From another negative in the collection of the late O.S. Nock is this view of an Algerian Beyer-Garratt Pacific loco on arrival at Calais Maritime with an express from Paris when it set a speed re... (more)

When O.S. Nock visited Miyazaki depot he had the good fortune to find this C57 Pacific bedecked with two Japanese flags and a golden chrysanthemum after working the Imperial train. Within hours it... (more)

When O.S. Nock visited Miyazaki depot he had the good fortune to find this C57 Pacific bedecked with two Japanese flags and a golden chrysanthemum after working the Imperial train. Within hours it... (more)

Another of the O.S. Nock 6 x 6cm negatives bought at auction. This view is of C61 20, one of 33 Baltics built in 1947-49 utilising boilers taken from D51 class 2-8-2s. At the time Japan had more h... (more)

Many years ago I purchased a number of negatives at auction that had been taken by the late O.S. Nock, the famed British railway author and signal engineer at Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co. Among... (more)

The war is over and the troops are gradually coming home. Here a couple are re-united on platform 10 at London's smoky Liverpool Street station. Other soldiers wait, siting beside or on their kitb... (more)

Oil fired 141R1249 runs through St.Brieuc station with a westbound freight train. This oil-fired loco was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works, Canada and entered service on the SNCF at Nice Dep... (more)

Jean-Marc Frybourg has recently loaded two photos of this engine after its removal from a plinth, where it had stood for 40 years, with the possibility of it being restored to working order. Here ... (more)

Jean-Marc Frybourg has recently loaded two photos of this engine after its removal from a plinth, where it had stood for 40 years, with the possibility of it being restored to working order. Here ... (more)

Another very atmospheric photo by the late Kenneth Field showing a local train from Crewe on arrival in Chester General station hauled by class 2P 4-4-0 No 40653.

Erie Alco FB-1 No 725 is seen being serviced at Marion, Ohio in November 1952. Scanned from a 6 x 9 negative by an unknown photographer.

Here is another photo of one of the Woodhead route electric locos. This time one of the seven express passenger Co-Co machines No 27002 seen pulling away from Penistone with a London Marylebone to... (more)

Having showcased several of the late Kenneth Field's photos taken in the Pennine hills between Lancashire and Yorkshire I thought it was time to look at the electrified Woodhead route between Manc... (more)

If you are of a nervous disposition please look away now! Former LMS Patriot class three-cylinder 4-6-0 No 45538 Giggleswick leaves the 1894 double double track bore of Standege tunnel with an eas... (more)

Former London & North Western Railway G2 (LMS 7F) 0-8-0 No 49421 approaches one of the original pair of single bore Standege tunnels with a Leeds Copley Hill to Liverpool goods train in 1954. The ... (more)