'David Lloyd George', one of the Double Fairlie type unique to the Ffestinog Railway, is seen in spectacular countryside soon after leaving Tanygrisiau with a Porthmadog bound train. The train is ... (more)

1864-built 'Prince' leads 1999-built replica 'Taliesin' over Penrhyn level crossing with a Ffestiniog Railway train bound for Blaenau Ffestiniog.

A4 'No.9' catches the light as it drops down from Bramhope tunnel across Arthington viaduct with the returning Scarborough Spa Express.

A4 Pacific 'Union of South Africa' speeds through Strensall on the York to Scarborough leg of the Scarborough Spa Express.

A4 Pacific 'Union of South Africa' pulls away from Knaresborough station over the impressive Nidd viaduct with another Scarborough Spa Express. Note the castellated architecture of the viaduct, no... (more)

An excursion from Carnforth gets underway from Ravenglass on the last leg of its journey to Sellafield, where the loco. will turn on a triangle in the nuclear reprocessing plant.

Having stopped at Ravenglass to pick up passengers, the 8F accelerates across Eskmeals viaduct on the return run to Carnforth.

It's 7.30 p.m. and shadows are lengthening as 'Union of South Africa' brings the returning Scarborough Spa Express over Crimple viaduct into Harrogate.

Despite electrification, the magnificent curved trainshed of York station is still a great place to watch an A4 Pacific. "No.9" prepares to leave with the first of this year's Scarborough Spa Expr... (more)

The reason why Britain has such a vibrant preservation scene. Five years after the end of steam on British Railways, withdrawn locos still stretch into the far distance at Dai Woodham's scrapyard ... (more)

The Swanage Railway gala also featured a 'Spam Can' in its roster of seven steam locos. 34081 '92 Squadron' approaches Harmans Cross.

'Spam Can' 34067 'Tangmere' approaches Chalton with a special train which had visited the Mid Hants Railway earlier in the day, where it had been hauled by two other Bulleid Pacifics.

Recreating a Southampton Docks Boat Train, Standard Class 5 73096, with dummy 73029 numberplate, approaches Ropley on the Mid Hants Railway.

The weekend of 7-8 July saw several events commemorating the end of steam on the Southern Region of British Railways 40 years ago, and Bulleid Pacifics were out in force on both preserved and main... (more)

The Jacobite steam train crosses Glenfinnan viaduct (of Harry Potter fame), with Loch Shiel in the left foreground. View is from Meall na h-Airigh.