Having just rode over this track on the very friendly, 18 inch gauge, Steeple Grange Light Railway near Wirksworth in Derbyshire, I was amazed to see the track profile!

The 2nd October 1971 was a really important date for U.K. steam fans.That was the day that British Rail relaxed the ban on steam loco running on the main line - a ban that had been in force since ... (more)

A view across the yard outside Barrow Hill Roundhouse during the www.wnxx.com night photoshoot. The locos in the photo are on the left 56006, 37503, 20107 & 37521 and on the right 89001, 82008, 07... (more)

Deltic no. 55 022 Royal Scots Grey is seen in the snow working a Rawtenstall to Heywood service on the East Lancashire Railway. Snow cause lots of problems for a heritage railway, run almost enti... (more)

45045, Coldstream Guardsman, had a heavy collision with Saltley viaduct while shunting the nearby Lawley Street freightliner terminal. The loco was withdrawn following this.

Having emerged from Parsons Tunnel under the headland in the background, 50 042 "Triumph" prepares to leave the Sea Wall behind as it approaches Teignmouth with 1V85, the 11:33 Manchester - Newqua... (more)

Sprinter 150129 approaches Worcester Shrub Hill with the 1340 Great Malvern to Birmingham New St. Plenty of DMUs are stabled on the shed, as this was a Sunday.

In the days when Leicester still had a busy loco shed and semaphore signals, 43104 leads a southbound HST set past the shed in 1983.

The 08.27 Plymouth to Paddington HST has just passed Teignmouth on the South Devon coast formed of InterCity 125 set No 253 014 on a glorious summer day in August 1983. These very same trains are ... (more)

08902 approaches Warrington Bank Quay with an empty wagon move bound for Arpley Yard.

Whiteball summit situated between Wellington and Exeter on the West of England Main Line on a summer Saturday, even as late as the early 1980's was extremely busy. For several hours around lunchti... (more)

37421 crosses the swing bridge over the Caledonian Canal at Clachnaharry, soon after leaving Inverness with the 1735 to Wick.

33109 nears the end of it`s journey with the 0954 London Waterloo to Weymouth Quay, boat train. The last mile of the journey was at walking pace behind the 2 men on the right of the photo, through... (more)

50017 'Royal Oak' prepares to depart from Waterloo with the 17:10 to Exeter St. David's.

50026 'Indomitable', double-heading with 20031, pulls into Oxenhope station in glorious sunshine ( a rarity in Britain this summer) on the first day of the 2012 KWVR Diesel Gala. Sadly, this loco... (more)