60163 Tornado on The Devon Belle

Saturday 2nd April saw the first SW steam of 2016. From Waterloo-Salisbury-Exeter -Newbury-Reading-Ascot-Victoria. She is seen here at Brewham Summit.

West Somerset Railway S & D Gala

I was only able to attend the final day of this S & D fest but boy did I have a good day! The stations were all renamed and they had made a terrific effort to bring in some great loco’s. Put that together with sunshine and blue skies all day and you have a…

Britannia on The Dartmouth Express

Here is the link to my latest video. Weather was really poor in the morning but brightened up somewhat during the afternoon. Not a bad finish to what has been a lean year for steam.

New venue for Fireboxchaser

I have moved Fireboxchaser to the following URL for the time being: http://firebox.wix.com/fireboxchaser Please come and visit the new site! Fireboxchaser is also on Facebook!

70000 on The Royal Duchy Sunday 6th September 2015

I set out with a little trepidation on Sunday after the previous failures out on the mainline had left me wondering how much worse it could get for mainline steam. I needn’t have worried. Brittania stormed through the whole day showing everyone just what steam on the mainline should be like for passengers and linesiders…

Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway

In the absence of much in the way of mainline steam currently I took myself off to The Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway yesterday. This is my video of the day.

A day which didn’t go quite as planned!

I planned Saturday 29th December for 6 shots. Nunney Castle at Patchway and then Llanvihangle, followed by the 2 Black 5’s at Llanvihangle. I was then going across to catch 60009 before doubling back to Pilning for the returning Castle and Black 5’s. What transpired left me with no Castle shots. I then went to…

West Somerset Autumn Steam Gala

Good evening, The West Somerset Railway marked the 50th anniversary of the closure of Taunton’s steam locomotive shed during its Autumn Steam Gala this weekend. A line-up of ‘guest’ engines has been hired for the event, including the Manor Class 7820 Dinmore Manor. Some of the WSR-based ‘residents’ will also assume the identities of long-vanished…

Greenway Tunnel Walk

As part of the 150 celebrations on the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam railway this weekend they put on a one off special event which took place yesterday evening. A block was put on so that people could walk through Greenway Tunnel. It was a must do for me as I have been up and down…

34046 heads up the Torbay Express on 13th July 2014

Well a day of mixed fortunes chasing Braunton. Met up with my gorgeous man Andy at Fairwood Junction and got a shot there, then went off to Hillfarrance but never made it in time so continued on to Paignton for lunch and a meet up with my sis for lunch and a pint! Great shot…