Two axle shunter, built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd, Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock in 1972, and diesel hydraulic "Warship" Class 42 # D832 "Onslaught", on loan to the DEPG (Diesel and Electric... (more)

Text from the WSR Homepage: The most controversial steam engine in the history of the WSR. The design for this locomotive dates from the 1930’s but the Great Western never actually built any eng... (more)

2-8-0 Class 7F # 88 of the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (SDJR), originally built by Robert Stephenson and Sons in 1925 for heavy freight service and withdrawn from British Railways ser... (more)

The 2nd October 1971 was a really important date for U.K. steam fans.That was the day that British Rail relaxed the ban on steam loco running on the main line - a ban that had been in force since ... (more)

4-6-2 Bulleid design Light Pacific # 34046 "Braunton" of the West Country class with the 0915 "Torbay Express" from Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear is passing Dawlish. The locomotive was built i... (more)

This is unusual low four-wheel saddle tank railway steam locomotive. built by W.G. Bagnall for use at Par harbour in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The unusual design was required to cope with some ext... (more)

Archeologists have discovered a waggonway which dates back to 1780 underneath the demolished offices of a shipyard on the river Tyne. 30 metres have been unearthed some of which is having to be ke... (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)

The Jacobite steam train does not look the slightest bit out of place running through the ancient-looking landscapes of the Scottish Highlands on this cold and damp May afternoon.

Half of the six A4s on display at the Great gathering at the the National Railway Museum at York. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower (on loan from Green Bay WI) and 60009 Union of... (more)

A scene that hasn't been seen for about 50 years. Finally, all the six remaining A4s are gathered around the turntable at the National Railway Museum at York. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60008 Dwight... (more)

A scene that hasn't been seen for about 50 years. Finally, all the six remaining A4s are gathered around the turntable at the National Railway Museum at York. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60008 Dwight... (more)

Andrew Barclay No 22 of Bowes Railway is seen shunting at Beamish over their North East steam weekend

Southern Pacific 9177 leads Milwaukee Road SD40-2s MILW 156, MILW 174 and MILW 168 south out of the Taylor Yard and along the "river" in Los Angeles. The train is waiting for a red signal to clea... (more)

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