Steam & Railway Image Library - The Alan Ledger Collection

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Cheltenham G&W Railway

Hi all, A few pictures taken last weekend on the Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway. GWR 2-8-0 2807 passes under the Southam Road bridge near Cheltenham Racecourse with the 12.50 from Broadway. Cleeve Hill in the background, I enjoyed a nice day out many years ago playing golf on top of the hill with the British Rail Golf society Birmingham of which I was a member for many years. A family enjoy a picnic in the sunshine at Cheltenham Racecourse. 2807

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001-168 At ~Hof

Hi all, Sheltering from the torrential rain inside the depot at Hof it was to be like this for two days it never stopped, and the light was atrocious. We had just arrived after the mammoth journey across West Germany on the 22.19 from Dortmund to Hof. Standing on the turntable is class 001-168 Pacific just arrived from Lichtenfels and the engine that brought us on the Lichtenfels to Hof leg of the journey now being put away into the

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Nechalls Power station Birmingham

Hi all, Here’s another shot found at Nechells Power Station Birmingham. For those unaccustomed to the areas of the city Nechells is north of the city centre, Aston is nearby. The Power Station has long gone to be replaced by Star City. A Central Electricity Board 0-6-0 tank engine powers a rake of loaded 16 ton mineral wagons of coal from the Tame and Rea sidings named after the two local rivers that meet next to what was Bromford up

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60103 FLING SCOTSMAN

Download full resolution images Available until 18 Apr 2026 Hi all, Prior to going into hospital I was able to go and see Flying Scotsman working in the Birmingham area after its trips to Stratford Upon Avon a picture of which I sent out some weeks ago. The week after it was working between Birmingham Moor Street station and Dorridge and here are a few pictures.The second shot is taken from the Grange Road bridge between Solihull and Olton working

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San Felica Spain

Hi all, So apologies for the delays in sending out picture of the week but have just spent an enjoyable 8 days, if you can believe that? in Heartlands Hospital Birmingham, overcoming yet another water infection, enjoyable it was not. B Here is one of my mad moments but what a shot (the day after my 21st birthday which I had spent in Paris). Just stepped out in time as it stormed passed it was really motoring! We had traveled

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01-0501 POTW

Cracking Shot Alan. Best regards Moz Yahoo Mail: Search, organise, conquer On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 at 18:26, Alan <alan.r.ledger@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: Hi all, sorry for the omission of this weeks POTW Here it is. > On 4 Mar 2026, at 13:42, Alan Ledger <alan.r.ledger> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 4 Mar 2026, at 09:54, Alan Ledger <alan.r.ledger> wrote: >> >>  >> Hi All, >> The first of the East German 01 class rebuilds

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01-0501 POTW

Hi all, sorry for the omission of this weeks POTW Here it is. > On 4 Mar 2026, at 13:42, Alan Ledger wrote: > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 4 Mar 2026, at 09:54, Alan Ledger wrote: >> >>  >> Hi All, >> The first of the East German 01 class rebuilds 01-0501 from 35 of the original class of 133. Here she is storming up from Bebra after the heavy snow fall of February

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60103 FLYING SCOTSMAN

Hi all, Last Saturday was a perfect day for a change after all that rain we have been getting and it fell on the day the Scotsman was out doing trips to Stratford Upon Avon and Birmingham Snow Hill. So batteries charged I took my camera to Whitlock’s End the next station beyond Shirley with the 11.40 to Stratford via Henley in Arden. Along with a few other people who had turned up I positioned my self at the end

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Welsh Highland Railway POTW

Hi all, Two pictures I took in 2012 whilst on holiday in north Wales, as you can see the first one is of the 11.00 train from Pothmadog at Caernarfon just arrived, and has been worked by ex South African Railways Beyer Garret NG 143. 18th June 2012. The second one also of an ex SAR Beyer Garret NG 87 working the 11.15 Caernarfon to Porthmadog at Betws Garmon where we had rented a cottage for the week. On the

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065-018 crossing the river Main West Germany

Hi all Took my socks and shoes off for this one, thought I’d join the kids in the water and cool off on this hot summers day and get a shot of this 2-8-2 Tank engine, a Class 65, all allocated to Ashaffenburg. 065-018 is crossing the river Main at Erlenbach working the 15.49 Miltenburg to Ashaffenburg. Friday 9th July 1971. Regards Ledg.

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A day out with friends POTW

Hi all, A few pictures of a day out on the Great Central Railway at Loughborough and Rothley with Britannia class 70013 “Oliver Cromwell” and 78019 at work. Wednesday 23rd April 2014. Regards Ledg.

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GERMANY

Hi all, Two pictures which some have seen before but thought I would put them together as they are taken in the same place. The first one is taken on Monday 21st February 1972. We’re hoping for deep snow but there was nothing and so we went again in 1973 and almost to the day we hit the jackpot. Same place one year after. Overnight on Sunday 18th of February 1973 it snowed like hell three days one year and

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