Despite the freezing temperatures I couldn't turn down an opportunity to take some shots with sun on snow, although I only managed an hour or so before I began to lose all feeling in my feet. AN F... (more)

The harshest winter weather since 1981/2 has finally reached southern England. Even here some rural spots have been down as low as zero degress farenheit (around -18C) overnight. An unidentified F... (more)

ex GWR King Class 6024 King Edward I puts on a good show of exhaust at Compton Beauchamp with the Christmas Bristolian railtour from Bristol to London Paddington. Despite a weather forecast of fro... (more)

Seen from White Horse Hill, Class A4 Pacific 60019 Bittern hauls the Cathedrals Express from Paddington to Cardiff through the Vale of White Horse near Uffington

Seen from White Horse Hill in weak winter sunlight, an FGW HST set passes the village of Uffington in the Vale of White Horse

Ex LNER Class A4 Streak 60019 Bittern whistles to the gallery of photographers lining the footbridge at Shrivenham. After several weekends of constant rain and consequent abandonment of planned ph... (more)

60163 Tornado storms up the gradient (1 in 60 I believe) towards Sapperton Tunnel some 200 yards ahead with the Thames Tornado railtour. The train is just approaching a flange greaser, but 60163 d... (more)

Dramatic dawn lighting highlights FGW Turbo 166209 as it heads east into Moreton Cutting near Didcot. These units are earmarked for use in the Bristol area once electrification of the Great Wester... (more)

The ex Glasgow and South Western mainline from Gretna, just north of Carlisle to Glasgow via Dumfries and Kilmarnock is a very under photographed route. This is surprising when considering the sce... (more)

66014 powers a southbound intermodal service past the entrance to Hinksey yard just south of Oxford. Autumn colours have started early this year in the UK, but unfortunately, not on the trees in t... (more)

Having setup for a shot of the Thursdays only Burton - Dollands Moor empty steel working I waited for an hour in perfect sunshine only for my own personal cloud to turn up 10 minutes before it was... (more)

FGW Turbo 166206 accelerates past the exit of Hinksey yard as the crew of 66141 relax as they wait for it to clear the section before getting the road. Naturally a cloud appeared before my main ph... (more)

A military helicopter had been flying in the area for some time, but chose to follow the railway line just as this eastbound FGW HST passed me at Baulking - and in sunshine too. Of course the clou... (more)

A westbound FGW HST set passes the site of the long abandoned Moreton Sidings soon after dawn. Electrification of the Great Western Mainline may see the area of Moreton Sidings reused as an engine... (more)

A band of mist lingers in the pre dawn gloom as 2 FGW Turbo units quietly shuffle down the slow line - destination Paddington as indicated by the illuminated sign in the cab