An old shot from 1984. Class 56 No. 56 129 in company with other class members at Knottingley.

Absolutely filthy weather today. Raining with a strong westerley wind and very, very dull. 1000ASA F2.8 setting to try to get enough light to capture 6201 Princess Elizabeth at Brock at about 75 m... (more)

A Virgin Pendolino leaves Warrington Bank Quay Station and heads North.

An old shot from 1983. The safety valve blows off as 5407 stands in Hellifield station after bringing in a main line special from Carnforth. Another loco took the train on to Carlisle.

An old shot from 1979. A class 104 is parked adjacent to grounded DMUs of Classes 100, 104 and 105 in different stages of dismemberment, including one with bad frontal collision damage. They were ... (more)

The builder's plate of a Soviet-built diesel loco on display at the Transport Museum in Bratislava. It's interesting for a Brit like me to see cyrillic characters and the letters CCCP on a works p... (more)

A class 363 leaving Bratislava

A maintence railcar parked at Bratislava.

Getting old now, but still a very attractive loco leaving Bratislava. From what you can see, those big windscreens must obviously cause sun glare problems for the driver.

The October early evening sun lights up this S type 2-8-0, built by ALCO in 1943, on display at the Railway Museum at Ankara.

The October early evening sun lights up this 2-8-0, built by Nohab of Sweden in 1932, on display at the Railway Museum at Ankara.

Class 08 no. D3937 stands in the yard at Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway.

170 512 and 158 846 in Crewe Station.

57 311 Parker stands against the wall at Carlisle on an extremely wet day. The rain makes the loco shiny.

76079 pulls away from Ramsbottom with a train for Rawtenstall on the East Lancs Railway.