Vulcan raises steam outside the shed at Beamish pit yard prior to spending a day shunting wagons

I paid a visit to London to view the display of poppies outside the Tower of London and in the afternoon I paid a visit to the Science museum in Kensington. On display is ROCKET. Probably the firs... (more)

No 2 receives an inspection before it is allowed to haul a train on the Tanfield Railway

Twizell makes a dash for Andrews house station

It had been a cloudy grey day and I hadn't intended to visit the Bowes Railway Coal train day. Late in the afternoon I decided to go and was rewarded with the sight of the last train of the day in... (more)

Tanfield railway's annual night shoot. Twizel on the left and long term restoration project no 14 has its boiler inspected

Last train of the day returns to Andrews House station with Sir Cecil A Cochrane in charge

Coal train heads south from Durham

I always have wanted to photograph trains in the snow in Canada. Last year I had the chance. Here is Morants curve from the less attractive viewpoint but the sun was such that it makes a better pi... (more)

Inside the tunnel. Class 4 75078 runs past on a photocharter

This weekend sees the North East steam festival in Beamish museum and one of the guests is a replica of the Rocket. George Stephenson's locomotive which won the Rainhill trials in 1829 and went on... (more)

Fall colours abound as the train from Agawa Canyon heads back to its base

Twizell and Renishaw have their fires dropped after an evening photo shoot at Tanfield Railway

Rear end of a coal train crawls along the Loop as a storm passes through Denver.

BANG!! A short pick up freight heads through Hermanville and past a small museum dedicated to the Vietnam war