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

Newly painted in black, LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland screams through Abergele and Pensarn station at 75mph working the outbound Welsh Dragon main line special from Crewe to Holyhead.... (more)

North British-built no.2927 under repair in Dar Es Salaam Works. The loco is kept for use on special trains, but is used for shunting in the station at other times. Unfortunately, it was under rep... (more)

Celebrity visitor no. 4771 Green Arrow is unloaded from a road truck at Buckley Wells, Bury on the East Lancs Railway at the Winter Steam Spectacular.

GWR 0-6-2T no 5643 enters Glyndyfrdwy station on the Llangollen Railway as LNER B1 no. 1306 Mayflower waits for its passing. This was the day before the start of the nine-day Steel, Steam and Star... (more)

Great Eestern 0-6-2 tank loco no 6695 passes the engine shed at Swanage as it nears the end of its journey on the Swanage Railway. On the turntable is Southern Railway M7 no 53.

A view of four Crewe-built pacifics. 46203 Princess Margaret Rose, 6233 Duchess of Sutherland, 46229 Duchess of Hamilton and 71000 Duke of Gloucester on display at the Great Gathering at Crewe Wor... (more)

An old shot from 1980. 25 222 runs past the site of the old brick works at Clayton Bridge, East Manchester with a strange mixture of freight stock. I wonder who Chris was? The 28 year old slide wa... (more)

A sight which is now a distant memory. The driver of 26 041 chats with a fitter prior to departure for Glasgow.

A gaggle of Canda geese seem disinterested in the passing train. Class 47 no. 47580 County of Essex is privately preserved. However, it is certified for main line use. We see it here being operate... (more)

Another one from the archives from 1981. The crew give no. 4472 Flying Scotsman some attention at Grange Over Sands station whilst working a main line special from Carnforth to Ravenglass.

I've only ever visited the Ffestiniog Railway once. That was in 1978. Here is one of the photos I took that day of Linda, in her oil-burning days.

This shot isn't quite what it seems. There isn't about to be a fatality. BR pacific no. 71000 Duke of Gloucester is working a morning midweek service on the East Lancashire Railway. Since it was t... (more)

1954-built 1500v DC locos nos. 76 022 and 76 023 at rest at Reddish TMD way back in March 1979. Note that the forward loco still carries the old 1957-style BR totem on the side, even though the lo... (more)

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Class 21 was a class of 57 very small 0-4-0ST steam locomotives built between 1891 and 1910 for shunting duties. Known as "Pugs", they weighed in at ... (more)