Absolutely filthy weather today. Raining with a strong westerley wind and very, very dull. 1000ASA F2.8 setting to try to get enough light to capture 6201 Princess Elizabeth at Brock at about 75 m... (more)

Ex-LMS 4F class no 44422 boils up at the Crewe Heritage Centre. The loco was being tested after undergoing some repairs.

Pacific 6233 Duchess of Sutherland makes a lot of steam as it sets off on its first journey of the day at the Steam Gala at the East Lancs Railway on 20th October 2018. This was the first moment ... (more)

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

A very wet day this morning. 71000 makes its usual extraordinary steam dispersement as it speeds through Patricroft with its support coach on its way to Toton to work a main line special the next ... (more)

LNER B1 no. 61264 on display at the Great Gathering at Crewe Works in 2005.

LNER B1 class 61264 runs down the hill from Heywood to Bury on the East Lancashire Railway.

A head on shot of Bittern at the Great Reunion at The National Railway Museum at York.

A Metrolink tram crosses the River Irwell over the stone viaduct at Radcliffe, heading for Manchester.

With daylight virtually gone, a Trans Pennine Express Class 185 prepares to depart from York with a service to Manchester Airport.

A tilting Cross Country Voyager approaches York at Colton South Junction with a northbound service.

Network Rail mobile load-bank testing locomotive no. 86 902 is parked in a bay platform at York Station. Converted from conventional Class 86 loco, it is capable of moving under its own power, bu... (more)

An old shot from 1979. A Class 100 Motor Brake has lost its bogies and is on blocks at Newton Heath TMD. This was a precursor to the scrapping of the unit a week or two later. A Class 40 can be se... (more)