D1842 and the DMU at Cheddleton during an EMRPS photo charter.

37075 & 33102 approach Cheddleton with the 1450 Leekbrook-Groghall.

33102 departs Cheddleton with the 1002 departure to Froghall.

25322 & 37075 wait their next duties at Cheddleton.

37075 passes Ruelow Wood with a freight train during an EMRPS photo charter..

25322 approaches Hazel`s Wood with breakdown train during an EMRPS photo charter..

37075 passes Dustystile with the breakdown train.

2672 waits under the loader at Oakamoor during an EMRPS photo charter.

25322 under the loader at Oakamoor during an EMRPS photo charter.

These 'S160' 2-8-0 locomotives were built by ALCO, Baldwin Locomotive Company and Lima Locomotive Company for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC). 5197 was built as Lima works no.8... (more)

Away from the stations, the Churnet Valley Railway is notoriously difficult to photograph. Bounded on one side by swampy marshland alongside the River Churnet and on the other by privately owned w... (more)

Freshly restored to it's 1980's condition (in which it was affectionately known as the 'Ice Cream Van'), 25322 poses at the head of a short freight during a photo shoot.

On a fine bright spring morning 44422 heads a passenger train to Froghall. The 0-6-0 wheel arrangement was among the most numerous type in the U.K. It's odd how British locomotive makers built lar... (more)

On the platform barrow milk churns await collection by the next up train as Super D 49395 enters the down loop with a short goods train. Lighting courtesy of Simon Hopkins.

Having coasted through the tunnel, the driver has opened the regulator to dramatic effect as it exits from Cheddleton tunnel. No.49395 is the only surviving LNWR 0-8-0, class G2 [or “Super D”] an... (more)