Black Five no. 45407 passes Moses Gate, Bolton on the final leg of the Cotton Mill Express main line special. This well patronised special service has been running successfully once a month throug... (more)

Black Five no. 45407 makes easy work of the climb to Copy Pit summit with the Cotton Mill Express main line special. This well patronised special service has been running once a month throughout 2... (more)

A Trans Pennine Express Class 185 leaves Manchester Piccadilly Station.

A Cross Country Class 200 arrives at Manchester Piccadilly Station.

A Trans Pennine Express Class 185 leaves Manchester Piccadilly heading for Cleethorpes as a Virgin Pendolino arrives from London Euston.

Class 87 no. 87 001 on display at the National Railway Museum, York. The class was introduced in 1973, for the completion of the electrification of the northern section of the West Coast main lin... (more)

A Class 156 DMU waits in a bay platform to depart with a service to Leeds, via Harrogate. Note the lack of track on my platform, removed some years ago for some reason.

A re-engined National Express HST stops at York very late in the afternoon on its way to Aberdeen.

Another view of LNWR no. 790 Hardwicke, built in 1892. It was one of 166 members the Improved Precedent Class or "Jumbo" class designed by F.W. Webb. On August 22, 1895, 790 Hardwicke took 2 hours... (more)

This Furness Railway loco no. 3, was built in 1846 and was designed by Edward Bury, whose engines were popular with the early railway companies because they were cheap. It is the only survivor in ... (more)

A pair of DRS locos appear to be spending the weekend parked at York station. The leading one is 57 008 and the other is 37 194. The Class 57s were originally built in the early 1960s as Class 47s... (more)

A collection of TPE Class 185s passing each other at the approach to Manchester Piccadilly station. Network Rail certainly like to tell the drivers the speed limits, don't they?

This is the cab interior of 4468 Mallard, the fastest steam locomotive in the world. Just imagine in 1938, sitting in that left seat looking through that small window at 126mph. The loco would b... (more)

West Coast 47 760 starts to fill York Station with smoke as it accelerates away after dropping off a crew member. The girl on the right seemed a bit disappointed that it wasn't her train. I don't ... (more)

This little engine, LNWR Precedent Class, no. 790 Hardwicke, took place in the "Races To The North" late in the 19th Century. Now preserved at the National Railway Museum at York, it is seen here ... (more)