Steam Train Photography

Hi all, Another picture from our recent visit to the Severn Valley Railways Steam Gala. Here is 4-6-0 3 cylinder 5XP Jubilee 4-6-0 45596 “Bahamas” looking magnificent in its British Railways green as it drops into Highley with the 14.15 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster train. In tow is a fine rake of blood and custard coaches to take you back to the 1950s. I can well remember these engines usually from Bristol Barrow Road or Leeds Holbeck getting into their stride

British Railways Standard 5MT 73125 fitted with Caprotti valve gear at Patricroft Manchester the depot only weeks away from closure. Their huge coal hopper looms large in the background. Beyond that one of the first railways in the country the Liverpool to Manchester line famous for the Rocket which ran along here during the trials of 1825 at Rainhill. For those that knew him John Bloor walks across from the cab of 73125 after moving the engine out of the

CP Portuguese E111 2-6-0 narrow gauge tank engine is being readied at the depot at Mirandela, the end of the line high up in the hills of northern Portugal. E113 stands just inside the shed building and in front although not in view was E112. The second picture is of E111 now standing in the station with a train for Braganca. A mixture of freight wagons and a lone coach at the rear for passengers are in tow ready for

Hi all, On our way from Bebra having seen the East German Pacifics at work we stopped off at Paderborn and soon after arriving a West German oil burning 2-10-0 043-133 rolled in with a freight train from Hamm to Kassel. The local shunter is seen riding on the foot steps to the cab after he had hooked the train off and was about to pick up some more wagons.This engine will soon to be transferred to Rheine once the

A visit to the Severn Valley Steam Gala last Friday. The weather was very poor but never managed to rain thankfully. Here is 4930 “Hagley Hall” dropping into Highley station with the 12.10 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth on Friday 20th September 2024 looking very smart. Regards Ledg.

This first picture was taken from the railway bridge over the river Duero a most precarious location to be in. This was at the village of Ferradosa Portugal taken with with a telephoto lens of 4-6-0 284 built by Henschal of Germany coming up the most spectacular gorge to the west of the village working the 0920 Oporto to Barca de Alva. They looked very similar to the Great Eastern Railway B12 class also 4-6-0s. Around the corner where the

Hi all, The year 2009 was when I retired and in the August I went down to Totnes with Shirley to photograph 60163 “Tornado” not long after it had been built. Here it is storming through the middle road on the approach to the station with a Bristol to Plymouth special taken in Black and white. After the train had passed through I decided to have a trip to Buckfastleigh behind Great Western 0-6-0 pannier tank 6490 to finish off

Hi all, I had just retired in June 2009 and decided to go to York to see the Scarborough Spa Express, and here it is taking water at Botham in the suburbs of the City, you can just see the red water pipe on the ground to the right of the track. It seemed to be the regular engine at the time as I saw it a few weeks later at Malton. Lots of Rowen trees line the side of

Hi all, After three weeks on holiday I’m back. So last Saturday I went to see ex Southern Region 35028 Merchant Navy class “Clan Line” after overhaul. Seen here arriving at Worcester Shrub Hill with the 08.15 from London Victoria to Worcester Shrub Hill via Kensington Olympia, North Pole Junction Old Oak Common, Reading, Swindon, Kemble and Cheltenham. > In the second picture the engine is propelling it support coach down across the River Severn to Henwick to turn on

Hi all, A day out on the RH&DR Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, Kent. 4-6-2 number 10 “Doctor Syn” at Hythe about to work the 12.00 to Dungeness. Is this really a steam engine? It’s more like a museum piece. The reverend Doctor Christopher Syn was the hero in Russell Thorndyke novels about the hero Smuggler of Romney Marsh. Garath Evans marches up to the engine for a cab ride and a bit of fireing. Will he fit? Will he

Hi all, We had been to the south east of West Germany and spent two night at Neunmarkt Wirsberg near Hof to photograph the 01 Pacofics, then made our way north in a semi circle dropping of at various locations before making for home. On the last day we would finish up here at Gelsenkirchen Bismarck in the central Rhur. This was one of the large steam depots with a workshops for repairing engines. There were 10 engines here mainly

Hi all, One of my early poor quality Brownie camera pictures taken at work. Can you believe they would let a 15 year old loose amongst this lot nowadays! I loved it. This is Saltley depot Duddeston Mill Road Birmingham, what a place! Standing outside three shed in the yard are two standard engines, 2-10-0 9F 92123 from Leicester and 4-6-0 5MT 73004 from Chester, a rare visitor indeed not many of these turned up here, only in passing usually,