LMS Black 5 No 44871 in full flight crossing Rannoch Moor in the Scottish Highlands in wonderful autumn early morning light

Pannier tank No 9466 working the Looe Branch

Sometime it does all comes together steam, snow and sun a very rare combination in the UK even better when the steam is a Royal Scot and the line is the Settle and Carlisle.

LMS Jubilee No 5690 Leander gathers speed for the assault on the steep climp to Shap Summit

The excitment and memories of a small boy sitting on Dad's shoulders watching Merchant Navy Pacific No 35028 Clan Line storming out of Bath at Sidney Gardens with the VSOE Pullmans

An SY Class being stripped ready for overhaul not as a preservered loco but to continue revenue earning service.

An everyday day scene on the Chenzihe system with a SY Class moving a train of empties in late afternoon winter sun with a lone motor cyclist making his way home carefully along icy roads but for ... (more)

While waiting for a northbound steam special a southbound Class 390 descends Shap

Pure chance, a Sunbeam Rapier turned up at this location with the owner and wife on their way to a car rally, Two local residents complete this pastoral summer scene watching GWR King No 6024 King... (more)

The mystery of train travel

The Great Central Railway workshops with LMS 8f 48305 and GCR 04 63601 under repair

My last breakfast shot went down well this is the Great British Breakfast cooked 'footplate' style on the shovel.

LMS Jubilee No 5690 Leader backs onto her train on the Great Central railway

GWR 2-8-0 No 3850 catches the late afternoon winter sunshine on her journey fro Minehead to Bishops Lydeard

I wanted to capture in a timeless way the beginning of a journey, the opportunity presented itself at Machynlleth Railway station on the last day of the summer steam services on the Cambrian Line.... (more)