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Here is the story of my all day chase of Mayflower The uphill approach to Ashurst - New Forest, a station that must have the most extreme cant I have ever seen, UeF46b8B-CY A very fast dash required to get the departure from the next station, Beaulieu Road 0ZpyUCu-qe4 The...

Will someone please put a tuneful whistle on LNER A1 Class 60163 "Tornado" seen here at Fairwood Juntion outside Westbury in Wiltshire hauling the 12th July 2015 Torbay Express 1KfFRCUvbSU

60163 Tornado thrown into the mix on the return leg of the White Rose at Welham Green h9a_iWGIaMQ

BR Class 55 "Deltic" D9009 "Alycidon" does what Deltics were built for, blasting through Arlesey in Bedfordshire on the Fast East Coast Main Line, hauling the 7th July "White Rose" London Kings Cross to York. Not quite reaching the 100mph mark yet after its stop at Stevenage, none the less I...

The rather unique 1001 Hastings DEMU growls noisily up the incline through Denham Golf Club Station on the 4th July "Warwickshire Wanderer" 1yHtqIVYiMU

BR S rebuilt Merchant Navy Class 35028 "Clan Line" goes off with a bit of a whimper on its Farewell Tour before a major rebuild takes it off the line for a couple of years. Filmed here at Apsley, the old girl was even drowned out by a Euston bound Virgin Pendalino on the up fast. X_gJUtYiX48

SR Merchant Navy Class 35028, carries its last Belmond British Pullman round the Surrey Hills. Next Tuesday will be its farewell tour before a major rebuild meaning it will be off the main line for a fair while. t_zGFgguBQA

LNER Thompson B1 class 61306 "Mayflower" storms up the hill into Cholsey hauling the 7th June 2015 Paddington to Worcester, Cathedrals Express jVX7ELrThL4

BR Class 73's GBRf 73136 & 73128 'O.V.S. Bulleid CBE' cruse through West Byfleet on the fast line heading the UK Railtours Alpine Sunbeam tour, London Waterloo to Alton. XIGy8tNbbz4

SR Merchant Navy Class 35028 "Clan Line" whistles up a fireworks display on the Thames as it stops on Grosvenor Bridge at the end of the 4th June 2015 Railway Children Charity Steam Excursion. Getting in on the act is B1 Class Mayflower, heard but not seen leaving Victoria station GFtHwhHo6C4

LNER Thompson B1 Class 61306 "Mayflower" departs Ascot in Berkshire with a slight slip on the 4th June 2015 Cathedrals Express - Victoria to Bristol. Turn your speakers up for this one. MWpu4FEgBRk Further down the line at Great Bedwyn bq6x7SRFaRw

With the paucity of main line steam at the moment, I decided to delve into the world of preserved heritage railways. My nearest is the Mid Hants railway - The Watercress Line, and this week they were running a 'Peppa Pig' week (Lord Knows what a peppa pig is - I thought it was some kind of...

I never get a good shot of LMS Coronation Class 8P 4-6-2 no 46233 Duchess of Sutherland and today was no exception, when Cross Country Voyager 1V89 1235 Newcastle to Reading got in the way. -DadppKEDnU

Turn up your volume. Clan Line on the 22nd May 2013 Belmond British Pullman in the Surrey Hills A5mTVyt10XI

Deltic Horns & Red Kite Calls in the Chilterns... BR Class 55 "Deltic" D9009 "Alycidon" replete with "Flying Scotsman" headboard, dashes up the climb to Saunderton in Red Kite country, hauling the Golden Jubilee Pullman from Victoria to Kidderminster (Severn Valley Railway). Just Passing...

BR S Merchant Navy Class 35028 "CLAN LINE" whistles up a good looking 13th May 2015 Belmond British Pullman from London Victoria to Bristol via Reading and Newbury. Filmed here in glorious May sunshine at Ascot and Kintbury on the outwards journey. MEkl9CY_BS4

Day one of the 2015 GB VIII tour, WCR stock with a DBS crew and shed on the back 1I16rfd8djA

A unique video. Rare in the fact that a FGW Class 43 HST is on the South West Main line, Unique in that TWO FGW Class 43's cross at West Byfleet. - Reason? the GW main line has a line closure, and FGW is running diversionary services - Penzance to Waterloo. 9a_6bHlMkDw

First time out on the main line for over 25 years LNER b1 Class 61306 "mayflower" seen at Wraysbury on the Norwich to Windsor & Eaton excursion. kWEXDTfg23Q

Sat 7th Feb 2015 sees two Top 'n Tailed DRS class 20's 20308 and 20309 haul out of Crewe with the Pathfinders Tours Buffer Puffer 12 on a massive 480 mile 18 hour tour of the West London buffer stopped commuter termini. We have scenes from Windsor, Chessington, Hampton court, and Shepperton...