 | | Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Gala, 26th September 2009
My first visit to the SVR coincided with their Autumn Steam Gala.
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 | | Boulogne Maritime, 24th September 2009
A visit to see the former rail-sea-rail terminal at Boulogne. The tracks have been lifted but the rest of the infrastructure remains largely intact.
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 | | The Orient Express at Calais, 24th September 2009
Some shots of the VSOE Orient Express preparing to leave Calais Ville, complete with double headed diesel haulage.
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 | | Champagne area, 23rd & 24th September 2009
Shots from Epernay and Reims, including the last 16500 push/pull diagram.
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 | | Dijon area, 20th September 2009
A very pleasant day around the vineyards and freight yards of Burgundy!
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 | | Colmar, Alsace, 15th September 2009
Two shots from Colmar, in Alsace, France.
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 | | Freiburg am Bressau, 15th September 2009
Some shots of rail and tram services in the picturesque German capital of the Black Forest.
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 | | Oostende, 14th September 2009
A nostalgic visit to Oostende, the continental starting point for a few German holidays in the 1990's, when various overnight sleepers left every night for many far off destinations. The infrastructure for handling rail-sea-rail services still excists in suprisingly good condition.
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 | | Folkestone Harbour Station, 13th September 2009
I had seen some other images from the decaying station, and having memories of using it for rail-sea-rail crossings as a child, I returned to photograph the eerily atmospheric remains of a once bustling station.
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 | | Bluebell Railway, 12th September 2009
A quick diversion enroute from Edinburgh to Brighton for my first glimpse of the Bluebell Railway at Horsted Keynes.
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 | | Bo'ness Diesel Gala 29/08/2009
A quick trip to Bo'ness to see what was happening on the 2nd day of their Diesel Gala.
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 | | 47843 & 48812 work 1Z35 Stoke on Trent to Edinburgh Waverley 29/08/2009
2 pictures of the charter passing Meggetland in Edinburgh's suburbs.
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 | | 60009 "Union of South Africa" on The Forth Circle SRPS Charter 23/08/2009
Two shots as 60009 heads along the Winchburgh line with the 1Z34 Linlithgow -
Inverkeithing.
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 | | 37670 at Millerhill 25/07/2009
A trip to Millerhill to see the recently applied DB livery to 37670. It was stabled there along with 37401, both locos were due to work a Northern Belle charter on 26/07/2009.
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 | | Tornado Around Edinburgh 07/03/2009
Shots of Tornado at Craiglockhart, Newcraighall, and Clockmill Lane.
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 | | Celtic Growler Railtour 07/03/2009
37706 & 37676 worked the Spitfire Railtours "Celtic Growler" 1Z84.
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 | | Polish Steam around Wolsztyn February 2009
Pictures from a 2 week stay at Wolsztyn. The weather was mainly grey and foggy with some snow and very cold sub-zero tempartures.
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