Geoff's Trains

14/05/2025

A few slide scans, taken by Geoff Cooke in South Africa in 1975. Some slides have been scanned twice, first when a selected number of images were uploaded in 2011 and again when the complete collection were scanned in 2025. Both have been left here, generally the 2025 scans have benefitted from impr...

26/03/2025

Explore Geoff Cooke’s 17,571 photos on Flickr!

25/11/2024

I have completed scanning the slides taken on my trip to mainland Europe in 1974. Cleaning up and colour correcting the Agfa CT18 slides has been challenging, but I have chosen to add the full collection to my Flickr site as some of the images may be of historic interest even if of questionable quality. If you have any relevant comments, please feel free to post either here or on Flickr. Find the album by clicking here:

I visited Europe between 02 June and 04 July 1974, primarily to photograph some of the last steam operations in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Austria and Germany. The images were taken using a Nikon F camera and Agfa CT18 slide film. The slides were 50 years old before being scanned and the CT18 film tend...

20/09/2024

I am scanning the slides that I took in 1974 in date order. For a while, Africa has taken a back seat as I work through a tour I made to western Europe in search of some of the last main line steam locomotives. So far, pictures taken in Portugal and Spain have been added to the Flickr album, Italy is next and then Austria.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff-cooke/albums/72177720320071479/

02/09/2024

I have finally completed the scanning of my Rhodesia Railways images taken in 1973. They are now all uploaded on my Flickr site. Click on the link or picture to see them all. Enjoy!

Explore this photo album by Geoff Cooke on Flickr!

02/09/2024

I have completed scanning my slides of the Rhodesia Railways taken in 1973. Click on the link or picture to open my Flickr album, you can then view over 500 images. Enjoy. Comments most welcome, either here or on the Flickr site against individual pictures, particularly if you recognise anyone in them, or if they bring back happy memories.

Explore this photo album by Geoff Cooke on Flickr!

21/08/2024

Sheelagh and I took our caravan to Spain on a three month jaunt around the country starting in March. I took pictures to remind me of the memorable trip, and have now completed adding some of them to my Flickr site. We travelled clockwise around the country starting in Barcelona and ending in Santander. Follow the journey from the dry Mediterranean coast to the green Bay of Biscay.

Click on the link, sit back with a Sangria and watch. No knowledge of Spanish required.

Enjoy the journey, we did!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff-cooke/albums/72177720317444201

27/02/2024

I have grouped all of the English preserved railways that I have photographed over the past 12 years into one Flickr album, making it easier to see the diversity of the preservation scene here. Click on the picture to explore the 500 and more images!

Over many years I have visited numerous preserved railways and tramways in England.

10/02/2024

Something to amuse you. Click on the picture.

A fun collection of beasts, birds, bugs and mascots that I have seen on railways. Some will make you smile, others will make you wonder!

05/02/2024

The Victoria Falls Bridge was opened in 1905, it crosses the Zambezi River that forms the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Originally a railway bridge, it was raised, widened and a road added in 1929. Trains still cross this bridge regularly as it forms part of the railway linking South Africa's....