Welcome.

Nearly all the photographs (except ones of myself and few family photos from 1906 - 1970) on this site have been taken by myself, with the earliest taken in 1969. The main time frame covered is 1974 – 1983 and 2007 to the present day although there are a few outside these dates. The source material is generally from my collection of black and white negatives from 1973/74, 4000+ 35mm transparencies from 1975 and to the mid 1980's or digital images generated from various digital camera’s which generally commence around 2006 onwards.

Collections will fall into generally two categories:

i)photographs by subject type (locomotives, DMU's, infrastructure etc)

ii)photographs taken in a year/month,

The vast majority of the photographs have detailed captions and any comments or additional information will be gratefully received. Also general feedback and messages always welcome.

Thanks for visiting my site

Regards John

Cameras

The photographs on this site were taken with the following cameras

1969 -1972 - Kodak Instamatic

1973 – 20th December 1975: A cheap non SLR Hanimex Compact “point and shoot” camera with a 40mm lens.

21st December 1975 – 5th May 1979: Praktica LTL SLR with 50mm lens and 200mm telephoto. I added a 75-260mm zoom lens in November 1976.

5th May 1979 – 2003: Canon AT1 SLR with 50mm lens plus the 200mm telephoto and 75-260mm zoom lens although I still used the Praktica when I was at work or out and about generally.

2003 – April 2007: Olympus C150 non SLR “point and shoot” digital camera

April 2007 to 2015: Canon 400D digital SLR with a 18-55mm zoom and a 90-300mm Canon zoom

June 2015 to date Canan 760D digital SLR with a 15-85mm zoom and a 70-300mm Canon zoom

January 2008 to mid 2012; initially a Kodak Easyshare M753 followed by a M863 digital “point and shoot” which I use to keep in my pocket and tended to use when I was at work or out and about generally.

Mid 2012 to 2018: Panasonic TZ20 digital “point and shoot” which I keep in my pocket and tended to use when I was at work or out and about generally.

2018 to 2022: Panasonic TZ80 digital “point and shoot” which I keep in my pocket and tended to use when I was at work or out and about generally.

2020 -2021 Samsung S7 camera phone, camera of last resort.

2021 to present. Samsung S21 camera phone which has replaced the Panasonic TZ80 as the camera in my pocket.

Scanners

The non digital photographs on the site have been scanned using an Epsom 4490 scanner from 2007 until 2020 and currently an Epson V600. A few prior to obtaining the Epsom in December 2007 were scanned using a HP PSC 2335 scanner.