Sir William Stanier designed the 8F locos for the London Midland & Scottish Railway,primarily for heavy freight work.From their introduction in 1935,almost 800 locos were built,and members of the ... (more)

Caprotti Standard Class 5 no. 73129 with a breakdown train on a photo charter at the Midland Railway Centre.

The crew look out of the cab of Caprotti Standard 5 no. 73129 in Golden Valley as it climbs with a breakdown train on a photo charter at the Midland Railway Centre.

The Summer of Love and for the Southern Region of British Railways there was less than a month before the end of steam operations. I made a trip to Basingstoke to take some pictures before the end... (more)

71000 Duke of Gloucester storms away from Ramsbottom with a night-y=time Halloween special on the East Lancs Railway. Note the pumpkin on top of the buffer beam.

Glorious evening light (for a change!) sees the 'Scarborough Spa Express' heading for its second and final 'loop' of the day around Leeds. It's just before 7pm and 44932 is passing the former mini... (more)

Rebuilt Merchant Navy Class pacific 35028 Clan Line cruises down the Great Western mainline between Reading and Didcot with an Orient Express excursion from London Victoria to Oxford. The coaching... (more)

The Fellsman LMS Class 5MT York to Carlisle steam special is seen crossing the twenty-four arch Batty Moss viaduct on the famous Settle to Carlisle line. This south side of the viaduct is 13 feet ... (more)

It's nearly 9pm and the last dying rays of evening sun impart blood red tones to the exhaust of ever-reliable 'Black 5' No.45407 as she thunders up the grade through the suburbs of Leeds heading f... (more)

This season's 'Scarborough Spa Express' has got away to a fine start if performances like this are anything to go by! Thundering up the grade from Wakefield, 45407 makes a fine sight heading for L... (more)

In dreadful, rainy weather, Royal Scot class no. 46115 Scots Guardsman crosses the famous Batty Moss viaduct at Ribblehead, on the Settle-Carlisle line. The loco was working the return leg of the ... (more)

Royal Scot class no. 46115 Scots Guardsman arrives at Hellifield station for a water stop with the outbound leg of the inaugural 2011 Fellsman railtour.

Royal Scot class no. 46115 Scots Guardsman storms through Cherry Tree, near Blackburn with the return leg of the inaugural 2011 Fellsman railtour.

Here's a wonderful locomotive portrait from my archive. It was taken at Crewe, probably around 1960 by the late Jim Carter. Jim was a railwayman and he had access (and opportunity) to take images ... (more)

B.R 70013 Leaving Loughborough Station