Could I (should I?) get up to the 2nd level before the train? I actually jogged up the hillside and I have never been so utterly drained. I had just seconds to change the film, grab my camera, com... (more)

Blue pool at Daban. The temperature on this perfect March evening hovered just above freezing, providing some great opportunities for reflection.

On a very murky Saturday, enthusiasts gather round rebuilt 'Merchant Navy' Pacific No.35026 'Lamport & Holt Line' as she is coaled at York MPD. It was running the York-Newcastle-York section of 'T... (more)

The former LMS lines in the Calder Valley did not see 'Pacific' power until York MPD rostered the few remaining ex-LNER A1s to bring freight to Healey Mills Yard for onward transit. One of the las... (more)

This is the haunt of my youth. I spent many a long hour on this fine brick arch bridge that carries Addingford Lane over the railway. Back then it was the scene of a constant procession of east an... (more)

Photographs of the famed Settle and Carlisle route seldom feature Settle itself. Castleberg rock, a crag set 300ft above this ancient Yorkshire market town offers a wonderful panorama across the r... (more)

At Thornton Junction shed, it was what locals would describe as a "grotty" day. Steam and smoke drift about the depot from the locomotives and the adjacent steam crane. Former North British Railwa... (more)

Introduced in 1942, Edward Thompson's 'B1' class 4-6-0's were his most successful design for the London & North Eastern Railway. 410 of these excellent mixed traffic locomotives were built, sixty ... (more)

This solid and sturdy 0-6-0 is one of the 111-strong J15 Class built for the Great Southern & Western Railway of Ireland, a design largely unaltered since they were first introduced in 1866! Many ... (more)

The Station Inn at Ribblehead has provided a welcome haven for generations of travelers. First the Irish (as navvies who built the place), then the British (naturally), presumably the occasional W... (more)

Great Victorian Railway structures in Yorkshire No.1 - Dewsbury Viaduct. Built in 1848 by the London & North Western Railway, the viaduct is on the main line connecting Manchester and Leeds. Dewsb... (more)

Fresh out of the box! Newly restored 'S15' looks stunning as she stretches her legs on the steep climb from Grosmont to Goathland. How much better these fine locomotives look without smoke deflect... (more)

Now a regular fixture, the 'Cotton Mill Express' runs downhill towards Huddersfield through Slaithwaite (locals pronounce it 'Slaa-wit'). Though much cleaner and genteel than of yore, it is one of... (more)

The 'pit' was encased in ice and grease and it was only with great difficulty (not to mention stupidity) that I was able to clamber down to get this view. It was only then that I noticed the star ... (more)

The crew of ex-Great Western Railway '1400' class 0-6-2 tank are having a little local difficulty with the crossing barriers, preventing them re-starting their train from Lydney Junction Station. ... (more)