GWR tank No 5542 at the buffer stops

The other side view, a line of photographers wait to capture that magic moment 'alone' on a remote Scottish moor wiith a steam in the landscape shot

The all important and useful wheel barrow no steam depot can be without them

Approaching 5:00pm on a chilly January evening and Black Five no. 44871 calls at Ramsbottom with the last train of the day for Bury.

Another look back to July 2008 and The Great Reunion at the National Railway Museum at York. On that day, as a one-off, all four remaining UK-based A4 streamliners were assembled together. This wa... (more)

Climbing steadily a Black 5 makes a fine sight in afternoon autumn sunshine between Fort William and Mallaig on the West Highland extension

A wide angle view of A4 60019 Bittern accelerating through the suburbs of Bath watched by a lone viewer from the footbridge

BR Class 8 Pacific No 71000 Duke of Gloucester simmers in Bury Bolton Street having worked in the last train of the day.

The Great Reunion. This was the unique occasion in steam preservation when 4 A4 Pacifics 60022 Mallard, 60019 Bittern, 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley and 60009 Union of South Africa lined up at the Natio... (more)

The weather forecast was set for day of grey misty gloom but high up in Cumbrian Mountains on the climb to Shap Summit the sun broke through briefly just as the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express pa... (more)

The first rays of sun glint on A4 60009 Union of South Africa and K4 No 61994 Great Marquess as they cross Findhorn Viaduct

Sometimes we ask ourselves why we do it, standing in a freezing field before dawn. this is one of the reasons. The sound of the double header could be heard several miles away as ever rising roar,... (more)

With the semaphore signal pulled off A4 No 60009 Union of South Africa and K4 No 61994 Great Marquess restart the Great Britain Railtour watched by an admiring crowd

Tanfield Railway has possibly the highest number of locos for any railway in Britain with a total of 62 of various types. The majority though are awaiting preservation which possibly will never ha... (more)

Tis that time of year again and at Tanfield Railway the first Santa specials of the Christmas season ran in very appropriate weather conditions. It is many years since I remember there being so mu... (more)