The exhaust clings to the cutting wall as a westbound freight blasts the last few hundred yards toward the tiny (and hopelessly under-used) Galadesitai station. Passing loops here allowed the pass... (more)

Limestone rock characterises the Settle and Carlisle route for much of its length, particularly at higher altitudes. Over countless millennia water has eroded the rock surface into these formation... (more)

Happy Birthday! Built by Beyer-Peacock of Manchester in August 1887, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway No.957 was exactly 120 years old when this image was taken. The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway ... (more)

I visited the Carlisle area occasionally to see the last regular haunt of the fine 'Britannia' Pacifics. Though they were long past their best cosmetically, some excellent performances were still ... (more)

Ready for the road.

Recently returned to traffic at the Worth Valley after lengthy overhauls are a BR 'Standard 4' class 4-6-0 and an ex-Southern Railway 'West Country' class Pacific. This makes the perfect combinati... (more)

Monday morning, 0730 hours, daily produce from local growers awaits onward shipping. It will be loaded in minutes by hand when the workers arrive. Until then, the local rodents will feast on the s... (more)

Great Victorian Railway Structures in Yorkshire No.2 - 99 Arches Viaduct, Wakefield. Built in the mid-1860s by the Great Northern Railway, the viaduct snakes southward out of Wakefield on the main... (more)

The train gets underway.

After an hours pause in Sheffield Midland station to replenish water and have the coal in their tenders trimmed, the duo were off again. I'd intended to see them again heading uphill towards Barns... (more)

As locomotives continue around the sharp curve at SanDi, they cross the manned road crossing that leads from Reshui (about a mile behind the loco) and follows the railway across the summit to Jing... (more)

The impending end of steam saw many 'specials' such as this 'William Deacon's Bank Club' tour for bank employees. Rebuilt 'Merchant Navy' class 4-6-2 No.35026 'Lamport & Holt Line' is hundreds of ... (more)

The lineside is heavy with the scent of cow parsley at New Bridge level crossing. Former North Eastern Railway Class 'Q7' 0-8-0 (in LNER livery) has just another mile to travel before arriving at ... (more)

Finally! A location I knew might deliver a fine image is the tubular bridge across the River Aire at Brotherton. The huge power station at Ferrybridge makes an impressive backdrop. This morning ev... (more)

This is the unforgettable sight that made me return to the warmth of the hotel that evening a very happy mortal! Of such stuff I still dream.