The lineside is heavy with the scent of cow parsley at New Bridge level crossing. Former North Eastern Railway Class 'Q7' 0-8-0 (in LNER livery) has just another mile to travel before arriving at ... (more)

It seems quite a few of you enjoyed my previous posting of 'Black 5' No.44806 at Berwyn. Here's a completely different view from the other (Chain Bridge Hotel) side of the River Dee. It's such a g... (more)

Pictured in 2005, Scarborough's Falsgrave signalbox, celebrated its 100th birthday in 2007. The box won the Westinghouse Signaling Award at the National Railway Heritage Awards, presented at a cer... (more)

"How come" said my wife, "whenever we go out for a day trip in our car, as if by magic a steam train just 'happens' to be running wherever you take me"? "Dunno" I said, "it just does - that's ... (more)

If you like 'mood', don't put the camera away on a miserable day! The 'Pocket Rocket' pilots 'Battle of Britain' pacific 'Tangmere' away from Brighouse on an utterly foul January morning. For my m... (more)

One of my fondest memories of 'Green Arrow' was the evening departure from York of the Scarborough Spa Express'. By the time she reached Strensall Common in the warm evening light she was well int... (more)

The sight of any locomotive, let alone a Great Western 'Hall' in an inauthentic livery is designed to give any self-respecting British enthusiast a 'dose of the vapours'. The owners of 'Olton Hall... (more)

Rosebay Willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. Also known as 'fireweed' it is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere... (more)

Ex-LMS '8F' No.48151 is heading from west to east with a special running to the East Coast resort of Scarborough from Carnforth. She is approaching Long Preston and Settle Junction is about a mile... (more)

In 1948, newly nationalised 'British Railways' ran a series of high profile trials exchanging premier locomotives between the four regions. Old rivalries and unfamiliarity with 'foreign' engines m... (more)

These 'S160' 2-8-0 locomotives were built by ALCO, Baldwin Locomotive Company and Lima Locomotive Company for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC). 5197 was built as Lima works no.8... (more)

This Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 'Pug' built by the company's Horwich works in 1901, sits neatly on the turntable at Keighley. These useful tanks were used wherever limited clearances or tigh... (more)

This is 'Green Arrow's' re-restoration inaugural run from Huddersfield to Carlisle, a send-off complete with brass band and Huddersfield's Mayor presiding. I had spoken to the station-master a we... (more)

From the 1830's onwards, Leeds in Yorkshire was one of the largest railway locomotive building cities in the world. Companies such as Todd Kitson & Laird (later Kitson's), John Fowler, Greenwood &... (more)

One of Britain's most friendly railways is the gorgeous Lakeside & Haverthwaite in the beautiful English Lake District. They own both surviving examples of these LMS designed (but British Railways... (more)