This magnificent Beyer-Garratt GL class locomotive was built by The Beyer Peacock Company at Gorton in the City of Manchester and is now externally restored to its builder’s photo livery and dis... (more)

A view of an extraordinarily positioned exhibit at the Dutch National Railway Museum (Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht, The Netherlands. This 4-4-0 locomotive, no. 107 was built for the Dutch Rhine ... (more)

A class BM73 EMU on an Oslo to Bergen service disappears into a tunnel at Myrdal, junction for the Flam Railway, at 866 metres (over 2800ft) above sea level.

Two very interesting locos parked at Tinsley MPD back in 1980. Each of these Class 13 locos comprised a pair of Class 08 shunters (switchers). To be able to cope with the heavy loads at Tinsley ya... (more)

Half of the six A4s on display at the Great gathering at the the National Railway Museum at York. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower (on loan from Green Bay WI) and 60009 Union of... (more)

The locomotive maintenance depot at Accra station. Not much more than a shelter and a shed full of tools. Quite a bit of activity trying to straighten bits and pieces of 1679, which derailed and f... (more)

An BM69 2-car unit skirts the inner harbour at Bergen, at the foot of Mount Fløyen as it takes the northern route with a local train. The lower line is the easterly route towards Oslo. The shot w... (more)

CP 9782 leads three other locos as it traverses Morants Curve with an eastbound freight on 22nd March 2010. There were fresh grizzly bear tracks in the snow on the opposite river bank.

A shot inside the cab of a magnificent 214-ton Beyer-Garratt GL class locomotive at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. This huge loco was built in 1930 by The Beyer Peacock Company in ... (more)

On a very wet day back in 1980. 4472 Flying Scotsman climbs Miles Platting Bank out of Manchester Victoria. It went to turn on the triangle at Miles Platting so as to cbe facing the right way to ... (more)

Accra Central Station only sees a couple of trains a day now. Built by the British in 1903, it is still extant. The place is mostly ocupied by hawkers, traders, shoppers and a few vagrants. A youn... (more)

6233 Duchess of Sutherland working a main line special from Lincoln to Holyhead passes Conwy Castle in North Wales. The tunnel portal on the right is actually the end of a tubular bridge over the ... (more)

Perhaps the most handsome 4-4-0 ever built. SECR No. 737 on display at The National Railway Museum, York. The Wainwright D class was a 4-4-0 express loco design built in 1901. There were fifty-o... (more)

GWR no. 5972 Olton Hall on display at the Great Gathering at Crewe Works in 2005. This is the locomotive used in the Harry Potter movies and is painted in a special livery for this. It carries a "... (more)

NEW SCAN UPLOADED Feb 06 2008. The last steam locomotive built for British Railways, 92220 Evening Star. This was built in 1960 and retired after five years work. It was placed in the National Rai... (more)