SL&RG #18 (ex LS&I #18) negotiates the S-curve on the climb from Fort Garland to Sierra during the SLST charter.

Exhaust and mist intermingle as PM 1225 performs for the cameras during the Steam Loco Safari Tours charter.

Something about this shot suggests we may be in farming country! PM 1225 performs one of its last runpasts of the day alongside Chipman Road.

Running alongside King Road.

A panned shot of 1225 at Baldwin Road during the SLST charter. I don't have the steady hand of a Mitch Goldman, so this was taken at a cowardly 1/60, though it still gives a nice blurring of the r... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 looms out of the fog on the second day of the Steam Loco Safari Tours charter at Owosso.

Working only its second railtour since the completion of restoration in July, 'Scots Guardsman' crosses the River Weaver with a Carnforth to Chester excursion. The foreground - barge, buildings an... (more)

Catching a rare burst of evening sunlight in what has been a miserable summer even by British standards, recent mainline returnee 'Oliver Cromwell' makes a spirited attack on Micklefield bank with... (more)

The southbound recreation of 1T57, with two Stanier 'Black 5's in charge, just like the original 40 years earlier, passes an abundant display of Rosebay willowherb on both sides of the line.

Making its first revenue earning run on the mainline since it hauled British Railways' last steam train, 1T57, on August 11 1968, 'Oliver Cromwell' hauls the 40th anniversary recreation of 1T57 up... (more)

Three relics of a bygone age - A4 Pacific 'Union of South Africa' passes the very distinctive North Eastern Railway signalbox (tower) and footbridge at Haltwhistle, between Newcastle and Carlisle.... (more)

A humble freight loco. is illuminated by the shed lights as dusk settles on Carnforth depot, which 40 years ago was one of three depots seeing the last rites of mainline steam in Britain. A Morris... (more)

The stars of the show at the Carnforth open weekend. Royal Scot 4-6-0 46115 'Scots Guardsman' stands alongside Britannia class Pacific 70013 'Oliver Cromwell'. The return of both locos. to the mai... (more)

Night moves. Royal Scot 4-6-0 46115 'Scots Guardsman' is ready for the road at Carnforth. It is 30 years since this loco. last worked on the mainline, and over 40 years since a Scot in British Rai... (more)

Night falls on Carnforth depot, with a line-up including two recently restored locos. - Britannia class Pacific 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' and Royal Scot 4-6-0 46115 'Scots Guardsman', the latter mak... (more)