5643 on a winters day near Bolton Abbey.

Copper capped chimneys and burnished brass safety valve covers. These are the two defining characteristics of former Great Western Railway locomotives and a tradition carried forward from the dawn... (more)

Visiting Yorkshire and far from her original home, is this GWR 0-6-2 tank. The Great Western Railway absorbed a number of independent Welsh valley railways. Welsh locomotive crews liked their 0-6-... (more)

Snow and steam are an irresistable combination, so out I went this afternoon. I hadn't visited the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway before and I didn't know what to expect as the line is usually work... (more)

The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway's Great Western Railway 5600 Class 0-6-2T no. 5643 passes Garthydwr with the 13.00 Carrog to Llangollen freight at the Llangollen Railway’s “Raising the S... (more)

GWR no. 5643 heads a demonstration freight train through Berwyn at the LLangollen Railway's splendid Steel, Steam and Stars II Gala.

At the Llangollen Railway's Steel, Steam and Stars II Gala, a demonstration freight was run. Passengers could pay to ride in the guards van (caboose). Here we see a group at the back of the train ... (more)

GWR 0-6-2T no 5643 enters Glyndyfrdwy station on the Llangollen Railway as LNER B1 no. 1306 Mayflower waits for its passing. This was the day before the start of the nine-day Steel, Steam and Star... (more)

Taking on water in between duties.

With plenty of frost around, the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway's Great Western Railway 5600 Class 0-6-2T no. 5643 approaches Glyndyfrdwy with the 11.00 Llangollen to Carrog Santa Special.

The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway's GWR 5600 Class 0-6-2T no. 5643 departs Glyndyfrdwy with a return Santa Special from Carrog to Llangollen.

Climbing the grade which will peak at Shaw as BHP-B crosses through the Chichester Ranges.

Here the train is just North of Garden and the track has entered an area which is an ancient river Delta. The running will be flat for the remaining 200 Kms to Port. The Ore will travel further ... (more)

The shadows of the River Dee are illuminated by late summer evening sunlight, reflected off the side of a local passenger train approaching Glyndyfrdwy in the Vale of Llangollen. Thanks to Richard... (more)