Following my previous posts showing railway horses shunting wagons this is my third and final photo depicting horse shunting. Taken in slightly more recent times, 1951 as against 1926 and 1938, th... (more)

Former Great Eastern Railway 'Claud Hamilton' class 4-4-0 No 8787 passes through Welwyn North station with an up Cambridge Buffet Express heading for Kings Cross, London at line speed as a humble ... (more)

Prior to WW1, the Midland Railway had an enviable reputation for quality and service. The Midland's finest flowering in motive power were Samuel Johnson's 'Spinner' 4-2-2s, arguably one of the mo... (more)

GWR Manor No. 4828 passing Castle Hill during the West Somerset Railway Autumn steam Gala.

GWR Manor No. 4828 immaculate after a recent overhaul poses at Minehead next to the water tower. The locomotive has been renamed from Odney Manor to Norton Manor in recognition of 40 Commando base... (more)

GWR Small Prairie Tank No. 5553 pilots GWR 4160 Large Prairie No. 4160 south from Castle Hill towards Woolston Moor, during an unseasonally hot October Steam Gala.

Zipping along in unfamiliar territory, past the well-tended hedges of Leicestershire is ex-London & South Western Railway 'M7' class 0-4-4 Tank No.53 sporting Southern Railway livery. The 105-stro... (more)

BR standard Class 5 no 73129, fitted with Caprotti valve gear, sets off from Swanwick Junction station with a breakdown train, consisting of guards van, crane and brake LMS brake coach on a photo ... (more)

A reminder of what winter was like. We have had very little cold weather this year. Last year at Tanfield railway this was the first day of the Santa specials

Santa Specials have finished for the day and Renishaw has its fire dropped.

Another unseen image from 83 years ago finds ex-London & North Western Railway 'Prince of Wales' class inside cylinder 4-6-0 at the same location as my previous posting, but looking in the opposit... (more)

Discovering a previously unseen image from 83 years ago is quite a thrill, particularly when the location is one seldom photographed. The negative of this wonderfully evocative suburban scene arri... (more)

In the days when I used fil. Cochrane heads up to Andrews House with last train of the day

This night shot is of US S160 loco no. 5197 is parked outside the shed at Cheddleton, on the Churnet Valley Railway. The loco was built by Lima in 1945 for the United States Army Transportation Co... (more)