The February 1986 storms that hammered Northern California caused sufficient damage to close the Lake County Railroad for a couple of weeks. The first train to depart Lakeview after repairs were ... (more)

43078 leading a London bound HST past Teignmouth.

43071 hurries towards Bristol with a diverted Plymouth to Paddington service.

A historic day for the Great Western route as the 'Intercity 125' or HST bows out of traffic from London Paddington after 43 years. To mark the event Great Western Railway used their last four ser... (more)

GWR 4270 on the GWR - Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway.

GWR 4965 'Rood Ashton Hall' departs from Nuneaton with the 'Lincoln Imp' Tyseley - Lincoln. The Lincoln Imp is a grotesque on a wall inside Lincoln Cathedral, England that has become the symbol o... (more)

A 90th birthday private charter for a well known North Warwicks line individual sees GWR 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe', complete with M90 reporting number and a "Milepost 90" headboard, ... (more)

Early morning start for GWR 4965 'Rood Ashton Hall' working the 5Z95 Empty Stock 0646 Tyseley - Didcot. The train would later that day form the 1Z95 Private Charter from Didcot to Stratford & the... (more)

GWR 3440 'City of Truro' approaches Hailes with a train from Cheltenham to Laverton during the Glouc Warks Festival Of Steam Weekend.

Only a matter of a few weeks now before the High Speed Trains disappear from the Great Western network.Most have now gone,replaced by the new Hitachi Class 800 units,but it is possible to catch th... (more)

60 years ago to-day I took what I consider to be my first reasonably successful railway photograph. The first of the renowned GWR Castle class 4-6-0s, No 4073 Caerphilly Castle had just arrived a... (more)

A remarkable collection of interesting vehicles in the Didcot Railway Centre. In the foreground the traverser for moving vehicles into the carriage shed, moved by a small purple/cream vehicle with... (more)

2-2-2 or ""1A1" broad gauge (7 ft 1/4 inch or 2140 mm) steamlocomotive "North Star", built in 1838 by Robert Stephenson for the Great Western Railway of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. 12 of this type wi... (more)

1950' nightly steam era scene in the Great Western Railway (British Rail) Didcot depot. Staff of the 4-6-0 # 6998 "Burton Agnes Hall" have a chat beside the locomotive after work. On the... (more)

Four cylinder 4-6-0 passenger train steamlocomotive # 4073 "Caerphilly Castle" of the Great Western Railway, exhibited at the STEAM Museum of the GWR at Swindon. This was the first built... (more)