A Tyne Yard (Newcastle) to Cardiff working passes Churchdown behind one of the new Colas Rail class 70 locomotives.

A collection of South West trains stand at Londons Waterloo station. On the left is Desiro unit 450565,in the centre is 444031,and the sets on the right are 450118 and 450007. The 444 Desiro is t... (more)

The class 06 shunting locos were a fairly small class of 34 locos,and were found scattered all across Scotland.They were built by Andrew Barclay & Sons,and entered service at the end of the 1950s.... (more)

Freightliner class 70 No. 70010 passes Naas Crossing,on the outskirts of Gloucester,with 4V47,a Rugeley to Stoke Gifford coal empties.The class 70 locos have become known as either "Bettys" (after... (more)

An unknown class 390 "Pendolino" unit races through Nuneaton station at 125 m.p.h. The London bound express is operated by Virgin Trains,who look ever more likely to lose the franchise come Decemb... (more)

A pair of Sulzer Type 4 locos (known as "peaks") head north through Gloucester in May 1968,a period of great change for the area. The leading loco,D65 "Grenadier Guardsman",was renumbered as 4511... (more)

A photograph from a different world - and in many ways the world was different in those times.An 0-4-0 tank engine belonging to the National Coal Board goes about its daily routine at an unknown c... (more)

A general view of a busy Bristol Temple Meads station.Centre stage is taken by a pair of class 47 locos (47853 and 47790) with the empty stock from a "Northern Belle" excursion,while als... (more)

On the 20th of April,1968,the Manchester Railway Society and the (then fledgling) Severn Valley Railway ran a railtour named "The North West Tour". From Stockport to Stalybridge the train was head... (more)

Introduced in 1961,the class 35 "Hymeks" were fitted with Maybach MD870 engines,rated at 1740 h.p.,making them ideal mixed traffic locos.101 examples were built,but the fact that they were hydraul... (more)

At the 15 inch (381 mm) Perrygrove Railway it's "hands-on" for all staff.Here the driver greases the points before completing a run-round movement,closely watched by the guard (conductor).

A Fort William to Mallaig service crosses the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct on the West Highland line in Scotland.

A service for Charing Cross calls at London Bridge shortly after a summer storm.

An evening service for London Kings Cross calls at Doncaster.The train is formed of an ex-First Great Western class 180 unit.

Movements of large amounts of locos is a rare sight in the U.K.,so the chance to photograph 9 class 66 locomotives couldn't be missed.The convoy was a Newport to Bescot move,and I literally got ou... (more)