Elegant Steam

This site illustrates the colourful liveries of British steam locomotives with some coaching stock thrown in for good measure. I am a life long enthusiast of British steam railways and had the good fortune to see them in revenue service. I have often wondered what the locomotives of the past looked like before I came along. So - here are my illustrations of what many locomotives and carriage stock might have looked like (or,at least, to give a flavour) in Pre Group, Group and through to British Railways days.

Click on one of the buttons above to go to the railway of your choice.The illustrations are quite small to be able to fit on a standard web page and lining detail doesn't show very well. However I've included a detail view showing the lining on some of them - more will be added. There are bound to be errors so constructive advice is always welcome. On some pages there are requests for information - any information received would be most welcome.