Several preserved railways can boast a steam crane on their stock lists. Few are as magnificently presented as the Cowans Sheldon example based at Ingrow on the KWVR. Here she is, in lovely early ... (more)

The 155 British Railways 'Standard' 2-6-4 tanks were a development of earlier designs for the London Midland & Scottish Railway under sucessive Chief Mechanical Engineers - Sir Henry Fowler, Sir W... (more)

Contrary to popular belief, the river that flows alongside the railway between Oxenhope and Haworth is not called the River Worth. In fact it's name is Bridgehouse Beck, alongside which LMS Class ... (more)

A jaw-dropping assembly of motive power simmers in the yard outside the MPD at Haworth in Yorkshire (of Bronte sisters fame). Left to Right: LMS '8F' 2-8-0 No.48431, GWR 0-6-0 Pannier Tank No.5775... (more)

The look of 'back then' can seldom be recaptured as realistically as by the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. The epitome of a semi-rural branch line, virtually everything about this image is auth... (more)

The snow has all but melted into the lineside meadows offering an opportunity for reflections of a passing train. Former London Midland & Scottish Railway 'Black 5' No.45212 was in her 70th year h... (more)