UK Railways

Deltic 55009 Alicydon is departing Sheffield towards the end of its tour to London and back via Cleethorpes. The locomotive ran for long distances at 100mph on the way to London, but was down to one engine for part of the return journey due to serious oil leakage.

Final drive gearbox for one of the hybrid CBD90 Bo-Bo locomotives being built in 2020 by Clayton Equipment Ltd at Burton-on-Trent for Tata Steel at Port Talbot. Electric drive is powered by a large bank of lead acid batteries which are charged by a Deutz diesel running in the front compartment. Further ordershave since been gained from Tata Steel and also for two Hybrid+ CBD80 locomotives for Sellafield. A further order has been agreed Beacon Rail Leasing for the supply of 15 more CBD90 locomotives along with options for a period of three years. Each electric loco weighs 90 tonnes and is capable of pulling (or pushing) loads up to 2,500 tonnes.

Prairie 4144 departs Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway passing Pannier 1501 between the water tanks.

67 010 at the head of the evening Cardiff to Holyhead train as the driver acknowledges the right away at Rhyl.

A train from Dundee to Edinburgh made up of a pair of Scotrail class 170 units leaves the station at Ladybank.

Steam, mist and rain combine as a couple of Garratts work a long train of permanent way maintenance stock through the curve before Rhyd Ddu on the Welsh Highland Railway.

66156 moves the tanks under the loading silos at the Clitheroe cement works.

Orenstein & Koppel 10750 of 1923, "Max", was sent to the Sragi sugar mill in Java, Indonesia where it worked into the early 2000s. It is seen here at the Statfold Barn Railway where it was restored to steam in 2014.

BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank, 80098 moves from the bay at Cheddleton during the February 2008 steam gala on the Churnet Valley Railway.

Hawthorn Leslie 3865, temporarily renamed Vulcan after the first Barrington Light Railway locomotive, waits in the sidings adjacent to the silos at Barrington cement works.

Preserved sulphuric acid tank wagon at Bristol Docks. Built in 1940 by Charles Roberts & Co Ltd at Wakefield, it is painted as owned by the War Department and allocated to the Royal Ordnance Factory at Bridgwater.

K1 is the original Beyer Garratt, which was supplied to the Tasmanian Government Railways in 1909 for use on the North East Dundas Tramway. After overhaul at the Statfold Barn Railway in 2020 it is seen here out on the line just after departing from Oak Tree Halt during a 30742 Charters event.

Sign overload at the approach to Westbrecks crossing on the railway serving Cottam power station. That's a lot for drivers to absorb whilst avoiding other traffic and road junctions. I am sure they are all deemed necessary but I doubt that the average motorist will register everything. The gated crossing sign is incorrect as there are no gates or barriers on this level crossing.

Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 27 ('A' Class) locomotive 52322 is just outside Bolton Abbey on the Yorkshire Dales Railway with a permanent way train on a very wet day.

Baguley-Drewry & Boston Lodge built 0-6-0 diesel-hydraulic locomotive Criccieth Castle shunts a train of slate wagons into Boston Lodge on the Ffestiniog Railway.

I went for a day riding the the Merseyrail trains across the entire 75 mile network. This included taking one of the new Class 777 units to the new terminus at Headbolt Lane, Kirkby. The station is the terminus of the current Merseyrail service to Kirkby, having opened on 5 October 2023. It also has a third platform that is the terminus of Northern services towrds Wigan. There is an 80 space secure cycle area, a bus interchange and a 270 space car park. The new trains operate between Fazakerley and Headbolt using battery power and elsewhere on the Merseyrail network using the third rail to supply electricity.

Railhead treatment train passing through the station at Hooton.

Pannier 9681 brings the ballast hoppers uphill at Norchard on the Dean Forest Railway.