With the withdrawal of Sir Nigel Gresley for overhaul,there were no A4’s operating in the world. A very sad state of affairs, indeed. Steam buffs, and in fact

Way back before most of us had even thought about taking colour pictures, there were legendary triple headers with bankers climbing the great Zig Zag, or its deviation

An exciting new era is about to unfold for British Pacifics. Up until now, these sleek beasts in preservation have been restricted to 75mph, still pretty fast for

When we produced our first book on NSW steam, “Northern Exposures”a few years ago, we had no idea how it would be received. As it turns out, we

Lootsberg pass is situated in the center of South Africa, between Graaff Reinet and Rosmead. With a 1 in 40 ruling grade, it was a steep climb in

This train was set up by New Zealand Railways following the permanent demise of steam in 1971. Before that Aussies use to flock across the “ditch” to photograph

With the change of gauge of the Nairobi to Mombasa railway, it will no longer be possible to travel behind one of the mighty 59 class Garratts, the

After two years of photo collation, text writing and design work, we have recently released the 192 page, full colour railway photographic book ‘Lenses South’. What many people