Bullied pacific 34067 Tangmere on display at the Crewe Works Great Gathering in 2005. Note the air-smoothed casing and the boxpok wheels.

This loco was built to 5' 6" gauge for the North West Railway in India in 1911 by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, England. In 1947 it passed to Pakistan railways and continued to serve there un... (more)

Steam returned to British main lines in a big way in 1978. 4472 Flying Scotsman is seen here with the Cumbrian Coast Express in August of that year, which ran weekly throughout the summer from Car... (more)

This crew member doesn't look very cheerful as he walks forward to change the points to allow Slough Estates No. 3 to run round its freight stock at the Middleton Railway Gala, “200 Years of Ste... (more)

Running in reverse, newly restored 60103 Flying Scotsman leaves Ramsbottom on the East Lancs Railway with an evening dining train. Taken with four Canon flashguns and with the agreement of the c... (more)

An old shot from 1980. In November that year, Stanier Pacific no. 46229 Duchess of Hamilton headed a special train from Liverpool to York to commemorate 150 years of mail by train. The second coac... (more)

As preparations proceed towards the reunion of the six remaining A4s at the National Railway Museum in July this year, the latest milestone is the repainting of 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower. This lo... (more)

Half of the six A4s on display at the Great gathering at the the National Railway Museum at York. 4468 Mallard (the fastest steam loco in the World at 126mph), 4464 Bittern and 4489 Dominion of C... (more)

A scene in the workshop at Llanuwchllyn on the Bala Lake Railway. The loco is Triassic, a Peckett 0-6-0 saddle tank built in 1911 for a cement quarry near Rugby. It came to this railway in 1993. T... (more)

The crew of 4936 Kinlet Hall take a break at Ramsbottom on the East Lancs Railway at the Winter Steam Event.

A broadside view of "Jinty" class no. 47324 as it approaches Ramsbottom on the East Lancashire Railway with a morning midweek service to Bury.

North British-built no.2927 under repair in Dar Es Salaam Works. The loco is kept for use on special trains, but is used for shunting in the station at other times. Unfortunately, it was under rep... (more)

Built by ALCO in the USA in 1942, Turkish Railways no 46224 is a USATC S.200 "Middle East" Class now on display at the Railway Museum at Ankara.

A shot taken in the engine shed at Amman, Jordan on the Hejaz Railway. 2-8-2 no. 23, built by the British firm of Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1952, is receiving some new boiler tubes. the sce... (more)

Seen arriving at Ryde Esplanade, on the Isle of Wight, is Class 483 no 006. The train has just come along Ryde Pier from the Pier Head station. On the right, in the background, you can see the cat... (more)