At last - cool enough for steam to show, damp enough to leave the diesels in the garage, sunny enough to light up the Dales. I think I've gone to heaven. Great photographic conditions returned tod... (more)

It was a delightfully cool and breezy afternoon and an absolute delight to be alone amongst the sheep and tussock grass in Yorkshire's glorious dales. Although 'Union of South Africa' was working ... (more)

Lovely evening light on Friday saw the return journey of the 'Scarborough Flyer' heading out of Yorkshire along the beautiful Colne Valley. One of several fine viaducts in the valley is pictured h... (more)

Half of the six A4s on display at the Great gathering at the the National Railway Museum at York. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower (on loan from Green Bay WI) and 60009 Union of... (more)

Half of the six A4s on display at the Great gathering at the the National Railway Museum at York. 4468 Mallard (the fastest steam loco in the World at 126mph), 4464 Bittern and 4489 Dominion of C... (more)

A scene that hasn't been seen for about 50 years. Finally, all the six remaining A4s are gathered around the turntable at the National Railway Museum at York. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60008 Dwight... (more)

A scene that hasn't been seen for about 50 years. Finally, all the six remaining A4s are gathered around the turntable at the National Railway Museum at York. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60008 Dwight... (more)

The 'Great Marquess' is seen at Selside well into the assault on the Settle & Carlisle route, stepping out in fine style with eleven fully loaded carriages. As can be seen, the Mogul also had to ... (more)

Next month all six surviving 'A4' class Pacifics will be gathered together for the first time at the National Railway Museum at York. These iconic machines are now almost 90 years old, so it is qu... (more)

With steam to spare Gresley A4 pacific 4464 Bittern passes Copmanthorpe with the Edinburgh to London leg of the Great Britain VI

The all-out assault on the Settle and Carlisle route's gradients produces some dramatic exhaust from Union of South Africa, cloaking the equally dramatic Yorkshire Dales landscape. This photograph... (more)

The snow-capped and graceful lines of Pen-y-ghent, Yorkshire's third highest peak at 2277 feet adorn the horizon high above Ribblesdale. Far below, 'Union of South Africa' thunders past the region... (more)

The legendary Flying Scotsman, still undergoing overhaul in the workshop at the National Railway Museum in York.

Just fifty years ago Gresley class A4 Pacific No 60026 Miles Beevor heads north past Potters Bar with a lunch time Kings Cross (London) to Newcastle express. This was at the start of what was to b... (more)

Slightly over 50 years ago Gresley A4 Pacific No 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower accelerates away from its stop at Potters Bar with the 7.15pm Kings Cross, London to Peterborough semi-fast train as my ... (more)