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.

A chilly autumn morning made for a spectacular show as "Black 5" No. 45407 charged across Glenfinnan Viaduct with the daily Jacobite steam train from Fort William to Mallaig. Deep in Glen F... (more)

Princess Royal Class Pacific 6201 "Princess Elizabeth" approaches Grintleyhill bridge near Combe hauling The Worcester Anniversary Christmas Fayre railtour from Paddington to Worcester. For once,... (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)

It wouldn't be a proper visit to the coast of Scotland without some rain. I got thoroughly drenched the last full day we were in the West Highlands standing on a few different hillsides waiting f... (more)

A chilly autumn morning made for a spectacular show as "Black 5" No. 45407 charged across Glenfinnan Viaduct with the daily Jacobite steam train from Fort William to Mallaig. Deep in Glen ... (more)

Like a scene from a storybook: "Black 5" No. 45407, named The Lancashire Fusilier, briefly pops out into daylight between the short Leachabhuidh Tunnels on a typically dreary day in ... (more)

The train goes about its everyday business, quite undisturbed by a passing flock of sheep. I'm not sure exactly how many there are 57... 58 ..., it's getting late and I'm getting very sleepy. G'ni... (more)

This must have been the perfect evening to bid farewell to the last train of this season's Scarborough Spa Expresses. 45305 heads eastward out of Leeds, catching the dying rays of the evening sun.... (more)