The regular 'Cotton Mill Express' thunders along the Calder Valley towards Todmorden. Probably uniquely in Britain, the railway, road, river (Calder) and the Rochdale canal are all sandwiched into... (more)

I'm not normally a denizen of stations, preferring to be 'out on the line'. I just thought that the lovely afternoon lighting at the platform end at Pickering made for a fine view. The elegant lin... (more)

Rhapsody in blues! Thomas Worsdell designed these capable 'Y14' class (later 'J15') 0-6-0s for the Great Eastern Railway. Equally at home on passenger or freight, 289 were built over a 30 year spa... (more)

One of the most widely traveled locomotives in preservation is seen here crossing the River Irwell on her home ground. In fact the Irwell is crossed and re-crossed no less than eight times between... (more)

I make no apologies for this image as it's taken at one of the few open locations on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey that enjoys full sunlight in winter and who could resist such lovely late afternoon l... (more)

The waters of the River Churnet drift slowly by overlooked by red sandstone hills. The late afternoon sun lends a rosy hue as our charter parcels train with 44767 at the helm, makes its final run ... (more)

Golden dusk at Daban. This was my breathtaking first view of a 'real' steam depot in the 21st century. It could scarcely have been more perfect (or surreal)!

When not munching on sweet Yorkshire grass, this is the view enjoyed by contented cows looking down the lower Worth valley towards Ingrow and Keighley. 'Black 5' No.45212 is striding purposefully ... (more)

Although I went to Benxi steelworks to see their fleet of SY class 2-8-2 steam locomotives, there was (is?) a separate fleet of these ancient electric locomotives. Nos.1001 and 1013 are seen on th... (more)

If you like 'mood', don't put the camera away on a miserable day! The 'Pocket Rocket' pilots 'Battle of Britain' pacific 'Tangmere' away from Brighouse on an utterly foul January morning. For my m... (more)

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)

The 16-mile Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway was completed in May 1879 giving the Midland and Great Central Railways a more direct route to access York from the Sheffield area. It connected w... (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)

In the 1950s British Railways built 252 'Standard' 4-6-0 locomotives, 172 of class 'Standard 5' and 80 of the lighter 'Standard 4'. They were intended to update and replace earlier designs from th... (more)

Another departure shot featuring the compact Ivatt Mogul, this time from Bury and in glorious technicolour! The spire of Bury Parish Church (St.Mary the Virgin) is seen on the left. Unfortunately ... (more)