LMS Stanier Class 5 - 45407 (The Lancashire Fusilier) and LMS Jubilee Class - 45690 (Leander) pass Relly Mill, just south of Durham, with The Hadrian Railtour from Carlisle to Preston via York and... (more)

Much against a pessimistic forecast, the weather today in the Eden Valley was glorious. The sympathetically restored former station at Long Marton plays its part in what continues to make the Sett... (more)

45407, assisted by 44871 in the rear, head the Oban-Crianlarich leg of the Railway Touring Company's 'West Highlander' tour through Glen Lochy, alongside the river of the same name. The Oban to C... (more)

Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "The Lancashire Fusilier" heads the Great Britain 6 Railtour through Fife towards the village of Springfield on the 24th April 2013.

Charging toward the Lech-a-vute summit on a typically gloomy and damp autumnal Scottish morning, Black 5 No. 45407 leaves behind a long trail of smoke amongst the craggy lower slopes of Sgurr a'Mh... (more)

A chilly autumn morning made for a spectacular show as "Black 5" No. 45407 charged across Glenfinnan Viaduct with the daily Jacobite steam train from Fort William to Mallaig. Deep in Glen F... (more)

It wouldn't be a proper visit to the coast of Scotland without some rain. I got thoroughly drenched the last full day we were in the West Highlands standing on a few different hillsides waiting f... (more)

A chilly autumn morning made for a spectacular show as "Black 5" No. 45407 charged across Glenfinnan Viaduct with the daily Jacobite steam train from Fort William to Mallaig. Deep in Glen ... (more)

Like a scene from a storybook: "Black 5" No. 45407, named The Lancashire Fusilier, briefly pops out into daylight between the short Leachabhuidh Tunnels on a typically dreary day in ... (more)

A rare early start from West Wales, Ian Riley's pair of Black 5's with the Cathedrals Explorer make a wonderful sight along the coast at Ferryside

It's nearly 9pm and the last dying rays of evening sun impart blood red tones to the exhaust of ever-reliable 'Black 5' No.45407 as she thunders up the grade through the suburbs of Leeds heading f... (more)

This season's 'Scarborough Spa Express' has got away to a fine start if performances like this are anything to go by! Thundering up the grade from Wakefield, 45407 makes a fine sight heading for L... (more)

Mid Wales in spring time a pair of Black 5's cross Cynghordy Viaduct on the Central Wales Line

A location I have wanted to take for a long time the opportunity came on 10 July 2010 with the running of the Heart of Wales charter. The scene captures industrial dereliction with the Lightship w... (more)