Holding pen
189 photos
Aluminium
24 photos
Barrier wagons
7 photos
Biomass
50 photos
Cars
6 photos
Cement
88 photos
China Clay
45 photos
Coal
53 photos
Condensate
1 photo
Construction materials
2 photos
Engineering trains
448 photos
With the downturn of coal traffic one of the main uses for freight locos on the network is on engineering trains. A selection is presented here.
Flyash
10 photos
Freightliner
122 photos
Gypsum
8 photos
Iron ore
4 photos
Light locos / stock moves
133 photos
Logs
4 photos
Oil
35 photos
Potash
17 photos
Railtours
16 photos
Rubbish
15 photos
Sand
29 photos
Scrap
40 photos
Slag
1 photo
Sleepers
51 photos
Snowplows
3 photos
Steel
68 photos
Stone
297 photos
Test trains
279 photos, 4 videos
Living in Sheffield there is a fairly constant flow of test trains from Derby RTC to various parts of the country including in the area for testing the GSMR signalling. Most of these are hauled by...
Timber
3 photos
Track machines
50 photos
Shunters
116 photos
The backbone of the British yard and station pilots, a few 08s and 09s remain in service. Here's a collection of those in service, those preserved and some archive shots. Mainly 08s, but also 02s,...
20s
407 photos, 8 videos
Mainly shots of these former South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Scottish coal workhorses on the South Yorkshire RHTT circuit, but also some Tinsley shots, a few on the Jolly Fisherman and other...
Class 24
3 photos
Class 25
7 photos
Class 26 / 27
8 photos
31s
121 photos, 1 video
33s
41 photos
37s
455 photos, 8 videos
Class 37s in order
64 photos
Class 40
51 photos
Class 43
187 photos
When introduced in 1976 hated by rail enthusiasts for replacing Deltics, Westerns and Hoover, plus peaks on NE/SW services these were classified as DMUs. Later reclassified as locos and displaced by...
Class 44
1 photo
Class 45
30 photos
Class 46
2 photos
Class 47
201 photos, 5 videos
Class 50
25 photos, 1 video
Class 52
7 photos
Class 55
25 photos, 2 videos
Class 56
129 photos, 1 video
Class 57
78 photos
Class 58
9 photos
Class 59
49 photos
These locos were first introduced to run stone trains in the Westbury area to replace the 52s, 37s and latterly 56s. Whilst I saw most of the local 37s and 56s their arrival coincided with me moving...
Class 60
299 photos, 2 videos
Class 60 in order
80 photos
Ive tried logging an image of each of the class 60s in order, starting with those already on Flickr. The next part was those digital images which inevatibly has resulted in a large number of stored...
Older ex BR diesels
1382 photos, 21 videos
GM locos
2074 photos, 4 videos
66s Colas
13 photos
66s DB
919 photos, 2 videos
DB Class 66 in order
190 photos
In order, possibly the best of my shots of 66001 to 66250 less 66022, 66028, 66032, 66033, 66036, 66038, 66042, 66045, 66049, 66062, 66064, 66072, 66073, 66123, 66153, 66157, 66163, 66173, 66178,...
66s DRS
92 photos
Class 66 EURO
1 photo
66 Fastline
2 photos
66s FL
745 photos, 1 video
Freightliner Class 66 in order
108 photos
I've done a quick search through Flickr to pick up images of the Freightliner class 66s in order. I've selected what I consider to be my best image of each loco. Some are still missing, 501 and 531...
66s GBRF
414 photos, 1 video
GBRF Class 66 in order
103 photos
In order, possibly the best of my shots of 66701 to 66799 less 66796. 66734 is the 'new' iteration having missed the scrapped one which fell into Lock Treig. To avoid repeat locations I may have...
Class 67
59 photos
Class 68
113 photos, 3 videos
Class 68 in order
32 photos
Class 68s in order except for 68019 and 68034
Class 69
7 photos
Class 70s
226 photos, 1 video
Class 73
96 photos
Class 81
2 photos
Class 82
1 photo
Class 84
1 photo
Class 86
29 photos
Class 87
4 photos
Class 88
15 photos
Class 90
39 photos
Class 91 and DVT
52 photos
Class 91 - All 31 by end of January 2020
83 photos
Class 92
17 photos
Electric locos
102 photos
EMUs
288 photos
DMUs
790 photos, 1 video
Last of the Pacers
40 photos
Due for withdrawal in 2019, the humble, not very robust, uncomfortable Pacer has eeked out its living on the Northern network for more years than locals welcome and certainly more than the originally...
Class 800 bi mode
38 photos
High speed
344 photos
Steam
139 photos, 3 videos
Backlit
153 photos
The general favoured rail shot is with the front and side of the train illuminated by the sun, generally over the photographers shoulder, but some quite dramatic images can be obtained shooting into...
Location West Highland Lines
74 photos
Anywhere from Dumbarton to Oban or Mallaig, actually north of Ardlui. A mixture of iffy 110 shots of mainly
37s and better quality shots of modern traction, plus steam on the Jacobite.
Location - Crianlarich to Oban
11 photos
Location lines around Inverness
7 photos
Location Inverness to Dingwall
3 photos
Location - Dingwall to Kyle
18 photos
The line north of Inverness splits at Dingwall, the left turn heading through the hills before dropping down to Kyle of Lochalsh and connections to the Isle of Skye.
Location - Dingwall to Wick / Thurso
16 photos
Location Perth to Inverness
61 photos
Location Inverness to Aberdeen
7 photos
Location Aberdeen and Dundee
17 photos
Location Edinburgh
48 photos, 1 video
Location Glasgow to Perth
19 photos
Location Glasgow area
54 photos
Location Motherwell
3 photos
Location Ayrshire
8 photos
Location Dumfries
2 photos
Location Carlisle
21 photos
Location S&C
136 photos
I've tried to order these shots from Skipton and heading northwards along the line.
Location Preston to Carlisle
8 photos
Location Tyne Valley
18 photos
Location Blyth and Tyne
27 photos
Teeside
72 photos
Location Goole to Hull
38 photos
An area until very recently blessed with manual boxes and semaphores, my visits started around Gilberdyke and ended at Crabley Creek. Infrequent and sparse freight movements, but a variety of dmus. A...
Location - Leeds area
57 photos
Location Leeds
43 photos
Location Wakefield
13 photos
Healey Mills area
17 photos
Location - Colne Valley
27 photos
The line following the Colne Valley from Huddersfield to Standedge Tunnel through Slaithwaite and Marsden. Services are operated by Trans Pennine running class 68s, 802 bi mode trains and 185 DMUs....
Location Barnsley to Huddersfield
6 photos
Location Knottingley area
24 photos
Knottingley serves the River Aire power stations however with Ferrybridge and Eggborough now gone, just Drax remains, burning mainly imported biomass with deliveries from Immingham and Liverpool but...
Location Calder Valley / West Yorkshire Dales
27 photos
Location York to Harrogate
11 photos
This line runs between Knaresborough and Skelton Junction just north of York. I first visited in June 2020 when tipped off about engineering works taking place and caught engineering trains passing...
Location York
16 photos
Location York to Scarborough
29 photos
Location Cornwall
159 photos
With my mum being Cornish, and living in Dorchester as a kid, we had plenty of visits to Cornwall in the early to mid eighties. My dad was patient enough to divert occasionally to Penzance and...
Location Devon
32 photos
Location Dorset rail
217 photos, 1 video
Location Bournemouth
5 photos
Location Southampton and Eastleigh
38 photos
Location IOW
10 photos
Location Yeovil area
3 photos
Location Somerset Quarries
5 photos
Locaton Westbury
60 photos
Location Westbury to Bath
3 photos
Location Bath
4 photos
Location Bristol area
18 photos
Location Swindon
4 photos
Location GW mainline
17 photos
Location South Wales
47 photos
Location Gloucester and Chepstow
3 photos
Location - Marches Line
42 photos
Location Bristol to Birmingham
2 photos
Location Oxford
5 photos
Location Banbury area
21 photos
The route from Coventry to Oxford via Leamington Spa and Banbury.
Location Worcester
4 photos
Location Birmingham area
39 photos
Location Birmingham Area
1 photo
Location Tamworth
56 photos
Location Nottingham to Tamworth
7 photos
Derby to Tamworth
2 photos
Location Derby to Tamworth
12 photos
Location London
224 photos
Location Barnetby area
75 photos
Once a real mecca for rail photographers this small town / village on the south side of the Humber was blessed with both semaphore signals and regular freight from Immingham, mainly oil trains to the...
Locations MML South end
6 photos
Location WCML southern end
6 photos
Location Stockport area
15 photos
Location - Manchester
33 photos
Location Crewe
72 photos
Location Chester
2 photos
Location Liverpool area
20 photos
Location Wigan area
2 photos
Location Preston
10 photos
Location Blackpool
4 photos
Location Lincoln to Peterborough
20 photos
Location east England
69 photos
Location East Anglia
69 photos
Location East Midland
48 photos
Location Rutland
19 photos
A visit in the last throes of May with the 1Z10 group sees various locations visited mainly around Harringworth, Oakham and Melton Mowbray
Location Great Central Railway
4 photos
Location Leicester area
29 photos
Location Notts to Skeggy
6 photos
Location Toton
49 photos
Location Meadowhall to Leeds
76 photos
Location Swinton to Leeds
5 photos
Location Woodburn to Stocksbridge
82 photos, 2 videos
Location Worksop and South Yorkshire Joint
54 photos
Location Sheffield to Worksop
165 photos, 1 video
Location Robin Hood line
4 photos
Location ECML south of Doncaster
22 photos
Location East of Doncaster
50 photos
Location Doncaster to Gainsborough
28 photos
The mainly freight line from Bessecar Junction in Doncaster to Gainsborough.
Location Brigg line
11 photos
The mainly freight line between Gainsborough and Wrawby Junction
Location - Doncaster to Brigg
7 photos
Location Scunthorpe
3 photos
Location Doncaster Carr and yards
65 photos
Location Doncaster station
119 photos
Location ECML north of Doncaster
15 photos
Location North Yorkshire
4 photos
Location Rotherham to Doncaster
287 photos
Photos of trains between Rotherham and Doncaster via Swinton or the Kilnhurst loop.
Location Masboroough to Barrow Hill
212 photos, 5 videos
Location Tinsley
66 photos
Location Barrow Hill
143 photos, 2 videos
The now iconic last surviving roundhouse near Staveley at Barrow Hill now a centre for preservation and base for modern loco and stock maintenance.
Location Rotherham
269 photos
Location CF Booth
31 photos
Location Rotherham Scrap Yards
29 photos
Location Sheffield to Rotherham
357 photos, 2 videos
Location Sheffield Station
967 photos, 13 videos
Location Sheffield to Dore
282 photos, 3 videos
Location Dore to Derby
133 photos, 2 videos
Location Derby
31 photos
Location The Hope Valley
363 photos, 5 videos
Location Peak Forest / Chinley area
137 photos
Basically the line South from Chinley through Peak Forest, Tunstead and Buxton as far as the Dowlow Briggs and Hindlow Quarries. Stone, cement aggregates and test trains only, although DMUs do run...
Location Derbyshire
148 photos, 1 video
Location Peak Rail
6 photos
Published
19 photos
A collection of shots published either in Railways Illustrated or Traction
2011 RHTT
43 photos, 1 video
2012 RHTT
34 photos
2013 RHTT
48 photos, 3 videos
2014 RHTT
39 photos
RHTT 2015
21 photos, 1 video
2016 RHTT
5 photos, 1 video
2018 RHTT
19 photos
2019 RHTT
24 photos
2020 RHTT
65 photos
The South Yorkshire 2020 circuit previously in the hands of DRS class 20s has been taken over by DRS class 37s this year following work on the Barnsley to Chapeltown line allowing the slightly higher...
2021 RHTT
11 photos
Sheffield derailment 2020
22 photos
On 11th November 2020 66603 was running the Earles Sidings to Dewsbury loaded cement train through Sheffield around 02:45. As the train crossed the catch points / shunt head points which had recently...
35 mm scans
270 photos
Around 1987 I acquired a Pentax P50 for my birthday and then used it until about 2009 when I went fully digital.
Dorchester 110 scans 1980s
43 photos
110 scans
105 photos
On the rails
4791 photos, 30 videos
Peter Cooper and others images
16 photos
Infrastructure
84 photos
Reflections
31 photos
Skies
82 photos
Wildlife
75 photos
People
32 photos
Urban
185 photos
UK seaside
63 photos
Peak views
57 photos
SUFC
25 photos
Football
24 photos
Sheffield
345 photos, 2 videos
Rotherham
39 photos
Various shots taken around Rotherham
Dorset
73 photos, 1 video
Dorchester Pubs
30 photos
Tamar bridge
5 photos
Buses
3 photos
Tram train
6 photos
Trams
20 photos
Cars
16 photos
Boats
2 photos
Planes and Helicopters
5 photos
Chatsworth Ferrari
5 photos
Scotland
5 photos
Holdiay snaps
7 photos
Concert Photos
14 photos, 1 video
York races 9 July 2010
12 photos
Aug 2011 Hols
27 photos
Ibiza 2012
5 photos
2012 Olympic sailing
15 photos
Tramlines 2013
2 photos
Tramlines 2016
8 photos
Tramlines 2018
10 photos
Tramlines 2019
21 photos
Tramlines 2021
1 photo
Tenerife 2013
5 photos
Edinburgh April 2014
15 photos
FA Cup Semi Wembley 2014
5 photos
Tour de France - le grande depart 6 July 2014
8 photos
AC/DC 4 July 2015
3 photos
Salou and Barcelona 2015
16 photos
Dorset Aug 2015
5 photos
Paris and Disney Oct 2015
20 photos
Blackpool 29 May 2016
3 photos
Buxton stock cars July 2016
2 photos
Portugal 2016
4 photos
Scotland Aug 2016
28 photos, 1 video
Dorset Aug 2016
15 photos
London Oct 2016
7 photos
Dorset Christmas 2016
12 photos
Barrow Hill Rail Ale 2017
4 photos
Italy July 2017
21 photos
Dorset Aug 2017
13 photos
Scotland Aug 2017
21 photos
London Nov 2017
3 photos
Dorset Feb 2018
8 photos
Dorset April 2018
6 photos
Barrow Hill Rail Ale May 2018
3 photos
Cleethorpes May 2018
6 photos
Cornwall May 2018
25 photos
London May 2018
12 photos
Dorset July 2018
4 photos
London Aug 2018
12 photos
Italy August 2018
4 photos
Scotland March 2019
12 photos
Scotland Aug 2019
10 photos
Dorset August 2019
10 photos
Scotland Aug 2021
12 photos
2022 RHTT
12 photos