Network Rails New Measurement Train is a former passenger use High Speed Train with the seating replaced by state of the art computers to record the condition of the track.Here it stands at Barnwo... (more)

After almost 40 years of service,the days of the High Speed Trains on the former Western Region are now numbered.Within a few years,electrification will bring brand new stock,and these reliable wo... (more)

Virgin Trains took over running the East Coast line on the 1st March,and lost no time in branding the class 43 power cars.Within a couple of years these reliable machines will have gone from the l... (more)

On Saturday March 7th 2015, the East Coast Main Line was blocked at Newark due to engineering work. This resulted in trains being diverted away from the route, over the former GN/GE route via Linc... (more)

43310 leads train 1E03, 06:26 Edinburgh to Kings Cross at Langford, 4/2/2015.

43277 leads 1S11, 08:50 Kings Cross to Aberdeen at Baldock, 25/1/2015. This train was diverted away from its usual route due to engineering works.

A Plymouth to London Paddington service passes the Devon resort of Dawlish on a quiet Summers day.

On a sunny winters morning, Class 254 Power Car 43307 leads the 07:30 Lincoln to Kings Cross at Jiggs Lane, Langford.

The 10.20 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington service arrives at Stonehouse station,Gloucestershire.

A wonderful November Sunday morning sees a Swansea to London Paddington service taking the London route at Standish Junction.The train,which would normally run via the Severn Tunnel and Bristol,wa... (more)

A First Great Western service from Paignton to London Paddington calls at the seaside station of Dawlish,on the beautiful Devon coast.

With Didcot power station in the background a First Great Western HST led by 43160, with 43158 on the rear, approaches Didcot Parkway Station. On the slow line a pair of Freightliners, 66540 and ... (more)

The Network Rail Measurement Train is used to check on trackwork,using computer/laser technology to find cracks/worn track etc.It is formed of a specially fitted High Speed Train,and is seen here ... (more)

In the striking livery of one of the UK's smallest train companies an HST set forms the 12.28 Sunderland to Kings Cross (London) service seen heading south towards Grantham near Hougham. This was ... (more)

The 13.00 Leeds to Kings Cross (London) is formed of a hired-in East Midlands HST set seen heading south towards Grantham near Hougham.