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See here , another day behind a maroon loco and more fun and games on a narrow gauge railway.

Blog report of day 1 of the PTG tour of Latvia earlier this month including a rather eventful trip on the Gulbene to Alūksne narrow gauge line with a fire-raising diesel!

Click here. Featuring a TEP70 to Gulbene for a rather eventful trip on the narrow gauge line to Alūksne. Rest of the days to follow in due course when I can find a minute to sort the photos out.

I have added quite a few day reports to the blog section on our site over the last few days. They include: Chasing class 20s On the Old Dalby to Neasden LUL stock move. Cumbrian Mountain Express - a trip behind "Tangmere" last month. Denmark Day 1 , Day 2 and Day 3 , hoping the get...

We spent last weekend in Denmark , primarily to chase the ME class diesels which are relatives of the Irish Rail 071s (Same engine, four more cylinders). Can recommend a visit to anybody who likes big diesels (shame about the double deck aircon stock though), but have to say that I still...

Two days chasing class 20s on "S" Stock moves , 34067 on the Cumbrian Mountain Express and charter train mania at Old Linslade

Finally got round to sorting the last couple of weeks stuff out: BLS "Immingham Centenary Preview" tour , no real pictures of the train itself but loads of interest to see and phot in the Immingham and Scunthorpe area. Churnet Valley and Moorland & City Railways photos from a visit on 1st...

Photos taken on 30th March 2012 . The main aim was to get some photos of the signal boxes before they close with a couple of shots taken on the Chase Line en route. The Mission was duly accomplished with bonus phots of some passenger trains and a FL coal train .

Two more collections for your delectation: 24th & 25th March including some snaps of assorted signalling related subjects whilst on the "Coal Grinder" tour to South Wales and a few shots from the Severn Valley Railway steam gala the following day. Two days in London with more...

Two days in March including 33035 and D8001 on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, also Llanelli and Pembrey signalboxes, some 175s , the WAG and a coal train at Newcastle .

To the March 2012 collection: 66847 on extra Pendolino coaches Complete with immigrant tail lamps! 47786 and 47826 at Crewe.

Seeing as our photo hosting website has provided the facility to have a blog, I have decided to try it out even though writing is not my strong point. To get a quick start to play around with the settings without spending ages at a keyboard I have started with a couple of reports that were...

Includes 70013 at Cleethorpes where it failed with piston ring problems. More signal box photos, Ramsgate , Sandwich , Sturry , Oakham and Dinting - includes bonus interior shots of Dinting in 1978. Also various freight workings at Oakham, Melton Mowbray and Leicester.

February 2012 , part 2 including a short session lineside on the WCML the highlight of which was 37610 on a DVT move . A day on a UK railtours trip which gave an opportunity for a shot of 86259 following our tour and some signalbox pictures to be taken, topped off with a further brief...

February 2012 part 1 Includes 20s on an S Stock move , 37s and a test train at Birmingham New St and a Heathrow Express unit move to Wolverton.

Various modern traction and A weekend of steam both standard and narrow gauge with additional modern bits.

First two offerings from a very cold two weeks mostly spent in Southern Germany, don't think the temperature rose above freezing for the whole time we were there! 2nd to 5th February has a few pictures from Switzerland and ends with a steamy trip from Eisenach to Arnstadt Harzer...

1980s Ireland , trains and rolling stock this time round, including A (001) class and a couple of RPSI bits. Also More assorted DMUs , from the 1970s and 1980s - all "1st generation" units this time. Check out Kidderminster before the SVR station was built there (also here ) and THIS...

This livery ? Part of a small collection of pictures taken in early August 1996 , includes Southminster "flask" and a few bits at Kensington and Bedfordshire. One more recent addition is 66213 at Paddington on last week's "Concrete Cow" tour.

Have gone back to 2005 and uploaded some pictures of Austrian locos: Here are some Electric Classes and Here are some diesels