An old shot from 1980. Class 40 no 40 079 shunts around at Red Bank Carriage Sidings, Manchester. The long bogie, negotiating the turnout makes the buffers misalign from the centre line of the bod... (more)

An old shot from 1980. 25 222 runs past the site of the old brick works at Clayton Bridge, East Manchester with a strange mixture of freight stock. I wonder who Chris was? The 28 year old slide wa... (more)

An old shot from 1980. A Class 47 zooms through Park Station, East Manchester with a Liverpool to York service. The slide, shot on Kodachrome 64, doesn't seem too bad for 28 years old. The scene h... (more)

One of the most remarkable movements I have seen took place in 1980. LNWR 2-4-0 no. 790 Hardwicke, "Royal Scot" no. 6115 Scots Guardsman and Midland Compound no. 1000. To celebrate the 150th anniv... (more)

This class of loco was built in the 1950s to pull passenger trains on the 1500v DC Manchester-Sheffield route. It was sold to the Netherlands Railways when it retired from BR in 1968. After years ... (more)

This loco was built to 5' 6" gauge for the North West Railway in India in 1911 by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, England. In 1947 it passed to Pakistan railways and continued to serve there un... (more)

A Metrolink tram crosses the River Irwell over the stone viaduct at Radcliffe, heading for Manchester.

A Metrolink tram crosses the River Irwell at Warth, Radcliffe, on its evening service to Bury.

A Metrolink tram crosses the 1877-built stone viaduct in Radcliffe with an evening service to Bury. The street is devoid of traffic because this is an area of light industry and the shot was taken... (more)

Class 323 238 stands at the buffer stop at Manchester Piccadilly one evening in March 2005.

A Metrolink Tram crosses the River Irwell at Warth, Radcliffe, on its way to Altrincham. The weir was built many years ago to lower the river to pass under a main road.

A quartet of Canada Geese seem unimpressed as a Metrolink Tram crosses the River Irwell at Warth, Radcliffe, on its way to Altrincham.

An old shot from 1977. A burnt out hulk of a Class 108 DMU is stored off its bogies at Newton Heath. It wasn't long before it was cut up.

An old shot from 1979. Midland Compound no. 1000 coupled with LNER V2 no. 4771 Green Arrow back onto the carriages to work a main line special to York at Guide Bridge station.

An old shot from 1979. Black Five no. 5305 backs onto the carriages to work a main line special to Yorkshire at Guide Bridge station.