Another very atmospheric photo by the late Kenneth Field showing a local train from Crewe on arrival in Chester General station hauled by class 2P 4-4-0 No 40653.

Erie Alco FB-1 No 725 is seen being serviced at Marion, Ohio in November 1952. Scanned from a 6 x 9 negative by an unknown photographer.

Here is another photo of one of the Woodhead route electric locos. This time one of the seven express passenger Co-Co machines No 27002 seen pulling away from Penistone with a London Marylebone to... (more)

Having showcased several of the late Kenneth Field's photos taken in the Pennine hills between Lancashire and Yorkshire I thought it was time to look at the electrified Woodhead route between Manc... (more)

If you are of a nervous disposition please look away now! Former LMS Patriot class three-cylinder 4-6-0 No 45538 Giggleswick leaves the 1894 double double track bore of Standege tunnel with an eas... (more)

Former London & North Western Railway G2 (LMS 7F) 0-8-0 No 49421 approaches one of the original pair of single bore Standege tunnels with a Leeds Copley Hill to Liverpool goods train in 1954. The ... (more)

Converted Royal Scot 4-6-0 No 46106 Gordon Highlander approaches Diggle Junction with a Liverpool to Newcastle express. The train has just left Butterhouse tunnel on the long closed Micklehurst lo... (more)

A former London & North Western Railway G2a 0-8-0 (LMS 7F) passes Diggle Junction with a Liverpool to Leeds goods train that has come up from Stalybridge via the long closed Micklehurst loop. The ... (more)

LMS class 3P 2-6-2T No 40057 at Measurements Halt the the Odham to Delph push/pull train in the early 1950s. This train was known locally as the Delph Donkey. The very basic Measurements Halt was ... (more)

Stanier 'Black Five' 4-6-0 No 44870 pilots Fowler three-cylinder 'Patriot' 4-6-0 No 45515 Caernarvon over Saddleworth viaduct with the 5pm Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle express on a September... (more)

Dark Satanic Mills II - an 8F 2-8-0 drifts downgrade near Linthwaite as it comes down the Colne Valley from Standege tunnel, summit of this tran-Pennine main line between Manchester and Leeds, wit... (more)

A former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 2-4-2T No 50818 performs station pilot duty at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire as an LMS class 4 2-6-4T reverses out of the station. This was one of the ma... (more)

A photograph I know little about showing a trio of 2-8-2s. A pair of NYC engines, with H5 No 1555 nearest, looking like they are about to push a coal train whilst partly hidden is Louisville & Nas... (more)

Here is a third large boilered GNR 4-4-2, No 4444 seen storming past Belle Isle on the way out of Kings Cross with a special for the horse racing at Newmarket. The train is formed of former South ... (more)

Following on from the shot of the pioneer large boilered GNR 4-4-2, one of the later engines No 3300 is seen about to take water from Langley troughs (track pan) with the 4.30pm express to Kings C... (more)