Newly painted in black, LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland screams through Abergele and Pensarn station at 75mph working the outbound Welsh Dragon main line special from Crewe to Holyhead.... (more)

The legendary Flying Scotsman, still undergoing overhaul in the workshop at the National Railway Museum in York.

DSB 0-80 tank loco, built by Frichs in 1945 on display in the Danish national Railway Museum in Odense.

A view of four Crewe-built pacifics. 46203 Princess Margaret Rose, 6233 Duchess of Sutherland, 46229 Duchess of Hamilton and 71000 Duke of Gloucester on display at the Great Gathering at Crewe Wor... (more)

An old shot from 1980. 25 222 runs past the site of the old brick works at Clayton Bridge, East Manchester with a strange mixture of freight stock. I wonder who Chris was? The 28 year old slide wa... (more)

GWR 0-6-2T no 5643 enters Glyndyfrdwy station on the Llangollen Railway as LNER B1 no. 1306 Mayflower waits for its passing. This was the day before the start of the nine-day Steel, Steam and Star... (more)

Celebrity visitor no. 4771 Green Arrow is unloaded from a road truck at Buckley Wells, Bury on the East Lancs Railway at the Winter Steam Spectacular.

Another one from the archives from 1981. The crew give no. 4472 Flying Scotsman some attention at Grange Over Sands station whilst working a main line special from Carnforth to Ravenglass.

Great Eestern 0-6-2 tank loco no 6695 passes the engine shed at Swanage as it nears the end of its journey on the Swanage Railway. On the turntable is Southern Railway M7 no 53.

1954-built 1500v DC locos nos. 76 022 and 76 023 at rest at Reddish TMD way back in March 1979. Note that the forward loco still carries the old 1957-style BR totem on the side, even though the lo... (more)

This shot isn't quite what it seems. There isn't about to be a fatality. BR pacific no. 71000 Duke of Gloucester is working a morning midweek service on the East Lancashire Railway. Since it was t... (more)

A sight which is now a distant memory. The driver of 26 041 chats with a fitter prior to departure for Glasgow.

A gaggle of Canda geese seem disinterested in the passing train. Class 47 no. 47580 County of Essex is privately preserved. However, it is certified for main line use. We see it here being operate... (more)

An old shot from 1978. Castle Class no. 7029 Clun Castle reverses past Chester Signal Box with its Pullman support coach. The manoevre was to turn the engine on a triangle to enable it to back ont... (more)

70013 Oliver Cromwell on display at the West Coast Railway Co. Open Day at their Carnforth site. This locomotive worked the last steam-hauled British Rail train back in August 1968. It has just be... (more)