Rheidol shunter

The Vale of Rheidol Railway's diesel shunter brings carriages into the Aberystwyth station ready for the next train.

Parry People Mover

One of the 2 Class 139 hybrid DMUs that handle the Stourbridge Junction-Town branch. The DMU built by Parry People Movers combines a small diesel engine with a flywheel which stores energy harvested from the brakes.

Liverpool Street pairing

315 812 and 317 667 at Liverpool Street terminus in London.

Banbury signals

Banbury has a number of examples of lovely semaphore signals, like this.

Cosford arrival

Cosford is the station for the excellent RAF Cosford air museum of course, here we have 153 334 arriving on a Birmingham bound service.

Worcester Shrub Hill photoshoot

Worcester Shrub Hill is the city's largest station (though not the one i use). Its a bit of a walk from work but i had time to take these photographs in my lunchbreak, including a lovely HST. A train i hated in my youth but now i love utterly.

The reason for both is interesting. In the past it was probably because the HST was always the train that got on TV in adverts and i wanted to see class 25s instead. Nowadays with a traction scene increasingly dominated by ugly multiple units the HST remains the ultimate DMU, its a link to my past and is a design classic!

Assmannhausen

A scan of a photo i took during a holiday to the Rhineland in the late 80s.