Recreations don't get much better than this. Edwardian elegance by lamplight.

The pine topped bluff on the outskirts of the East Coast town of Sheringham has the decidedly macabre name of 'Dead Man's Hill'. Nothing dead about Great Eastern Railway No.564 though as she attac... (more)

Rhapsody in blues! Thomas Worsdell designed these capable 'Y14' class (later 'J15') 0-6-0s for the Great Eastern Railway. Equally at home on passenger or freight, 289 were built over a 30 year spa... (more)

I'd just taken a photograph of the approaching train and then merely turned around to watch its departure. This surreal scene greeted my gaze and without thinking to adjust the exposure I pressed ... (more)

In more years of railway photography than I care to recall, the happy coincidence of a steam train, perfect light and a rainbow have been decidedly elusive. How strange then, that this item from m... (more)

It's a rarity that a locomotive and a train of just four carriages can amass a history of over half a millennium! Rarer still for them to be at the perfect time of day for the sun to cast shadows ... (more)

Running slightly ahead of schedule, the Liverpool to Scarborough 'Coast to Coast' express made a fine sight this morning as it entered North Yorkshire heading for York. The flat and fertile landsc... (more)

One of the regrettable aspects of running a preserved railway is the constant threat of ever-encroaching modernity. Seen here, an adjacent plot of land shows signs that the footings are already du... (more)

The Keighley and Worth Valley's wonderful 'Vintage Train' season makes images like this a reality. In a train of just one locomotive and four carriages, there is a combined age of close to 500 yea... (more)

With the recent closure of Ferrybridge Power Station, this iconic view with the brooding backdrop of cooling towers may soon be consigned to history, so enjoy it while it lasts! 'Leander' was head... (more)

With uncharacteristic June gloom, the wait for a late-running 'Leander' this morning looked unpromising. As the Scarborough bound train approached, a meagre 20 seconds of sunlight was quite enough... (more)

Returning from a holiday in Cornwall, I decided to visit the West Somerset Railway. I'd never been before, nor did I know it was their 'gala' weekend so I took a chance with this fine location and... (more)

One hundred and five 'M7' class 0-4-4 Tanks of Dugald Drummond's design were built for the London & South Western Railway.They were built at Nine Elms (95) and Eastleigh (10) between March 1897 un... (more)

Photo charters always rely on that most uncertain of elements - good fortune. A stiff breeze and (as here) an occasional threatening cloud added variety to a changeable forecast, but there were so... (more)

Centuries ago, the Rother levels in Kent were reclaimed from the sea and the Hexden channel still weaves across the fen-like landscape draining into the nearby River Rother. Late evening sun silho... (more)