A scan of a slide showing the approach to Brighton Station (behind us in the picture) - a class 33 and several e.m.u.s fill the sidings where the works once stood.

A pair of class 27 locos (D5377 and D5390) at Tramway Junction,Gloucester,in May 1968.The pair had worked from Birmingham with a freight service,and were returning light to Saltley depot.Although ... (more)

A Class 466 "Networker" unit calls at Waterloo East station whilst working a suburban service in London.

A group of class 56 locomotives,in various liveries,stand at Knottingley depot,in Yorkshire,in the summer of 1984.

A London Victoria to London Bridge service arrives at Crystal Palace.

It's July 1969,and class 47 D1975 has just arrived at Edinburgh Waverley station with an express from London Kings Cross.The loco has been fitted with an experimental headcode indicator,displaying... (more)

A Central Line service emerges from below ground as it arrives at Stratford station,London.

A real oddity at the Statfold Barn Railway - "Goose" is a 1917 built railcar from the Davenport Loco Works,Iowa.She was built for the Indian Sugar Railway,and worked at the Bihar State S... (more)

The unique 1949 built Gas Turbine locomotive 18000,on display at the 175th anniversary celebrations of the Great Western Railway held at the Glos. & Warwicks Railway. Sadly the loco is static di... (more)

Paddington station,in London,often described as "Brunels masterpiece",has undergone a massive cleaning operation over the last ten years. Many millions of pounds have been spent tidying up the str... (more)

It seems remarkable that this was taken 42 years ago - at least it does to me. A visit to Leeds Neville Hill depot in September 1969 found this class 25 diesel stood at the small fuel point. I alw... (more)

The class 22 Diesel-Hydraulic locomotives were amongst the most unloved and unreliable diesels ever built for the U.K. rail system.Highly prone to failure,the 58 locos (built in 1959) had all disa... (more)

A class 483 unit heads away from Ryde Pier Head station on its journey to Shanklin,on the Isle of Wight.The rusted section in the foreground are the remains of the Ryde Pier Tramway,which closed i... (more)

Ordered by the French Military for use in World War 1,this loco was supplied by Baldwin in 1916.Following the ceasefire in 1918,she was sold to the Ryam Sugar Works,Bihar,India,where she worked fo... (more)

With the now disused Battersea Power Station in the background,a suburban service from London Victoria races past Wandsworth Road station in South London.