6201 Princess Elizabeth crosses Saddleworth Viaduct with the returning Scarborough Flyer railtour on 27th August. Sadly, the sun had gone down below the hill by this time, around 8:00pm.

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 27 is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work. No 1300 (later LMS 12322 and BR 52322) was built at Horwich Works in 1896. Desi... (more)

Black Five no. 45231 waits to leave Bury Bolton Street station on the East Lancashire Railway, with a Friday night dining train. Taken from the unlit side of the station, using three flashguns.

The magnificent 6233 Duchess of Sutherland nears the completion of its overhaul at Butterley

An old shot from 1977. Black Five no. 5305 and Jubilee Class no. 5690 Leander at Guide Bridge station about to set off with a main line special to Sheffield. An awful lot of people turned out that... (more)

One of 155 members of a class of narrow gauge locos built ordered by the UK War Department from Hunslet in Leeds for use behind the trenches during WW1 for the movement of personnel, munitions, an... (more)

Under a stormy sky, the rather handsome pacific no.71000 Duke of Gloucester waits to leave Ramsbottom, on the East Lancashire Railway, heading north with a dining train to Rawtenstall. This is wha... (more)

An amazing line up of LMS power which has not taken place for over 40 years. Steam hangs over the four Stanier pacifics lined up at the Crewe Works Great Gathering in 2005. 6233 Duchess of Sutherl... (more)

The crew of Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank, Ring Haw, are a little late in turning off the tap while watering the loco at Peterborough, on the Nene Valley Railway

An old shot from 1979 showing 4472 Flying Scotsman receiving some attention in the engine shed at Carnforth. This was in the days when the site was open to the public.

An old shot from 1979. 4498 reverses at Carnforth Steamtown, in the days when it was open to the public.

An old shot from 1990. A Class 309 and a Class 310 stand at the bufers at Clacton Station. Both are in Network South East livery.

Bonnie Dundee gets some attention before departing from Ravenglass on the beautiful Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.

71000 Duke of Gloucester runs gently downhill from Heywood to Bury

An old shot from 1984. 4472 Flying Scotsman passes Bolton with an engine and support coach working from Carnforth to Manchester.