A heavy thunderstorm is just ending as 45407 heads the first steam at Middlewich for at least 40 years, with the Crewe-Altrincham positioning run prior to working the Mid Cheshire Community Rail S... (more)

On a very damp and dismal holiday Sunday, 45407 is the centre of attention at Altrincham, having just arrived from Crewe with the first of that day's steam runs. The steam working is organised on ... (more)

45407 rests at the terminus of Kyle of Lochalsh after working the Railway Touring Company's "The North Briton" tour from Inverness.

The 'Cotton Mill Express' rolls out of the double-track Standedge Tunnel. Opened in 1894, this is the most modern of four tunnels under the Pennine Hills at this point. The first tunnel, opened i... (more)

Black Five no. 45407 runs down the hill at Burrs with a midweek train from Rawtenstall to Bury on a sunny afternoon..

Black Five no. 45407 runs downhill on a mid-week service from Rawtenstall to Bury. The loco is putting in a few miles on the East Lancashire Railway before it works the Cotton Mill Express main li... (more)

Black Five no. 45407 at work mid-week on the East Lancashire Railway heads a train for Bury through Burrs.

Ian Riley's superb Black Five no. 45407 heads through Burrs on the East Lancashire Railway today with a mid-week morning train for Bury.

Man and Steed.

One of the most widely traveled locomotives in preservation is seen here crossing the River Irwell on her home ground. In fact the Irwell is crossed and re-crossed no less than eight times between... (more)

Moving from Bury to Crewe in preparation for the following day's Cheshire Gardens Express workings

45407 poses in the sun at Achnasheen giving the "North Briton" tour participants an unexpected photo opportunity. The loco had slipped to a stand on the climb leading up to this station and had to... (more)

45407 shunts the coaching stock of the "North Briton" tour in order to run round ready for the return journey to Inverness.

The driver of 45407 looks back for the signal from the Guard at Ramsbottom Station on the East Lancs Railway.

Because of its alignment, the East Lancashire Railway can be relied on to give great backlighting. Early morning or late afternoon in the winter months are the best times to provide dramatic image... (more)