Scots Guardsman is a very busy locomotive at the moment and it seems that barely a day passes without it performing main line duties. Thankfully most of these are on my 'home turf' of Yorkshire! I... (more)

This must have been the perfect evening to bid farewell to the last train of this season's Scarborough Spa Expresses. 45305 heads eastward out of Leeds, catching the dying rays of the evening sun.... (more)

Pepper Road is one of Leeds' very few locations offering a good, long view of trains leaving the city. The opportunity exists to choose a variety of lens focal lengths each giving a rather differe... (more)

Old Gold. New Gold. 'Scots Guardsman' makes a powerful exit from Leeds as the sun goes down. Meanwhile the slumbering new generation look on in awe!

Stourton (pronounced STIR-ton) is an eastern suburb of Leeds. The city once boasted no less than five steam locomotive depots at Holbeck, Neville Hill, Copley Hill, Farnley Junction and a 'freight... (more)

The suburb of Stourton on the eastern side of Leeds is not exactly photogenic. It is however one of the few places in the city where it is still possible to get quite close to the track without be... (more)

New technology makes it possible to capture interesting images that but a year or two ago were 'unfottable'. Here is a good example, taken in the last moments of daylight and just within the realm... (more)

I was just out walking my dog, not really intending to take railway subjects, but I couldn't resist such a lovely evening view as this Class 66 heading across the River Aire bridge towards Newlay ... (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)

In 1948, newly nationalised 'British Railways' ran a series of high profile trials exchanging premier locomotives between the four regions. Old rivalries and unfamiliarity with 'foreign' engines m... (more)