Converted Royal Scot 4-6-0 No 46106 Gordon Highlander approaches Diggle Junction with a Liverpool to Newcastle express. The train has just left Butterhouse tunnel on the long closed Micklehurst lo... (more)

Not such a gem. Nord vertical boilered 0-4-0T No 2.014 was photographed at the La Chapelle Depot, Paris in 1935. There were 35 of these little engines known as 'Ink Pots' built in 1878-89. Photo b... (more)

Reading GP30 No 5513 at an unknown location by an unknown photographer. Postscript Nov 2012. We now know that this photo was taken in the Western Maryland Yard at Hagerstown, Maryland. Thanks Jim... (more)

Another early Canadian negative in my archive. Toronto & Nipissing Railway 3ft 6in gauge 4-4-0 No 6 'Uxbridge' is seen in the period 1871-81 before the line was converted to standard gauge as part... (more)

This photo is from a postcard size glass negative by the late John Macartney Robbins who died in 1953. It shows Stephenson Locomotive Society members standing in front of an Etat (former Ouest) ra... (more)

From another negative by an unknown photographer in my archive showing a pair of California Western locos, 2-8-2 No 44 and 2-62 No 23, on an extra of some sort. Absolutely no other details are kno... (more)

Former London & North Western Railway G2 (LMS 7F) 0-8-0 No 49421 approaches one of the original pair of single bore Standege tunnels with a Leeds Copley Hill to Liverpool goods train in 1954. The ... (more)

One of the 14 British built 4-6-4Ts built by Beyer, Peacock & Co., originally from a batch of 40 destined for the Dutch State Railway but which were diverted to the ROD (Railway Operating Division... (more)

From a negative taken by the late Hugh Harman, BR&CW 2,750hp sulzer engined prototype No D0260 'Lion' passes High Wycombe with the 12.10 London Paddington to Birkenhead express.

A Liverpool Overhead Railway train arrives at Clarence Dock station on a service to Dingle. This greatly loved railway closed at the end of 1956. A photo by J.F. Davies.

Alsace Lorraine Railway three-cylinder 2-10-0 No 5608 passes through Arlon station in Belgium with a northbound goods train from Longwy in France just before the outbreak of World War II. This one... (more)

Having showcased several of the late Kenneth Field's photos taken in the Pennine hills between Lancashire and Yorkshire I thought it was time to look at the electrified Woodhead route between Manc... (more)

Another archive photo from a negative about which nothing is known apart from what you can see.

The afternoon 'Green Mountain Express' leaves Bellows Falls on its run to Chester Depot. The loco retains its former Rutland Railroad number and paint scheme. A photo by the late M.J. Fox.

Western Maryland F7A #232 with Reading GP30 #5505 at an unknown loco depot.