57 303 Alan Tracey heads a line of three members of the class, used as rescue locomotives in the event of train failures, at Euston station on the bank holiday weekend, when the train services wer... (more)

Trans Pennine Express no. 185 125 passes Kirkham station while working a service from Blackpool to Manchester Airport.

The magnificent 6233 Duchess of Sutherland calls at Bolton with the Cumbrian Mountain Express from Crewe to Carlisle.

The lovely award-winning Victorian station at Grange Over Sands in beautiful Cumbria

Super power for a small load? DRS Class 66s nos. 66 431 and 66 426 double head a short train of flasks containing spent nuclear fuel rods from Heysham to the Nuclear Re-processing plant at Sellaf... (more)

The beautiful LMS Pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland bursts through Moses Gate station as it approaches Bolton while working the northbound Cumbrian Mountain Express main line special to Carli... (more)

A Cross Country Class 221 Voyager arrives at Torquay with a Paignton to Manchester service.

Black Five no 45231 approaches Warrington with the first stage of the Welsh Mountaineer main line special from Preston to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Freightliner Class 66 gets away from Warrington with a northbound train of concrete sleepers.

The light is disappearing as Royal Scot Class no. 46115 Scots Guardsman heads through the deep cutting at Hoghton Bottom with the returning Fellsman main line special from Lancaster to Carlisle.

The crew of Standard Tank no 80002 look out as it passes the loop at Damens on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway with a mid-week train from Keighley to Oxenhope.

Royal Scot Class no. 46115 Scots Guardsman crosses the magnificent Ribblehead Viaduct with the northbound Fellsman main line special from Lancaster via the Settle to Carlisle line. The sky looks s... (more)

I'm working in Ankara for a few days and I managed to get to the TCDD Open Air Loco Museum just before it closed. This beauty was built in 1948 by The Vulcan Iron Work Wilkes-Barre USA. One of 73... (more)

An old shot from 1984. Doncaster Works was still a busy BR facility back then. An extremely well-attended Open Day was held that July, where various visiting locos were on display, as well as all ... (more)

The O4 class was a heavy freight locomotive designed for the Great Central Railway in 1911. 70 were built at Gorton Locomotive Works in Manchester. The design was subsequently adopted by the Briti... (more)