NSWGR 4-4-2T No 1307 heads an local goods train on what I believe was the Yass Tramway. This engine was one of 20 rebuilt from 4-4-0 tender locos. Scanned from a colour neg by A.E. Reynell.

Australian super-power. A pair of NSWGR 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratts Nos 6034 and 6011 head a goods train on the line from Molong to Orange. Scanned from a colour neg by A.E. Reynell.

MER tram car No 7 dating from 1894 arrives at Laxey station at an unknown date c1920, This tram and others like it still operate on this line. (Photographer unknown from a whole plate glass negati... (more)

The prototype Paris Lyon Marseille Railway 2D2 electric loco No 242.BE.1 is seen when new fron CGC/Oerlikon in 1927. It is fitted with third electric rail pick-up shoes for working on the Maurienn... (more)

Another image from a whole plate glass negative showing Philadelphia & Reading Railway 4-6-0 No 182. Note the dangerously large gap between tender and engine which the fireman is demonstrating wit... (more)

Here is a really old American photo showing 4-4-0 No 6 of the Jacksoville, Tampa & Key West Railroad. The photo would have been taken sometime betwen 1885 when the line opened and soon after 1893 ... (more)

Another Parisen Beauty. An ETAT 231D Pacific waits to leave Paris St.Lazare with the 13.20 express to Cherbourg. It was from a batch of 40 of these engines built by the North British Locomotive Co... (more)

Another vintage French photo with a twist. One of the 50 4-6-0s built to the Scottish Highland Railway 'Castle' class design by the North British Locomotive Co., in 1911 for the French ETAT railwa... (more)

Seeing the excellent shots by Jean-Marc Frybourg of the holiday rush at the Gare de Lyon Paris on Rail Pictures I thought viewers might like to see this shot taken at the same station 80 years ago... (more)

The prototype Gresley LNER Class P2 2-8-2 No 2001 'Cock o'the North' waits at Kings Cross while on show to the press. A Gresley Class N2 0-6-2T is beside the apple green 2-8-2. A photo by the late... (more)

Gresley LNER Class A1 4-6-2 No 4477 'Gay Crusader' departs from Kings Cross with the 5.45pm express to Newcastle. An Ivatt Class N1 0-6-2T is in the background. Photo by the late George Grigs.

The only 4-6-4 tender locomotive to run in Great Britain is seen in its days as a high-pressure 4-cyl compound loco with a 450lb/sq in Yarrow water tube boiler. Built in 1929 it is seen waiting at... (more)

The only 4-6-4 tender locomotive to run in Great Britain, Gresley LNER three-cylinder 4-6-4 No 10000 reverses out of Kings Cross after arriving from Doncaster in 1938. It was rebuilt from a high-p... (more)

Another view of the Reichsbahn 2-10-0 that had been overtaken by the advancing British Army. Behind the engine are two wagons with anti-aircraft guns mounted on them while beyond there is a wagon ... (more)

Another photograph by the late Peter Handford showing a Reichsbahn 2-10-0 that had been overtaken by the advancing British Army. According to Peter, the engine had run out of water being blocked i... (more)