A German Army ambulance train has been overtaken by avancing British troops and waits for rescue, its locomotive having run out of water. A photograph by the late Peter Handford who was serving wi... (more)

The scene that met a British Army film unit at Caen following the Allied advance after the D-Day landings in June 1944. Photograph by the late Peter Handford, famous for his railway sound recordin... (more)

The prototype English Electric Deltic 3,300hp Co-Co arrives at Grantham with a Leeds Central to Kings Cross express. The exploits of this sky blue loco led to British Railways ordering 22 producti... (more)

DR Class 86 2-8-1T No 86 1501-5 with the 16.48 Schlettau to Crottendorf branch train races a Trabant car in the DDR. photo by the late M.J. Fox.

The 2.30pm Burlington to Middlebury 'Sugarbush Vermont Express' on the grade crossing over US route 7. photo by the late M.J. Fox.

The afternoon 'Green Mountain Express' leaves Bellows Falls on its run to Chester Depot. The loco retains its former Rutland Railroad number and paint scheme. A photo by the late M.J. Fox.

On the last day trams ran in London, a number 72 for Savoy Street, Strand loads up on the Embankment with passengers eager to take their last tram ride. The tram carries Last Tram Week on the side... (more)

On the last day trams ran in London, a number 35 from Highgate passes Charing Cross UndergrounD station on the Embankment. In central london the trams took their power by means of a 'plough' that ... (more)

On the last day trams ran in London, a number 38 for Abbey Wood loads up on the Embankment at Charing Cross. A photo by the late C.R.L. Coles. Trams have ofcourse more recently returned to the str... (more)

B&O 4-6-2 No 5227, built by Schenectady in 1919, is seen in her prime in the early 1920s at Sandy Hook, east of Harpers Ferry beside the C&O Canal before it closed in 1924. Photo printed from a 10... (more)

As I believe to-day is the last day of the KCR here is another Harry Daventry shot. Former British War Department 2-8-0, now KCR No 24, is believed to be waiting at Lo Wu with a train for China.

One for the Hong Kong members. Former British War Department 2-8-0, now KCR No 26 is being serviced at Kowloon shed. A photograph by the late G.H. Daventry.

A view taken c1930 inside the famous St.Pancras train shed designed by William Barlow opened in 1868. From next Wednesday, 14th November 2007, it becomes the London terminus for Eurostar trains fr... (more)

On one of Col. Stephens light railways, K&ESR Ford rail bus No 1 stands at Rolvenden on a service from Tenterden Town to Robertsbridge. Photo by the late Reg Clark.

A Liverpool Overhead Railway train arrives at Clarence Dock station on a service to Dingle. This greatly loved railway closed at the end of 1956. A photo by J.F. Davies.