Rail 2 Rail

07/09/2026

Here is another video from our trip to Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway class 20 D8110 leaving Stoneacre signal box.

06/09/2026

Today we had a nice trip to Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

It was our first time here so wasn't sure what to expect apart from it was Branch line & Beer festival weekend.(more about that later) it was a nice little railway set in a beautiful location.

Here is Jinty - 47298 leaving Stoneacre signal box.

05/09/2026

Good morning, here we have Black 5 (45212) being collected from East Lancashire Railway by West Coast Railways, it has been taken back to The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway after it's Mainline boiler ticket expired thus ending the 10yr agreement with Riley & Son E Ltd Locomotive Engineers, unfortunately it was deemed to expensive to keep it running on the mainline. Here is a video we put together using Railcam cameras and a small clip of our own.

02/09/2026

A wet morning in Blackburn with a slightly obscured view of Direct Rail Services 66424 working
6E73 0909 Shap Summit Quarry to Doncaster Up Decoy
2/09/26

25/08/2026

Good evening all hope everyone is well, in the next few days we will be launching our new shop on our website, here are a few things that will be on offer with loads more to come.

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25/08/2026

It's a nice sunny Tuesday evening and here we have GB Railfreight 66311 passing Blackrod station and approaching Moorlane tunnels in Bolton.

21/08/2026

Salford Central on Wednesday night, GB Railfreight 66734 "Platinum Jubilee" passes on a Drax run to Liverpool.

4M68 1946 Drax Aes (Gbrf) to Liverpool Biomass Tml Gbf
19/08/26

17/08/2026

Virgin trains moves a step closer to Europe.

A major milestone has been reached by Virgin Trains in its quest to run international services from London and Paris / Brussels and Amsterdam. The Office of Rail and Road has pre-approved its framework track access agreement, which is between HS1 Limited and VTE OPCO Limited (Virgin Trains). This ag...

31/07/2026

28/07/2026

On Monday we spent the day at Acton Bridge.

Here is Colas Rail UK 37219 "Jonty Jarvis"
Carlisle to Derby
27/07/26