SW trains class 458 "Juniper" no. 8003 rushes through Wimbledon. You can see the pick-up shoe for the electrified third rail attached to the bogie. The shoe is resting on top of the rail.

An old shot of the very handsome Flying Scotsman climbing at New Mills with a main line special from Liverpool to York in 1978

Another view at Blaenau Festiniog with the dramatic mountains as a backdrop. Black Fives nos. 45231 and 45407 wait at the side of their carriages of The "Welsh Mountaineer" main line special, whil... (more)

Deltic no 55 016 Gordon Highlander at rest at Haymarket Depot way back in December 1979.

A shot from 1978 A4 Streamliner no. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley passes Grange over Sands with the evening return of the then newly-introduced Cumbrian Coast Express.

6201 Princess Elizabeth negotiates the bridges between Farnworth and Moses Gate stations while working the outward leg of the Cumbrian Mountain Express railtour on 31st July 2010.

Danish Railways no. 1112 was built by NOHAB of Sweden in the 1950s. Long since retired, this example of this handsome class of loco is on display at the Danish Railway Museum at Odense. It has th... (more)

A scene at the end of a working day in the yard at Haworth on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Yorkshire. On the right, having its tender refilled with coal is Black Five no 5305, which is v... (more)

The driver of Owl at the Kirklees Light Railway in Yorkshire.

26 040 moves onto its train at Inverness station back in 1979 in the days when these locos were still in use on BR. The shed can be seen in the background with classes 25, 37 and 26 present.

After being on display at "The Great Reunion" at the National Railway Museum, A4 no. 60009 Union Of South Africa was booked to take the steam special, "The Coronation" on to Edinburgh. Here she is... (more)

A Class 444 passes Clapham Junction on its way to London Waterloo.

A scene that hasn't been seen for about 50 years. Finally, all the six remaining A4s are gathered around the turntable at the National Railway Museum at York. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60008 Dwight... (more)

A view from 344ft up the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth. We can see two South West Trains Class 450s waiting to depart for London Waterloo from Portsmouth Harbour station. The Gosport Ferry is at... (more)

With the mountains as a backdrop, 2-8-2 River Mite, built in 1967, waits to depart from Dalegarth for Ravenglass on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in beautiful Cumbria.