47 422 looks dirty and uncared-for as it rests at the buffer stops in Liverpool's Lime Street station. Maybe that was a clue, as this was some years later one of the first of its type (apart from ... (more)

Woah, that's moving! This northbound HST was doing the full 125 mph limit when I captured it in March 1985 in its original (and still smartest) BR color scheme.

One of the venerable 4-CEP class EMUs from 1960, in Network South East livery, comes down from the tunnel at Polhill on a London Charing Cross to Hastings service. The last of these express units ... (more)

Time to raid the archives again. A scene at Doncaster in 1979 during a motive power transition phase. The Deltic locomotives had ruled the roost on the premium East Coast services from London Ki... (more)

47369 heads south on this class 7 (45mph) freight, the 0819 Doncaster to Mountsorrel.

A rather ropey-looking stored 37 685 at the the Open Weekend at the West Coast Railway Co depot at Carnforth.

Deltic no. 55 022 Royal Scots Grey on display at the Open Weekend at The West Coast Railway Co. site at Carnforth

Preserved Class 40 no. 40 145 on display at the West Coast Railway Co. Open Weekend at Carnforth.

An old shot from 1984. 141 006 waits in the evening in a bay platform at York with a service to Leeds, via Harrogate. The Class 141 was the first production model of the Pacer diesel multiple unit... (more)

An old shot from 1986. Inside the old Great Western "factory" at Old Oak Common depot with a line up of three Class 47s and three Class50s. Now, alas just a memory.

An old shot from 1981. 86 241 Glenfiddich leaves Crewe with a southbound express. (Yes, British rail actually named a loco after a malt whisky. We take our trains seriously here in UK!)

40 141 nears the end of its days in the scrapyard at Doncaster Works. Part of the cab, the mainframes, and what I presume is the steam heat boiler rest on the massive 1-CO bogie

An old shot from 1980. Late at night, Class 127s are stabled at Bedford, waiting for another day's work carrying commuters to and from London St. Pancras.

An old shot from 1980. Class 40 no 40 079 shunts around at Red Bank Carriage Sidings, Manchester. The long bogie, negotiating the turnout makes the buffers misalign from the centre line of the bod... (more)

An old shot from 1980. Deltic no. 55 006 The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry approaches Doncaster Station with a train from Kings Cross. Sadly, this view is now spoiled by overhead catenary. The loco was... (more)