Steam railway

The A4 “Pacifics” were the pinnacle of steam locomotive design, and the Mallard was the alpha of the pack.

Can't resist a visit to Didcot Railway Museum, Great Western Society's unique collection of steam engines, coaches and wagons, all just fifteen minutes' drive from The Old Post Office, Wallingford

Filthy, horrible old steam engines (and a lot more) is probably what the owner of the sparkling white Ford said as his journey along the A5 near Atherstone was rudely interrupted by the passage of a light steam loco belching smoke. The loco was William Francis a rare Beyer-Peacock Garrett 0-4-4-0 (6841/1937) working from the main site of Baddesley Colliery to the exchange sidings with the West Coast line. Today the Garrett survives as part of the National Collection, the Ford is probably…

Over three decades John Wiltshire built up an unseen archive of thousands of photographs

Just 'click' the thumbnails for a fullpage image! (1280 +853 nominal)

The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the British Science Museum Group of National Museums and telling the story of rail transport ...

B&W photos and history of Oliver Bulleid's ,plain ugly but powerful Q1 0-6-0 class WW2 austerity steam loco.

The London and North Eastern Railway Class P2 locomotive, No. 2001, Cock o' The North, on the turntable at King's Cross Station, London, 1st June 1934. The new engine has just arrived from the LNER...

High quality photograph of Great Western Railway Steam 4-6-0 # 5972 at Crewe, United Kingdom.

By Don Benn My theme this time is steam out of Marylebone in the 1960s and 1980s. I didn’t cover the Great Central line in its heyday; only when it was in s ...