Introduced in 1961,the class 35 "Hymeks" were fitted with Maybach MD870 engines,rated at 1740 h.p.,making them ideal mixed traffic locos.101 examples were built,but the fact that they were hydraul... (more)

Ex GWR 5101 (Large Prairie) Class 2-6-2T #5164 Departs Highley Station with the 14:00 Bridgenorth to Bewdley Service.

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The 2nd October 1971 was a really important date for U.K. steam fans.That was the day that British Rail relaxed the ban on steam loco running on the main line - a ban that had been in force since ... (more)

The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd. since 1960. O... (more)

rejected for being underexposed

Great Western Railway 7800 Class No. 7833 'Foxcote Manor' departing Goathland with a service to Pickering

Late evening sunshine catches London North Eastern A4 Class No. 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' as it crosses the Royal Border Bridge on day 1 of the 'Great Britain IV' railtour

Princess Elizabeths last run before overhaul

No.3 Holy War shuffles past an old Great western Railway sign at Llanuwchllyn as it runs round its train in readiness for its next run to Bala on the Bala Lake Railway in Wales. The loco was built... (more)

LMS Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45305 and BR Standard Class 7 No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell, out with their support coach, on a positioning move to Bristol Barton Hill depot prior to working the Great Briton IV... (more)

Following my previous posts showing railway horses shunting wagons this is my third and final photo depicting horse shunting. Taken in slightly more recent times, 1951 as against 1926 and 1938, th... (more)

Following my previous post showing a railway shunting horse beside a main line train here is another at Grantham having, appropriately, just shunted a horse box. He does not look too happy! Photo ... (more)

Coffee pot does some shunting with 250 year old wagons. In the distance a 1910 omnibus takes visitors to the exit

GWR Manor No. 4828 immaculate after a recent overhaul poses at Minehead next to the water tower. The locomotive has been renamed from Odney Manor to Norton Manor in recognition of 40 Commando base... (more)