Now a regular fixture, the 'Cotton Mill Express' runs downhill towards Huddersfield through Slaithwaite (locals pronounce it 'Slaa-wit'). Though much cleaner and genteel than of yore, it is one of... (more)

Before I closed my eyes to hear her leave West Yorkshire, there was time for just one more . . .

Because I'm still using film (gasp!), this image has been sitting in my camera for two months waiting for me to finish the roll. I was sitting on the very (very!) end of the platform at Pontefract... (more)

The big surprise for a Brit visiting Canada was to discover the 'Royal Hudson' 4-6-4 in steam running between Vancouver and Squamish. I was very impressed with her smooth, uncluttered lines and ch... (more)

Whilst on holiday in Canada, I couldn't resist this magnificent landscape.

Dreamscape Pt.3. Boldly going forward, I walked to the rear of the simmering pair . . . wide awake was I, better by far than any dream!

Venturing closer . . . afraid to blink in case I woke up. It looked like a double-headed oil train, sounded like a double-headed oil train, SMELLED like a double-headed oil train. Yep - it must be... (more)

Imagine, dear viewer - you've just got off an overnight train from Beijing and you arrive at the crack of dawn in a strange and bustling foreign city (Chengde). You board a coach that climbs out o... (more)

I had last seen a sight like this over thirty five years before (at Healey Mills freight Yard near Wakefield in Yorkshire). Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd ever witness such a glorious ... (more)

Evening shadows lengthen in more ways than one at Dahuichang on the southwest of urban Beijing. The 'C2' 0-8-0 had just brought yet another load of limestone down from the quarry to the stone crus... (more)

I was really glad that I'd packed my ultra-wideangle lens, because there would have been no chance of this image otherwise. In a scene of Dickensian murk, the tiny MPD at Dahuichang housed these t... (more)

'Jubilee' No.45593 makes a spectacular approach to Summerseat bearing 'The Mancunian' headboard. The East Lancashire Railway is probably the best UK location for great back-lit steam images. It's ... (more)

Derailed! Currently undergoing a major overhaul, the only surviving London & North Western Railway 0-6-2 'Coal Tank' had just brought its rake of vintage coaches into Oxenhope Station. The locomot... (more)

The 'Tees-Don' (two rivers for non-UK viewers) railtour from Eaglescliffe in Cleveland to Barrow Hill in Derbyshire paired the two surviving 'K' class 2-6-0's. 'K4' No.61994 is piloting, whilst th... (more)

Leaving the hamlet of Irwell Vale, the railway crosses the River Irwell twice within a quarter of a mile as the river weaves its way along the valley. This is the first of the two bridges, the sha... (more)