Royal Scot Class 46115 Scots Guardsman runs alongside the M602 Motorway as it screams away from Eccles with the Cotton Mill Express on a very wet July morning. I imagine the drivers of the vehicle... (more)

Royal Scot Class 46115 Scots Guardsman enters the Eccles loop at Patricroft to take water while working the Cotton Mill Express. The weather was terrible for a July morning, heavy rain showers, wh... (more)

Black Five no. 44871 departs from Rawtenstall, on the East Lancashire Railway, with the Thursday 11:00 service to Bury.

A slhouette under a threatening sky of Black Five no. 44871, running in reverse, at Burrs, on the East Lancashire Railway, with the Wednesday 10:00 service from Bury to Rawtenstall.

Black Five no. 44871, departs from Rawtenstall, on the East Lancashire Railway, with the Wednesday 11:00 service to Bury.

Black Five no. 44871, running in reverse is working a morning midweek service on the East Lancashire Railway. Since it was the first train of the day, the crossing keeper for Rawtenstall rode on t... (more)

0-6-0T Pannier tank 9600 eases past Kings Sutton with the Centenary Steam Express railtour from Chinnor to Banbury. This train was part of the GWR 175 celebrations as well as commemorating the 100... (more)

A pair of Sulzer Type 4 locos (known as "peaks") head north through Gloucester in May 1968,a period of great change for the area. The leading loco,D65 "Grenadier Guardsman",was renumbered as 4511... (more)

ex GWR King Class 6024 King Edward I passes Beech Grove Lock on the Kennet and Avon canal with The Cornish Riviera railtour from Paddington to Penzance. The train was running about 35 minutes late... (more)

46115 Scots Guardsman heads the northbound Lakelander railtour through Grange Over Sands on 19th June 2010.

"Black 5" 45012 heads a southbound parcels train at Ais Gill in the late 1960's. Photo by the late T.E. Baxendale.

Hastings DEMU 1001 thumps its way west round Crofton curve with the West Somerset Limited railtour from Hastings to Minehead. These units were built in 1957-8 for use on the line from London to Ha... (more)

An unidentified Deltic stands in platform 1 at Doncaster with 1A26 13:25 Leeds - Kings Cross being admired by spotters young and old. Photo by the late T.E. Baxendale.

Immediately after a torrential downpour that cleared just as the train approached, 60163 Tornado hauls the return leg of 'The Bath and Bristol Explorer' excursion from Bristol back to Ashford acro... (more)

A class 141 DMU approaches Huddersfield on a service from Sheffield via Penistone. Many of these bus based units were eventually sold to Iran.