Memories of King's Cross Top Shep as 3 A4 pacifics line up for the day's duties as Grosmont
It maybe just a 'three quarters' sunny shed shot but seeing an A4 in original condition still raises the hairs on the back of the neck.
A scene not seen since the 1930's a A4 in LNER garter blue with full valances on a rake of teak coaches making a picture postcard image as she crosses the Victoria Bridge, Arley.
The 2.5 km. (1.5 mile) Forth Railway Bridge, the world’s first major steel bridge, with its gigantic girder spans of 521 m. (1710 ft.) ranks as one of the great feats of civilization. It was beg... (more)
The climb to Shap we always find a challenging photographic location. All the classic steam photographs of the 50 and 60s portray engines working hard against the gradient on these wild and remote... (more)
Scotland at its most picturesque, early Spring on the line to the Isle of Skye, with an appropriate Black 5 loco and train of maroon Mk 1 coaches crossing the yellow gorse lined causeway below Cra... (more)
A Line up of East Coast motive power, two A4s Bittern and Mallard both in LNER blue livery, A2 Blue Peter and V2 Green Arrow.
A jinty tank emerges from the morning mist having crossed the River Severn on the Victoria Bridge
Rough seas and a wave fan as a Cross Country Voyager skirts the sea wall at Dawlish
A rare early start from West Wales, Ian Riley's pair of Black 5's with the Cathedrals Explorer make a wonderful sight along the coast at Ferryside
Black 5 45305 climbs the final few yards to the summit at Ais Gill with Wild Boar Fell in the bacground on a rare sunny afternoon
Royal Scot 46115 make easy work of the steep grade to Ais Gill summit on a sunny summer evening
A slightly work stained Royal Scot loco leans to the curves as it races down the grade at 75mph its had slog to the summit over, through the beautiful Cumbrian Fells with a full set of maroon Mark... (more)
GWR 2-8-0 No 3850 with mixed freight
A timeless scene with GWR 2-8-0 No3850 with mixed freight recalling days of fizzy pop and jam sandwiches on Saturday afternoon by the lineside
