33109 at the East Lancashire Railway, seen after leaving Irwell Vale. A cracking match of blue / grey rolling stock to go with the locomotive.

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)

55019 crossing Brocksbottom Viaduct during the East Lancashire Railway 'Deltic Gathering'.

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)

Belching smoke and stained in oil, very authentic to their main line condition, 55022 powers away from Irwell Vale at the East Lancashire Railway 'Deltic Gathering'.

D9009 rolls into Irwell Vale during the East Lancashire Railway 'Deltic Gathering' featuring 5 of the 6 surviving members of the once 22 strong class of top link passenger express locomotives.

Standard Class 4 tank no 80080 takes water at Rawtenstall, on the East Lancashire Railway on Tuesday 10th April 2012

D7076 'Heymek' rolls towards Bury during the ELR Summer Diesel Gala. She was built in 1963 not far from this spot in Gorton, Manchester. but the class did not survive long in front line service as... (more)

50135 'Ark Royal' seen near Irwell Vale during the East Lancashire Railway Summer 2001 Diesel Gala. The locomotive was repainted into one of the most non authentic liveries possible for Eastleigh ... (more)

50044 'Exeter' heads into Bury on the ELR's Heywood extension, during their Summer 2001 Diesel Gala.

D6586 rolls towards Bury on the ELR's Heywood extension during the Summer Diesel Gala (2011).

20048, a former British Rail freight locomotive, hauls a passenger train away from Irwell Vale during the East Lancashire Railway Diesel Gala.

50015 & 50044 have just departed Irwell Vale in the heart of the most scenic stretch of the East Lancashire Railway.