Black Five no 44932 approaches Grange Over Sands with the outbound Lakelander railtour. This is the first railtour for this loco since it underwent a heavy overhaul by its new owners. It has not b... (more)

Royal Scot Class 46115 Scots Guardsman runs alongside the M602 Motorway as it screams away from Eccles with the Cotton Mill Express on a very wet July morning. I imagine the drivers of the vehicle... (more)

Royal Scot Class 46115 Scots Guardsman enters the Eccles loop at Patricroft to take water while working the Cotton Mill Express. The weather was terrible for a July morning, heavy rain showers, wh... (more)

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

A slhouette under a threatening sky of Black Five no. 44871, running in reverse, at Burrs, on the East Lancashire Railway, with the Wednesday 10:00 service from Bury to Rawtenstall.

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

Black Five no. 44871, running in reverse is working a morning midweek service on the East Lancashire Railway. Since it was the first train of the day, the crossing keeper for Rawtenstall rode on t... (more)

In 2009, Blackpool Tramway sold off a number of its old trams. Most went to museums. These two are amongst them. 623 is a 1937 single deck car built by Brush and 702 is a Double Deck "Balloon" car... (more)

A shot inside the cab of a magnificent 214-ton Beyer-Garratt GL class locomotive at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. This huge loco was built in 1930 by The Beyer Peacock Company in ... (more)

46115 Scots Guardsman heads the northbound Lakelander railtour through Grange Over Sands on 19th June 2010.

A close up of the motion/valve gear/cog drive mechanism on Z12, built in 1995, at St.Wolfgang in Austria. See the earlier photo for the technical details of this modern advanced steam locomotive.

The driver of Z14 is on his cell phone, while the guard waits to hear whatever news he has. Perhaps he was finding out if the mountain top station was open on such a dull, rainy and cloudy day. Th... (more)

On loan to the railway, 8F no. 8624 passes an old loading gauge as it leaves Ramsbottom with the first service of the day from Bury to Rawtenstall on the East Lancashire Railway.

8F no. 8624 leaves Ramsbottom on a sunny morning with the first service of the day from Bury to Rawtenstall on the East Lancashire Railway. The loco is on loan to the railway for two weeks only.

A panned shot of 8F no. 8624 at Burrs, East Lancashire Railway, as it works the 10:00am service from Bury to Rawtenstall. The loco is on loan to the railway for two weeks only. The livery is authe... (more)