It's entirely appropriate that 'Oliver Cromwell' should so triumphantly raise battle echoes of old at this location. Charging through pastoral farmland below the ruins of Beeston Castle, a fortifi... (more)

Brittania class pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell races past Beeston Castle with the Christmas Cheshireman railtour from Bristol to Crewe via Chester

Prototype gas turbine electric loco 18000 built by Brown Boveri in 1949 stands at Great Western Society depot at Didcot during an evening photoshoot

A quiet moment! This photo doesn't need much in way of explanation, it was made during a lull in activity and enabled me to capture this view. It shows A4's Sir Nigel Gresley and Dwight D Eisenhow... (more)

Standard tank no. 80080 crosses Brooksbottom Viaduct, Summerseat in the pouring rain at the East Lancs. Railway. Autumn Steam.Gala.

A scene at the Spring Gala at the Glocs. Warks. Railway in the beautiful Cotswolds. The famous loco from the Harry Potter films, 5972 Olton Hall, carrying Hogwarts Castle nameplates, in tandem wi... (more)

The first of the three Southern Railway Co-Co electric locos No 20001 has just passed Clapham Junction on the Brighton main line with the morning Victoria to Newhaven boat train. These locos drew ... (more)

Former Southern Railway class Q1 0-6-0 No 33020 has just passed Clapham Junction on the south western main line with an engineers (mow) train coming off duty. This unusual locomotive was designed ... (more)

Ex LMS Black 5 44932 heads along the seawall with the 1Z37 Bristol - Par 'The Royal Duchy'. Just 5 miles down the line at Newton Abbot, diesel 47237 which was on the rear, was moved to the front a... (more)

A celebrity sits in the National Railway Museum in York. Olton Hall, masquerading as none other than the "Wizard Express" Hogwart's Castle sit on the turntable at the NRM. The engine is the same... (more)

80072 pulls into Goathland Stantion during the 2012 NYMR Spring Steam Gala.

It's he end of the line on the NYMR at Grosmont station. Sir Nigel Gresley's master class and namesake sits next to a smaller J72 tank engine as they prepare for their next hauls of the day. I o... (more)

Bittern let's off steam as the driver looks back at the station seeing if he has the green flag from the conducter to depart from Goathland Station during the 2012 NYMR Spring Steam Gala.

A view through the tunnel at Grosmont Station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Thompson B1 Class no 61264 (masquerading as 61002 Impala) stands outside the shed awaiting its next duty.

A close up of the cut-away valve gear and piston of Merchant Navy no. 35029 Ellerman Lines in the National Railway Museum, York. A wider shot of the whole cut-away loco can be seen here: http://w... (more)