Gresley A4 pacific 60009 "Union of South Africa" passes Burton Salmon with the Scarborough Flyer

From any angle, the A4's are striking locomotives. It's almost impossible to believe that this remarkable machine is now 75 years old. Doesn't she look great? Another regrettable incursion of 'tin... (more)

I've never seen a photograph taken at the delightfully named 'Cromwell Bottom' in the Calder valley near Elland. Probably because the best photographic location here was previously occupied by a b... (more)

Who cares if 'back in the day' Sir Nigel Gresley's wonderful A4s were not native to the Settle & Carlisle route? Certainly his equally graceful A3 Pacifics briefly graced the line with their prese... (more)

If you half close your eyes it could also be Gasworks Tunnel outside Kings Cross in the late 1950's with an A4 departing northward with the Flying Scotsman while another A4 waits to back down onto... (more)

A4 Pacfic No 60009 arrives at Newcastle with the up Coronation

The first rays of sun glint on A4 60009 Union of South Africa and K4 No 61994 Great Marquess as they cross Findhorn Viaduct

Sometimes we ask ourselves why we do it, standing in a freezing field before dawn. this is one of the reasons. The sound of the double header could be heard several miles away as ever rising roar,... (more)

With the semaphore signal pulled off A4 No 60009 Union of South Africa and K4 No 61994 Great Marquess restart the Great Britain Railtour watched by an admiring crowd

For those who wondered what was behind the sleek streamlined front of a A4 pacific the world's fastest steam loco, this is the view with the front opened up to clean out the ash from the smokebox.

This shot is in contrast to my other upload today. Still August and still the Settle and Carlisle line this time LNER A4 pacific No 60009 Union of South Africa is on the northbound climb approachi... (more)

A4 60009 ''Union of South Africa'' sits in Edinburgh Waverley (Scotlands Captial) as it prepares to work a railtour from Edinburgh Waverley to York called ''The Heart Of Midlothian'' down the famo... (more)

60009 pases Loughborough with 6M34 Crawley to Peak Forest

John Cameron's LNER A4 60009 ''Union Of South Africa'' heads ''The Coronation'' off the famous Forth Rail Bridge with the 1Z19 Dundee - Edinburgh Waverley charter

Three relics of a bygone age - A4 Pacific 'Union of South Africa' passes the very distinctive North Eastern Railway signalbox (tower) and footbridge at Haltwhistle, between Newcastle and Carlisle.... (more)