A remarkable event on the Dean Forest Railway - the arrival of the first through service from Gloucester to Parkend since 1929.As part of the railways "Diesel Unit Gala",they arranged with First G... (more)

A group of class 56 locomotives,in various liveries,stand at Knottingley depot,in Yorkshire,in the summer of 1984.

After a foggy morning,the sun greets a Cheltenham to Swindon service as it exits Sapperton Tunnel.

It's Race Week at Cheltenham,one of the biggest events in the horse racing world,with tens of thousands of race fans descending on the area.The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway runs several sp... (more)

It's September 1969,with a splendid line up of locomotives at the depot in Doncaster.

The Network Rail NMT (New Measurement Train) passes Farm Bridge,Haresfield,making its way from London to Derby.The converted High Speed Train (nicknamed the "Flying Banana") travels the country,an... (more)

Delivered new in November 1953,80072 was a general purpose loco and was withdrawn in July 1965,having served a touch under 12 years main line service.Since then the loco has worked on several pres... (more)

English Electric Type 3 D6948 (later renumbered 37248) was new to British Railways in October 1964.Withdrawn in February 2009,the loco ran for a couple of years in preservation,but is now undergoi... (more)

The 1958 built single car Diesel Unit 55003 heads for Winchcombe,along the straight between Hailes and Chicken Curve.The unit was built locally by the Gloucester Carriage & Wagon Company,and I can... (more)

Built by English Electric,and introduced in February 1963,Class 37 No. D6811 stands underneath the coaling stage at Saltley depot,Birmingham,in March 1969.Although steam use had ceased the previou... (more)

Introduced in 1961,the class 35 "Hymeks" were fitted with Maybach MD870 engines,rated at 1740 h.p.,making them ideal mixed traffic locos.101 examples were built,but the fact that they were hydraul... (more)

Spare wheels for various forms of rolling stock ,stored at the former Ministry of Defence site,Long Marston,Warwickshire.

The Westgate area of Gloucester is very prone to flooding,and the railway runs along a viaduct to avoid the regular waterlogging.Here,the Robeston to Westerleigh service,hauled by 60092,crosses th... (more)

On the afternoon of January 13th 2014,Colas class66 loco 66847,working 4V30,a Ratcliffe Power Station to Portbury coal empties,became derailed entering the sidings at Gloucester New Yard.After 36 ... (more)

An Arriva Trains Wales service,formed by a class 175 unit,crosses Sackville Viaduct,in Manchester.