60 years ago to-day I took what I consider to be my first reasonably successful railway photograph. The first of the renowned GWR Castle class 4-6-0s, No 4073 Caerphilly Castle had just arrived a... (more)

Four cylinder 4-6-0 passenger train steamlocomotive # 4073 "Caerphilly Castle" of the Great Western Railway, exhibited at the STEAM Museum of the GWR at Swindon. This was the first built... (more)

Locomotives on road trailers are a common sight to-day in the UK but back in 1961 when the newly restored GWR Castle No 4073 'Caerphilly Castle' was moved to the Science Museum in South Kensington... (more)