As common as the LMS 'Black 5s' are in preservation (no less than 17 survive), they always make wonderful subjects for the photographer. They are a beautifully proportioned and purposeful locomoti... (more)

6201 Princess Elizabeth running along side the River Derwent on the return leg on the Scarborough Flyer.

'Scots Guardsman' has just passed the site of what once was Goose Hill Junction (just beyond the distant bridge). Here the Midland Railway main line once diverged southward in a long, deep cutting... (more)

What a difference a day makes! Running slightly early and heading out of Leeds in the most glorious sunset, 'Scots Guardsman' is bathed in the golden evening light that I had been hoping for but n... (more)

Stourton's freight yard cranes loom like sentinels on a hot, humid and muggy August evening. Yet even in 'challenging' light, who could resist seeing the delightful sight and sound of 'Scots Guard... (more)

LMS 47406 passes Woodthorpe with a 2 coach train to Leicester North

As part of the NRM 1930's Need for Speed 'Streamlined Exhibition' LMS 6229 'Duchess of Hamilton', in it's original external condition, stands next to a car from the same era - a 1935 Chrysler Airf... (more)

The ancient Yorkshire market town of Pontefract has a modest population of around 29,000 souls. The town is indeed fortunate) in having no less than three railway stations, Tanshelf, Monkhill and ... (more)

LMS 6201 'Princess Elizabeth' passes Barrow Hill Sidings with the 1Z52 'Yorkshire Coronation' 0632 Sheffield - Scarborough

An immaculate Stanier Black 5 eases into Glyndyfrdwy en-route to Carrog.

LMS 8274 (now running in it's Turkish identity and livery TDCC 45160) prepares to depart Leicester North with the 2B03 to Loughborough during the Great Central Railway's 'The GR8 Escape' Weekend.... (more)

LMS 8274 (now running in it's Turkish identity and livery TDCC 45160) arrives at Leicester North with the 0900 from Loughborough during the Great Central Railway's 'The GR8 Escape' Weekend. LMS 8... (more)

LMS 6201 'Princess Elizabeth' departs Nuneaton with the 1Z96 'East Midlander' 0750 Tyseley - Chester

Another of the haunts of my youth was Hopton, just east of Mirfield in the Calder Valley. A lovely reminder of those days was to see a 'Black 5' crossing the River Calder this morning, albeit in l... (more)

The LMS 'Black 5' 4-6-0s are widely (and rightly) acknowledged to be a classic British mixed traffic design. They are regarded by photographers as a mixed blessing probably because no less than ei... (more)