Loose_Grip/Pete's favorite photos

The third of the train window shots features the coal fired power station at Hailar in the Mongolian Autonomous Region of China as the sun sets on a bitterly cold day.

The tarboat is just passing onto the Barton Tank (Barton swing aqueduct) over the Manchester Ship Canal as it heads towards Worsley and Leigh. It looks as if the steelwork could do with some painting.

LMS locos in action between Consall and Cheddleton at the Churnet Valley Railway winter steam gala.

Vulcan XH558 came back to its birthplace at Woodford this afternoon for an emotional farewell as this is its last season in flight. Thousands turned out around the former airfield and factory to see this wonderful plane put in a couple of flypasts. Most people were very quiet as it headed off over Alderley Edge and a legend was gone.

big is better! - in the background Cerro Torre (the 'Needle') and Fitz Roy (the tallest one).

Retro Cruise 2015, Kiew, Ukraine Ретро Круїз 2015, Київ, Україна [Entdeckt * Explore]

On this particular morning the number of empties to be fetched from the China Rail exchange sidings were such that only one locomotive was required. JS 8358 was making good progress up the bank as the sun rose over the desert. Once again a reward for getting up early.