Stanier 4-6-2 'Duchess of Hamilton', no. 46229, paid a visit to Newcastle in March 1985. She's a beauty! She slipped all the way out of the station on the greasy curved rails, and she made quite s... (more)
'Evening Star', the last steam engine built by British Railways (in 1960), pauses at Newcastle while on a railfan tour.
I have no idea why 47 596 turned up at York one day with a Pullman special train, but she was the cleanest I ever saw a class 47 before or since!
The east end of Newcastle station is directly overlooked by the 900-year old city's castle - a great place for watching trains. This view has been spoiled now by track rationalisation and overhead... (more)
The Tyne and Wear Metro is basically a subway, but it runs through some semi-rural seaside suburbs. Here, 4067 wears the original Tyne & Wear livery in 1985.
47 422 looks dirty and uncared-for as it rests at the buffer stops in Liverpool's Lime Street station. Maybe that was a clue, as this was some years later one of the first of its type (apart from ... (more)
Woah, that's moving! This northbound HST was doing the full 125 mph limit when I captured it in March 1985 in its original (and still smartest) BR color scheme.
It was a beautiful late summer afternoon as preserved Ivatt 2MT 41241 ran round its train at the terminus at Oxenhope.
A4 'Bittern' blows off impatiently on a stormy day at York, March 2008.
The class 142 'Pacer' passenger units are aging and uncomfortable, but they do a valuable job on lightly-used local lines. This unit was resting between duties in York in November 2007.
