Ten and a Quarter inch gauge galleries

For many people the only type of railway engine is a steam locomotive. Here are just a few pictures of steam locos in action and at rest.

The benefits of diesel and electric locomotives are such that on almost every railway in the world they have supplanted steam locos. Often characterised as 'boxes on wheels' this is unfair as they can be as characterful as steam locomotives.

Pictures of trains passing, trains waiting and just trains.

Pictures from railways that are open to the public.

No website can ever properly describe the joy and fascination of miniature railways but here we try to capture days spent on a railway and the good times enjoyed.

Railways don't appear out of nowhere; they are always the result of sheer hard work. This gallery shows just a small part of the work involved.