I rather liked the contrast between the bruised and battered lime green front end of a 1950's-built electric and rust-stained SY 0849 built some 20 years later in July 1974. They are caught by the... (more)
The 'pit' was encased in ice and grease and it was only with great difficulty (not to mention stupidity) that I was able to clamber down to get this view. It was only then that I noticed the star ... (more)
The driver of SY 0848 pays some attention to his steed as the evening sun slips away behind a forest of wires, signals, smoke and steam. Between the locomotives is a deep ash pit. Welcomingly war... (more)
This scene could hardly be more typically Welsh, with sheep grazing on unconcernedly as a three coach 'local' train skirts along the lush valley of the River Dee. The Great Western railway and its... (more)
Shafts of light through smoke-stained windows pick out SY 0532 in the MPD adjacent to Chengde steelworks. She was shunting in nearby Shuangtashan yard earlier in the day and has come on to shed fo... (more)