The signalman at Carrog, on the Llangollen Railway, receives the single line token from the driver of pannier tank no. 6430 as it arrives with a demonstration freight.

An old photo of the most powerful British locomotive type 46229 Duchess of Hamilton at Manchester Victoria as it was about to leave with a main line special to commemorate the 150th anniversay of ... (more)

An old shot from 1979. A class 104 is parked adjacent to grounded DMUs of Classes 100, 104 and 105 in different stages of dismemberment, including one with bad frontal collision damage. They were ... (more)

76079 heads for Rawtenstall, running tender-first, at Burrs on the East Lancs Railway at the Winter Steam Spectacular.

8F no. 48151 on display at the the Open Weekend at the West Coast Railway Co depot at Carnforth. With the 1960s railway van on the right, the scene could almost be from that period.

Ex National Coal Board austerity 0-6-0 saddle tank, "Repulse" is watered at Haverthwite station on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite railway, in lovely Cumbria.

An old shot from 1983. 46229 Duchess of Hamilton makes an impressive start from Hellifield station with the Cumbrian Mountain Express, a main line special for Carlisle. This locomotive, owned by ... (more)

GWR 2-6-2T no. 5526 leaves Buckfastleigh with a train for Totnes on the South Devon Railway.

A Trans Pennine Express Class 185 leaves Manchester Piccadilly heading for Cleethorpes as a Virgin Pendolino arrives from London Euston.

An old zoom shot from 1982. The low January sun lights up the side of A4 streamliner no. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley, as it waits to depart from Hellfield with the Cumbrian Mountain Pullman, a main lin... (more)

71000 Duke of Gloucester has just arrived from Hellifield with The Dalesman excursion

A V43 waits to depart from the very picturesque Budapest Nyugati station in the snow

76079 approaches Moses Gate Station on the last leg of "The Cotton Mill Express" main line special.

Furness Railway Number 20 is the oldest working standard gauge steam engine in Britain. It was built in 1863 by Sharp Stewart & Co. of Manchester as one of a batch of eight 0-4-0 tender locomotive... (more)

Royal Scot Class 46115 Scots Guardsman runs alongside the M602 Motorway as it screams away from Eccles with the Cotton Mill Express on a very wet July morning. I imagine the drivers of the vehicle... (more)