37425 climbs away from the Glenfinnan viaduct with a regular Scot Rail Fort William passenger train in June 1988.

The locomotive Tornado, before it had its first main line outing made a series of tests runs. Here it arrives at Newcastle from York with an evening train . Still in its undercoat of grey paint it... (more)

A Pacer unit heads for Sunderland over the 1849 built High Level bridge crossing the river Tyne. Also in shot are the 1872 swing bridge and the 1982 metro bridge.

D444 Exeter at the head of the Cambrian Mountaineer railtour from Bristol to Aberystwyth passes Culham in the early morning light. A Class 37 is attached to the rear of the train and both locomoti... (more)

The Isle of Skye dominates the landscape as the Scottish summer sun struggles to shine on 37416 as it waits on its train at the picturesque ScotRail terminus at Kyle of Lochalsh. The coastal scen... (more)

The long walk in from the A82 was rewarded when the sun chose just the right moment to pop out from the clouds as 37409 "Loch Awe" rounds the big horseshoe curve between Tyndrum and the Bridge of ... (more)

Sunset at Stirling. 47 642 leaves the platforms with an Inverness - Edinburgh train while 47 541 awaits departure with a Motorail working for the south

Class 37 37037 looks like it is ready for scrapping. Fortunately, it is undergoing restoration and is now resplendent in early BR green livery as D6737.

An old shot from May 1980 showing that streak shots are nothing new. Here an HST speeds through Huntingdon Station late at night on its way to London Kings Cross. I think this was my first streak ... (more)

An old shot from 1979. A DTS (Driving Trailer Second), built in 1957/8 is not long for this world as it has been removed from its bogies and already partly dismembered. Final scrapping happened ve... (more)

An old shot from 1979. Class 76 no. 76 056 had donated its bogies to keep other members of the class running. The remains was scrapped not too long after. The line that the class were unique to wa... (more)

Classic British Rail 1970s uniform as modelled by a member of staff manning the ground frame to run the locomotive round it's train at Mallaig.

Two class 47's head the evening mail train over Croxteth viaduct near Sunderland Bridge

An old shot from 1980. Class 46 no. 46 009 waits for its next duty by the East Signal Box at Manchester Victoria Station. This loco gained fame and notoriety four years later on 17th July 1984 wh... (more)

An old shot from 1980. Class 25 no. 25 172 waits in a centre road at Manchester Victoria Station for its next banking duty. The is class of loco was used to push heavy freights up the 1 in 37 in... (more)