The Nene Valley Railway's class 5 4-6-0 crosses the river of the same name with some goods vans.

Driver Roger Prince is ready to leave with No.9 "Winston Churchill" on the 11:10 to Dungeness. The 15" gauge pacific was built in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Co. The locomotive was built along th... (more)

Serco test train topped and tailed by class 37s, running 1 hour late at Dover.

1897 built Decauville gets away from the water stop at Warren Wood with a short goods train on the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway.

This little Decauville was built in 1897 in France and exported to Australia to work in the sugar industry. In 1996 it was brought to England and has slowly been restored to running order by the w... (more)

The SERCO test train crosses the Kingsferry bridge from mainland UK to the Isle of Sheppey. Until last year this road/rail lifting bridge over the Swale was the only link the Islanders had with th... (more)

The loco crew take a break and a cup of tea. The guard (conductor) looks on disapprovingly?

Hexden Sillhouette

Evening light illuminates a short mixed train.

0-6-0 tender engine climbs the bank at Wittersham with a short mixed train.

Class 5 passes Wansford Signal box (tower) with a breakdown train.

The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom, the Steam Railway is not a museum line, but serves as part of the public transport system of the island, must be one of the few countries where y... (more)

A ballast shoulder regulator owned by SECO stands at Lenham Loop waiting until night to do its work. A Brussels to London Eurostar speeds past on the main line.

Following my picture taken in Austria, http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=180678, extolling the virtue of trucks on rail here's the alternative view in the UK, Trains on Road!. The clas... (more)

2x16Es steam out of the morning sun as they head a southbound freight from Kimberley to De Aar. The 16Es were built in 1935 by Henschel in Germany, they were a small class of only 6 machines. The... (more)