The sight and sound of 'Duchess of Sutherland' at full power is truly something to behold. It is hard to believe that this wonderful locomotive will be celebrating its 65th birthday next month. We... (more)

Can it really be April already? The first of this year's 'Yorkshire Coast Express' trains strides away from Castleford behind immaculately groomed '8F' No. 48151. I can assure those who did not kn... (more)

Charging toward the Lech-a-vute summit on a typically gloomy and damp autumnal Scottish morning, Black 5 No. 45407 leaves behind a long trail of smoke amongst the craggy lower slopes of Sgurr a'Mh... (more)

Arriving at these wonderful 'S' curves well in advance of the due time, the weather was refusing to behave! True to recent form, I was greeted with dreary grey skies with any break in the cloud co... (more)

A view inside the cab of LMS "Crab" class no. 13000 at the National Railway Museum in York.

Even at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway which I regard as my 'home' preserved railway there's always a new viewpoint to be found. The crossing of Bridgehouse Beck on departing from Haworth is ... (more)

Everything that makes the Yorkshire Dales so special seems to be caught in this scene at Linethwaite Farm. This wonderful Jacobean Farmhouse with it's enclosing dry stone walls and sheep, overlook... (more)

Another very atmospheric photo by the late Kenneth Field showing a local train from Crewe on arrival in Chester General station hauled by class 2P 4-4-0 No 40653.

A chilly autumn morning made for a spectacular show as "Black 5" No. 45407 charged across Glenfinnan Viaduct with the daily Jacobite steam train from Fort William to Mallaig. Deep in Glen F... (more)

Princess Royal Class Pacific 6201 "Princess Elizabeth" approaches Grintleyhill bridge near Combe hauling The Worcester Anniversary Christmas Fayre railtour from Paddington to Worcester. For once,... (more)

If you are of a nervous disposition please look away now! Former LMS Patriot class three-cylinder 4-6-0 No 45538 Giggleswick leaves the 1894 double double track bore of Standege tunnel with an eas... (more)

Former London & North Western Railway G2 (LMS 7F) 0-8-0 No 49421 approaches one of the original pair of single bore Standege tunnels with a Leeds Copley Hill to Liverpool goods train in 1954. The ... (more)

Converted Royal Scot 4-6-0 No 46106 Gordon Highlander approaches Diggle Junction with a Liverpool to Newcastle express. The train has just left Butterhouse tunnel on the long closed Micklehurst lo... (more)

A former London & North Western Railway G2a 0-8-0 (LMS 7F) passes Diggle Junction with a Liverpool to Leeds goods train that has come up from Stalybridge via the long closed Micklehurst loop. The ... (more)

LMS class 3P 2-6-2T No 40057 at Measurements Halt the the Odham to Delph push/pull train in the early 1950s. This train was known locally as the Delph Donkey. The very basic Measurements Halt was ... (more)