Former Great Eastern Railway 'Claud Hamilton' class 4-4-0 No 8787 passes through Welwyn North station with an up Cambridge Buffet Express heading for Kings Cross, London at line speed as a humble ... (more)
Evidence on my cell phone GPS of the speed of our Virgin Pendolino as seen on the table in First Class on our way from London to Manchester. 180 miles in only 2hr 05mins. Pretty fast huh? Pity the... (more)
Track cleaning is underway for the leaf-falling season - a problem time for railways in most parts of the world. GBRf 66722 and 66705 are on duty today.
A northbound GNER service hits Hadley Wood North tunnel minutes after leaving Kings Cross, with its non-powered DBV (Cab Car) trailing. These trains are hauled by Class 91 units, always on the nor... (more)
Working light to Wolverton to collect the Royal Train these two 'Skips' are Britain's Royal Train engines, an expensive extravagance some might say-but well worth a picture nonetheless!
Midland Mainline have purchased a number of new 'Meridian' units recently for services from London to Derby and Nottingham