London Bound HST heads runs past Tavistock Junction

London Bound HST heads for Plymouth

Despite the freezing temperatures I couldn't turn down an opportunity to take some shots with sun on snow, although I only managed an hour or so before I began to lose all feeling in my feet. AN F... (more)

The harshest winter weather since 1981/2 has finally reached southern England. Even here some rural spots have been down as low as zero degress farenheit (around -18C) overnight. An unidentified F... (more)

Seen from White Horse Hill in weak winter sunlight, an FGW HST set passes the village of Uffington in the Vale of White Horse

Passengers and diesel smoke are not much more than blurs in this late night scene, with three HST sets sitting around. I was particularly interested to see these as they have so much in common wit... (more)

A military helicopter had been flying in the area for some time, but chose to follow the railway line just as this eastbound FGW HST passed me at Baulking - and in sunshine too. Of course the clou... (more)

A westbound FGW HST set passes the site of the long abandoned Moreton Sidings soon after dawn. Electrification of the Great Western Mainline may see the area of Moreton Sidings reused as an engine... (more)

The driver of 43037 gives the photographers waiting for D1015 a wave as it passes Didcot East Junction with an eastbound working. This location has changed comparatively little in the last 40 year... (more)

HST 43191 is about to leave Cornwall via the Tamar Bridge

A mixed set of NatEx / GNER colours on a London-Inverness service passes through Dalwhinnie in wonderful evening light.

Goodnight Sauchton... Another location for photography has vanished due to electrification. This was it earlier in the year, before the work began. The location marks the junction between the main... (more)

The Forth Bridge at night. The streak of light on the bridge is an Aberdeen-London service. The bridge connects Scotland's capital Edinburgh with Fife, and acts as a major artery connecting the no... (more)

A London-Aberdeen HST makes its way north into Fife.