The low January sun highlights the class 40 and its smoke as it enters Arpley yard way back in 1982.

Gloomy weather today as A4 streamliner no.60009 Union of South Africa heads a main line special from Cleethorpes to Chester approaching Newton-Le-Willows. The driver is letting rip on the whistle ... (more)

LNER mogul no. 61994 The Great Marquess is currently working at the East Lancashire Railway. She is seen here between Burrs and Summerseat with a rake of freight wagons on a photographers' charter... (more)

A Llandudno Great Orme Tramway tram departs the summit with the last service of the day on the upper section on a sunny April Saturday. This line is a cable-hauled 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge tramw... (more)

The Cotton Mill Express main line special set off on time today, but within two miles, Black Five no. 45407 was already 45 minutes late! Here it is four miles out, passing Clayton Bridge level cro... (more)

A Class 156 DMU waits in a bay platform to depart with a service to Leeds, via Harrogate. Note the lack of track on my platform, removed some years ago for some reason.

76079 leaves Bury and heads for Heywood on the East Lancs Railway at the Winter Steam Event.

The Spring Gala at the East Lancashire Railway was marred by bad weather. It's a shame because the loco line-up was worth braving the elements to get there. Here we see Class A4 no. 60009 Union ... (more)

The October early evening sun lights up this S type 2-8-0, built by ALCO in 1943, on display at the Railway Museum at Ankara.

The driver of 70013 Oliver Cromwell lets her go while working the Great Britain railtour. The loco, which is owned by the National Railway Museum, was doing about 75 mph at this point and making a... (more)

Royal Scot class no. 46115 Scots Guardsman arrives at Hellifield station for a water stop with the outbound leg of the inaugural 2011 Fellsman railtour.

4936 Kinlet Hall is silhouetted against the sky as it crosses Brooksbottom Viaduct with a northbound train on the East Lancs Railway.

The O4 class was a heavy freight locomotive designed for the Great Central Railway in 1911. 70 were built at Gorton Locomotive Works in Manchester. The design was subsequently adopted by the Briti... (more)

Black Five no. 44871, departs from Rawtenstall, on the East Lancashire Railway, with the Wednesday 11:00 service to Bury.

An old shot from 1980. Class 25 no. 25 172 waits in a centre road at Manchester Victoria Station for its next banking duty. The is class of loco was used to push heavy freights up the 1 in 37 in... (more)