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)

The East Lancs Railway has won a contract to supply locomotives for engineering trains on the neighbouring Metrolink tramway system. They will use preserved diesel locos for the work. Here we see ... (more)

Ex-BR mogul no. 61994 The Great Marquess has spent this winter on the East Lancashire Railway. This weekend is its last before leaving. This is a panned shot of 61994 on its last day of operation ... (more)

A preserved DMU works its way south at Burrs on a sunny, winter's day on the East Lancashire Railway.

A Virgin "Super Voyager" Class 221 awaits its evening departure to Birmingham from Preston.

A scene at the Llangollen Steel, Steam and Stars Gala in April 2009. GWR Pannier Tank no. 6430 on a "sandwich" autotrain at Berwyn, leaves Berwyn with a service for Llangollen.

A Class 185 awaits departure from Preston station with a service from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh. Note the plastic covering over the fron coupling to protect it from the snow.

An old shot from 1978. GWR "Castle" class no 7029 Clun Castle is seen reversing at Chester Station. The loco, with it's Pullman support coach was reversing onto the stock of a railtour which it wa... (more)

8:00 am at the end of December. First light and the snow is nearly gone at Bolton Station as a TPE Class 185 is about to leave with an early service from Manchester to Edinburgh.