My first visit to the lineside meadows at Pannal on the outskirts of Harrogate were a lovely place to wait for 'Oliver Cromwell' to pass as the 'Scarborough Spa Express' got underway heading for L... (more)

At 1510 feet in length and built in 1846, Arthington Viaduct, built 1846, crosses the River Wharfe from North Yorkshire into West Yorkshire. It was engineered by Thomas Granger and built by James ... (more)

The clean, elegant lines of 'Britannia' class pacific 'Oliver Cromwell' are evident as the Scarborough Spa Express breasts the top of Garforth bank heading eastbound for York. I was fortunate to h... (more)

Here is the older, darker Leeds that still lurks, almost apologetically beneath the 'Emperor's New Clothes'. In spite of being a locomotive designed principally for freight (and seventy years ago ... (more)

I consider myself a fortunate soul indeed, living as I do, so close to the route taken by the 'Scarborough Spa Express'. The last rays of the evening sun lend a lovely rose glow to 'Leander' and h... (more)

I was working 'lates', so I was able to catch the morning leg of the 'Scarborough Spa Express' sprinting downhill through the suburb of Headingley, famous for being the home of Yorkshire's County ... (more)

The stunning combination of maroon stock and locomotive is a joy to behold as 'Jubilee' No.5690 'Leander' leans to the heavily cambered curve at Church Fenton. She has just taken the Leeds line wi... (more)