Ex GWR Castle class 5043 Earl of Mount Edgecumbe hauls the First Moor Street Express Railtour past the boats on the Oxford canal at Heyford. Despite a recent thaw there is still ice on the canal.
Looking out of my window at a frozen landscape, deep in snow, reminded me that we do (occasionally) have lovely summer days. Here is one such balmy scene way back in June as the veteran 1887-built... (more)
Copper capped chimneys and burnished brass safety valve covers. These are the two defining characteristics of former Great Western Railway locomotives and a tradition carried forward from the dawn... (more)
60163 ''Tornado'' makes its way South towards Abington with the 1Z38 Edinburgh Waverley - London Euston railtour, The tour was declared a failure at Rugby due to poor coal being the reason
Classic view, classic train. The Cornish Riviera Express double headed by GWR King and Castle locos No 6024 King Edward I and No 5029 Nunney Castle sprint along the sea wall between Dawlish and Te... (more)