Contributions of the group Progressive & Artistic Railway Photography

Mytholmes Ironclad

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:07:27 +0000

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'Ironclad' 52044 is about to take its train onto the viaduct at Mytholmes on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Last days

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:49:46 +0000

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Rugeley 'B' power station was still generating for a few more weeks when I took this, but was finally switched off on June 9th, 2016. It was commissioned in 1970 and could generate around 1000 megawatts of electricity.

The passing Pendelino is the icing on the cake.

Jinpeng glint

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:21:02 +0000

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QJs 6882 and 6639 catch the glint as they bring their westbound train towards the summit of the Jinpeng section of the Jitong Railway.

Under the bunkers

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:44:03 +0000

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SY 0746 is under the loading bunkers at Donghaikuang Colliery at the end of a branch of the Jixi coal railways.

Dark day

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:22:04 +0000

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Under a lowering sky 19B 1412 climbs through the reverse curves between Drew and Jubilee on the former New Cape Central Railway.

Wide-open spaces

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 08 May 2026 05:44:51 +0000

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A pair of QJ class locomotives head west towards Lindong with a short freight on the Jitong Railway. This sort of open vista is typical of this section of the line.

Parkend Pannier

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:26:43 +0000

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Arrival at Parkend with the ballast hoppers. A great charter with 9681 on the Dean Forest Railway.

Cab sheet

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:40:13 +0000

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The footplate crew are trying to keep the rain off them as ex Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 0-6-0 52322 takes its ballast train through the station at Embsay.

Modaoshi

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:44:14 +0000

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QJ 2879 on passenger duties at Modaoshi horseshoe curve with a train for Suifenhe. The train was visible for around half an hour as it climbed the hill.

Hailar Crossing

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:33:02 +0000

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QJ 2773 heads to the depot at Hailar for servicing after depositing its train at one of the industrial premises a short distance from the town.

Hard work

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:17:04 +0000

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Barton Wright Class 25 'Ironclad' 52044 is working hard as it heads away from Damems Junction towards Oakworth on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

Buxton Spa

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:18:08 +0000

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The going away shot at Middlewood of Black 5, 45407 heading the Buxton Spa Express towards Buxton.

Side-by-side

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:21:54 +0000

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Eisfelder Talmühle is the junction between the Harzquerbahn and the Selketalbahn. This morning double departure saw parallel running with a freight on the left line towards Stiege and the daily through service from Nordhausen to Wernigerode to the right.

Birkenhead North

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:25:49 +0000

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Merseyrail EMUs at Birkenhead North during a visit to travel the whole of the Merseyrail network in a day.

Oakworth Crossing

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:09:15 +0000

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'Ironclad' 52044 crosses the road at Oakworth Station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Washery steam

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:29:43 +0000

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Kriegslok 33-064 shunts a coal train under the loading bunkers at the Sikulje mine washery.

Piccadilly

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:12:43 +0000

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Northern and TransPennine Express services awaiting departure at Manchester Piccadilly.

Spring steam

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:16:45 +0000

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'Isaac' - Bagnall 3023 of 1952, at the head of two Darjeeling type coaches during the Statfold Barn Railway spring event of 2025.

19D

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:48:39 +0000

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19D 3322 with an audience, north of Het Kruis on the Klawer branch of South African Railways in the Western Cape.

Bike shed

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:09:16 +0000

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Chinese repurposing at its best. The cab of JF class No. 508 outside the maintenance workshops of the Fuxin Mining Administration.