There is little I can say about this image. It may look unreal but this vision is exactly as it appeared in my viewfinder. Ten seconds later the sun had gone. To say I returned home happy is somet... (more)

The remaining rail routes that pass through the East Riding of Yorkshire to the coastal resorts are characterised by pleasant though rather featureless countryside. There are long stretches of str... (more)

Only in dreams do 114 year-old locomotives emerge from ethereal mists passing untrodden snow in the still of a Sunday morning. I'm still unsure if this a question or a statement. I am sure that I ... (more)

At last - cool enough for steam to show, damp enough to leave the diesels in the garage, sunny enough to light up the Dales. I think I've gone to heaven. Great photographic conditions returned tod... (more)

This ballast train is entering an apparently deserted Manchester Victoria from the east, having descended the notorious Miles Platting bank. The severity of the descent can clearly be seen in this... (more)

Ex-LMS 'Jubilee' No.45562 'Alberta' with seven coaches on the drawbar, rolls into Barnsley from the South. She will probably be heading on to Wakefield Kirkgate and Leeds. I am enjoying posting th... (more)

40 years ago today, the curtain came down on British Railways steam operation. The finale took place on the famed Settle & Carlisle route. I'm posting several previously unseen images taken on th... (more)

The location is Heaton Lodge Junction just west of Mirfield Motive Power Depot which was on the left just beyond the distant bridge. Yet another filthy '8F' hauls one of the seemingly endless proc... (more)

The Network Rail single track line from the historic & picturesque fishing port of Whitby to Middlesborough connects with the North York Moors Railway at Grosmont Junction. The NYMR fought a very ... (more)

Surely, few sights can enthral like this wonderful image, by my friend the late Raymond Rourke. An 'A4' pacific at its magnificent best, captured in garter blue livery with raised aluminium numera... (more)

The last years of British steam were characterised by a remarkable co-operation between the nationalised British Railways and enthusiast societies & clubs. A huge number of 'Railtours' throughout ... (more)

Arriving at the NYMR is always rather special in anticipation of good photo opportunities. In the early still of a lovely Sunday, 'Repton' makes a stirring sight as she snakes through the curves a... (more)

Another train of empty coal trucks are being transported along the Calder valley through Mirfield for refilling from any one of hundreds of West or South Yorkshire collieries. The typically unkemp... (more)

This is the Calder Valley scene of my youth. Another westbound train of coal plods wearily past Mirfield on a bright March day. In the left distance is the long demolished Ravensthorpe power stati... (more)

With the smoking bore of Nuttal tunnel in the distance, 'Duchess of Hamilton' looks every bit as regal as her name implies. Doesn't she look a treat in brunswick green livery? I think it suits her... (more)