Celebrating 100 years of the Girl Guide movement, 'Royal Scot' No.46115 is bringing a special from Liverpool to York. The locomotive bore 'The Girl Guide' nameplates just for the day. Here, she le... (more)

The evening sun has slipped away, lending strange hues to the returning 'Scarborough Spa Express'. But for a signal check, this photograph would have been impossible. About half a mile in front of... (more)

The magnificent 6233 Duchess of Sutherland calls at Bolton with the Cumbrian Mountain Express from Crewe to Carlisle.

Under dark and brooding skies, typical Yorkshire Dales weather, the 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' passes westbound over the elegant three arch viaduct at Gargrave. The ghastly and unsympathetic use ... (more)

The eastbound 'Scarborough Flyer' passes through the impressive Addingford cutting near Horbury. Once a tunnel, it was opened up early in the 20th century to allow four track running. The brick ar... (more)

The beautiful LMS Pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland bursts through Moses Gate station as it approaches Bolton while working the northbound Cumbrian Mountain Express main line special to Carli... (more)

Of all the locomotive classes to have recently emerged from the restoration queue, I think my favourite is 'Scots Guardsman'. The 'Royal Scot' 4-6-0s, in rebuilt form and with the 'waisted' smoke ... (more)

LMS 45231 'The Sherwood Forester' pauses under the magnificent roof at York with the 1Z47 'Scarborough Spa Express' 0944 York - Scarborough whilst a Network Rail Test Train heads in the opposite d... (more)

LMS 6233 'Duchess of Sutherland' + Support Coach 99041 head South on a locomotive positioning move - 5Z62 1337 Lichfield - Clapham Yard.

LMS 48305 prepares to depart with the 2B03 1000 Leicester North - Loughborough during the Great Central Railway's 'Wartime Weekend' event.

Britain’s National Railway Museum has a new star – a re-streamlined Stanier Pacific, ‘Duchess of Hamilton’. Built in 1938 in this form to spearhead the London Midland and Scottish Railwayâ... (more)

I confess to being baffled by this combination of locomotives, but the gorgeous morning light demanded that the shutter be pressed! In any case, the opportunity to see the fine 1896-built Lancashi... (more)

LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland approaches Broughton, near Chester, with the Welsh Dragon railtour.

LMS pacific no. 6201 Princess Elizabeth crosses Ribblehead viaduct with the Cumbrian Mountain Express main line special on a very windy 9th May 2009. The Viaduct crosses the valley of the River Ri... (more)

LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland heads The Welsh Dragon at Broughton, near Chester. At the rear of the train, nearest the camera, is ex-Royal Train loco no. 47 798 Prince William. Abou... (more)