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A few DMUs for your delectation . All taken in the 1970s and 1980s, some old, some more modern; includes relative rarities such as Park Royal class 103, also 150s and 156s when new. Any further gen for captions welcome as "bog carts" are not my strong point!

This time in Worcestershire . A quick post-Christmas visit to a few boxes prompted me to dig out some older photos dating back as far as 1978 to supplement the collection; includes a then and now comparison of Hartlebury.

A raid of the archives for a trip to Belgium in April 2005 , also some recent pictures of threatened signalboxes in Kent and the East Kent Railway and a couple of pictures of Kennett days before it was removed to the Colne Valley Railway.

CLICK HERE Mostly taken in the 1980s and arranged by county at present.

Last weekend in Germany and Belgium - not many pictures due to indifferent weather and spending a whole day dashing across the country to get my last 101 in the book :D

The weekend before last in Belgium for two tours run by Mercia Charters: Day 1 including depot visits at Schaerbeek and Oostende. Day 2 to Erquelinnes and Quevy, also includes other bits from the following two days.

From last month (behind the times as usual!) UK Railtours to Seal Sands Nene Valley Railway diesel gala UK, October 2011 . Includes Eastleigh, Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways, Severn Valley Railway, LUL battery locos, Spitfire Railtours "R&B 3" tour, UK Railtours "The Valley of...

With Desperate Railtours. Day 1 used a predecessor to the class 33, dating from 1939. Day 2 Was with a preserved Ae6/6 and also included an RhB Krokodil and a trip on the MGB to the Gotthard Base Tunnel workings at Las Rueras . Day 3 saw another Ae6/6 , a trip on the...

Or in the original German "Ferkeltaxe". The East German version of the four wheeled railbus which gained the nickname due to their use on rural branch lines which included farmers taking livestock to the market! Anyway, we spent most of a weekend riding round on these last month, including...

Zittauer Schmalspurbahn , contains narrow gauge steam. A trip from Dresden to Szczecin Includes some Czech and Polish locos. Halle to Eisenach Class 182 "Taurus" on RB services and some passing freight seen whilst "bashing" them.

Some pictures from Germany this time Letzte Fahrt 65 1049 A tank engine’s final trip before its boiler certificate expires. Döllnitzbahn Saxony narrow gauge. Feldbahn Glossen Narrow gauge industrial, very interesting and well worth a visit if you are in the area. More to follow!

Mariazellerbahn complete with 100 year old electric locos, 50 year old diesels and a steam loco that is only just a little older than the electrics! Graz-Köflacher Bahn Austrian independant / private line, but half the pictures are of an ex DB class 218 :o Austria, September 2011...

I decided to have a break from uploading new pictures to our site (see my signature for those) - so have made a start on re-uploading some older pics, starting with some pictures of the Pinzgaubahn and Zillertalbahn taken in 2009.

Getting through my backlog slowly but surely; here is part 2 of our six day trip in Estonia. No clag monsters on this day just two Czech built ChME3 locos to cover the electrified lines to the east and south of Tallinn, one was in green livery - the other in a livery that looks rather...

Pics from the first day of the recent PTG tour in Estonia now available for viewing . Featuring a Go Rail TEP70 and stuff global warming :lol: PS: Believe the driver was a crank and knows how to get this type of lok to "perform", they are not normally quite that bad .

See here for a chance to help St. Pancras and Ebbsfleet stations test their arrangements for travel plans during the 2012 Olympics.

Wish we could do this in the UK :cool: Parallel running with steam I was on this one :D Sadly, even if we did have a long enough stretch of bi-directionally signalled track, I can't see it happening.

Just uploaded three new galleries to our site: Quick visit to Tonbridge Yard , includes 73213. UK Railtours trip to Ruddington Mixed Traction gala at Chinnor , includes some pictures taken on previous visits.

Just uploaded some pictures taken on the Döllnitzbahn in Germany as it is in the news at the moment. Almost the sole reason for it's existence is to transport the local children to and from school and the local authorities have decided to use road coaches from next term therefore seriously...

Despite Network Rail / FGW doing their best to screw up my plans , here are some shots from Didcot North and Cholsey taken last Thursday. Including a BR blue class 31 and Tata livery 60 .