1950' nightly steam era scene in the Great Western Railway (British Rail) Didcot depot. Staff of the 4-6-0 # 6998 "Burton Agnes Hall" have a chat beside the locomotive after work. On the... (more)

From the late 1950s diesel multiple units (DMUs) started to replace steam traction on Britain's railway network. By 1968 the transition was complete and these multiple units could be seen througho... (more)

Former gas turbine locomotive # 18000, built by SLM Winterthur and BBC Baden in Switzerland, for the British Railways, exhibited at the Didcot Railway Centre. From Wikipedia: British Rail 18000 wa... (more)

Re-enactment of the steam era at the Great Western Railway Didcot Depot in the British Rail era of the 1950'. The staff of the 0-6-0 panier tank engine # 3738 at work during a TimeLine Events nigh... (more)

A westbound train on the Siskiyou Line splits the Style B semaphores at the east switch of Safley siding.

The Pacific locomotive #34027 "Taw Valley" has been built in the Brighton Works in 1946 and has been withdrawn from active service in 1964. It is seen here with a passenger train running... (more)

The Pacific locomotive #34027 "Taw Valley" has been built in the Brighton Works in 1946 and has been withdrawn from active service in 1964. It is seen here with a passenger train running... (more)

The afternoon trick yard switcher is busy building the consist for RW-6 with interchange from the CPR that was delivered by the Napierville Junction and the CN's daily job from Montreal. RW-6 will... (more)

Foremarke Hall #7903 was designed by F W Hawksworth, the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway and is a member of the Modified Hall class. The locomotive has been built at Sw... (more)

2-8-0 freight train steamlocomotive # 2857, a George Jackson Churchward 2800 Class was built in 1918 at the GWR’s Swindon Works. She is entering Bewdley station on the Severn Valley Railway (SVR... (more)

The D&H's four PA-1's had been in service for six months powering the passenger trains between Albany, NY and Montreal. Occasionally a road weary RS-2 would be pressed into service. The 4022, wh... (more)

Witherslack Hall #6990 is awaiting departure from the Loughborough station with a passenger train. #6990 was designed by F W Hawkesworth and completed in April 1948 at the Great Western Works at S... (more)

It's time to say goodbye. Nightly 1950' scene at Loughborough Central station on the Great Central Railway (GCR). The station was opened by the Great Central Railway on 15 March 1899, built to the... (more)