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South Devon Railway has celebrated its 150th anniversary of its line opening from the mainline. The line from Totnes to Ashburton that is nine miles long, opened on the 1st May 1872. In 1971 the section between Buckfastleigh and Ashburton was closed down due to the A38 motorway replacing the...

Trains will be operating between Buckfastleigh and what is usually the mid-way point on the line, Staverton, with a vintage rail replacement bus operating between Staverton and Totnes Town and Mainline Station. Our train services are not able to run to Totnes due to engineering work taking place...

Ex-GWR 2884 2-8-0 No. 3803 has been sold by the South Devon Railway, with the Dartmouth Steam Railway and Riverboat Company purchasing the 1939-built locomotive for an undisclosed fee.

Most of us love taking photographs of steam trains, but sometimes we do not get a good photo that we tried too. My most popular article - ‘Ultimate Guide: How to photograph Steam Trains’ has now been updated with more useful information. Please take a read and let me know what you think, thank...

The 'GWR Sleeper Trains' are currently not running at night between Monday 24th January to Thursday 17th March. This is because every Monday to Thursday during those dates the line between Exeter St Davids and Teignmouth is closed. During these eight weeks, as part of its plans to improve the...

GWR 7800 Class No: 7820 ‘Dinmore Manor’ with GWR Class 2-6-2T No: 5542 on the rear are seen at the Royal Mile on the South Devon Railway working the 12.35 Buckfastleigh to Totnes Riverside and return ‘The Polar Express’ Christmas service on the 21st November 2021.

After taking some railway photographs, if like me, sometimes you find out that one or two of them are not that sharp. Some of the reasons why they are not that sharp is simple to change on your camera. I hope that this 5 reasons your train photos are not sharp article will help you out.

My most popular railway photograph on social media is the Midland Pullman HST. This photo has been on Facebook for seven days and I had an amazing amount of ‘likes’ etc. We all have great photos, put them on social media to become famous! Please have a read about it at My Most Popular Railway...

As a hobby we all love taking railway photographs. Did you know that you can also make money from it. Don’t know how to do this? Please read my article that can help you earn some money. How to Make Money from Your Railway Photographs

Railway photography is a very popular hobby. Everything in life has its good points and bad points. Please have a read about the railway photography pros and cons.

This Saturday (29th May 2021) the Blue Pullman HST is running the 'Cornish Coastal Pullman' tour from Eastleigh to Penzance and return. Times Eastleigh to Penzance www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U54562/2021-05-29/detailed Penzance to Eastleigh...

I expect that like many railway photographers would love to see their photograph on the front cover of a railway magazine. If you would like that to happen one day then please take a read of some of my Tips to Get a Photo on a Magazine Front Cover thank you.

Within 2 weeks of this month I have been very luck and had 2 of my photos published on 2 railway magazine front covers.

On Monday 17th May, after over a year, the passenger trains will begin again on the South Devon Railway. They will run four a day from Buckfastleigh to Totnes Riverside and return.

Are you new to railway photography and can not afford a Professional photo-editing software? Professional photo-editing applications aren’t always cheap. We are taking a look at the Top 5 Free Photo-editing software on the market in 2021. Have a look at my Top 5 FREE Photo Editing Software...

For all like me who are a big fan........ May the 4th be with you!

I have just had some of my negatives scanned that I took back in the 1980's. I was only 16 in 1985 but back then I was a massive trainspotter! This photograph shows 50025 ‘Invincible’, D1023 ‘Western Fusilier’ and GWR 4500 Class No: 4555 climbing Rattery Bank just outside of Totnes working...

If you had the chance to go on a rail tour, which would you choose, a steam or diesel tour? I personally would choose a steam tour.

Where is your favourite location for your railway photography? My favourite location is Dawlish. Being just under 20 miles away from where I live I very often drive to Dawlish. For me the best bit is including the seafront in the photo.

Colin J. Marsden is from Dawlish and is a well known railway photographer in the UK. He has an excellent website ‘Dawlish Trains’ that shows many photographs that are worth looking at. If you go onto Amazon and search Colin J. Marsden, you will then see some of the excellent books that Colin has...