Churchward GWR 2-8-0 no. 2807 stands outside the shed at Toddingtom on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

HST power car no. 43064 is up on jacks inside Leeds Neville Hill Depot at the splendid Northern Trains Coommunity Open Day.

A fine old tank engine at the Hungarian Railway Museum. Note the Brotan Boiler. This was a water tube type and was normally found on the Hungarian State Railways, who made over a thousand of thety... (more)

6201 Princess Elizabeth crosses the river at Burrs heading for Rawtenstall on the East Lancashire Railway enthusiasts day in Oct 2005

60009 Union of South Africa on a main line special from Manchester to Carlisle in its early stages

Fifty years ago, when I was a young trainspotter, this would have been the equivalent of Hell freezing over! An ex-Great Western Castle Class would never have appeared along this line, which I use... (more)

The original Black Five, no. 5000 looks like it is in a station, but it is in fact on static display at the National Railway Museum at York coupled to some old Royal carriages,

A lovely line upat the West Coast Railways Open Day at Carnforth in July 2008. 2-8-0 no. 48151, Jubilee Class no. 5690 Leander, 4-6-0 no. 46115 Scots Guardsman and Britannia Pacific no. 70013 Oliv... (more)

777 Sir Lamiel crosses a stone bridge over the A6 road at Carnforth on a main line special back in 1982.

Some maintennace being carried out on Planet, a replica of the 1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway 2-2-0 locomotive, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. This Museum is at Liverpool... (more)

4771 Green Arrow heads North at Burrs with a train to Rawtenstall on the East Lancs Railway with a train from Heywood. This is the loco's last visit to this line and the loco wiull steam for the v... (more)

A Metrolink tram crosses the 1877-built stone viaduct in Radcliffe with an evening service to Bury. The street is devoid of traffic because this is an area of light industry and the shot was taken... (more)

No.3 Holy War shuffles past an old Great western Railway sign at Llanuwchllyn as it runs round its train in readiness for its next run to Bala on the Bala Lake Railway in Wales. The loco was built... (more)

Ex-LMS 8F no 8624 makes its way from the sheds at Bury to the station to work its first train on the East Lancs Railway. It is on a two-week visit to the railway.

How things used to be. This 1978 shot shows a class 40 pulling Presflo wagons on a cement train from Derbyshire through Park station, East Manchester. The loco and wagons were scrapped and the sta... (more)