I was never a train-spotter.  Collecting numbers has never held a fascination for me but I just love the sight, sound and smells of these behemoths.  They seem to be alive and all have bags of character.  To be honest - so do some of the diesels, for example, the Deltic and they hold the same fascination.

As a teenager I worked on the North Yorkshire Moors as a volunteer on various locos.  Now I restrict myself to photographing them at any opportunity.  They make great subjects.  I'm not in the same league as my friend Clifford Aston though. He takes amazing railway photos - the Cuneo of the Camera

I just love the artwork of Terence Cuneo.  His images always adorned the annual Hornby model railway catalogues.  His trademark was a little mouse somewhere in the image.  

His paintings are full of such life and detail.  One of my favourite railway books is a book of Cuneo paintings.

Here are some examples.  I would say can you find the mouse but the images are too small.  I'll try and get better ones ...

Terence Cuneo - a site dedicated to the memory of the artist

Terence Cuneo on Wikipedia

Terence Cuneo page on the Guild of Railway Artists

The NYMR - the North Yorkshire Moors Historic Railway Trust

The NYMR on FaceBook