The sound and the fury! This wonderful sight seemed to look so much better in monochrome. No locomotive looks as much so 'at home' as does Scots Guardsman on the Settle & Carlisle route. This thun... (more)

The passage of a steam locomotive startles a local crow to the betterment of my composition! Many towns and villages on the Settle and Carlisle route once boasted stations though several did not s... (more)

Silver-topped admirers watch 46115 Scots Guardsman pulls into Hellifield station with the Fellsman railtour in July 2011.

46115 Scots Guardsman pulls its train from a standing start on the steeply graded line from Clitheroe to join the Carlisle route at Hellifield with the Fellsman railtour in 2011.

A bright, but rather hazy day sees 46115 Scots Guardsman crosses the famous Ribblehead viaduct, on the Settle to Carlisle route, working the southbound Winter Cumbrian Express railtour.

A young lady staff member admires 46115 Scots Guardsman as it takes water at Hellifield station during a break while working the southbound Winter Cumbrian Express railtour.

46115 Scots Guardsman threads through th ebleak Yorkshire landscape, just after crossing the famous Ribblehead viaduct, on the Settle to Carlisle route, working the southbound Winter Cumbrian Expr... (more)

I doubt if I've ever seen such an exhibition of uphill power from Scots Guardsman. Not only was it a quite wonderful spectacle to behold, but the sound as the train approached was arguably even be... (more)

"Scots Guardsman" starts the 1 in 75 ascent to Shap from a standing start after being looped at Tebay around 2 miles to the south

The 'long view' at Birkett Common is just as dramatic as the wider scene more commonly photographed. The characteristic and ancient dry stone (no mortar) walls are a particularly attractive featur... (more)

It's a 250 mile round trip from 'Armitage Villas' to the wonderfully peaceful Eden Valley in Cumbria, so the weather forecast plays a big part in the decision making process! Today it turned out t... (more)

Scots Guardsman is a very busy locomotive at the moment and it seems that barely a day passes without it performing main line duties. Thankfully most of these are on my 'home turf' of Yorkshire! I... (more)

Ribblesdale is the beautiful limestone valley that climbs away from Settle towards Ribblehead. Locomotives face a hard and steady climb as the railway crosses and re-crosses the river Ribble on th... (more)

The infant River Aire rolls along lazily in the meadows below the sweeping curves at Coniston Cold between Gargrave and Hellifield. 'Scots Guardsman' rushes by heading for the water stop at Hellif... (more)

With not a breath of wind to relieve the humidity, the thermometer was hovering on a very uncomfortable 31 degrees as I awaited the evening run of the 'Scarborough Spa Express'. Whatever discomfor... (more)