A couple of ducks continue their early morning slumbers, undisturbed by the passage of 'Union of South Africa' over the River Ouse at York with 'The Tall Ships' excursion from Scarborough to Liver... (more)

After 40 minutes of hard climbing, the train seen near Jingpeng in this shot emerges from Tunnel 4. The climbing on the part... (more)

The shadows of the River Dee are illuminated by late summer evening sunlight, reflected off the side of a local passenger train approaching Glyndyfrdwy in the Vale of Llangollen. Thanks to Richard... (more)

A pair of QJs hoist a perfect exhaust plume into the cool morning air as they accelerate away from Jingpeng, building speed for the gradients and curves that lie ahead.

On the delightfully named Changa Manga Forestry Railway, a train of freshly cut wood arrives from the forest for unloading. The diminutive narrow gauge 0-6-0 at the head was built in 1936 by John ... (more)

The first 'Scarborough Spa Express' of the 2008 season accelerates past Strensall Common behind unrebuilt Battle of Britain class Pacific 'Tangmere'.

The 'Cotton Mill Express' rolls out of the double-track Standedge Tunnel. Opened in 1894, this is the most modern of four tunnels under the Pennine Hills at this point. The first tunnel, opened i... (more)

No, this is not a photo charter, nor is the clag by special request - it's just the natural result of a steam loco battling a particularly severe gradient. K1 class 62005 has lifted the 'East Coas... (more)

Back in revenue earning service for the first time in almost 40 years (it worked British Railways' last steam train on August 11 1968), Britannia class Pacific 'Oliver Cromwell' leaves Loughboroug... (more)

Jubilee class 45579 ‘Punjab’ stands on the site of the former North Staffordshire Railway shed in Derby, with the still very active ex-Midland Railway double roundhouse behind. The front row o... (more)

Bogie wheels, cylinders and the bottom of a flame-cut smokebox - the last earthly remains of a once-mighty steam loco, now departed for the great marshalling yard in the sky!

A leaky '4F' heads north out of Bury with an early morning freight....another scene from an East Lancs Railway 'turn up and pay' photo charter.

The UK entry for the 'Value for Money Photo Charter' competition (see Nick McLean's shot). The East Lancashire Railway often... (more)

With detonators on the track exploding to mark its passing - and the passing of an era - 'Battle of Britain' class Pacific 34067 'Tangmere', in full 'Golden Arrow' regalia, sets off with the last ... (more)

When pre-nationalisation liveries really work.... Gresley V2 'Green Arrow' and its rake of perfectly matched LNER teak coaches could be straight out of the late 1930s. Instead this is 2008 and wha... (more)