No 49 heads a Santa Special to the North Pole at a time when we were almost guaranteed to have snow before Christmas

Crossing the end of the desert before it reaches Bonneville flats a frieght heads into West Wendover

The end of steam is approaching on British Railways and it shows. Locomotives were run until they could run no more and then sent for scrap. With only a few weeks before steam disappeared in the L... (more)

Beamish Museum is holding a four day Power from the Past event over this weekend. Here is a view of the colliery area where the "coffee pot" is doing some shunting of wagons, a couple of narrow ga... (more)

......And here is the train that the "Thunderbird" came to rescue, slowing down as it approaches East Glacier

The official launch of replica locomotive STEAM ELEPHANT and a party of red coats fire a salute in its honour.

Following on from my picture last week of the two crossings over the Fraser river, and thanks by the way to all who commented or voted as favourites many thanks, here is the same train on the clim... (more)

Only train of the day when I visited enters the Royal Gorge canyon

Tanfield railway are celebrating 40 years of operations this year and this weekend is their gala. A night shoot was arranged with floodlights and fireworks

Locomotive No 49 waits at Andrews House with a service train. It will pass under the bridge and go over the last remnant of the line down to Bowes Railway and the river Tyne at Jarrow. The green b... (more)

These coaches bear the name Minneapolis, St Paul and Sault Ste Marie and are to be found at the railroad depot at Nevada City Montana. No idea what they are doing there apart from deteriorating as... (more)

Santa Specials have finished for the day and Renishaw has its fire dropped.

Matthew Murray at the end of the day dropping its fire in the Oldest railway shed in the world.

One of my favourite things about the USA are the rest areas. They always seem to be a place of outstanding beauty or have a story to tell. I came across this one on Highway 6 out of Provo. Designe... (more)