A hot sunny Sunday evening sees what looks like a double headed cement train head west past Perrigny-sur-Armancon behind a brace of Nez Cassés (broken noses). The lead loco is BB7428 still bearin... (more)

Ex GWR King class 6024 King Edward I makes a fine sight passing Compton Beauchamp with the Bristolian railtour from Bristol to London Paddington. A matching set of WR chocolate and cream stock hel... (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)

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)

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)

Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey howls through Culham returning from Oxford to Preston (via Kings Cross) with the Capital Deltic railtour. The noise was indescribable, I haven't heard a Deltic sound ... (more)

The Royal Wessex railtour passes the pumping station beside the Kennet and Avon canal at Crofton behind 44871 and 30777. The best weather of the year so far brought out crowds of photographers to ... (more)

This is the first time (to my knowledge) that a Western and a Class 40 have worked together on the national network. D1015 and 40145 pass Shrivenham with the East Lancashire Champion, a 2 day rail... (more)

6K05, the daily Carlisle - Crewe infrastructure train hammers up the gradient at Ais Gill behind DBS 66199. The line approaches Ais Gill from Mallerstang which can be seen in the right hand backgr... (more)

Class 66s are so quiet, this one nearly caught me out, depite being on full power and working up the steep gradient. Fortunately, it was only doing around 30mph so I had time to set this shot up

60163 Tornado makes climbing the northern ascent of the Settle & Carlisle look almost effortless as she lifts the Cumbrian Coast Tornado railtour past Birkett Common just south of Kirkby Stephen. ... (more)

The Settle and Carlisle is known as The Long Drag, and watching this 2000ish ton coal train slowly slog past Birkett Common, I could see why. Kirkby Stephen station is just out of site in the back... (more)

Ugly as sin, but it sounds good. Freightliners new GE 70003 leads DBSs GM 66154 through the little photographed station at Wennington on the Carnforth - Hellifield Little North Western line with T... (more)

Colas Rail 66843 approaches the summit of the Settle and Carlisle at Ais Gill with 6J37 the Carlisle - Chirk logs. This working normally uses the WCML route via Penrith, but is apparently to use t... (more)

Hall class 4965 Rood Ashton Hall and Castle class 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe noisily approach the tunnel after a maximum volume ascent of Sapperton Bank. An overnight frost made for a great exhau... (more)