71000 Duke of Gloucester, captured with rods down descends the gradient at Burrs on the East Lancashire Railway with a service to Heywood at the Enthusiasts event in January 2008.

6201 Princess Elizabeth descends the gradient at Burrs on the East Lancashire Railway with a service to Heywood at the Enthusiasts event in January 2008.

Recently retored "Castle" Class no 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe arrives in the pouring rain at Kensington Olympia with a main line special from Birmingham. The last time I saw this engine it was in... (more)

Recently retored "Castle" Class no 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe awaits to depart in the evening from Kensington Olympia with a returning main line special to Birmingham. The last time I saw this e... (more)

Ex-NCB Austerity saddle tank Repulse at the end of the day on the Lakside and Haverthwaite Railway in beautiful Cumbria.

Seldom photographed, because it is squeezed in a dark corner at the National Railway Museum at York, here is Bulleid Battle of Britain Class no. 34051 Winston Churchill. This member of the unconve... (more)

A close up of the immense 8' 1" single driving wheel of GNR no. 1 at The National Railway Museum, York. You can clearly see the builder's plate dated 1870. Click more)

The absolutely beautiful Great Northern Railway No. 1 on display at The National Railway Museum, York. The loco is probably the peak of British locomotive builder's obsession with form over functi... (more)

Perhaps the most handsome 4-4-0 ever built. SECR No. 737 on display at The National Railway Museum, York. The Wainwright D class was a 4-4-0 express loco design built in 1901. There were fifty-o... (more)

Another view of LNWR no. 790 Hardwicke, built in 1892. It was one of 166 members the Improved Precedent Class or "Jumbo" class designed by F.W. Webb. On August 22, 1895, 790 Hardwicke took 2 hours... (more)

This Furness Railway loco no. 3, was built in 1846 and was designed by Edward Bury, whose engines were popular with the early railway companies because they were cheap. It is the only survivor in ... (more)

This is the cab interior of 4468 Mallard, the fastest steam locomotive in the world. Just imagine in 1938, sitting in that left seat looking through that small window at 126mph. The loco would b... (more)

This little engine, LNWR Precedent Class, no. 790 Hardwicke, took place in the "Races To The North" late in the 19th Century. Now preserved at the National Railway Museum at York, it is seen here ... (more)

Merchant Navy no. 35029 Ellerman Lines was saved from Barry scrapyard in South Wales in 1975 by the National Railway Museum, York. It was then sectioned and is now on display in that condition. I... (more)

This locomotive is new in 2008 and is seen on it's first main line test run with a full train. Class A1 No 60162 at Sheffield with 1Z57 1949hrs York to Barrow Hill Test Train 6th November 2008.