October 2020
Welsh Pony at Tan-y-Bwlch : Chris Cooper
W&LLR Countess : Steve Borszowski
September 2020
No 5 at Minnfordd : Stewart Liles
LYD : Ffestiniog Railway : Alan Poxon
Cloister and Sybil Mary at Statfold in August : Stewart Liles
Bagnall at Threlkeld : Sir Tom runs around the train: Phil Thompson
August 2020
K1 Garratt newly restored: Statfold: Stewart Liles
NDM-6 and Class B, Darjeeling Station : Paul Howard
Ex Abbey Light Railway Kirkstall Leeds : Stewart Liles
Statfold : Orenstein & Koppel No 614 built in 1900 for Pakis Baru
sugar mills in Indonesia : Dave Webb
Statfold : Stewart Liles
July 2020
Night falls a Llanfair : Stewart Liles
Merddin Emrys at Tanybwlch : Tony Wright
North Bay Railway : Alan Poxon
Statfold Goose : Stewart Liles
June 2020
Crossing the Cob: Gerv Wright
Threlkeld : Alan Poxon
Porthmadog : Stewart Liles
Garratt 138 at Pont Ynsferlas : WHR: Tony Wright
Henschel 15968 of 1918 : Stewart Liles
May 2020
A Baldwin 2-8-2 (Mikado), one of 6 supplied in 1946 for the 3’6” gauge Ferrocarril del Sur in Costa Rica. The line was built mainly to haul bananas along the Pacific coast and was finally closed in 1982. I came across this loco abandoned on a short spur at the Northern terminus at Palmar Sur :
Paul Howard.
Shunting Minffordd Yard : Tony Wright
Taliesin pilots Merddin Emrys at Salem : Tony Wright
Boston Lodge : Steve Borszowski
April 2020
Taliesin at Caenarfon : Tony Wright
W&LLR in 1988 : Dave Webb
Threlkeld : Alan Poxon
West Lancs : Stewart Liles
March 2020
Merddin Emrys takes on water at Tan-y-Bwlch : Tony Wright
Maeklong Railway Thailand : Paul Howard
Baldwin 44656 of 1917. After WW1 it saw service on the NW Frontier in the 3rd Anglo-Afghan War : Stewart Liles
February 2020
Tom Rolt : Tallylyn Railway : Tony Wright
Prince and Russell: Ynysfor ; WHR : Gerv Wright
Hunslet 1215 : Snowdon Street Porthmadog : Tony Wright
K1 : Chris Cooper
This loco has now been transferred to Statfold Barn for restoration this year.
January 2020
Works Train FR Baguley-Drewry Castell Criccieth : Steve Smith
Snowdon and Taliesin : Gerv Wright
WHR Waunfawr : Tony Wright
Wellington Cable Car : Funicular 3'3" gauge Railway from Lambton Quay to Kelburn Top [Botanic Gardens] Opened in 1898: originally powered by steam winding engine : Trev Oughton
December 2019
Alco Mountaineer : Tanybwlch 2014 : Andy Wilkinson
Garratt: north of Beddgelert : WHR : Tony Wright
Coaling at Porthmadog: Paul Varey
November 2019
Talyllyn : Geoff Munday
Porthmadog departure: Paul Varey
FR Victorian Weekend : Alan Poxon
Cockerill built No 87 at Dinas WHR : Stewart Liles
October 2019
Glyder [ Barclay No 1994 of 1931 ex Penrhyn Quarries ] at Beamish :
Paul Howard
Approaching Devil's Bridge: VoR: Gerv Wright
Victorian Weekend: Ffestiniog Railway : DLG : Les Lilley
VoR : Gerv Wright
September 2019
Crowle Peatland Railway : Alan Poxon
The Cob : Paul Varey
W&LLR September Gala : Gerv Wright
W&LLR Gala 2019 : Dave Webb
August 2019
Mallet No 11 storms into Obersizzen with the Vulcan express on the Brohltalbahn railway in Germany : Stuart Mackay
Vale of Rheidol : Approaching Devil's Bridge : Gerv Wright
Talyllyn: Stewart Liles
Vale of Rheidol : Gerv Wright
Taliesin at Ynysfor : Tony Wright
July 2019
WHR Gala : Chaloner : Tony Wright
Chakas Kraal No 6 and Tourska at Toddington : Gerv Wright
Russell and Prince at Hafod y Llyn : Tony Wright
Loading up at Statfold Barn: Dave Webb
No 3 Ripon and District : Dave Webb
June 2019
What a Train! What a Landscape! What a Day! Geoff Munday
Friday June 21st: At the end of its first day in revenue-earning passenger service on the old W H R for over 80 years, Russell heads back down Aberglaslyn Pass from Beddgelert with a train of ex-W H R stock, on an evening special as part of the FR/WHHR ‘Past, Present and Future’ weekend.
"Driver Experience" Tallylyn Railway : Paul Howard
Some spectacular steam effects : Harz : Gerv Wright
The final run at Adrian Shooter's garden line: Stuart Mackay
May 2019
Statfold Barn: Stewart Liles
New build LYN climbing the bank towards Woody Bay : Lynton and Barnstaple : Stuart Mackay
Spring primroses at Tanybwlch : Andy Wilkinson
April 2019
WD 303 raising steam at Statfold : Stewart Liles
Towyn: Stewart Liles
Departure from Towyn : Alan Poxon
DLG at Blaenau Ffestiniog : Andy Wilkinson
Jack : Stewart Liles at Statfold
March 2019
Two Fairbanks-Morse speeders supplied to the US army. They had no clutch so couldn't be operated slowly : Stewart Liles at Apedale.
How about a loco from Leeds UNDER a mountain?
Picture the scene: I'd driven half way across Europe for a trip or two on a narrow gauge railway operating steam trains on normal scheduled services. As the train pulled away from a small halt, I spied a collection of NG railway equipment parked under an opened-sided shed. A visit the next day revealed a Greenbat operating a tour into a "Steinkohl" mine. It was an interesting tour on the railway underground - the Erlebniswelt Rabensteiner Stollen : Phil Thompson
At Mayrhofen on the Zillertalbahn, the daily steam service runs around its train ready for the return run. Looks like it's being fired with a collection of old boots! Phil Thompson
On the Brohltalbahn, this beautifully-turned out Mallet tank heads the morning service out of Brohl-Lutzing. At Oberzissen, two-thirds of the way along the route, two diesels take over, working hard to haul the train up to the top of the hill at Engeln - with gradients as steep as 1 in 20 :
Phil Thompson
February 2019
The Brocken is a mountain slightly higher than Snowdon, yet the railway gradient to the top isn't the steepest on the Harz system and there's space for three long trains at the top! In the background, the once-a-day "Traditionszug" waits to return to Wernigerode whilst the normal service train arrives from Drei Annen Hohne :
Phil Thompson
Southwold Railway : Trev Oughton https://www.southwoldrailway.co.uk/
"Leader" Kerr-Stuart Brazil Class 0-4-2ST No 926 of 1905 : Sittingbourne and Kemsley Railway : Stewart Liles
Tom Rolt :Tallylyn : Geoff Munday
January 2019
FR: Harbour Bridge NG G16 No 138: Alan Poxon
0-6-2RT 8003 manufactured by Cail in 1891. Odontotos Rack Railway Greece: Andy Wilcock
https://odontotos.com/index-en.htm
Coaling and service after last trip of the day : Porthmadog : Andy Wilkinson
10hp Baguley No 760 ordered by the Board of Trade Timber Supplies Dept in 1918 : Stewart Liles
Last Santa train of 2018 crosses Britannia Bridge : Andy Wilkinson
December 2018
Chaka's Kraal No6 : Hunslet 2075 of 1940 supplied to Chaka's Kraal Sugar Estates Natal, South Africa : WHR : Gerv Wright
Alice :Bala: Stewart Liles
Llanfair W&LLR : one lump or two? Steve Borszowski
Coonoor Station, Nilgiri Railway, India: Paul Howard
Two of the oil fired SLM (Swiss Locomotive and Machine works) X class 0-8-2 metre gauge rack drive locos. Built between 1925 and 1952, the high pressure cylinders drive the adhesion wheels, the low pressure cylinders drive the rack wheels.
November 2018
Castleton Light Railway : North Yorkshire : Stewart Liles
Last Vehicle : Chris Cooper
New livery for Harlech Castle: FR: Andy Wilkinson
October 2018
Garratt 143 leaving Boston Lodge new carriage sheds: Alan Poxon
Alan Keef VB tram built for Telford Town Park Tramway and now resident at Telford Steam Railway : Alan Poxon
Towards Boston Lodge from Ferris Wheel : FR Victorian Weekend :
Andy Wilkinson
Inside Boston Lodge : Steve Borszowski
Running repairs : Baldwin 4-6-0 w/n 44656 1917 L.R. 778 :
Apedale : Lyndon Smith
September 2018
North Ings Farm : Alan Poxon ..ex East Anglia Water Ruston
and from Stuart Mackay...very similar small diesels....
Llanfair WLLR : Dave Webb
Corris Superpower! : O&K 0-4-0DH No 25721 Built 1957 : Nick Midgley
August 2018
David Lloyd George near Tanygrisiau : Stuart Mackay
Get the best view: Travelling in style on the Bernina Express Switzerland: Michael Bastow
Talyllyn : Steve Smith
July 2018
The ultimate Garden Railway : Beeches LR Oxfordshire: Stewart Liles
Tracks to the Trenches : Apedale : Alan Poxon
HE 1215 of 1916 at Apedale : Stewart Liles
Corris No 7 : Alan Poxon
Busy Porthmadog : Hunslet 125 celebration: Tony Wright
June 2018
Isibutu at Statfold : Alan Poxon
Sybil Mary at Statfold : Tony Wright
Fenella on the climb from Douglas to Port Soderick : Gerv Wright
Fenella at Castletown
Maid Marion and Alice at Bala : Stewart Liles
May 2018
Reflections at Statfold : Tony Wright
Woody Bay : Lynton and Barnstaple Railway : Steve Smith
and those beautiful coaches : Chris Cooper
Dolbadarn at Llanberris Lake Railway : Stewart Liles
David Lloyd George looking resplendent at Porthmadog: Alan Poxon
April 2018
FR Baldwin diesel " Moelwyn " with Van No 1 at Minfford: Andy Wilkinson
Drewry shunting at Woody Bay : L&B : Chris Cooper
Preparing the Bagnall and Peckett : Paul Howard: Statfold 2018
March 2018
Bala Lake Railway: Hunslet "Holy War" : Alan Poxon
K1 takes on water at Rhyd Ddu WHR : Tony Wright
Victorian livery: Chris Cooper
Prince enjoying the winter sunshine: FR Porthmadog: Dave Webb
Repairing No 14 at Welshpool Raven Square : Tony Wright
February 2018
Bala Lake : Alice : a view from the footplate : Stewart Liles
Earl of Merioneth leaving Porthmadog: Tony Wright
Tallylyn Wharf Station : Geoff Munday
Lilla and Britomart at Boston Lodge : Stewart Liles
January 2018
K1 Garratt pilots "Vale of Ffestiniog" on the WHR : Tony Wright
Talyllyn spring sunshine : Geoff Munday
NGG16 at Harbour : Paul Howard
Remember those warm summer days? Statfold Garden line: Tony Wright
Earl of Merioneth leaves Porthmadog : Andy Wilkinson
