Under threatening Welsh skies, newly restored GWR 2-8-0 No.3802 looks every inch a true Swindon thoroughbred. I tried this image in colour but it looks so much better in sepia. The crew were obvio... (more)
Allowing a little licence to Great Western enthusiasts, 'City of Truro' and 0-6-2 tank No.6619 are still a rather incongruous pairing. Nonetheless, with a nice exhaust and a lovely sky who would a... (more)
Five years after steam on the 'big railway' had ended, scenes like this were also drawing to a close. St John's Colliery's No.102 'Cathryn' was a 1955 Leeds built 0-6-0 (Hudswell Clarke No.1844). ... (more)
The location of Royd Moor Cutting, with its three arch viaduct, is one of South Yorkshire's 'undiscovered gems'. Coronation class pacific 'Duchess of Sutherland' looked (and sounded) wonderful as ... (more)
Isn't it great when a plan comes together? The train, the locomotives, the location, the exhaust and crisp early morning sunshine. Sometimes there's that little bit extra, in this case overnight s... (more)
In glorious, crisp weather and with overnight snow still dusting the cutting, the well-traveled combo of 45407 & 76079 power eastward in Pennine country. They are heading up the Tame valley betwee... (more)
On former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway metals, and with the landslip at Brighouse repaired, the 'Cotton Mill Express' returns to the Calder Valley in some style! 45407 & 76079 surge out of Sower... (more)
On a very murky day, the 'Cotton Mill Express' was re-routed through Burnley, Clitheroe & Hellifield following a landslip at Elland on the intended path. Here is the 'Pocket Rocket' climbing hard ... (more)
Sadly 4771 'Green Arrow' failed just days after this image, and was (permanently?) withdrawn. Here, she makes a fine sight rolling into Levisham, North Yorkshire Moors Railway with teak coaching s... (more)
