3 LNER A4 pacifics line up at Grosmont Shed on the NYMR 60019 Bitten 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley 60009 Union of South Africa

On a very murky Saturday, enthusiasts gather round rebuilt 'Merchant Navy' Pacific No.35026 'Lamport & Holt Line' as she is coaled at York MPD. It was running the York-Newcastle-York section of 'T... (more)

The season of mid-week main line steam trains is now in full swing in the UK, and the "Scarborough Spa Express" was one of four running in various parts of the country on 29th July - a day of most... (more)

Twice a day at the museum a demonstration is given of turning a steam locomotive on a turntable. This has fallen to 790 'Hardwicke' for some time and it is seen here as it rotates around in the ce... (more)

LMS 45231 'The Sherwood Forester' pauses under the magnificent roof at York with the 1Z47 'Scarborough Spa Express' 0944 York - Scarborough whilst a Network Rail Test Train heads in the opposite d... (more)

Britain’s National Railway Museum has a new star – a re-streamlined Stanier Pacific, ‘Duchess of Hamilton’. Built in 1938 in this form to spearhead the London Midland and Scottish Railwayâ... (more)

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)

a 4 car class 220 DEMU arrives at York on a Newcastle to Bournemouth service. The photo was taken from The Yorkshire Wheel which is next to the National railway Museum

AFC Telford played York City today as there ground is very close to the railway line I took time out to grab a shot of service heading into York City. Final score York won 2-1

Although a Chinese locomotive, this steam engine was actually built in Britain in 1935 by the Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows. This engine was built for the tight curevs and steep gradients on i... (more)

This is the earliest example of an EMU built in the UK by the LNWR for suburban services around London. It strikes me as odd that nearly 100 years on Britain is still ordering new diesel units

A Virgin Voyager Class 221 calls at York with a Northbound cross country service in 2005.

A Cross Country Voyager stands at York after an evening arrival from the South.

'Scots Guardsman', making only its 3rd (I think) outing since restoration, exhudes atmosphere as it pauses underneath York's famous curved roof, en route from Carnforth to Scarborough on an extrem... (more)

Seldom photographed, because it is squeezed in a dark corner at the National Railway Museum at York, here is Bulleid Battle of Britain Class no. 34051 Winston Churchill. This member of the unconve... (more)