I've been after a shot of a Class 60 (nickname Tugs) on the Theale - Robeston empty oil tanks for some time. It only runs 3 days a week and hasn't been a reliable source of 60's in recent times - ... (more)

70013 Oliver Cromwell coasts down the slow line at Cholsey while working with just its support coach from Southall to Bristol. The movement was necessary for 70013 to work the Devonian railtour fr... (more)

Under stormy skies FGW 165 105 approaches Cholsey with a service bound for Reading. With the announcement this week that the Great Western mainline will be electrified as far as Swansea including ... (more)

One of the crew of 5972 Olton Hall (aka Hogwarts Castle as seen in the Harry Potter Films) gives the gallery of photographers a wave as it passes South Stoke with a Hogwarts Express excursion from... (more)

D1015 heads a private GBRf charter from Paddington to Minehead for staff to attend a naming ceremony. It is seen here alongside the Kennet and Avon canal at Beech Grove Lock

The Perrygrove Railway is a 15 inch gauge estate style railway that runs for about 3/4 mile up the side of a hill on the outskirts of Coleford in the Forest of Dean. There are sections as steep as... (more)

A Class 221 Voyager passes through the deep cutting to the east of Cholsey station. The building by the bridge in the background is on the site of the original station for Cholsey and was named Wa... (more)

Just catching the sunshine, Class A1 60163 Tornado approaches Cholsey between Reading and Didcot while working light with just its support coach from Acton Yard to Tyseley. This is the first time ... (more)

60163 Tornado passes Wolfhall with the late running return of the Cathedrals Express railtour from Minehead to London Victoria. After a fine afternoon the clouds got thicker and the light readings... (more)

The train staff is carefully handed over as double Fairlie David Lloyd George enters the Harbour station at Porthmadog. The line coming in from the left is the connection to the Welsh Highland Rai... (more)

The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway runs a short line from a station in Porthmadog next to the National Rail standard gauge station to Pen-y-Mount where there is a junction with the Welsh Highand ... (more)

NGG16 Number 143 - builders plate, speedo, and oily dirt

Words are unnecessary - didn't all of us start out being rail enthusiasts something like this ?

The driver of Welsh Highland NGG16 Beyer Garratt number 87 keeps a good lookout as they start the ascent of the gradient into the Aberglaslyn Pass

The fireman of Welsh Highland NGG16 Beyer Garratt number 87 takes a rest from firing and keeps an eye on the road ahead as they start the ascent of the gradient into the Aberglaslyn Pass