In typically wet and gloomy Scottish weather, 37430 + 37423 now very late on the 09.00 Fort William to Glasgow Queen Street. 37430 was summoned to assist after 37423 failed with a blocked air filt... (more)

Fog and steam: GWR 0-6-0PT no. 1501 waits to leave Bridgnorth on the 07.50 to Bewdley at the SVR’s 40th Anniversary Steam Gala.

Driver Bill Andrews eases 33025 “Glen Falloch” and 33029 “Glen Foy” across the 15mph-restricted Clettwr bridge with Green Express Railtours’ “Mid Wales & Cambrian Coast Land Cruise” ... (more)

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 no. 45231 “The Sherwood Forester” approaches Blaenau Tunnel with Railway Touring Company’s return 1Z45 16.11 Blaenau Ffestiniog to Preston “The Welsh Mountaineer�... (more)

In appropriate "summer" conditions, 37670 “St Blazey T & R S Depot” passes Cefn Bridge four hours late with the delayed 6W97 05.37 Harlech to Thingley Junction rail train. Note how verdant the... (more)

GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0 no. 3802 makes a contribution towards the coverage of morning mist as it approaches Garthydwr with the 08.15 Llangollen to Carrog freight at the Llangollen Railway’s “Rais... (more)

“Pocket Rocket” BR Standard Class 4MT 76079 crosses the wooden trestle bridge over the River Dovey with the 1J79 11.40 Aberystwyth to Barmouth.

In a lucky patch of sunlight, 50049 “Defiance” and 50031 “Hood” (DOR) pass Stokesay Castle, Craven Arms, with the 1Z48 11.53 Crewe to Cardiff Central relief.

67005 “Queen’s Messenger” at Machynlleth with the 1Z04 Royal Train. 67029 is on the other end of the train.

So much for going out on what was termed by the forecasters as the "best" day of the week for sunshine, to try to get a photograph of Tornado running on the Severn Valley Railway for the first tim... (more)

Nearly 12 years after the last revenue-earning freight train ran on Cambrian metals on the 28th April 1993, MPVs DR 98919 + DR 98916 and Class 37 no. 37427 on the 6Z21 Aberystwyth-Chirk timber tra... (more)

47832 + 47709 (top and tail) arrive at Shrewsbury with the Nenta Traintours’ “The Blackcountryman” 06.05 1Z51 from Norwich, passing Seven Bridge Junction signalbox, the largest (in terms of ... (more)

1935 or 2005? Kodachrome or digital? GWR Class 0-4-2T no. 1450 with its autocoach passes New House Farm on the 16.10 Hampton Loade to Bridgnorth at the SVR’s 40th Anniversary Steam Gala.

Standard Class 4MT no. 76079 passes Frongoch with the 1Z60 10.05 Machynlleth to Porthmadog “Cambrian Coast Express”.

GWR 3200 “Dukedog” Class 4-4-0 no. 9017 (visiting from the Bluebell Railway) and LNER D49 Class 4-4-0 no. 246 ‘Morayshire’ (visiting from the Bo'ness and Kinneal Railway) pass Garthydwr on... (more)