'Jubilee' class 'Leander' about to leave Carlisle on a very wet September saturday with a return excursion to Birmingham.

The National Railway Museum's 'V2' class 'Green Arrow' stands under York's famous curved roof with a 'Scarborough Spa Express' run, sadly rather lightly loaded.

In torrential rail which lasted all day, 3-cylinder 'Jubilee' class 'Leander' roars through Oxenholme witha Birmingham-Carlisle special.

1863-built George English 0-4-0 'Palmerston' (2' gauge), on loan from the nearby Ffestiniog railway, works a demonstration construction train on the as-yet unopened portion of the Welsh Highland R... (more)

1863-built George English 0-4-0 'Palmerston' (2' gauge), on loan from the nearby Ffestiniog railway, works a demonstration construction train on the as-yet unopened portion of the Welsh Highland R... (more)

1863-built George English 0-4-0 'Palmerston' (2' gauge), on loan from the nearby Ffestiniog railway, works a demonstration construction train on the as-yet unopened portion of the Welsh Highland R... (more)

This Su class 2-6-2 (a standard Russian passenger type produced in vast numbers) was in use as a stationary boiler. Smoke produced to order. It was still USSR then.

A local lady collects water for domestic use from the railroads water coloumn. Baldwin 2-6-0 #45 simmers behind.

A double decked train - in practice if not in theory! A crew member is attempting to check tickets and collect fares. Taken from the roof of a railbus on the adjacent track.

A return excursion to Roanoke from Walton. The man in the foreground barely glanced up - though how you can ignore 611 is beyond me!

My first sight of this awesome, unforgettable locomotive on a Roanoke-Walton run.

Dumped steam locomotives seen through a derelict passenger car. The seats are no doubt in nearby resident's homes.

Amazingly, a fleet of British-built 'SPS' (Standard Passenger, Superheated) 4-4-0s were still working passenger trains out of Malakwal in Central Pakistan in 1988. Taken from Signalbox (Interlocki... (more)

A 'CWD' 2-8-0 passes under the spectacular semaphores with the Railway Travel and Photography special train.

A metre gauge 'MS' 4-6-0 arrives with an early morning train. Amazingly, these British built engines lasted until very recently due to weight restrictions - everything else on this line was too he... (more)