Highlights of 2023 (3): Giants of Steam

I didn’t get around to visiting a lot of steam railways this year but had a great day at the … More

Giants of Steam

A trip to the Bluebell railway for the Giants of Steam weekend and a chance to see some locomotives from … More

Although the main reason for visiting the Bluebell Railway was to photograph Flying Scotsman, a number of other locomotives … More

60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ is probably one of the most famous and iconic heritage steam engines in the UK and this … More

48624 was built at Ashford in Kent and entered service in 1943. Its service was on heavy goods trains and … More

8572 was built for the LNER and entered service in June 1928. It spent almost all of its working life … More

A trip down to the Bluebell Railway for the first day of the Giants of Steam weekend. My journey … More

Normandy is an example of a B4 class engine. These were very powerful steam shunting engines. It was built in … More

Stepney, like its sister engine Fenchurch, is an example of the Studeley A1X Terriers that ran on many of the … More