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)

In a scene reminiscent of a shed yard in steam days, this was the scene at Haworth Yard on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway on the evening before the Steam Gala commenced. Six locos can be se... (more)

The scene at Haworth Yard on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway on the day before the Steam Gala commences, showing quite a collection of locos. The engines are being prepared, including a visi... (more)

"Jinty" no. 47324 whizzes along at all of 20mph at Burrs on the East Lancashire Railway with a midweek service from Rawtenstall to Bury.

Fifty years ago, when I was a young trainspotter, this would have been the equivalent of Hell freezing over! An ex-Great Western Castle Class would never have appeared along this line, which I use... (more)

Another shot from the archives from 1978. Class 40 no. 40 181 heads a westbound oil train through Park Station, Manchester. These locos were withdrawn from service over twenty years ago and only a... (more)

An old shot from 1979. The Class 87s have now retired and most are being shipped to Bulgaria for use on freight trains. These locos were the premier motive power on the West Coast Main Line for n... (more)

An old shot from 1979. The line from Rawtenstall to Castleton had been demoted from a busy line to a branch for delivering coal once a week. Here we see Class 40 no. 40 031 shunting the coal wagon... (more)

Austerity no. 15 sets off from Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway at the 25th Anniversary Gala..

"Hogwarts Castle" at Toddington on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at their 25th Anniversary Gala. This is the actual loco used in the Harry Potter movies. It is actually an ex-Great ... (more)

Ex-GWR prairie tank no. 5526 pushes an autotrailer with a service from Winchcombe to Toddington at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's 25th Anniversary Gala. On an autotrailer, there is a d... (more)

The Great Orme Tramway in the holiday resort of Llandudno, North Wales. A close up of 1902-built car no. 7 climbing the second stage of the tramway towards the summit. Note the cables and their gu... (more)

A tram going about its business in the lovely city of Bratislava in Slovakia.