I lost interest in railways when steam finished on B.R. in the late 1960`s. However on a trip to West Yorkshire in 1977, I came across the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. I quickly became hooked on steam, for the second time, on a memorable journey, behind 0-6-0 USA tank No.72 uphill from Keighley to Oxenhope. As I stood at the open carriage window next to the locomotive it felt as though I was actually on the footplate. This loco is pictured left, at Keighley, in its later BR livery and No.30072. Summer holidays from that time were arranged around visits to preserved railways! This gallery features my rambles around the UK Heritage Railways since 1977 . |
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Keighley
and Worth Valley Railway
A series of archive K&WVR pics, from one of the pioneers of railway
preservation
A
DMU Drivers Eye View of the KWVR
Pictures of the KWVR from the front of the class 108 DMU
KWVR
in the 21st Century
More up to date pictures of KWVR including Steam Galas in 2000, 2003
& 2005.
The
Jolly Fisherman trains run again with double headed class 20s
The KWVR reacreated the "Jolly Fisherman" trains to Skegness from the
Midlands in June 2008
KWVR
Diesel Gala 6th June 2008
Pics of diesel gala icluding visiting locos D1023, D6737, D7612, 20110,
20087, 31108 & 37087.
Great
Central Railway miscellany
A series of pictures from the GCR - the only preserved double track
mainline in UK!
Robinson
GCR 04 locomotive at GCR
pictures of the superbly restored 2-8-0 freight loco
Around
Loughborough shed
scenes around the engine shed at Loughborough GCR
BBC1
films Casualty at the GCR
A very realistic accident scene shot at the GCR by BBC1

East
Lancashire Railway
Pics from the Steam Special event in March 2000
North
Yorkshire Moors Railway
The line with superb scenery and gradients - Gala day pics in 2000
& 2001 + archive shots
NYMR
to Whitby
Pics from 24/08/07 Grosmont to Whitby steam service.
NYMR
archive pictures
Pictures of NYMR locos dating back to early 1980`s

Bluebell
Railway
pictures of the "Golden Arrow" dining train at Horstead Keynes
Severn
Valley Railway
A quick jaunt to the SVR made a nice autumn steam outing in November
2005

Swanage
Railway
The beautiful Purbeck Line in September 2005
Gloucestershire
& Warwickshire Railway
My first visit to the GWR in May 2006 - most impressed!

Peak
Rail
A day on this Derbyshire railway in summer 2001
Lakeside
and Haverthwaite Railway
A couple of pictures of the Fairburn tank loco at Haverthwaite

Barrow
Hill Roundhouse
Series of pictures from the LNER steam gala 10/11/07 and the "GWR in
the Roundhouse" gala July 2003
Trois
Vallees - Belgium
A steam hauled preserved line (with roundhouse!) in Belgium.
Green
Arrow on the mainline
series of pics of Gresley V2 "Green Arrow" on railtours