My first interest in railways was not initially that of photography, I enjoyed working on my local preserved railway, the Kent and East Sussex line in the UK. This was back in 1962!. Here I began to learn my trade in mechanical and electrical engineering, this led to a long carreer in the UK rail industry, one which I am still enjoying.

As my railway interests developed, and with the aid of free travel I started to enjoy overseas rail travel, my camera became a useful tool to record these adventures. Unfortunatly my early standard of photography was pretty awful, tending to be "snap shots" rather than photographs. A good standard of photograhy did not develop until the passing of steam traction in the UK and most of Western Europe.

This section of my site shows some of those early "snaps" as well as a few from more recent times. Whilst the photos are not as dramatic as my more recent work I felt it important to display some of my early photos for their historic content and continuity, hope you can see an improvement!

If you have any comments or would like further information please email me on hotmetal@alancrotty.co.uk

Below are the usual thumbnails linking you to the main images and text.

Vivarais 403 on a mixed train.	Vivarais 414 entering station.	SNCF 141TC at Gare du Nord.	Class 130B at Longueville Junction.
Belgium Atlantic.	DR class 41 at Berlin Ost.	DR Mallet 5904.	Saxon Meyer tank 1584.
DR class 52 at speed.	Harz Mallet No.11.	DR class 74 in snow country.	Harz 2-10-2 No.7238.

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