80136 in Grosmont Shed Yard

80136 in Grosmont Shed Yard

A few shots, colour and black & white, of British Rail Standard Class 4 tank engine 80136 in Grosmont shed yard last weekend during the Autumn Steam Gala on the … View the full post

Ghost Engine

Ghost Engine

Images from the Welsh Autumn Steam Gala on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway yesterday. The title, “Ghost Engine”, refers to the fact that the Black 5 engine 44771 in the photographs was scrapped some fifty years ago. The Black 5 with the 44771 number plate is in fact one of the NYMR’s engines, 45428 or more probably 44806, renumbered for the gala in keeping with the welsh theme. View the full post

47279 At The Oxenhope Terminus

47279 At The Oxenhope Terminus

Following on from yesterday’s post, these are shots taken a bit later as the Jinty 47279 has hauled our train to the railway terminus at Oxenhope and is taking on … View the full post

A Jinty at Keighley Station

A Jinty at Keighley Station

Four black and white images of 0-6-0 tank engine 47279, an ex.LMS and Midland Railway locomotive, commonly known as a Jinty, at Keighley station on the Worth Valley Railway in June 201o. View the full post

Side by Side in Grosmont Station, NYMR

Side by Side in Grosmont Station, NYMR

I’ve been tidying up my HDDs and came across quite a lot of images taken before I started this website so I’ve decided it might be a good idea to … View the full post

Jubilee ‘Leander’ on the National Network

Jubilee ‘Leander’ on the National Network

[codepeople-post-map]Ex.LMS Jubilee class steam engine 45690 Leander approaching Thornhill East junction on the Calder Valley line of the national rail network early yesterday evening. The engine with it’s support coach … View the full post

Steam Engines at Ingrow West

Steam Engines at Ingrow West

Following yesterday’s monochrome shots taken at the KWVR Winter Steam Gala, today I’m uploading three colour shots of steam engines and their trains at or passing through Ingrow West station. View the full post

Double Headers on the Worth Valley Railway

Double Headers on the Worth Valley Railway

I’ve been sorting out my hard drives and processing some images from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway’s Winter Steam Gala held earlier this year. Below are three shots of combinations of engines used as double headers on some of the train run over the weekend of the gala. View the full post

Buckfastleigh Station

Buckfastleigh Station

Black and White images of Buckfastleigh station, terminus of the South Devon Railway, a heritage steam railway that used to be the Ashburton branch of the Great Western Railway and British Railways before it was closed as part of the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. The branch originally terminated at Ashburton but had to be shortened to Buckfastleigh in order to allow the building of the A38 dual carriageway. View the full post