The snow has arrived early after the "Summer Of Love",and enhances the scene as class 47 no. D1936 heads North out of Gloucester with a Cardiff to Newcastle express. This whole area has been total... (more)

The chance to photograph Colas Rail locomotives in the Gloucester area is rare,so when two of them ran from Birmingham to Bristol, fingers were crossed for decent weather.The day was overcast,but ... (more)

First Great Western have recently inherited some diesel units from London Midland,one of which is seen here leaving Gloucester with a service for Swindon.The class 153 single car,still in its Lond... (more)

With another 90 miles to go until it reaches its destination,the Round Oak to Margam empties has just passed Gloucester behind class 66 no. 66075.

Class 52 "Western" D1035 "Western Yeoman" pulls away from the now closed Gloucester Eastgate station with an express.It may well be a London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa service,as the class 52 di... (more)

Despite most of the class being placed into storage,the class 60 locomotives still turn uo on the occasional freight working.Such was the case here,as 60049 passes Keenes Crossing,on the outskirts... (more)

A Margam to Redcar service passes Westgate Park,on the approach to Gloucester,behind class 66 loco no. 66104.

Gresley A4 Pacific 60019 "Bittern",running as sister loco 4492 "Dominion Of New Zealand" heads past Keenes Crossing,shortly after passing Gloucester with "The Cathedrals Express",an excursion from... (more)

"The Severnsider" railtour,organised by U.K. Railtours,ran from Stevenage,near London,and visited some freight only branch lines in Gloucestershire.The train was top and tailed by two D.B.S. class... (more)

The 78xxx class locos were a mixed traffic type,designed by R.A.Riddles and built at Darlington Works from 1952 onwards.In this November 1965 view,78004 (one of the 65 built),has just been withdra... (more)

The 05.05 Robeston to Westerleigh tank service passes Highnam,on the outskirts of Gloucester.After a wonderful few hours of sunshine,the clouds were starting to build up,and moments after this was... (more)

Statesman Rail are a company that organise railtours along scenic routes of the country,and on 16th April 2011 they ran "The Settle and Carlisle Statesman" tour,from Gloucester to Carlisle via the... (more)

A Westerleigh to Lindsey Oil Terminal train of empty tanks threads the outskirts of Gloucester as it heads north,just an hour into its journey.Photograph taken from the top of Chosen Hill,511 feet... (more)

My father would occasionally lend me his camera for me to record some railway scenes,although this was an infrequent luxury. This was one of the fortunate occasions when I managed to get a photogr... (more)

I'm not sure whether little Alex is afraid of the noise of the approaching train,or if he's just thrown up his hands in horror at the thought of yet another Class 170 unit passing by. 170101 is th... (more)