For the last twenty years or more I have been going out to take photos of main line steam trains, mostly in the Midlands. I include a few of the best here.
Small Prairie 5552 works up the bank from Boscarne Junctio to Bodmin Station. 1st April 2012.
A closer view of 5552 on the Bodmin & Wenford line. 1st April 2012.
46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' at Stenson Junction with a Loaded Test Run, now in BR Green. 29th March 2012.
'Tornado' at Wood End Station in a downpour. 30th December 2011.
6201 'Princess Elizabeth' powers up the Lickey Incline, banked by two Pannier tanks. 24th March 2012.
6201 'Princess Elizabeth' on the Lickey Bank, with the sun right behind it. 24th March 2012.
The two pannier tanks, L94 and 9600, on the Lickey Bank, still with the sun right behind them. 24th March 2012.
4965 "Rood Ashton Hall" climbs towards Danzey Green on a Shakespeare Express. 4th September 2011.
60019 as 4492 "Dominion of New Zealand" running down the bank past Blunts Green. 12th May 2011
70000 'Brittania' climbing Hatton Bank. 23rd April 2011
Vale of Rheidol No 8 arrives at Devils Bridge. 28th October 2010
Vale of Rheidol No 8 fills its tanks at Devils Bridge. 28th October 2010
GW Small Prairie No 5552 at Boscarne Junction. 12th December 2010
30587 goes to get water during the wait at Bodmin general. 12th December 2010
9466 at the Terras Crossing . 19th September 2010
6233 'Duchess of Sutherland' climbs past Birkett Common. 21st August 2010
60163 'Tornado' on the return Cathedrals Express to Euston crosses the Coventry Canal near Polesworth. 22nd May 2010
46201 'Princess Elizabeth is banked up the Lickey Incline with a Didcot - Gloucester - Tyseley train. 29th May 2010
Pannier Tank 9600 banks 46203 up the Lickey Incline on 29th May 2010
Last updated 5th March 2012