LNER class A3 4-6-2 No 60097 Humorist over does it on Langley water troughs, just south of Stevenage with the down 'Yorkshire Pullman' from Kings Cross in 1950. Photo by the late Frank Hebron usi... (more)

One of the great pre-war railway photographs - LNER class A4 4-6-2 No 4467 Wild Swan and A3 4-6-2 4480 Enterprise leave the Gas Works Tunnel just after departing from Kings Cross neck and neck wit... (more)

Those were the days - The stage is set as British Railways Standard class 5MT 4-6-0 No 73043 starts away from its stop at Deganwy station on the last lap of its journey to the Welsh holiday resort... (more)

Est Railway 4-6-0 No 3.628 at La Villette shed, Paris in 1935. There were originally 390 of these four-cylinder compound locos built for the Est Railway in 1901-12. They became SNCF type 230B and ... (more)

Not such a gem. Nord vertical boilered 0-4-0T No 2.014 was photographed at the La Chapelle Depot, Paris in 1935. There were 35 of these little engines known as 'Ink Pots' built in 1878-89. Photo b... (more)

A little Gem. Nord Railway 4-4-0T No 2.363 is receiving some repairs at Boulogne shed in 1937. Seventy of these neat little engines were built by four companies in 1892-95. Former Prussian (KPEV) ... (more)

Est Railway 4-6-2 No 31023 waits at La Villette ready to reverse down to the Gare de l'Est, Paris in 1934. It was one of 40 Pacifics built in 1914-23 that later became SNCF class 231B and were sup... (more)

Just over 51 years ago nicely turned out RENFE oil-fired 4-8-0 No 240F2273 approaches Salamanca on the now closed line from Zamora with the 06.30 Astorga to Salamanca train omnibus. The handsome M... (more)

The eighth of the famous Gresley LNER Pacifics to be built, No 1477N stands on the recently installed 70ft turntable at Kings Cross station in London. The loco was completed at the Company's Plant... (more)

In contrast to the ancient 0-6-0 that I have just posted the latest in Paris-Orleans electric locomotives was photographed by George Grigs on the same afternoon. The 35 locos in this series became... (more)

An ancient 0-6-0 of the Paris-Orleans railway stands at St.Pierre des Corps depot in Tours. This was from a series of locos built between 1863 and 1886 the few survivors of which became SNCF class... (more)

A small narrow gauge contractors 0-4-0T is shunting tubs at the site of Colombes station that was being rebuilt. Photo by the late George Grigs.

Cf du Nord 4-6-0 No 3.556 together with 2-8-0 No 4.061 at La Plaine depot, Paris. The 4-6-0 was one of the 150 built in 1908-12 to the design of Gaston du Bousquet that became SNCF class 230D whil... (more)

One of the two DB prototype class 10 Pacifics No 10 001 has just uncoupled together with one carriage in Frankfurt am Main Hbf after arrival from Kassel. Built by Krupp in 1958 it was stood down i... (more)

Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn 2-8-2T No 262 stands at Königstein fresh from overhaul just eight days previously. Built by Henschel in 1954 it was not to remain in service for many more years ... (more)