On the night of the 8th/9th December 2009, 97304 “John Tiley” continued to undertake ERTMS brake tests with 10 WCRC coaches as a dead weight from Shrewsbury to Newtown and return, in order to meas... (more)

On the night of 4th December 2009, 97304 “John Tiley” undertook ERTMS brake tests with 33025 “Glen Falloch” as a dead weight from Shrewsbury to Newtown and return, in order to measure the brake pe... (more)

So much for going out on what was termed by the forecasters as the "best" day of the week for sunshine, to try to get a photograph of Tornado running on the Severn Valley Railway for the first tim... (more)

LMS Class 2MT 2-6-2T no. 41241 and LMS Class 4MT 2-6-0 no. 43106 sit at Hampton Loade having arrived with the 22.30 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala 200... (more)

GWR 7800 “Manor” Class 4-6-0 no. 7812 “Erlestoke Manor” ambles down the Severn Valley on the 07.20 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala 2009.

GWR 0-6-0ST no. 813 ambles up the Severn Valley beside the River Severn on the 07.30 Bewdley to Bridgnorth Goods on the Severn Valley Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala 2009.

A 26 on the 26th. September the 26th was the day chosen by the Llangollen Diesel Group to first run its new acquisition on a passenger train, and it worked a variety of turns on the line during th... (more)

A 26 on the 26th. September the 26th was the day chosen by the Llangollen Diesel Group to first run its new acquisition on a passenger train, and it worked a variety of turns on the line during th... (more)

Due to engineering works in south Wales, freight between Margam yard and points east had to travel up the Central Wales Line, which last carried freight in 1996. 66114 crosses Knucklas viaduct wit... (more)

The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway's Great Western Railway 5600 Class 0-6-2T no. 5643 passes Garthydwr with the 13.00 Carrog to Llangollen freight at the Llangollen Railway’s “Raising the Stand... (more)

Newly-restored BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T no. 80072 running for the first time since its restoration passes Garthydwr with the 10.15 Llangollen to Carrog at the Llangollen Railway’s “Raising the S... (more)

GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0 no. 3802 makes a contribution towards the coverage of morning mist as it approaches Garthydwr with the 08.15 Llangollen to Carrog freight at the Llangollen Railway’s “Raising ... (more)

Better sun today, and I chose a side-lit angle to get a better illustration of the two-tone livery on the coaches. This is probably as good a photo of a complete trainset in WSMR livery that I'm l... (more)

One of the first shots of the first complete WSMR-livered train, as DVT 82305, Buffet/First 10218, Standard open 12145, Standard open 12127, and 67010 propelling approach Gobowen on the 2nd run of... (more)

The Llangollen Diesel Group's new purchase of D5310 arrived today at Llangollen from the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway. Having arrived from Ruabon, the low loader turned down Bridge Street to then r... (more)