The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway is under threat.

The landowners want to sell the site for re-development.  Will one of heritage railway’s longest operators have to pack up and move out?

I made a number of visits to the famous Barry Scrapyard, but sadly only shot slides on one occasion.

1980 was a good time to visit Barry Scrapyard. Whilst there'd already been a bunch of departures, the majority of the locomotives remaining, slowing rusting in the salty sea air.

‘Leander’ is very much a personal favourite, but it’s also one that’s evaded me for years. 

Last time I took pictures of her was in 1975 when she hauled a special on the main line through Oxford.  Spectacular she looked then, and spectacular she looks now.

The Nanpiao Coal Railway is located In Liaoning Province in the east of China. I've visited twice - in March 2005 and January 2008.

It's a great mix of a regular steam-operated passenger service and fairly frequent coal trains. The system passes through some beautiful rural countryside and some highly industrial areas.

Tangshan is a heavily industrialised mining city in the east of China that had been known as one of the real hotspots for Chinese steam.

Away from home at 5.15am for a 7am start at Bewdley.  Clear all the way, and then in the last couple of miles the fog set in. 

At least breakfast is on offer!  Got there to enjoy a cup of tea and bacon sandwich.  Everybody else was chomping breakfasts in the caff, so I went for a wander in the yard.

I’ve been back ‘mining’ my pictures from a visit to China in March 2005.  It was the first time I visited China chasing steam – I’ve been back three times since. 

It’s an amazing country with some amazing steam action – even now in 2008.

A very interesting exercise this.  I visited the Jinxi Railway just once in March 2005.  It was a pretty dull day, with the overcast getting worse as the day went on.

One of the things I love about digital photography is you just keep on learning. 

As a fourteen year old, I used to ride my bike to British Gypsum’s works at Cocklakes, just outside Carlisle.  It was a good ride, but worth it. 

They still had two Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST that tripped between the works at Cocklakes and the exchange sidings at Howe & Co’s Sidings on the Settle to Carlisle line.