BR Steam
80 photos
BR steam in the years 1966-68. Not the best technically, hopefully interesting to those of a certain age. I attempted to capture steam as it was, the smoke and grime in the mainly industrial areas...
The HST
140 photos
British Rail's iconic High Speed Train or Inter-City 125. album compiled to mark their imminent passing from ECML services. More pictures will be added as they are scanned, processed or taken.
North East Colliery Rail
59 photos
Trans-Pennine Rail
238 photos
Covering any service traversing either the Standedge route or Calder Valley Line at some point on it's journey
Buses & Coaches
285 photos
This will mostly be scans from the film era with the occasional more recent image. Nothing from rallies.
The Settle & Carlisle line
96 photos
Semaphore Signals
164 photos
Pictures that include semaphore signals. Some of these still exist, others have been replaced in resignalling schemes. They always seem to add something to a picture.
Tyne & Wear Metro
70 photos
Tyne & Wear's local rail system, opened in the early 1980s, a mix of former BR lines and new tunnels under Newcastle, later extended to Newcastle Airport and Sunderland.
Class 50
209 photos
Most will be scans from film of archive material from the latter days of BR operation. A few newer images from more recently will also appear.
In Scotland
321 photos
Most of these will be scans of older pictures taken on film when locomotive haulage was more common. Taken in variable weather conditions, I kept shooting when the sun wasn't around. A few newer...
The Tyne Valley Line
176 photos
The route between Newcastle & Carlisle with a mix of ancient and modern infrastructure. The line runs from city to city with a mix of urban and rural scenes
Durham Coast Line & Teesside
191 photos
Cumbrian Coast & Furness Lines
95 photos
The scenic line from Carlisle to Barrow in Furness. Mostly recent from 2015 onward when the Class 37s appeared on passenger trains. A few older pictures as well when I find them, or when I can scan...
The Less Conventional
191 photos
A home for the shots with a somewhat different slant from the traditional 3/4 view of a train in sunlight.
Mainline Steam
85 photos
Deltics
111 photos
A mixture of black and white mainly from the final year of operation with some colour and in preservation to be added.