This weekend it is Tanfield railways gala and this year a USA tank built during World War 2 is one of the guest engines. Several of these locomotives made it into British Railways stock after the ... (more)

Replica locomotive Puffing Billy raises steam in the 1825 shed yard before performing its daily duties of hauling visitors along a short stretch of line close to Pockerley manor house.

Because the trips made by the Ottawa Valley railway are infrequent I asked at the main offices when they had trains running. I was told that this was heading East with almost 100 oil cars that mo... (more)

Once the locomotives got moving I chased them all the way to Sudbury which was the destination of the train. Seen here entering Greater Sudbury

It is early morning. I am ready to chase a train, the locomotives are not. It will be another 2 hours before they start moving

Numbers 8393,8391,8392 and 8395 in harness with an eastbound train. Never seen consecutive numbers before.

Two trains meet under the watchful gaze of the Trump building

Late afternoon sunshine lights the yard in North Bay. Overhead the moon rises. A man on the radio said that this was a blue moon

Running late after rail repairs freight heads towards Milwaukee

Chicago skyline above Union station

Another area of the narrow gauge which has been recently opened. Here guest engine 104 is at the head of a train carrying sawn wood. The traction engine has been harnessed to drive a belt which in... (more)

This weekend is Beamish museum's annual steam fair and this year it has a World War 1 theme. In the pit yard two narrow gauge steam locomotives vie for attention with a narrow gauge armoured senti... (more)

Replica locomotive the Steam Elephant backs onto its coaches in the shed yard at Beamish museum. This locomotive was built using only an oil painting that was in the museum's collection for guide ... (more)

Bowes railway only opens once a month and doesn't always feature steam running so this was quite a rare occasion. No 22 heads a demonstration freight up the line on a sunny Sunday afternoon