First run with LHB carriages

VADODARA WAP-5 with AMUL ad, famous milk brand, powering the first run of PORBANDER Express with LHB carriages

30053 departing from Swanage.

Former London & Southwestern railway no. 30053 seen in the yard at Swanage.

To celebrate 50 years since the end of steam on the BR Southern Region, The Swanage Railway celebrate in style with this triple headed outing. We see 30053,34070 and 80146 between Corfe Castle and... (more)

ex LSWR No. 30053 seen leaving Corfe Castle.

LSWR No. 30053 near Corfe Castle on the Swanage Railway.

30153 departing Swanage with the Sunday Dining Train.

M7 class 30053 enters Corfe Castle station as the sun begins to set.

With perfect lighting at the end of the day, M7 30053 rumbles through on a small goods train. This locomotive was completed in December 1905. It was used on local passenger services and lightly lo... (more)

One hundred and five 'M7' class 0-4-4 Tanks of Dugald Drummond's design were built for the London & South Western Railway.They were built at Nine Elms (95) and Eastleigh (10) between March 1897 un... (more)

Photo charters always rely on that most uncertain of elements - good fortune. A stiff breeze and (as here) an occasional threatening cloud added variety to a changeable forecast, but there were so... (more)

Centuries ago, the Rother levels in Kent were reclaimed from the sea and the Hexden channel still weaves across the fen-like landscape draining into the nearby River Rother. Late evening sun silho... (more)

The days of the cross-country pick-up freight were already numbered long before the end of steam in Britain. Although such operations were hopelessly uneconomic, delightfully bucolic scenes such a... (more)