The magnificent 'Duchess of Sutherland' takes the curve through Penrith, on the southbound climb to Shap Summit, with a Crewe-bound excursion.

The return excursion to Darlington leaves the Harbour station. normally visited only by Sprinter units. Preserved 40145 is at the rear. Stranraer in SW Scotland was once the main ferry port for bo... (more)

The preserved Class 40 wheels its Stranraer-bound excursion northbound on the Glasgow & South Western main line through deepest Ayrshire on a perfect late spring morning.

Green-liveried 47833 heads the short lived 'Statesman' charter pullman train on a Christmas Shopping trip to Edinburgh. This location is unofficially known as 'Derek Cross's Bridge' after the famo... (more)

Two 'Voyager' units - one from each class - form the 2010 Glasgow-Manchester, catching the last rays of sun on a wonderful spring day.

Two of the small fleet of surviving class 86s head a southbound intermodal service on a beautiful late spring evening.

Mr Ed passes Mr Ed. Eddie Stobart's Grangemouth-Daventry company train passes a white horse who reminds me of the star of the (late 1950s?) TV series featuring Mr Ed, a talking horse.

A tranquil moment as daylight fades where the Mallaig line (of Harry Potter fame) runs alongside Loch Eil. The telegraph poles have since gone, and a fence now disfigures the scene.

Northbound Stanton-Hartlepool pipes - a flow that normally produced a class 56 towards the end of their careers.

One of the Highland Rail Festival steam runs on the rarely visited Oban branch crosses the top end of Loch Awe, in very typical West of Scotland weather.

The conductor ('guard' or 'train manager' in UK parlance) checks tickets on a Barrow to Manchester Airport service. Taken at 1/40 second with a 24-105 image stabilised lens.

Mossend-Crewe car empties are diverted around the normally (almost) passenger-only Hamilton Circle. Hamilton Academicals football (soccer) stadium is the background.

Ashburys-Dowlow stone empties snake across the junction at New Mills South.

The 1427 Manchester Piccadilly-London St Pancras 'Rio' service roars past New Mills South Junction box on the climb to Chinley.

Mossend-Crewe car empties are diverted along the former Glasgow and South Western route to Carlisle.