This loco was built to 5' 6" gauge for the North West Railway in India in 1911 by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, England. In 1947 it passed to Pakistan railways and continued to serve there un... (more)

71000 Duke of Gloucester runs gently downhill from Heywood to Bury

An old shot from 1984. 4472 Flying Scotsman passes Bolton with an engine and support coach working from Carnforth to Manchester.

This crew member doesn't look very cheerful as he walks forward to change the points to allow Slough Estates No. 3 to run round its freight stock at the Middleton Railway Gala, “200 Years of Ste... (more)

Bullied pacific 34067 Tangmere on display at the Crewe Works Great Gathering in 2005. Note the air-smoothed casing and the boxpok wheels.

An old shot from 1980. In November that year, Stanier Pacific no. 46229 Duchess of Hamilton headed a special train from Liverpool to York to commemorate 150 years of mail by train. The second coac... (more)

As preparations proceed towards the reunion of the six remaining A4s at the National Railway Museum in July this year, the latest milestone is the repainting of 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower. This lo... (more)

Half of the six A4s on display at the Great gathering at the the National Railway Museum at York. 4468 Mallard (the fastest steam loco in the World at 126mph), 4464 Bittern and 4489 Dominion of C... (more)

The crew of 4936 Kinlet Hall take a break at Ramsbottom on the East Lancs Railway at the Winter Steam Event.

A scene in the workshop at Llanuwchllyn on the Bala Lake Railway. The loco is Triassic, a Peckett 0-6-0 saddle tank built in 1911 for a cement quarry near Rugby. It came to this railway in 1993. T... (more)

A broadside view of "Jinty" class no. 47324 as it approaches Ramsbottom on the East Lancashire Railway with a morning midweek service to Bury.

North British-built no.2927 under repair in Dar Es Salaam Works. The loco is kept for use on special trains, but is used for shunting in the station at other times. Unfortunately, it was under rep... (more)

A shot taken in the engine shed at Amman, Jordan on the Hejaz Railway. 2-8-2 no. 23, built by the British firm of Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1952, is receiving some new boiler tubes. the sce... (more)

Built by ALCO in the USA in 1942, Turkish Railways no 46224 is a USATC S.200 "Middle East" Class now on display at the Railway Museum at Ankara.

Seen arriving at Ryde Esplanade, on the Isle of Wight, is Class 483 no 006. The train has just come along Ryde Pier from the Pier Head station. On the right, in the background, you can see the cat... (more)