CPR no. 29 plinthed outside the CP HQ in Calgary. It carries a banner promoting a model train show. No. 29 is one of the earliest CPR company-built locomotives still in existence today. It was th... (more)

CN 4-8-2 no. 6015 plinthed outside Jasper station. It was built in 1923 by Canadian Locomotive Company.

VIA Rail no. 6411 stands in a siding at Jasper with the stock of the No.5 service to Prince Rupert. The train was being serviced in between trips on this cloudy morning. The loco wears special Ope... (more)

My first shot in North America. A pair of locos stand dead by the Lafarge plant at Exshaw, Alberta, Ca. This was a Saturday morning and possibly they were parked there for the weekend. I believe t... (more)

An old shot from August 1980. The crowds (and a dog) turn out at Eccles Station to see 5690 Leander pass through on a main line special. Notice the two boys perched precariously on top of the hig... (more)

Another view of 3 cylinder pacific no. 71000 Duke of Gloucester, recently restored to traffic after major repairs. Here it is being loaded onto a road vehicle for transport to the West Somerset Ra... (more)

New build A1 pacific no. 60163 Tornado passes Parkside while working the Royal Train on 4th February 2009. On board were the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall travelling from Preston to ... (more)

Recently restored to traffic after major repairs, here is the magnificent 3-cylinder 4-6-2 no 71000 Duke of Gloucester. It is being loaded onto a road vehicle for transport to the West Somerset Ra... (more)

Another shot taken on my private guided tour of the Hejaz Railway at Amman, Jordan. Here, in the workshop 2-8-2 no. 23, built by the British firm of Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1952, is receiv... (more)

I may be the luckiest man around today. I was given a private guided tour of the Hejaz Railway at Amman, Jordan as the guest of Mr. Mahmoud Al-khazaleh, the Director General of the Railway. He sp... (more)

An Arriva Trains Wales Class 175 pauses at Llandudno Junction on its way to Holyhead.

On 4th February 2010 the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall travelled by Royal Train to Manchester. The train was hauled by new steam loco no. 60163 Tornado on this occasion. While their ... (more)

New build A1 pacific no. 60163 Tornado passes Parkside while working the Royal Train on 4th February 2009. On board were the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

The lovely K4 no. 61994 has spent the winter on the East Lancashire Railway. Here we see it on its last day before leaving. It is crossing Brooksbottom viaduct, approaching the tunnel with a train... (more)

An old shot from April 1977. GWR no. 6000 King George V heads away from Chester with a returning railtour to Hereford. This loco visited the USA in August 1927 to feature in the Baltimore and Oh... (more)