tarboat's photos

WD 90733 makes a silhouette passing Sandy Lane during the recent photo charter on the Severn Valley Railway.

Crossing the river bridge at Namtu on the Burma Mines Railway.

The Old Mill Lane building of Barnsley College was completed in September 2011. Architects Jefferson Sheard worked with the college and Miller Construction to create Barnsley's largest building. It was awarded ‘Project of the Year’ at the Chartered Institute of Building Awards 2011, as well as being highly commended at the SCALA Civic Building of the Year Awards 2012.

Early limekilns are scattered across the landscape of the Peak District and are easily spotted once you know what to look for. This is an intermittent earthen kiln in a small quarry at Burbage just outside Buxton which probably dates from the 18th century. The side of the kiln would be taken down to empty the contents and the remains here show the downhill side removed after the last time it was emptied.

Terracotta at its very best on the exterior of the Grade One listed Pierhead Building in Cardiff, built in 1897 for the Bute Docks Company to the design of the English architect William Frame. The terracotta was supplied by Ruabon based brickmakers JC Edwards & Co. It is now a visitor and education centre for the National Assembly

Food for the workers. A look at the corner of Harvest Lane and Hicks Street, Sheffield.

Terracotta at its very best on the exterior of the Grade One listed Pierhead Building in Cardiff, built in 1897 for the Bute Docks Company. The terracotta was supplied by Ruabon based brickmakers JC Edwards & Co. The Bute Docks Company was renamed the Cardiff Railway Company in 1897 and this coat of arms on the building's façade bears the company's motto "wrth ddŵr a thân" (by fire and water) encapsulating the elements creating the steam power which transformed Wales.

Viridor's 35MW waste to energy facility at Trident Park in Cardiff is also designed to supply an additional 20 MW of heat to a district heating system. The facility is intended to handle 350,000 tonnes of residual or post-recycling waste each year, with 172,000 tonnes coming from the five councils that make up the Prosiect Gwyrdd partnership: Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport and Vale of Glamorgan.

WD 90733 crossing the viaduct east of Bewdley with a ballast train on the Severn Valley Railway.

The second bank of limekilns at Bishopley Quarry, Frosterley, comprises five large continuous kilns that were one rail served. They have been out of use for over a century but remain in good condition.

WD 90733 passing Sandy Lane near Bewdley during a very successful photo charter on the Severn Valley Railway. The evening glint shot was the icing on the cake after a day when the weather completely contradicted the forecast by giving us sun for most of the day.

Held up by the crossing on my way home this afternoon, I decided it was time for a view of the crossing cabin as the train passed. The 150 unit seen here is heading for Buxton. The crossing is expected to remain with hand operated gates until at least 2025.

The prisoner of war camp at St Martin's is a standard type of German working camp. With most of the buildings still in situ the site is now an industrial estate.

QJ 7036 takes the empties towards Yangchangwan Mine as the snow gently falls on the Daba - Guyaozi coal railway.

My view of the eclipse as I stood on a canal towpath somewhere near Lough Neagh. The slight cloudiness made it easier to see what was going on.

Another image of a doomed power station. Due to close in 2015 is Ironbridge B power station which was commenced in 1963 and full 1000 MW capacity reached with the commissioning of the second 500 MW unit in February 1970. The cooling towers were deliberately constructed using concrete to which a red pigment had been added, to blend with the colour of the local soil. This added £11,000 to the construction costs.

Western Pit worked coal and ironstone for the Butterley Company and later acted as a ventilation shaft for the nearby Britain Pit. Western Pit mined the Deep Soft Coal at 162 yards deep, the Deep Hard Coal at 188 yards deep, the Low Main Coal at 246 yards deep and the Black Shale Coal at 288 yards deep.

The Kilroot power station on the north shore of Belfast Lough has a capacity of 660 MW and produces one third of Northern Ireland's electricity. It is the country's only coal fired power plant although the plant was initially oil fired. Today there is 520 MW of coal/biomass generation and 140 MW from gas turbines. The plant is owned by the AES Corporation, a United States based energy company.