"Great photo"s and well organised display,alot of time and effort gone into this site!!"

     "hi Roy thanks for taking the time to prduce a great site with really good images of the steam age... Im a oswestry lad so i was wondering if you had any images of the oswestry area or the cambrian as a whole.. thanks again"

     "Hello Roy, I have a shot of D5240 on my website when it worked at in West Cumbria about 1968-69. The Website is called Steam Coal and Steel. the link is www.johnharkness.supanet.com John."

     " Hi there does anyone know of a (George Cade) fabled railway engine driver, and what was he fabled for, i have just discovered he was my great uncle, (George Cade 1869-1954 Any help on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Many Thanks "

     " Hello Roy, I am an expat from Peterborough who now lives in Wiltshire. I typed "Nutty Fletton" into Google and was directed to your website due to a previous visitor (Ivor Jackson) asking about Nutty. I lived within earshot of the ECML near Farcet and spent much of my youth (late 50s/early 60s) at various vantage points by the lineside - Yaxley station,Hicks' Bridge, Fletton Bridge, Fairground, North station, Spital Bridge, New England shed, Walton Crossing etc. The closest of these to home was Hicks' bridge which was really a crossing of the ECML by the wagonway which carried 4-wheel clay wagons between the pits and the brick presses at Fletton. This must have been at least a mile long,was double track and operated by an endless cable. It turned through at least two 90 degree corners and at these points the cable was turned by flanged discs on a horizontal axle. These were regularly greased by a workman who had a refuge hut about half way along. By the side of this wagonway Hicks' bridge carried a footpath which proved to be a good vantage point for the main line. Parallel to the main line and crossing the footpath at one end of the bridge was the line on which Nutty operated. I wish that I had taken more notice at the time but in those days that little railway was not much more than a distraction to more major events taking place as Pacifics, V2s, B1s, WDs and much more passed by on the mainline. The brickworks line was 2ft 6in gauge (I think) and carried wagonloads of formed bricks to the kilns for firing. Nutty would appear every couple of hours or so with the driver sitting side-saddle with his knees poking out of the cab door. Nutty was/is a 4-wheel Sentinel product with a vertical boiler and was built in 1929. When that brickworks closed Nutty went either directly or indirectly to the narrow gauge museum at Towyn although another website now suggests that it is now back in the Peterborough area as a static exhibit. I seem to remember wondering, as a boy,if this loco was diesel powered as it sounded rather like an electric sewing machine as it coasted into the Hicks' brickworks. I now know better and wish that I had taken photos of the whole system at the time. Memories were also brought back by your photo of the V2 approaching Walton level crossing and the interspliced tracks that brought the 5 tracks down to 4 for the crossing and then opened out again soon after. Oh Happy Days!! Keep up the good work and thanks for the entertainment of looking back at your local pictures. "

     " Hi, I'm researching my family history and have found that my Great Grandfather worked at Rosegrove Railway Station in Burnley for a very long time. He first started as a "Coke Burner" and eventually became "Railway Goods Inspector" at Rosegrove. I only have one existing photo of him and wondered if there might possibly be more out there among all you Trainspotters. Who knows, someone me even have memories of him. His name was Albert Hirst born in Burnley 17th May 1882, died at Saltburn Street, Rosegrove on September 25th 1955. I am told his nickname was "Bowie", amongst many, on account of his bandy legs. I know it's a long shot, and I'm possibly not even on the appropriate website (if there is one), but any help would be much appreciated. Regards, Craig Simpson Burnley, Lancashire. "

     "CONGRATULATIONS!!!! ... AND THANKS. Roy, I have just found your site during a lazy surf on a gloomy Sunday morning. Blimey have you increased my blood flow with all these amazing photographs around the Peterborough area. It is wonderful that you guys take the trouble to share your enthusiasm with folk like me. I was born in the '40's and have live all my life in March (31B). From our kitchen window I could see the whole of the mpd and on Sundays there would be in the region of 200 engines 'on shed'. My father worked the railways and as a youngster spent may happy hours with him to the envy of my 'spotter' friends. I could go on but guess by now you have started yawning so I will stop. Thank you again for making my day. "

     "My 2 year old is obsessed by trains and loves your page!You have a fan in Australia who appreciates all your hard work. Thankyou from Jordan-Lee"

     "Great photo's, well done. CALLING ALL EX ROSE GROVE MEN. 24B and 10F. Contact me at richypost@hotmail.co.uk."

     "Roy, I'm a 42 year old (proud) Brit living in Canada. I have truly enjoyed browsing through your first class website. Thank-you very much indeed for keeping these memories alive. Kind regards, Stephen Thompson British Columbia, Canada"

     "Hi Roy great photos, it takes me back to my younger days when I was firing on the ECML. I was at Topshed Alan."

     "Dear Roy you can put my email address if you like these memories must never die they are our heritage that made the world look and respect Great Britian Colin Ferguson."

     "I remember these great by gone days as a young boy i went round Annesley shed a couple of times, i now re-live the passed as a fireman on the great central. I got to know a Annesley driver who sadly has died this year Mr.Roy.Willett.Great webb page i am telling aii railway friends Colin"

     "An excellent site!"

     "My thanks for a particular evocative site. I really believe WE people (you know who you are) are luckier than the ones who went before or those who came behind. God bless steam and people like you who preserve the memories for others. When I die and go to Hell, the first person I'll stick a red hot trident in is Doctor Bloody Beecham the man who engineered the total destruction of a way of life dependent on technology built and operated by the common working man of Great Britain! May your site expand and prosper."

     "HELP. Anyone have any old photos of Friargate Railway Bridge in Derby?. I would be most grateful"

     "Hi I found the site by accident. I lived in Peterborugh by the railway cottages at Werrington Junction for years and before that elsewhere in Peterborough. I was overjoyed to look at the photographs of Peterborough, my hometown for 228 years! Thank you"

     "Can anyone help?I am looking for photographs of Birmingham New Street Station & Snow Hill Station from the mid 1950's to the late 1960's Hope you can help"

     "Site for memories. I worked slow goods from Ferme Park, Hornsey with ex wd 2- 8- 0 to New England, as a 17year old fireman.You could load the fire box well up at the back and sit on the "bucket " seat for miles! You had to watch the water gauge carefully though, as they could be tricky. The writing was on the wall for BR even in 1951/52 so when called for N/s to the R. A.F. decided to finish with the Railway. " Clear road ahead "and happy surfing to all enthusiasts out there."

     "hi roy....just happened to come across your site by accident...but wot can i say..u have done a great job...but i am lookin for any pics of the derby friargate area from the lner days upto closure....hope u can help as i have not been able to find any so far..."

     "Lots of wonderful photos thanks. I used to frequent Edgeley Sheds, Stockport as a kid; also Heaton Mersey where my Uncle worked. My childhood house (Lloyd Street) backed onto Jubilee Sidings (now the site of a school) on the spur line at Heaton Norris, Stockport. Vividly remember two 0-6-0 47*** locos working this siding, to be replaced with diesel 0-6-0's. Used to push the box wagons around on a Sunday when the sidings were deserted!! Also visited Crewe quite frequently around 1962/63. Cheers.."

     "Roy, Stumbled a cross this site and have really enjoyed spending a couple of hours wandering through it. You really did see some of the rare and pioneering engines, such as the LMS and SR prototype diesels, sadly lost to the nation forever in the 60s, at a time when we were destroyng the railways as fast as we could, and forgetting our history in favour of concrete tower blocks to live in, and 'inter city' or nothing for the remain of ther railway, bypassing the small communities that made our country what it was. A beautiful throwback to a simpler, albeit dirtier time, when we still have villages, communties and railways werent just there to make money, they were a link to the rest of the country!"

     "I'm looking for photos of Mold Junction shed around early 60's to help with model of same.my father Goronwy was at Chester Northgate station for a few years and we lived in the end house next to the railway opposite the shed. Any help would be much appreciated,thanks.would be nice to hear from any one who knew Gron too."

     "Hello everybody Could anyone inform me of the total lenght of the LMS-lines in the 1930's ??? THANKS Asger Christiansen, Denmark."

     "Hi Roy I have been trying to find information about the shunter used at Fletton orLondon Brick in Peterborough, it was named NUTTY do you have any information."

     "Hi. My dad Kenneth Richardson and my uncle Terry Millar were both firemen at Rose Grove during the 1960's. I have a keen interest in sites like this."

     "Memories. Kopped all the Deltics and Baby Deltics down at Oakleigh Park (about 8 stations from King's Cross). Just wished I had been old enough and smart enough to photograph my years of train-spotting. Rosebud indeed! Thank goodness someone had the foresight to do so. Well done."

     "Roy - just wanted to say congratulations and thank you for the site. I share your fondness for the railways - particularly for the days of steam. I'm 52 - so happily old enough to remember and miss those days. Your photos are really fascinating. Thanks again - Phil ..... - Stirlingshire"

     "Thanks Roy for a superb collection of REAL puffers as a boy I lived close to the Spital bridge here in Peterborough under which there was much shunting sorting out and the main line to the north so I saw a variety of engines from Mallard, Sir Nigel Gresley right down to the little 0-4-0 saddle tank shunters the whole area was a mecca to steam enthusiasts with marshaling yards wagon works and maintainance sheds plus of course the fabled North Station When I was a boy engine drivers were close to royalty and it was nothing to see a waiting fireman or driver polishing his engine such was the pride they had in working in a prestige job like LMS or LNER railways Sadly this waned and engines became dowdy and there was not the pride any more also the advent of the diesel diminished my interest considerably. Your site takes me back to my youth and that is reason enough to put you in my favourites list and make many visits to your splendid site ...Thanks Again"

     "Joli, merci pour votre site. Cordialement,"

     "worked at chester 6A from 1959 till 63 then transfered to mold junction 6B till beeching came along in 1966 when i was made redundant it was 7 fantastic years hard work but still remeber it fondley ron"

     "Great Site! Should do something similar myself as I have quite a few of my fathers photo's around Trent Valley and the Midlands but most are poor quality, but interesting, and I do not have the knowledge to create my own website. Perhaps one day? Regards, Colin"

     "Hi, found your site, great! We were the lucky ones that enjoyed the fifties, so much variety & excellently laid out here."

     "GLAD I FOUND YOUR SITE PHOTOS ARE FIRST CLASS WELL LAID OUT AND INFORMATIVE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK IAN."

     "Hi.. Just found your site tonight.. Saw some pics of 'old favourites' long one. 31914 "W" tank in Kettering for one! Good old 70B engine.. Also nice to see a shot of 76069 on Feltham Shed in 1965.. Ironic, as thats the choice for the new "Bachamann" Br Std Class 4 2-6-0 with the later crest.. Excellent!! What a pity that Cohens wasn't another Barry. They had some gems in there!! Cheers IAN."

     "Wonderful train pictures,right around my era,fifties and sixties."

     "Well organized collection. I did most of my trainspotting around the Warrington area 1955-68. Pity they didn't have digital cameras in those days."

     "Enjoyed the photos. Memories of hearing wagons being shunted at Peterborough East and watching the double set of crossing gates shutting at Walton in the early 1960s, and visiting Werrington Junction box, New England MPD and Cohen's Kettering in the later 1960s all rushed back."

     "Hello dear ROY! you become a celebrity in BELGIUM! a second fan write to you with me and you can hoping much more because we are 7 friend's here in BELGIUM , railway fan's & not only but greatly " en phase" with railway in GREAT BRITAIN! We are called by other railway fan's & modeller in our club as the "HORNBY's boys" in regard to our numerous times spending by your wonderful places in GREAT BRITAIN where we can enjoying a reminiscence of the past & by gone age of steam!...ah! NOSTALGIA!....( sadly I'm too young for having knowing that in live! but with your excellent photographical work done & VERY KINDLY & FRIENDLY GIVING HERE BY THE MEANT OF THE NET , I can appreciate a little bit of this nostalgic & great era!... just the need for sensations in sound & smell of steam is not matched !!! what's a great experience to live the magic of steam in some remote places as "SETTLE-CARLISLE" , "SHAP SUMMIT","LICKEY INCLINE", "WAVERLEY ROUTE" or some such other places in deep SCOTLAND or by the moment of a train is passing a water throug place by the golden age of steam!!!) THANK's very much and please ,excuse me for the lenght of my message and my english language if i'm making too much errors but i'm self learning your pleasant language... GREAT REGARDS & SALUTATIONS TO EVERYBODY's (I FEEL THE NEED FOR A GUINNESS AFTER THIS...CHAPTER! "CHEERS!)"

     "From a belgian fan of UK steam :
Flicitations pour votre site et la mise disposition de vos archives !"

     "A great site! Wonderfull pics. Memories of spotting days at Oxford, Radley, Didcot, Swindon, Paddington, flood back viewing your photos of GWR.Hope you carry on the good work and never give up the site,as it is a hive of information both for enthusiast and the modeller.Best of luck."

     "Some time ago I left an entry in your guest book. In that entry I asked if anyone remembered my father and grandfather Sidney Tappin and dad Wally Tappin, as top link drivers at Kings Cross. Shortly after that I changed my email address.I should still dearly love to hear from anyone that was around at The Cross at the same time. Thank you again for your wonderful site that certainly evokes deep feelings of nostalgia"

     "You brought back some happy/sad memories of Sunday afternoons spent at Cohen's scrpyard Kettering"

     "This brings back many happy memories of a bygone age. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work."

     "Really good archive. Thank you for creating the site"

     "enjoyed looking at the photos. How i miss bunking Eastleigh shed on sunday mornings.quite often you would see black 5s , the odd 43xx/53xx,grange,9f together with all the usual southern locos. Well done with your site"

     "Some of the best pictures I have seen, Thanks. What a joy."

     "It would nice to see more archive 35 mm colour transparencies on the "net", I suppose the photographers who took them in the 50's and early sixties may either not still be with us, or due to their mature years, not inclined to involve themselves in high tech . I would like to hear from anyone out there who collects 35 mm colour transparencies depicting BR steam, a hobby to share if there ever was."

     "I used to get into Eastleigh Yard/Sheds as a teenager on Saturday am's in the early/mid 60's with my school friend John Wheatley. I've a few colour slides particularly Lord Beaverbrook (BB34054) and a 'coffee pot'. Wish i'd taken more! The drivers used to give us a ride up the yard if we were lucky. Those were the days!"

     "Thanks for some great memories,nice to relive the good old days of steam..great photo,s ."

     "Really excellant site bought back memories of playing trains at kettering scrapyard in the sixties and seventies."

     "Great photos, Roy, I started spotting in 1948, and saw most of the L.M.S.engines. Brought back a lot of nostalgia. Very sad sight to see the way they ended their useful life in Barry."

     "Great work. Thanks for letting us look. First time I saw a photo of one of those Fletton bogie brick wagons like the one Hornby used to make."

     "Enjoyed your web site; I and my wife had the opportunity to travel England with the NMRA's 25th anniversary Convention in 1971; for all of us who loved steam, the party was indeed over -- half a world away."

     "Just started to view your site which an inspiration to get my photographs archived. Thanks for sharing your photo's with us. David Page."

     "I have 47 years service on BR and still at it,driving for EWS. My steam preference is Western Region but all regions enjoyed. Thanks for the nostalgia."

     "Some brilliant photos that bring back many happy and nostalgic memories to me! Full marks for putting them on the web for others to enjoy! For me, my local line in the 50s/60s was the Southern Region at Surbiton with its BOB, WC and MN steam, together with the "Warships" and the BRCW type 3s. Holidays were often taken in Scotland where I could watch the NBL and BRCW type 2s at work in Aberdeenshire. Happy days indeed! Richard "

     "Excellent photos. Real nostalgia. The photo of the AL6 at Rugby is interesting because it shows at least one of the class was delivered without a yellow warning panel that was considered standard for new locos by then."

     "It was the Stourton pic that attracted me: but ended up looking at all Thanks chris"

     "Marvelous. Do I recognize some of the shots from Traction magazine? If not then you should consider submitting some of them - especially the 22s and 17s. "

     "Lovely photographs. I find myself in a similar situation in finally scanning my old 60's photographs and deciding to learn how to put them on the net. Your site has shown me how it could be done. Thanks -John "

     "Most Interesting site Roy, - Enjoyed browsing and seeing the Photos of the old steam trains The one at Walton in the 60s with Snow on the track! Just thinking My Dad would have loved to have seen these pictures if he was still with us! he had a keen interest in railways., and used to take the Railway magazines!"

     "A bril' site, great memories & please dig up some more! "

     "Thank you for sharing your photographs with the railway community, this is a truly unique site for source photographs. Keep up the good work. "

     "I was a great fan of steam in the 60s.I was at barry to see all those locos.I kept going back for years, it was so sad. great site keep it up."

     "A bloody good site! I remember those trains, back when i was young lad...they really interested me. Love the website and think it is great that you do this in your spare time!"

     "I am 65 yrs old. A true spotter of the steam age, and proud of it. What an enjoyable afternoon I have had perusing your photos. I look forward to many more. Thank you very much. Allan "

     "excellent site! 60's photos really stirred up memories of a bygone age!"

     "Great stuff Roy. So much to look at and some very rare shots as well."

     "I found the images on your site very interesting. my father and grandfather were both 'top link' drivers out of kings cross in the 20's to the early 60's. My father Wally Tappin was one of the assigned crew to Quicksilver in the 50's and my grandfather Sydney Tappin is associated with the 'Elizabethan' 'non stop Kings Cross to Edinburgh' and in 1953 with his fireman Frank Mayes and a Scottish crew made a record breaking run, I believe this was to mark the coronation as it took place in June of that year. I would be grateful if anyone has knowledge of this event. " Brenda Leman.

     "Well constructed site. Well done Roy. Enjoyed looking at this. I always regret not having taken photos in my steam spotting days on LMS Birmingham-London line. Sad to see all those steamers in the scrapyards! Regards, Rob"

     "Enjoyed your site! Especially the shots of non-preserved diesel locos. There are so few photos of diesels from the 1960s around. And there's something special about B&W photos. Thanks for including the diesels despite not being keen on them yourself."

     "Roy, Just looked at your diesel page and had to write again. I remember 10001 and the SR locos at Derby A pal and I did a "Great Circular Tour" from Edinburgh about that time and saw them there. Great days! Why-o-why were they not preserved? Regards Jim "

     "Enjoyed your website, interesting photos. I have have passed your site on to webpal in New Zealand who is a railfan. Your site took me back to the great but sad days of the 1960's. Thanks. " What was that A4 by the way, the number looks readable. Yours Aye, Jim"

     "Excellent images - I'm a bit of a sucker for B&W photos as they convey more atmosphere I think and your photos really do capture the atmosphere of their subject."

     "Magnificent.. Found the site by accident. Loved all the Peterborough shots.. well done."

     "great pictures very atmospheric and detailed. my favorite is the class 22 cab that is dumped. thank you for sharing them."

     "My nephew is 2 years old I stying in India. My nephhwe is so much crazy about the railway engines.I want to let him know some technical factor in the begining only so I also get interested in railway engines to know more about that & make him also interested to be a part of this "beautifull beast" thanking you, NIKHIL "

     "An absolute goldmine of historical photographic material. The diesel views represent many unrecorded scenes from a long gone era never published before. (Sorry, Roy, diesel born and bred!!) "

     "as an american railfan, found your site very interesting, and enjoyed it very much"

     "Nice site - Thanks for posting the pictures - Any showing goods traffic would be welcome"

     "Certainly brings the memories flooding back. My personal favourites were D407 at Polmadie and the AL6 at Rugby. Also found the scrapyard scenes interesting. What was the A4 at Darlington - does anyone know?"

     "I also found your website by chance. Although predominantly a Southern man, I found your pictures very nostalgic and they brought back many happy hours of spotting from 1956 onwards. Will revisit to see if you add more! [By the way, D95XX photo is a Clayton"

     "Nice site as found through LNEEG; I'll send you some of my rellys, pics of A4's, all taken in the North East"

     "Just found your website by off chance. How odd, that I myself was a spotter at the same time as you, at peterborough. I reconise all the spots of where your photos were taken. I used to go onto the stations at the North & East, but eventually got both rai "

     "very interesting suggest you put your site in the hobbies section ex british railway fireman."

     "Great photographs."

     "nice site"