Yue Jin station becomes a hive of activity as the small NG trains do a brisk business with local traffic, as the railway is the area's only transportaion into the hills. Passengers disembark and b... (more)

A photo freight performs a runby at the famous Tanglefoot curve. In a couple of minutes the train will pass from right to left on the near track.

One of EPS's small fleet of 37s, on hire to Freightliner, heads the short lived flow of aluminum slabs from Fort William to Coatbridge, near Glasgow, over Auch Viaduct, at the apex of the Horsesho... (more)

Miners take a smoke break between manually pushing the hopper wagons over the mine's own system, which has no locomotives.

A dawn runby as mist falls.. Steam at its most evocative. SLST photo freight.

Why this 'Central' (Sugar Mill) should be named after a large Antipodean semi-continent is not known. Evidence of recent heavy showers is apparent. The mogul is a 1915-built Baldwin, and has spent... (more)

1926 Bagnall saddletank 'Sir Tom' in steam at the Threlkeld Mining Museum, which incudes a 2-footgauge railway amongst its attractions. The Cumbrian Fells make a superb backdrop to the museum.

'Scots Guardsman', making only its 3rd (I think) outing since restoration, exhudes atmosphere as it pauses underneath York's famous curved roof, en route from Carnforth to Scarborough on an extrem... (more)

2 women attempt to chip ice from hand operated switches on this narrow gauge mineral line.

A service train with an SGS 0-6-0, which had a bent axle and was literally wobbling up the hill at walking pace. A dull day, converted to mono in Photoshop to try and put some life into it!

Crowds near the station, on its penultimate day as part of Myanmar's rail network. I suspect the crowds were unaware of this fact. 9th December 2019. The loco is Alstom Bo-Bo-Bo 1247 which had hau... (more)

A4 Pacific 'Union of South Africa' heads the 5-day 100% steam 'North Briton' railtour on the Edinburgh-Dundee leg. The loco's owner, enthusiastic as always with the whistle cord, causes steam from... (more)

A mist has descended over this well known location on the Settle-Carlisle line, making the conventional view impossible. 'Taw Valley' is northbound.

#1225 oozes atmosphere as it backs slowly across West Main Street, positioning for more runbys for the British SLST group.

45407, assisted by 44871 in the rear, head the Oban-Crianlarich leg of the Railway Touring Company's 'West Highlander' tour through Glen Lochy, alongside the river of the same name. The Oban to C... (more)