The few remaining textile mills in the Calder valley have now been converted into smart apartments. By the last rays of a dying sun, Mirfield's Ledgard Bridge Mill stands sentinel over the cheerle... (more)

Looking out of my window at a frozen landscape, deep in snow, reminded me that we do (occasionally) have lovely summer days. Here is one such balmy scene way back in June as the veteran 1887-built... (more)

I had thoroughly enjoyed my afternoon at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway and there was just time enough to take a parting shot of 'Darfield No.1' manfully struggling towards the line summit. Tak... (more)

Copper capped chimneys and burnished brass safety valve covers. These are the two defining characteristics of former Great Western Railway locomotives and a tradition carried forward from the dawn... (more)

The passing loop at Draughton is set at the mid point of the 4 mile long Embsay & Bolton Abbey steam railway. It is hard to capture an image of the loop because of its setting in difficult to acce... (more)

Visiting Yorkshire and far from her original home, is this GWR 0-6-2 tank. The Great Western Railway absorbed a number of independent Welsh valley railways. Welsh locomotive crews liked their 0-6-... (more)

Industrial steam locomotives are the speciality of the Embsay & Bolton Abbey steam railway. In addition to their own fine collection, visiting locomotives such as 'Darfield No.1' add to the variet... (more)

A dusting of snow on distant Beamsley Beacon adds to the beauty and tranquility of the wonderful Yorkshire Dales. This calm is briefly disturbed by the thunderous passing of 'Darfield No.1' haulin... (more)

The distinctive outline of Pendle Hill, reputedly the haunt of witches, is the backdrop for this morning's 'Fellsman'. Jubilee 'Leander' is on fine form heading towards the usual stop at Hellifiel... (more)

Brooksbottom Viaduct spanning the River Irwell must have featured in thousands of photographs over the years. I confess to having my fair share and why not? It's a classic location and with the ri... (more)

The rich golden Autumn colours outshine even the bright East Midlands DMU livery at Grindleford in beautiful North Derbyshire. Semaphores still rule here, controlled by Grindleford Box, lending so... (more)

The waters of the River Churnet drift slowly by overlooked by red sandstone hills. The late afternoon sun lends a rosy hue as our charter parcels train with 44767 at the helm, makes its final run ... (more)

The cow keeps a wary eye on the photographer as her calf looks on with curiosity. Neither are concerned in the slightest at the passage of an iron horse across their meadow. It is the end of a won... (more)

The River Churnet meanders lazily between its crumbling, sandy banks as the morning parcels train passes northward through Staffordshire meadows on its way from Burton-on-Trent to Leek and beyond.... (more)

This is my personal 'thank you' for the inspiration that I absorbed from that greatest of Scottish railway photographers the late W.J.V. 'Bill' Anderson. The scene is of course in the Churnet Vall... (more)