This is the Calder Valley scene of my youth. Another westbound train of coal plods wearily past Mirfield on a bright March day. In the left distance is the long demolished Ravensthorpe power stati... (more)
The noses of two A4s in the pouring rain. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley backs into the NRM yard after a record-breaking run from Kings Cross. It pauses alongside fellow classmate 60009 Union of South Af... (more)
On display at the National Railway Museum, York. No. 2500 was the first of the 37 three-cylinder 2-6-4 express passenger tank locomotives designed especially for the London Tilbury and Southend li... (more)