Another one from the archives from 1981. This loco, no. 86 235 was named Novelty and given a special livery with a decorative panel to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manch... (more)

Black Five no. 45231 heads the "Witch Way" main line special through Diggle on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border.

Black Five no. 44806 prepares to leave Grosmont with a service to Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, as a Class 37 passes on the other track.

The East Lancs Railway has won a contract to supply locomotives for engineering trains on the neighbouring Metrolink tramway system. They will use preserved diesel locos for the work. Here we see ... (more)

BR tank engine 80002, climbs out of Keighley with a train for Oxenhope on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

An old shot from 1979. Merchant navy no. 35028 Clan Line has spent most of its life in the South of England. On a rare visit North, it is here at the coaling plant at Carnforth Steamtown in the d... (more)

Black Five no 45231 approaches Warrington with the first stage of the Welsh Mountaineer main line special from Preston to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

From time to time, the National Railway Museum at York loans out locomotives to heritage railways and preservation centres. Here is an example, Midland Compound no. 1000 is on loan to the centre a... (more)

This little engine, LNWR Precedent Class, no. 790 Hardwicke, took place in the "Races To The North" late in the 19th Century. Now preserved at the National Railway Museum at York, it is seen here ... (more)

An old shot from October 1982, taken at the now defunct Dinting Railway Centre. Webb 'Coal Tank' no. 1054, built in 1888 and LNER designed pacific no. 532 Blue Peter give brake van rides for the p... (more)

The strong January sun lights up Black Five no. 45231 with high contrast at Ramsbottom station on the East Lancashire Railway.

46115 Scots Guardsman threads through th ebleak Yorkshire landscape, just after crossing the famous Ribblehead viaduct, on the Settle to Carlisle route, working the southbound Winter Cumbrian Expr... (more)

46115 Scots Guardsman speeds through Brock at about 70 mph with the Preston to Glasgow section of the Great Britain II mammoth main line tour.

The winter sun lights up an 87 as it dashes South with an express past Springs Branch MPD. Unfortunately, this is well and truly Pendolino territory now.

Black Five no. 45407 runs through Kearsley Station with the Cotton Mill Express. The owner is seen in the cab.