The locomotive maintenance depot at Accra station. Not much more than a shelter and a shed full of tools. Quite a bit of activity trying to straighten bits and pieces of 1679, which derailed and f... (more)

This track in the station at Accra, near the buffer stops is around 100 years old. The web of the rail has actually corroded completely through!

This Canadian-built EMD is operating in Ghana. One one of two at Accra and of sixteen in the country. Seen here at Accra station, which is now more of a market than a railway terminus.

A close up view standing at the cab

An old shot from 1979. Some drivers and other staff sit out in the sun outside the maintenance depot at Chester. They were watching a steam-hauled special in the station. The picture shows a long-... (more)

An old shot from 1980 of an unusual view of Manchester Victoria Station. The scene has completely changed now. The platforms on the left have all gone. A new events arena has been built here and ... (more)

How things were back in 1982. A Class 47 with a merry-go-round coal train from Yorkshire to Fiddler's Ferry power station at Warrington Arpley.

Accra Central Station only sees a couple of trains a day now. Built by the British in 1903, it is still extant. The place is mostly ocupied by hawkers, traders, shoppers and a few vagrants. A youn... (more)

This fine old engine is on display at the Hungarian Railway Museum in Budapest. Note the outside frames.

A fine old tank engine at the Hungarian Railway Museum. Note the Brotan Boiler. This was a water tube type and was normally found on the Hungarian State Railways, who made over a thousand of thety... (more)

Fireless 0-4-0 locomotive no.91001 was built by Krauss & Co. in Linz in 1915 and was brought to the Budapest Railway Museum from here from Paks Museum. This type of loco was designed to work in a ... (more)

Accra Central Station only sees a couple of trains a day now. Built by the British in 1903, it is still extant. The place is mostly occupied by hawkers, traders, shoppers and a few vagrants. Altho... (more)

An old shot from 1979. On a sunny summer afternoon, a four-car Class 504 climbs the gradient from Radcliffe to Whitefield with a service from Bury to Manchester Victoria. The tunnel mouth just bef... (more)

An old shot from 1984. 44767 George Stephenson is the only member of the Black Five class to be fitted with Stephenson Link Motion. Fortunately, this fine loco is preserved. It is seen here at Hel... (more)

Seen at the West Coast railway Open Weekend at Carnforth. A view of the driver of 5972 Hogwarts Castle (aka Olton Hall). This is the loco used in the Harry Potter movies.