The 1Z10 Railway Photography Group is a community of UK railway photography enthusiasts who share their passion for capturing creative and innovative images of railways. The group’s goal is to unite like-minded individuals to enjoy the hobby of railway photography and to encourage experimentation with different techniques and perspectives.

66712 passing Rowston, between Sleaford and Lincoln with 4E21 11:18 Felixstowe South to Tinsley Yard. 24th March 2023. A 1Z10 trip to Lincolnshire, taking in the freight Joint Line from Doncaster to Sleaford and a dash over to Middleton Towers.

A key part of 1Z10 are the regular railway photography outings and trips, with a full calendar of exciting railway photography locations around the British Rail network these trips are specific area or location, usually these trips are well attended and provide a super social opportunity to build bonds and share techniques with fellow railway photographers.

The 1Z10 group is hosted on Flickr, the popular photo-sharing platform, where members can upload and discuss their photographs from the recent outing. Being part of the 1Z10 group offers photographers the opportunity to connect with others who share their interest in railways, participate in collaborative projects, and receive feedback on their work.

Just looking at Real Time Trains on my phone, that Azuma, 800206 will be 1B89 the 17:27 Lincoln Central to London Kings Cross. 24th March on the same 1Z10 Lincolnshire trip.
It’s before sunrise at the south end of Preston Station, I turned up intending to photograph anything that moved, I was focusing on another shot and caught out when this pair rumbled into view – still too early for me. If I’d been on the ball I would have composed better and set a higher shutter speed.
It was still quite entertaining watching 56087 lead 56094 down the incline towards the docks with 6M32 03:13 Lindsey Oil Refinery to Ribble Rail. 29th November 2019. A 1Z10 trip to the North West, and Preston, but in typical 1Z10 fashion, later that day we ended up on the Settle & Carlisle line.

Regular online 1Z10 Zoom meetings are open to all, whether you were on the latest 1Z10 trip or not, these are usually a review and discuss the photography from the latest trip, the Zoom meetings and trips are well attended with very talented and creative railway photographers, I have found both incredibly rewarding, not only to meet some of the best UK railway photographers, but to share and learn new ideas in photography, composition and processing techniques plus we all share our common passion for railways.

As dawn breaks on a cold spring morning DB 66206 shunts the empty wagons from the recently arrived 23:34 Ripple Lane to Peak Forest. The DB class 66 will hand over the shunting to one of the resident DRS class 66 locos for manoeuvre into the loading sidings for Dove Holes Cemex Quarry.
7th April 2021, A 1Z10 trip to Buxton and Peak Forrest.
On the last mile of its journey, 56049 passes through the city of Leeds bringing fuel to Neville Hill depot. 6D79 08:35 Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas to Neville Hill Depot. 29th September 2023. A 1Z10 trip to Leeds.

Overall, the 1Z10 Railway Photography Group serves as a platform for railway photography enthusiasts to collaborate, socialise, share their work, and push the boundaries of traditional railway imagery.

I was aware of the work of many of the talented photographers in 1Z10’s ranks and was incredibly pleased to be invited to my first 1Z10 trip in 2019.