The Cotton Mill Express, a main line special that has run each month in 2008 on a round trip from Manchester round parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire. Black Five no. 45407 is seen here cl... (more)

The Cotton Mill Express, a main line special that has run each month in 2008. It goes from Manchester round an anti clockwise circuit round part of West Yorkshire and East Lancashire. On Saturday,... (more)

Snow overnight left a blanket over Greater Manchester this morning. Another shower starts as passengers await the arrival of a service to Manchester Piccadilly. I guess the cab has a good heater, ... (more)

Seldom photographed, because it is squeezed in a dark corner at the National Railway Museum at York, here is Bulleid Battle of Britain Class no. 34051 Winston Churchill. This member of the unconve... (more)

A view at York Railway station as people hang around the route indicators, waiting for their train.

A close up of the immense 8' 1" single driving wheel of GNR no. 1 at The National Railway Museum, York. You can clearly see the builder's plate dated 1870. Click more)

A Cross Country tilting Voyager calls at York station on its way northwards

The absolutely beautiful Great Northern Railway No. 1 on display at The National Railway Museum, York. The loco is probably the peak of British locomotive builder's obsession with form over functi... (more)

Perhaps the most handsome 4-4-0 ever built. SECR No. 737 on display at The National Railway Museum, York. The Wainwright D class was a 4-4-0 express loco design built in 1901. There were fifty-o... (more)

Running in reverse, 71000 Duke of Gloucester leaves Rawtenstall on the East Lancashire Railway with a service to Heywood.

The driver of 71000 Duke of Gloucester eases the loco slowly over the points as the fireman waits to switch them back for the engine to re-enter the station after running round its train at Rawte... (more)

45407 makes easy work of the climb to Copy Pit Summit, as it works The Cotton Mill express main line special. The people in the first carriage are not fare paying passengers, but members of the lo... (more)

61994 The Great Marquess leaves Rawtenstall with a service for Heywood on the East Lancs Railway. This weekend, the railway is running three-cylinder locos only. 61994 and Duke of Gloucester.

Duke of Gloucester, on duty at the East Lancs Railway, arrives at Rawtenstall from Heywood, passing the level crossing and signal box.

The Cotton Mill Express main line special set off on time today, but within two miles, Black Five no. 45407 was already 45 minutes late! Here it is four miles out, passing Clayton Bridge level cro... (more)