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.

An old shot from 1978. Castle Class no. 7029 Clun Castle reverses past Chester Signal Box with its Pullman support coach. The manoevre was to turn the engine on a triangle to enable it to back ont... (more)

A repair gang in Xian, China has lifted off the track roadway covering plates and is working on the line.

70013 Oliver Cromwell on display at the West Coast Railway Co. Open Day at their Carnforth site. This locomotive worked the last steam-hauled British Rail train back in August 1968. It has just be... (more)

This German Kriegslok 2-10-0 was one of many seized by the Soviet Union at the end of WW2 as part of reparation. It is one of those that were transferred to other eastern Bloc countries in the ear... (more)

US steam in England! S160 no. 5197 heading a Wednesday northbound train at Burrs. The loco was built by Lima in 1945 for the United States Army Transportation Corps of Engineers (USATE). It was b... (more)

In pouring rain, 9F no. 92214 runs around its train at Rawtenstall on the East Lancs Railway.

This is a US-built S160 made by Alco on display at the Railway Museum in Budapest. It was bought with 509 others to cover loco shortages in Hungary in 1947. Only two now survive. Heavily "Hungaria... (more)

On a fine sunny morning, "Jinty" class no. 47324, running bunker first, crosses Brooksbottom Viaduct in Summerseat with a midweek train on the East Lancashire Railway.

150 Cumbria waits to depart from Haverthwaite with a train on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway

4th shot of Black Five no. 45231 heading the "Witch Way" main line special. This time it is passing Bromley Cross station.

An old shot from 1984. Flying Scotsman runs through Bolton with its support coach on its way to work a main line special from Manchester.

A tram going about its business in the lovely city of Bratislava in Slovakia.

A4 streamliner, no. 60019 Bittern departs from York with the Talisman main line special from London to Newcastle. The big (ferris) wheel in the background is at the National Railway Museum and pro... (more)

I haven't raided the archives for quite a few weeks, so here's one from 1981. 4472 Flying Scotsman crossing the River Ouse at York with a York to Scarborough main line special.