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…

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…