-6-0 is one of the 111-strong J15 Class built for the Great Southern & Western Railway of Ireland, a design largely unaltered since they were first introduced in 1866! Many ... (more)

The steam railways of Ireland as they entered the 50s appeared as if caught in a time warp. Ancient rolling stock, sleepy archaic backwaters and a bewildering variety of gauges were just some of t... (more)

The 16-mile Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway was completed in May 1879 giving the Midland and Great Central Railways a more direct route to access York from the Sheffield area. It connected w... (more)