Ex-Dinorwic Quarries 0-4-0 Elidir, built in 1889, stands waiting for passengers on the Llanberis Lake Railway in North Wales

Ex-South Africa Railways narrow gauge NGG16 Class Garratt no 138 approaches Portmadog on the Welsh Highland Railway. The loco entered WHR service in 1997. It was built by Beyer Peacock Ltd of Manc... (more)

Two Freightliner trains pass each other at Deansgate Station, Manchester. Heading to and from the terminal at Trafford Park. The tracks in the foreground are for the Metrolink tramway. Viewed from... (more)

Great Western Railway no. 4965 Rood Ashton Hall arrives at Birmingham Snow Hill Station, on a rainy Sunday morning, with the stock of the Shakespeare express

LNER 'Hunt@ class no 62712 Morayshire about to leave Bo'ness station at the Bo'ness and Kinniel Railway in Scotland.

The inside of the cab of North British Railway 0-6-0 No. 673 (65243) "Maude" in the Scottish Railway Museum at Bo'ness. The loco was built by Neilson & Co, Hyde Park Works, Glasgow in ... (more)

This abandoned shot is a piece of Hollywood history - in Ireland. It's also about the only time you are likely to find a connection with John Wayne on RP. This is Ballygunin station in County Galw... (more)

DSB 4 cylinder 4-6-2 loco, built by Frichs in 1947 on display in the Danish National Railway Museum in Odense.

DSB 0-80 tank loco, built by Frichs in 1945 on display in the Danish national Railway Museum in Odense.

A view of the rather handsome BR Standard Class 5 no. 73050, City of Peterborough, seen parked outside the shed at Wansford on the Nene Valley Railway.

Ring Haw is a Hunslet saddle tank, built in Leeds in 1940 for use at Nassington Ironstone Quarries, which were situated just three miles to the west of Wansford. The locomotive was used for haulin... (more)

The crew of Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank, Ring Haw, are a little late in turning off the tap while watering the loco at Peterborough, on the Nene Valley Railway

My 1,000th photo on the RP database and a blast from the past. On a Saturday afternoon in October 1980, class 47 no. 47 555 The Commonwealth Spirit passes the signal box and enters Chester station... (more)

A scene at the Ffestiniog Railway at Portmadog station. The crew of double Fairlie loco no12 David Lloyd George take a break between services among rolling stock by the water tank.

A view at Dublin Heuston station at around 19:00. A Iarnrod Eireann Class 201 no 222 stands at the head of a train. The loco is actually at the rear, having just propelled the stock as an express ... (more)