8:00 am at the end of December. First light and the snow is nearly gone at Bolton Station as a TPE Class 185 is about to leave with an early service from Manchester to Edinburgh.

Back in 1991, when Steamtown at Carnforth was still open to the public a gleaming Black Five no. 5407 stands outside the shed.

VIA Rail no. 6408 stands at the head of the Eastbound "Canadian" at Jasper. It wears a livery promoting the film, Spiderman 2. Apparently this has been on since the film's release in 2004. I heard... (more)

Battle of Britain Class no. 34067 Tangmere approaches Clapham Junction with a main line special from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo.

5972 Olton Hall in its Hogwarts Castle guise over the pit at Toddington at the 25th Anniversary Gala on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

A great line up of LMS locos at the Great Gathering at Crewe Works in 2005.

34102 and 76017 await restoration at Ropley on the Mid-Hants Railway.

An original Great Central Railway loco on the heritage line of the same name. The beautiful 4-4-0 no. 560 Butler Henderson is shown back in 1990, when she was capable of steaming.

Black Fives nos. 45407 and 45231 at the head of the train ready to depart from Blaenau Festiniog, running in reverse with the "Welsh Mountaineer" main line special.

In fading light, GWR Castle class no. 5029 Nunney Castle storms past the crossing at Stratton, west of Dorchester, with the return leg of the Weymouth Coast Express railtour.

A close up of an original Great Western Railway anti-trespass sign at Llanuwchllyn on the Bala Lake Railway in Wales. Note the sign is in both English and Welsh. No.3 Holy War departs with a train... (more)

Class 40 no. 40 088 was scrapped well over 20 years ago. The cab was rescued and mounted onto a road vehicle as a publicity display for the Class 40 Preservation Society, which owns, runs and main... (more)

Fairburn tank no. 42073 has just arrived at Lakeside on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. It blows off at the cylinder cocks as it draws forward to run around its train.

After a good week of steam, what better way to finish it off than to see my favourite. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland at about 70mph through Holme, north of Carnforth with the Citadel Express returni... (more)

A quiet midweek morning at Rawtenstall on the East Lancashire Railway. BR pacific no. 71000 Duke of Gloucester stands in the station after having arrived with the first train of the day from Bury.