A private charter from London Victoria to Kidderminster with VSOE Pullman stock bursts from Twerton Tunnel west of Bath.

A 'green Express' tour from Wakefield to Salisbury in the picturesque Limpley Stoke valley. The BR green loco and maroon coach make a reasonably convincing recreation of the 1960s.

Substituting for a 'Deltic' (as occasionally happened in BR days!) on a Banbury to Kingswear tour. The locos never saw this 'large logo' livery in BR service.

A Bishops Lydeard to Minehead train between Crowcombe and Stogumber on a perfect summer afternoon in the depths of the Somerset countryside.

A St Ives to St Erth service winds high above Carbis Bay on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall. This mainly white livery, applied to refurbished units, proved impractical in service and was relativel... (more)

47840 enjoying a well-earned but active retirement on the West Somerset Railway, seen here working the 16:00 Bishops Lydeard to Minehead service as part of the line's summer diesel diagram.

The 14:05 Bristol Temple Meads to Minehead 'Butlins Express' shortly before joining the private West Somerset Railway.

Empty stock for a special from Weston-Super-Mare to Bristol in connection with a pop music event at the seaside resort. The locomotive and stock are in the former British Rail 'InterCity' livery.

A summer season 'Butlins Express' from Bristol to Minehead on the private West Somerset Railway. Both the locomotive and the coaches are in 1980s British Rail 'intercity' livery.

An excursion from Colchester in East Anglia to Kingswear.

A Leeds to Southampton container service, diverted through the attractive Wylye Valley route because of engineering work in Hampshire.

Captured performing station pilot duties.

A Derby to Minehead tour which took 'North Star', specially repainted in original BR two-tone green, to its retirement on the privately-owned West Somerset Railway.

An excursion from London Paddington to Minehead on the preserved West Somerset Railway. 47853 carries the mid-1960s 'XP64' livery, the forerunner of BR's 'corporate blue' scheme which was to reig... (more)