Another view of A4 streamliner no. 60009 Union of South Africa at the Great Gathering at Crewe Works in 2005.

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

A4 streamliner, no. 60019 Bittern departs from York with the Talisman main line special from London to Newcastle. The big (ferris) wheel in the background is at the National Railway Museum and pro... (more)

The diminutive Peckett saddle tank no. 1163 arrives at Swanwick at the Midland Railway Centre with a train consisting of one carriage. The fireman on the open footplate is actually a firewoman. T... (more)

Old semaphore signals still extant at Blackpool North in 2006 as a Class 175 arrives from Manchester.

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.

Standard Class Five no. 73050 waits for the refitment of its boiler at Wansford on the Nene Valley Railway in August 2007. See 234439 ... (more)

The driver of 5690 exchanges single line tablets with the signalman as it pulls into Ramsbottom Station on the East Lancs Railway in 2004.

73096 pulls into Ropley Station on the Mid Hants Railway in 2006.

The driver of 45407 looks back for the signal from the Guard at Ramsbottom Station on the East Lancs Railway.

The crew are busy in the cab of Black Five no. 45231 at Ramsbottom on the East Lancashire Railway.

Back in 1991, when Steamtown at Carnforth was still open to the public a gleaming Black Five no. 5407 stands outside the shed.

Steam returned to British main lines in a big way in 1978. 4472 Flying Scotsman is seen here with the Cumbrian Coast Express in August of that year, which ran weekly throughout the summer from Car... (more)

An original Great Central Railway loco on the heritage line of the same name. The beautiful 4-4-0 no. 560 Butler Henderson is shown back in 1990, when she was capable of steaming.