The refurbished driving wheel sets for FLYING SCOTSMAN arrived at the York workshop during my visit. The leading set has already been installed and it is interesting to see the cranked middle axle... (more)

K1 heading the Royal Scotsman luxury tour train

K1 heading the West Highlander round Loch Eilt

A4 Mallard leaving Knaresborough towards Harrogate

Another look back to July 2008 and The Great Reunion at the National Railway Museum at York. On that day, as a one-off, all four remaining UK-based A4 streamliners were assembled together. This wa... (more)

K4 61994 "The Great Marquess" and K1 62005 depart Milford after taking water whilst working 1Z61 Eaglescliffe - Barrow Hill charter.

Working its first public passenger train after overhaul A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley rounds the curve into Water Ark on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway hauling a set of 1930's Teak coaches

I purchased a box of negatives at an antiques fair and found that , among the wedding and sightseeing pictures, there were a decent number of steam locomotive images. This is the first one I have ... (more)

LNER 60019 'Bittern' thunders past Shrivenham with the 'Cathedrals Express' 1Z85 0854 London Victoria - Worcester. Stock : Support Coach 17013 'Botauras' - S5200 - S5171 - S1840 - 13440 - S9104 ... (more)

LNER 60019 'Bittern' approaches it's water stop at Challow with the 'Cathedrals Express' 1Z85 0854 London Victoria - Worcester. Stock : Support Coach 17013 'Botauras' - S5200 - S5171 - S1840 - 13... (more)

Weak late Autumn sun adds a dash of colour at one of my favourite locations on the ELR. A stirring departure can usually be guaranteed as trains pull away from the station heading for Irwell Vale ... (more)

One of the few bright moments during the day allowed a pleasing silhouette of 'The Great Marquess' on a charter freight. The three cylinder LNER 'K4' 2-6-0 is the only survivor of a class of just ... (more)

Having uploaded some shots taken at the Neville Hill Depot Open Day recently, I thought I'd upload a shot taken at the last Open Day I attended there, twenty five years ago. LNER A4 streamliner 44... (more)

Preserved A4 number 60007 "Sir Nigel Gresley" heads North at Dairsie with a railtour from Edinburgh to Dundee. The locomotive is named after its designer, the famed Chief Mechanical Engineer of th... (more)

Class D49 'Morayshire' with the first service of the day to Birkhill; Driver S Summers at the helm. The Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, runs a ful... (more)