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4M22 1026 Felixstowe South GBRf to Trafford Pk Euro Tml GBRf service is seen approaching Manningtree station at 1139.
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Cargolux Boeing B747-400F coming to a full stop after landing on the Polderbahn runway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport in the Netherlands.
Silkway West Airlines Boeing 747-8F Cargo climbing out after departing from the Hoofdweg runway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport in the Netherlands.
Singapore Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-400F departing off the Polderbahn runway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport in the Netherlands.
Stanier LMS Class 5 4-6-0 45432 (68B) appears to be on empty stock duties at Carlisle Citadel - c.1951.
The Dumfries (68B) allocated "Black 5" was built by Armstrong Whitworth in November 1937. It was shedded at Kingmoor when British Railways was formed in 1948, moved to Dumfries in October 1949 and finally to Ayr on 30/04/1966 from where it was withdrawn in October the same year. Scrapping occurred during January 1967.
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© 2026 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 120 format monochrome negative; photographed by the late John C Whitelaw.
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For UP 4014's "Heartland of America Tour" in 2024, the train's first stop after arriving into Houston was the railroad's Settegast Yard for an employee-only event. Following that event, the train moved to the Amtrak station for public display the following day.
Here, a small army of UP forces greet the Big Boy as it pulls into the Houston Amtrak Station. They'll fuel and prepare 4014 and its consist for its public display. In less than 24 hours, this whole area will be a sea of excited folks hoping to get an up-close view of the world's most powerful steam locomotive:
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PHOHO 05 (Passenger- Houston Settegast Yard to Houston Amtrak Station)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014
Houston, TX
October 5th, 2024
After a cloudy and muggy morning for the Final Spike Steam Tour on its run south from Shreveport, LA, the sun finally started to come out halfway through the trip down the western edge of Louisiana.
Here, "The Empress" sprints southward in some sunshine as it makes a quick appearance in the small town of Florien. By nightfall, the train will be pulling into Kendleton, TX on the other side of Houston.
B40B (Final Spike Steam Tour; Calgary, AB to Mexico City, CDMX)
CP H1b 4-6-4 #2816
CP SD70ACU #7013
CP FP9A #1401
CP FP9A #4107
Florien, LA
May 25th, 2024
BED-30 Tuesday!
DLW built BED-30 #6513 arrives at Abdulpur Jn with train 784 15h30 Rajshahi to Gobra “Tungipara Express” on 16th March 2026. The train wasn’t booked to call here, thankfully it did to let a Dhaka bound metre gauge express running an hour or so late to run in front.
The searchlight signal is becoming a rarer and rarer commodity thanks to equipment standardization. 2025 brought about the removal of several of the old SP searchlights in the Houston area, including this one at N Main on the Freight Main of UP's Houston Sub.
Here, a few weeks before the signal cutover, the westbound Sunset Limited passes CP LF366, the N Main St hold signal, as it takes a roundabout journey to the Houston Amtrak Station. Normally the train runs straight to the depot on the Passenger Main, but today congestion in the Houston Terminal led to a longer routing.
AMT1 07 (Westbound Sunset Limited)
AMTK P42DC #134
AMTK P42DC #4
Houston, TX
June 7th, 2025
5N11 Berwick-upon-Tweed to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Class 802 operated by TransPennine Express (TPE) is a high-speed bi-mode multiple unit (BMU) branded as the Nova 1. These trains are part of the Hitachi AT300 "A-train" family. Seen here running ECS crossing the Royal Border Bridge on a glorious summers day.
LMS Stanier Class 5 44871 at Ketteringham on 06/09/2024 with 5Z41 04:04 Southall Railway Centre to Norwich Low Level, ECS for the next day's Railway Touring Company 'The Stratford Flyer' to Stratford-upon-Avon (36 late due to signalling issues in the Eccles Road area, with 47848 at the rear).
Bristol meets Leyland in a chance photograph at the side of the main A15 road.
Pride-liveried 755421 at Ketteringham on 21/09/2024 with Greater Anglia service 1K66 10:38 Ely to Norwich Thorpe. This Train started from Ely due to engineering works on the Ely to Peterborough line.
Tinsley-allocated 37357 at Brundall on 18/06/1988 with 1P95 07:22 Newcastle Central to Great Yarmouth service.
31452 at Brundall on 18/06/1988 with 1P50 11:30 London Liverpool Street to Great Yarmouth service.
31452 at Brundall on 18/06/1988 with 1L84 09:08 Leeds to Great Yarmouth service. This loco performed several Yarmouth shuttles on the day.
A pair of Buxton 3-car Class 108 DMU sets (with BX370 leading) at Brundall on 18/06/1988 with 1L86 09:55 Manchester Piccadilly to Great Yarmouth service. this service was for holidaymakers, and I suspect that everybody on board is going to need a holiday after travelling all that way in a first generation DMU!
