Lambton and Joicey Colliery 0-6-0 standing at Pickering station on the North York Moors Railway,the engine is well over 100 years old having been built round about 1880

The 'Railfest' exhibition at the NRM in 2004 was one of the great railway success stories of recent years. All the exhibits were lovingly presented and the organisers were justly rewarded with hug... (more)

Coal mining railways often had extensive railway systems. One such was the Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries in County Durham, a collection of some twenty separate mines. Their locomotive fleet ... (more)

I'd intended to take this dusk shot using the convoloted tree branches as a 'frame'. As I sat down waiting the moment, the clear sky began to change, as luck would have it along came this gorgeous... (more)

It's a 300 mile round trip from 'Armitage Grange' to the SVR. I had previously 'recce'd' this wonderful location but it was the usual story, right place, right locomotive, wrong weather. In the ev... (more)

The Settle & Carlisle line has arguably some of Britain's most spectacular scenery so the eastern approaches tend to get overlooked. Just one other photographer and I got this nice curve to oursel... (more)

LNER class J52 0-6-0ST at The National Railway Museum Shildon

Five years after steam on the 'big railway' had ended, scenes like this were also drawing to a close. St John's Colliery's No.102 'Cathryn' was a 1955 Leeds built 0-6-0 (Hudswell Clarke No.1844). ... (more)

Steam returned to British main lines in a big way in 1978. 4472 Flying Scotsman is seen here with the Cumbrian Coast Express in August of that year, which ran weekly throughout the summer from Car... (more)

An original Great Central Railway loco on the heritage line of the same name. The beautiful 4-4-0 no. 560 Butler Henderson is shown back in 1990, when she was capable of steaming.

The prototype Gresley LNER Class P2 2-8-2 No 2001 'Cock o'the North' waits at Kings Cross while on show to the press. A Gresley Class N2 0-6-2T is beside the apple green 2-8-2. A photo by the late... (more)

Gresley LNER Class A1 4-6-2 No 4477 'Gay Crusader' departs from Kings Cross with the 5.45pm express to Newcastle. An Ivatt Class N1 0-6-2T is in the background. Photo by the late George Grigs.

60009 pauses at Newcastle with The Heart Of Midlothian railtour from Edinburgh to York (then diesel hauled to Leeds).

An old shot from 1979. Midland Compound no. 1000 coupled with LNER V2 no. 4771 Green Arrow back onto the carriages to work a main line special to York at Guide Bridge station.

An old shot from 1979. Black Five no. 5305 backs onto the carriages to work a main line special to Yorkshire at Guide Bridge station.