Images of British Railways

Great photography, and trains also!

Two foot gauge in Wales.

Junction.

Cadbury had an extensive in-plant railway at their huge cocoa factory.

Viaduct.

My favorite bridge at the Firth of Forth in Scotland;

Pastoral sunset.

I am not saying this is the longest Welsh town name, but it is certainly the longest Welsh train station name. (With phonetic aid.)

Here's some photos I scanned from postcards my mom brought back when they went over to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary:

Class 9F 2-10-0 with a string of wagons. 

Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

with 58 characters it is the longest place name in Europe and the second longest official one-word place name in the world.^[4]

Night train at the signal box.

Go on here     wsr.org.uk and you can watch live on the webcams!!

Been there, photoed that, at the station with long name in Wales, rode the Ffestiniog, and stood outside a restaurant under the Firth bridge and watched a long train of what looked like short ore cars trundle across, west to east.  Scotland was surprisingly, to me, scenic. A Welshman l talked with, was trying to learn his , and my, ancestral language, and he was having a tough time of it, as that station name may hint.

Work train led by a US Army Transportation Corps Class S100 0-6-0-T. Some found their way onto Britain's Southern Railway, and later British Railways after nationalization.