The signalman at Ramsbottom Station signal box, on the East Lancashire Railway, does a little admin while waiting for the last train of the day.

Approaching 5:00pm on a chilly January evening and Black Five no. 44871 calls at Ramsbottom with the last train of the day for Bury.

Another look back to July 2008 and The Great Reunion at the National Railway Museum at York. On that day, as a one-off, all four remaining UK-based A4 streamliners were assembled together. This wa... (more)

A shot that is now over 30 years old. The driver of 47 421 looks for the right away signal from the guard as it makes a stop at Manchester Victoria Station with a Newcastle to Liverpool service. ... (more)

A gaggle of Canda geese seem disinterested in the passing train. Class 47 no. 47580 County of Essex is privately preserved. However, it is certified for main line use. We see it here being operate... (more)

MSC no.32 Gothenburg emerges from the tunnel on the Middleton Railway with a freight on the photo charter.

A pan shot at 5 mph! MSC no. 32 Gothenburg (visiting from the East Lancashire Railway) reverses into a siding on the Middleton Railway while working a freight on the photo charter.

MSC no. 32 Gothenburg (visiting from the East Lancashire Railway) heading a short freight on the Middleton Railway on the photo charter.

Celebrity driver, Bill Andrews, has a bite to eat during a break at Hellifield station while driving LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland on the Tyne Valley Tourer railtour on 18th September... (more)

A side view of LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland at Birkett Common, on the Settle-Carlisle line, with the Tyne Valley Tourer railtour on 18th September 2010.

LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland climbs towards Ais Gill at Birkett Common with the Tyne Valley Tourer railtour on 18th September 2010. Oddly, the loco carries a headboard for "The Citad... (more)

MSC no. 32 Gothenburg (visiting from the East Lancashire Railway) crosses Manor Road outside the Middleton Railway main centre onto the rarely used northern section on the photo charter.

The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway operating over approximately 1 mile of track from its headquarters at... (more)

Class 67 no. 67 023 brings up the rear of a Northenr Belle excursion to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs through Moses Gate station at 07:44 am on 28th August 2010.

5690 Leander climbing at Lunds, near Garsdale while working the Fellsman railtour on 28th July 2010.