After cycling under this short viaduct at 01:20 in the morning, I returned today to see if it was possible to shoot 60071 in charge of 6E41. I'm glad to say it was, and thanks to the cyclist for s... (more)

Having just left the test track from Old Dalby, we see BR Green Class 20 20189 and Blue classmate 20142 leading the new tube stock on to the mainline

Virgins loco hauled set only gets called in to action when disaster strikes. Pendolino 390004 derailed at Oxley depot and was damaged so the Mk3 'Pretendolino' set got an outing. It is seen waitin... (more)

These days it is rare to see many Class 60 hauled freights, and the curve from Derby to Long Eaton hardly sees freight either. 60049 is captured working a Doncaster to Toton trip working on the ra... (more)

8X09 is a working that shall prove popular with UK enthusiasts for a long time. The cargo for this 35mph frieght is brand new S-line stock for the London Underground system. The traction, for gaug... (more)

One of the very last workings to be guaranteed a Class 60 is 6E41 Westerleigh to Lyndsey empty oil tanks. On a Saturday this runs about two hours early and enabled this shot to be taken, a shot wh... (more)

47739 'Robin of Templecombe' hauls a very strange visitor to the West Midlands in the shape of a former Southern Regon EMU from Eastleigh to Barrow Hill. From the thousands of vehicles built, most... (more)

Another pan, decided i wanted to be the first in the country (that I know of) to try and pan a Class 70. It is seen powering through Stoke Pound with empty coal wagons. As has been a common proble... (more)

This shot is a revisit to an location I went to just over a month ago. I got a pan in overcast weather, but I wanted to redo it in sunshine - this is the result. Shooting data ISO200, 1/50th sec, ... (more)

An unidentified HST slows for the curves at Teignmouth station on its way to London Paddington

Wearing the overall livery of the no longer existent Silverlink TOC, 150127 is seen on the bank of the River Teign, the train has just passed Teignmouth and I'm stood at Shaldon on the other river... (more)

Despite the wholesale replacement of loco hauled services, occassionally TOCs find themselves short of units and revert to the old guard. Operated by GBRf with locos hired from DBS and on behalf o... (more)

Probably the UKs most famous modern train, travelling along the UKs most famous stretch of railway at Dawlish. A major cloud was just about to rain on my parade however

For two weekends WSMR have been diverted along the West Coast Mainline as far as Wembley, and having to take a very contrived route to London. This gave the unusual opportunity of shooting them 'u... (more)

The Pendolino fleet are fitted with retracting coupling covers for aerodynamic reasons, but most likely due to damage of some sort, this one has been removed entirely. The train is seen on a south... (more)