The Great Gathering is underway. All remaining 6 A4 class locomotives together for the last time in the yard at Locomotion, Shildon. The offshoot of the National Railway museum in York. Next week ... (more)

A year long series of events called IRON 175 began at Tanfield railway today, celebrating 175 years since the wooden rails on the line were replaced with iron. For the next two weeks mixed trains ... (more)

Marley Hill railway shed which is the oldest working shed in the world. It began housing locomotives in 1854. Today it is the base for Tanfield railway and here is an 8 year old shot of the railwa... (more)

Cochrane leaves Andrews house station on Tanfield railway for the short journey to Sunniside

LNER Class B1 emerges into the late autumn sun.

The Mid Hants Railway held their Autumn Steam Gala from the 25th to the 27th October 2013. One of the visitors was mainline registered Rebuilt West Country Bulleid Pacific no.34046 'Braunton'. The... (more)

A repeat of the Great Gathering. A second chance to see all the remaining A4s gathered together around the turntable at the National Railway Museum at York.60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60008 Dwight D ... (more)

Former Southern Railway class Q1 0-6-0 No 33020 has just passed Clapham Junction on the south western main line with an engineers (mow) train coming off duty. This unusual locomotive was designed ... (more)

Two axle shunter, built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd, Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock in 1972, and diesel hydraulic "Warship" Class 42 # D832 "Onslaught", on loan to the DEPG (Diesel and Electric... (more)

Text from the WSR Homepage: The most controversial steam engine in the history of the WSR. The design for this locomotive dates from the 1930’s but the Great Western never actually built any eng... (more)

2-8-0 Class 7F # 88 of the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (SDJR), originally built by Robert Stephenson and Sons in 1925 for heavy freight service and withdrawn from British Railways ser... (more)

The 2nd October 1971 was a really important date for U.K. steam fans.That was the day that British Rail relaxed the ban on steam loco running on the main line - a ban that had been in force since ... (more)

4-6-2 Bulleid design Light Pacific # 34046 "Braunton" of the West Country class with the 0915 "Torbay Express" from Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear is passing Dawlish. The locomotive was built i... (more)

This is unusual low four-wheel saddle tank railway steam locomotive. built by W.G. Bagnall for use at Par harbour in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The unusual design was required to cope with some ext... (more)