A Trans Pennine Express Class 185 leaves Manchester Piccadilly heading for Cleethorpes as a Virgin Pendolino arrives from London Euston.

A collection of TPE Class 185s passing each other at the approach to Manchester Piccadilly station. Network Rail certainly like to tell the drivers the speed limits, don't they?

With daylight virtually gone, a Trans Pennine Express Class 185 prepares to depart from York with a service to Manchester Airport.

A Newcastle to Manchester Airport service pauses at Durham on a very cold but bright late winter's afternoon.

Siemens unit leave Manchester with a Virgin Voyager unit in the background

185115 departing Manchester Oxford Road with the 1037 Windermere to Manchester Airport train

The conductor ('guard' or 'train manager' in UK parlance) checks tickets on a Barrow to Manchester Airport service. Taken at 1/40 second with a 24-105 image stabilised lens.

First Group have something of a monopoly on local and regional services into Manchester these days, and have a new fleet of 'Desiro' units in operation on Trans-Pennine services. Nice to see a rec... (more)