This plate is carried on the side of former Royal Train loco no 47 798 Prince William. EWS are, by appointment, providers of rail traction to HM The Queen.

This brass plaque is proudly carried on the side of A4 no. 4468 Mallard, the fastest steam locomotive in the world. It lives at the National Railway Museum in York.

At the engine depot at Kumasi, the second largest city in Ghana (pop. 1.5m) and birthplace of Kofi Annan. There are no trains reaching here these days because the track to Accra and Takoradi is u... (more)

An amazing light show over the Susquehanna River. I have another shot with a train streaking through it but the lightning wasn't nearly so interesting.

Unloading elephants from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train.

A German Army ambulance train has been overtaken by avancing British troops and waits for rescue, its locomotive having run out of water. A photograph by the late Peter Handford who was serving wi... (more)

The scene that met a British Army film unit at Caen following the Allied advance after the D-Day landings in June 1944. Photograph by the late Peter Handford, famous for his railway sound recordin... (more)

3 737 fusealges cross Interstate 90 on it's way to the Boeing Renton plant. This scene will soon be history if King county excecutive Ron Sims has his way. He wants to turn this rail line into a ... (more)

Tatra T-3RP (8336+8337) on a Manesuv bridge below the Prague castle.

An HDR photo of the sunset near the city of Zolochiv that I took during my trip to Ukraine. For many reasons this turned out to be one of the most cherished moments of the last year for me.

Looking down. Horizon unlevel, indeed.

The Mark Twain Zephyr is on the move again, but not on it's own power, after many years of being stored at the Joliet arsenal it was moved to the Relco Yard in Minooka, IL. Now Relco is moving to ... (more)

The south end of Letts is lined up for the St. Paul, MN to Kansas City, MO manifest train to head south towards Ottumwa, IA. This is one of three short sections of CTC on the ICE's Kansas City Sub... (more)

Virgin West Coast Pendolino no. 390011 'City of Lichfield' stands at Crewe station. After 4 hours of continual rain, I was about to leave, when the sun decided to shine. The result made the rain... (more)