from the top of the tower at york minster

railway photos from august 2009

a few test shots with my new fisheye lens

second year of the highland games and it keeps getting better. Helenaburgh enjoyed great sunshine all day while it rained everywhere else

broom loan depot is the home of the glasgow underground. the original shed is still in use ase the stabling and cleaning part of the depot.
In the old days before the underground was modernised the trains were lowered into the tunnels through a pit in this shed. nowadays there is a proper link line into the tunnels.
a big thanks to all the staff who made our visit so enjoyable.

St. Peter's Seminary is a 20th-century category-A listed building north of Cardross Designed by the firm of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia, it has been described as a modern "building of world significance"[1]. Nonetheless it is abandoned, and in a ruinous state. By the time it was completed in 1966, its function was already out of date. In 1980 the building closed
you can see the building in its heyday in this film http://video.yahoo.com/watch/408355/2385265
sad to see it now

walked the old faslane branch today
it diverged west from the west highland line at faslane junction. the 2 and a half mile branch was built to bring supplies into faslane port during the war a lot of the construction work was done by german prisoners of war.
the line was unusual in that right hand running was used to get the war department staff familer with this type of operation before they went to europe

best of junes railway photographs

connecting the forth and clyde canal and the union canal this is the only rotating boatlift in the world. its an amazing piece of engineering

some landscapes of the west highlands featuring oban loch awe and Kilchurn castle glen coe and the isle of skye

took a trip down to the open day at eastliegh works open day long day but well worth it

some photos of my home town and the surrounding area including rhu, cardross and glen fruin

railway photographs taken during may 2009. its been a very good month with lots of locos out on the west highland line and lots of sunshine

here is a selection of my class 303 photos

me and jonno took a walk around glasgow taking in botanic gardens maryhill looking at old railways and canals and all the fit women!

on 6 may the mock up of the new class 380 was launched by Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change. Stewart Stevenson MSP. at Glasgow Central

a nostalgic look back to the late 1980s and early 1990s

Brush barclay today handed over the first 5 coaches of HST set EC64 to first great western after overhaul. this has involved replacing the entire interior. and repainting the outside in the latest fgw livery.
the work was done at brush Barclays Kilmarnock works

this is my new T gauge layout seen here nearing completion

MC metals in springburn was very busy in the early 1990s scrapping trains from all over britain fortunitly I knew someone that worked there and I was able to go and take photos most weekends.

this is my portfolio with what i consider to be my best photos its a right mixture of things from flowers landscapes people trains and many more

the helensburgh and district model railway clubs layout at model rail glasgow 2009. based on princess st gardens edinburgh

photos taken at the boness class 37 galaday

julys railway photographs

here are my photos og the 2008 highland games the first to be held in helensburgh in over 30 years Im the official photographer for the games.
for more information on the games visit their website http://www.helensburghandlomondgames.co.uk/