Having had a two day sojourn in July out in the Museum yard, 4468 Mallard, the fastest steam locomotive in the world is back in its usual display corner in the National Railway Museum at York. Dur... (more)

A Cross Country tilting Class 221 arrives at York with a late running evening service from Scotland to Birmingham.

Seen on display at the National Railway Museum at York is Chinese Railways 4-8-4 Class KF7 No 607. It was built in 1935 by Vulcan Foundry in the North West of England as the first of a batch of tw... (more)

Two light electric locos side by side at Prague in 2001.

A scene at the fantastic National Railway Museum in Delhi, India in February 1999. This beautiful WP class pacific was built by Baldwin in 1947 and retired in 1987. The loco is currently steamablk... (more)

A clutch of trams at the tram stops in Hong Kong Central. Hong Kong has the largest fleet of double deck trams in the world with 163 vehicles. The only two other operators of the type are Blackpoo... (more)

Busy at the tram stops. There is a constnt stream of trams through Central throughout the day. Hong Kong has the largest fleet of double deck trams in the world with 163 vehicles. The only two oth... (more)

A tilting Cross Country Voyager approaches York at Colton South Junction with a northbound service.

The amazing Shanghai Maglev Train arrives at Longyang Road station in Pudong. Incredibly, eight minutes later we were 30 km away at Pudong Airport. This was the first commercial high-speed magle... (more)

I guess you can pan a tram just as well as a train. In the Central District of Hong Kong.

A repair gang in Xian, China has lifted off the track roadway covering plates and is working on the line.

An old shot from 1984. Lancashire and Yorkshire 'A' Class no 1300 after seen shortly after its first restoration at Carnforth, in the days when it was open to the public. The loco has recently be... (more)

The locomotive maintenance depot at Accra station. Not much more than a shelter and a shed full of tools. Quite a bit of activity trying to straighten bits and pieces of 1679, which derailed and f... (more)

This track in the station at Accra, near the buffer stops is around 100 years old. The web of the rail has actually corroded completely through!

This Canadian-built EMD is operating in Ghana. One one of two at Accra and of sixteen in the country. Seen here at Accra station, which is now more of a market than a railway terminus.