Visiting engine Sir Berkeley gently steams in the yard

The last Sunday of Tanfield Railway's month of freight and it's Coal Train Day. Carrying coal is what the line was built for and it used steam haulage on the fairly level parts of the track and ro... (more)

The Sunderland tram heads for Beamish town centre to take what few visitors there were back to the entrance of the museum.

Back after a trip to the Grand Canyon

0-4-0 locomotive Cochrane shunts the first passenger train of the day at Andrews house station

It's that time of year in England when everyone has a firework party to celebrate the non blowing up of the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Some these days possibly wish that it had happened. Bowes ... (more)

Britain's newest main line steam locomotive is visiting the Nene Valley railway and was being used for train driving experiences for members of the public. Here it is setting out for Peterborough ... (more)

Santa special heads up the bank to Andrews House with No 2 and Cochrane double heading

I photographed this between Cache Creek and Spences Bridge as it was heading north towards Kamloops. I nearly didn't chase it as I was still smarting from being caught speeding in Cache Creek. Cop... (more)

February at Tanfield Railway is "On the Wagon" month when freight trains are run as well as the regular passenger service. This year saw a new innovation when customers were allowed to r... (more)

After costing 4.5 million pounds to restore and 10 years in the restoration Flying Scotsman is wowing the nation.this week it has been to the North Yorkshire Moors railway for a weeks visit and hu... (more)

Bowes railway ran locomotives for the first time this year and had both of its locomotives in harness. Here No 22 waits at the head of its train whilst W.S.T takes water at the newly refurbished w... (more)

Narrow gauge locomotive "Thomas Edmundson" hauls its train back to Alston from Kirkhaugh on a typical Easter Monday morning.

Flying Scotsman again, sitting in the yard of the National Railway museum in York.In the background is York Minster which was started in 1220 AD though there has been a church on the site since 67... (more)

55 years ago this summer I was on a train from the Hook Of Holland to Warsaw. It took a day and a half to do the journey and I occupied some of the time taking pictures of steam locomotives leanin... (more)