Rebuilt Merchant Navy Pacific 35028 Clan Line at the head of the VSOE Pullmans powers past South Stoke while on an outing from London Victoria to Oxford

Sunset at Stirling. 47 642 leaves the platforms with an Inverness - Edinburgh train while 47 541 awaits departure with a Motorail working for the south

4936 Kinlet Hall whistles in response to the horn from an FGW HST set which is overhauling her on the up fast line. 4936 was returning from the West Somerset Railway to her base at Tyseley depot, ... (more)

Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell runs light past Circourt hauling only its support coach while returning to Southall. Just as the loco came into the viewfinder, the safety valve lifted whic... (more)

Class 52 diesel hydraulic D1015 Western Champion catches the early morning sun as it takes the Royal Duchy railtour west past Cholsey. The train would change to steam traction at Westbury in the f... (more)

Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell accelerates a Cathedrals Express railtour bound for Bristol through Steventon

An FGW HST passes Crofton Pumping Station with a service for Paddington. The pumping station was built in 1807 to provide water to the summit of the Kennet and Avon Canal and houses two Cornish be... (more)

Ex GWR Castle Class 5043 4-6-0 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe powers up the gradient towards the small station at Tackley between Banbury and Oxford with the Bristolian railtour bound for.......Bristol. U... (more)

A glorious springlike day sees Class A4 60019 Bittern drift round the sharp curve at Crofton as she works light engine (with the crew support coach) from Alton to Bishops Lydeard on the West Somer... (more)

A rare event. 25 269 enters Birmingham New Street station under the rats nest of catenery with a working for Euston formed of air conditioned stock. The power was off for weekend maintenance so th... (more)

The 11:53 St Pancras - Sheffield passes Wellingborough behind 45 149. The station is a stark reminder of the decay that had set in across much of BR at the time. Cost cuttting was the order of the... (more)

34067 Tangmere lays a smokescreen over the Thames Valley as it works an empty stock movement from Southall to Carnforth past Culham. The 3rd, 4th and 5th carriages in the train are some of the old... (more)

Another experiment in framing to try and enhance what is otherwise an unremarkable viewpoint. Most of the time overhead wires are a nuisance, but at this location they can be worked into the shot ... (more)

A perfect sunlit morning was deteriorating as the afternoon wore on, but the odd hole in the cloud still allowed some opportunities to play with ideas for framing shots. A Class 220 Voyager unit a... (more)

Britannia Class 7 Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell passes Baulking as it accelerates away from its water stop at Challow. The site of the junction for the long defunct Faringdon branch is just west o... (more)