An enginners train pauses by the redundant signal box at Wye whilst Network Rail staff arrange for the train to be released from the track possession.
Since the demise of the train ferries loco hauled trains are very rare under the white cliffs along the Warren. This class 66 was hauling one of 5 engineers work trains to the Dover area.
"Hawarden" combines with "Whiston" (an 0-6-0ST J94) to lift wagons from Foxfield colliery.
Saddle Tank "Wimblebury" lifts a train of 16T coal wagons up the 5% gradient from the colliery. Another, Meaford No.2, loco waits its next job at the bottom.
The driver of a works train checks his consist as the train rolls over Eastbridge Road level crossing. The RH&DR is a 15" gauge public service provider, there's even a scholars train each morning ... (more)
An Amish farmer waits patiently whilst Strassburg 90 passes with an early morning passenger train.
Pan shot of "Bronhilde", an L.Schwartzkopf loco dating from 1927.
1140 runs from Anchor Wharf, HMS Cavalier is in dry dock in the background
A view from the bridge of HMS Cavalier shows Ajax moving some interal user wagons.
A pair of class 37s head 3 flasks of spent nuclear fuel rods from Dungeness for reprocessing.
Wood burning 1910 North British built 2-6-0 heads a colourful passenger train to Asunción
Combined power of a Baldwin and Henschel lift a mixed train through Patagonia. The Andes Mountains form the backdrop.
#497 climbs the lower curve at Tanglefoot and will soon pass on the track in the foreground having turned through 180 degrees.
Another shovel full of coal goes in as the driver urges the loco up the 1 in 75 grade.
That was a close run thing, I set up for the steamer, when out of my right ear I could hear an electric train approaching, closing speed about 150 mph! As you can see, it just cleared in time! 340... (more)
