Scotland's iconic Forth Bridge is now mercifully without cladding or scaffolding after a 10-year maintenance programme is finally completed. At dusk, a class 158 on an Edinburgh-Fife Circle servic... (more)

Scotland's iconic Forth Bridge is now mercifully without cladding or scaffolding after a 10-year maintenance programme is finally completed. At dusk, new-build Pacific 60163 'Tornado' crosses with... (more)

'K1' Mogul 2005 heads a Fort William-Glasgow railtour away from Bridge of Orchy (on Scotland's famous West Highland Line) on a stunning winter's afternoon. Scanned K25 tranny.

'K1' Mogul 2005 on a ferry move from Fort William to Carlisle takes a breather for a drink and chat in the winter afternoon sun, on the journey south along Scotland's magnificent West Highland lin... (more)

41 360 wheels the 'Rheingold' stock through Klotten, on the Koblenz-Tier Mosel Valley line, during an Easter 'Plandampf' event.

The 'Highland Chieftain' (0755 Inverness to London Kings Cross) leans to the curve after crossing Culloden Viaduct, soon after the start of its long journey south. These 125 mph 'HSTs', the first ... (more)

The annual empty stock move from Carnforth (Lancashire, England) to Fort William in Scotland in readiness for the summer's 'Jacobite' season of steam trains. Locos are 'Black Five' 45231 and 'K1' ... (more)

Preserved 86101 has just negotiated the tight curve off the Edinburgh line and is accelerating south on the WCML past the site of Strawfrank Water Troughs, with the return Edinburgh-Watford Juncti... (more)

North British (Glasgow, Scotland) built (1952) oil-burning 4-8-2 heads an Auckland-Helensville father's day excursion through attractive countryside NW of Auckland. (Yes it was father's day in NZ!... (more)

Ex Melbourne tramcar performs on the newly opened Auckland Dockline tram, which has a circular route around the newly regenerated Viaduct Harbour area. See www.aucklandtram.co.nz for more informat... (more)

Chinese built DL class heads a long freight from the nearby port of Mt Maunganui along the waterfront area of the city of Tauranga, in NZ's North Island. This class is thought to be the first exam... (more)

Two 'Black Five' ten-wheelers (mixed-traffic engines, produced in their hundreds, several are preserved) head the marathon 'Great Britain 4' railtour past Dalwhinnie, on Scotland's Highland Line f... (more)

The marathon 'Great Britain 4' railtour approaches Stirling amongst its surviving semaphores (worked from Stirling North cabin on the left) behind the 2 Black Fives, which are working the train fr... (more)

The line from Inverness to Wick in the Far North is one of Scotland's most isolated routes. Two 'Black Fives' with the marathon 'Great Britain 4' tour break the monotony of class 158 diesel units,... (more)

Great Western 'Castle' class 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgecombe' looks strangely comfortable a long way from home rails, heading the Birmingham-Blackburn 'Red Rose' tour through the heart of former Lan... (more)