Built for the London and South Western Railway’s Royal Train in 1885 it was altered to become Queen Victoria’s personal coach in her Golden Jubilee year, 1887. She used it to travel from Wate... (more)
Not the green "Southern" I'm used to, but I'll take it!
One hundred and five 'M7' class 0-4-4 Tanks of Dugald Drummond's design were built for the London & South Western Railway.They were built at Nine Elms (95) and Eastleigh (10) between March 1897 un... (more)
Photo charters always rely on that most uncertain of elements - good fortune. A stiff breeze and (as here) an occasional threatening cloud added variety to a changeable forecast, but there were so... (more)
Centuries ago, the Rother levels in Kent were reclaimed from the sea and the Hexden channel still weaves across the fen-like landscape draining into the nearby River Rother. Late evening sun silho... (more)
The days of the cross-country pick-up freight were already numbered long before the end of steam in Britain. Although such operations were hopelessly uneconomic, delightfully bucolic scenes such a... (more)
LSWR 53 (30053) passes Kinchley Lane with the 1130 Loughborough - Leicester North during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala Weekend. The LSWR M7 is a class of 0-4-4 passenger tank loco... (more)
In wet misty weather, LSWR Beattie well tank no 30587 prepares for a day's duty at the National Railway Museum annex at Locomotion, Shildon.
This beautiful Adams LSWR 4-4-0 no 563 is on display at the National Railway Museum annexe at Shildon, County Durham
