British Rail Tapestries

A black and white image of BR Fairburn 4MT No. 42073 at Lakeside Railway Station, Windermere in the English Lake District. This Locomotive is on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway at the southern end of Lake Windermere, running along the Leven Valley. Only two Fairburn 4MT Locomotives have survived into preservation and they are both based on this railway!

Ex GWR Large Prairie engine 5199 spent most of its working life in the Birmingham area based at Tyseley from 1934 to 49. It is photographed here in the Forest of Dean, visiting from the Llangollen Railway. The image depicts the engine as she would have worked, pulling a local passenger service on a branch line.

A black and white image of LMS Royal Scot photographed on the Severn Valley Railway at Arley in September 2015. This was her first appearance in steam since a major overhaul taking several years. Royal Scot was built in 1927 by London Midland & Scottish Railway for the express service from London to Birmingham, Manchester through to Glasgow. She was chosen to appear on behalf of Britain at the 1933 'Century of Progress' exhibition in the USA and toured the USA and Canada covering 11 194 miles.

A black and white image of Tornado on loan to the Severn Valley Railway leaving Highley station on an Autumn afternoon in October 2015. Tornado is a Peppercorn class A1 Pacific 4-6-2 completed in 2008 to the original specification. It's the only example of an LNER Peppercorn Class A1 in existence, as all the original A1 locomotives were scrapped without preservation.

Steam Dreams rail tour from Cardiff to London Paddington on 1st August 2019, pulled by B1 Mayflower and 44871 LMS Stanier Black Five. It’s not often a steam tour is a double header. Mayflower, an LNER Thompson Class B1 as captured here at sunset as she passes through Gloucestershire.

Vintage British Travel Poster: Whitley Bay

A black and white image of King Edward II, an ex Great Western Railway (GWR) King Class locomotive number 6023 photographed on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Goathland station. King Edward II had been a guest locomotive for the Autumn Gala and looks resplendent here catching the evening sunlight.

A black and white image of King Edward II, an ex Great Western Railway (GWR) King Class locomotive number 6023 photographed on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway near Winchcombe with the Malvern Hills in the background.

A black and white image of Great Western Prairie engine 2-6-2, number 5541 built in 1928 at Swindon and preserved on the Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire. This engine had undergone a nine year restoration and returned to service on the Dean Forest Railway on the 19th April 2014. Captured here on the first weekend in May in the spring sunshine, looking as good as the day she left the Swindon works over 85 years ago!

A black and white image of two Great Western Railway Class 4575 small prairies working together in the Royal Forest of Dean. Engine 5541 is a resident engine on the Dean Forest Railway with Engine 5521 as a visiting locomotive. 5521 is painted in London Transport colours and carries the number L150 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan line.

A black and white image of 6023 King Edward the Second, photographed on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Goathland station on a damp day. King Edward II had been a guest locomotive for the Autumn Gala. The King is an ex Great Western Railway (GWR) King Class locomotive.

A black and white image of Great Western Railway locomotive Bradley Manor photographed on the Severn Valley Railway in 2006 set against a glorious evening sky. The Great Western Manor Locomotives were lighter utility engines used on both passenger and freight. Bradley Manor was built in 1939 and withdrawn from service in 1965.

Vintage British Travel Poster: Blackpool, the Gorgeous Sights

Vintage British Travel Poster: The Yorkshire Moors

A black and white image of the picturesque Goathland Railway Station on the North Yorkshire Moors. Goathland was the home of the British TV program Heartbeat. The photograph has a British Railways Class 4MT locomotive arriving tender first with a train from Pickering.

Vintage British Travel Poster: Blackpool via the Midland Railway

A black and white image of Repton, a Southern Railway "V Class" - better known as the "Schools Class" as all locomotives were named after English public schools. The class was the most powerful 4-4-0 ( wheel arrangement) ever built in Europe. Repton spent some time on the Cape Breton Steam Railway in Canada before returning to Great Britain. Photographed here near Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors in England.

A black and white image of Great Western Railway Engine 2857 at Sunset. The engine driver is offering the single track working token to the Signalman who is just out of shot. Without the relevant token the train can't proceed along the single track sections. Engine 2857 was built in Swindon in 1918 and was in service until 1963. This class of engine (2800) was responsible for hauling most of the long distance heavy freight trains on the GWR / BR western region for almost 60 years!

A black and white image of Great Western Railways Engine 2857 on the Severn Valley Railway at Highley Station in September 2018 celebrating her 100th birthday. Engine 2857 was built in Swindon in 1918 and was in service until 1963. This class of engine (2800) was responsible for hauling most of the long distance heavy freight trains on the GWR / BR western region for almost 60 years!

British Railways diesel-hydraulic Warship Class 42 locomotives entered service in 1958. Pictured here is "Onslaught" number D832 on a guest appearance at the Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire.

It could be 1965! A class 25 Sulzer Bo Bo in British Railways two tone green livery, pulls a rake of BR red coaches through lush green moorland in Yorkshire. BR Class 25 D7628 built by Beyer Peacock in Manchester in 1965 and named Sybilla in preservation is the locomotive in the photograph seen here on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotive King Edward the Second in a design incorporating the nameplate.

London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley, in a design incorporating her nameplate. Sir Nigel Gresley is photographed here, preserved in British Railways express blue Livery.

A black and white image of a pair of Southern Railways locomotives double heading in the rain near Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors in England. The locomotives are Schools class 926 Repton and S15 Class 825. The day had started out dry, however when this train came passed it was raining cats and dogs! I believe that the rain adds to the atmosphere of this nostalgic image.

Beverley Railway Station, East Yorkshire

Avebury Wiltshire travel poster. "its quicker by rail"

Vintage British Travel Poster: The English Lakes

Vintage British Travel Poster: Scarborough Coast

British Railways Class 42 (Warship Class) diesel-hydraulic locomotive Onslaught in a design incorporating the nameplate.

Vintage British Rail Travel Poster: Bath, the Georgian City

British Railways InterCity APT-P

British Railways Standard Class 7 steam locomotive Britannia number 70000 departs Highley on the Severn Valley Railway in the Rain. The rain and the release of steam as the engine pulls away adding drama to this image. The standard class 7 is also known as the Britannia Class as Britannia was the first engine of 55 in this class.

Vintage British Travel Poster: Caernarvon Castle, Wales

There are many famous steam locos in this print, including 'Flying Scotsman', 'Mallard' and 'City of Truro'. You won't find another design including so many locos and as colourful as this one!

Here we have a photograph of London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class B1 number 1264 photographed in the autumn on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with a rake of Crimson Lake & Cream coaches.

Here we have a photograph of London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class B1 number 1264 photographed in the autumn on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with a rake of Crimson Lake & Cream coaches.