The 2007 Autumn Steam Event at the ELR featured 4771 'Green Arrow', 4936 'Kinlet Hall', 3802, 76079 and 5690 'Leander'. Had a fantastic day out with Chris, Yorky Dave, Phillippa, Kieran and Crucial Dave

Prior to further building work, the old Bury Knowsley Street station has been excavated to view some remarkable sights, as seen in my photographs.

The East Lancashire Railway finally re-opened to passengers on the 25th of July 1987, running back then only from Bury Bolton Street to Ramsbottom, after BR left the line in the mid '70s. Now, the line is in full swing again running the full 12 miles from Heywood to Rawtenstall, the maximum distance that the preserved line can have (unless we share the Nat Rail line to Rochdale...watch this space!)

Ian Riley's Black 5 was on a railtour, and passed through my home of Castleton a total of three times! She arrived at noon and was stabled in the sidings for 50 minutes and exited towards Manchester Victoria, and then came storming through later in the evening.

I was working on Bury Bolton Street on the final day of the 2007 War Weekend, and got these shots. Locos present were 3440 'City of Truro', 5690 'Leander' and 6201 'Princess Elizabeth'

On 2nd June 2007, 40145 ran a Pathfinders tour, the Cambrian Coast Express, from Leeds to Aberystwyth, and stopped here at Victoria for passengers.

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the famous worlds first intercity railway. Originally running from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Liverpool Road, the line now runs into both Manchester Victoria and Piccadilly. The railway is an amazing feat of engineering, the cuttings are still there, and the chisel marks from the astounding 'navvies' who cut them are still there. Chat Moss - an 'oozing, black peat bog' - claimed many a life during the creation of this railway, and Stevenson's idea to have the railway 'float' over the moss still works to this very day. The grandeur of this line is one that will never leave it.

Took a wonder through Castleton's steelworks today, then took a shortcut accross the golfcourse to Heywood (Heywood pictures can be found in the ELR section)

These are a few shots of my WIP model railway.

My local line presents the wonderous landscape of the Pennines complimented by beautiful LYR architecture

Myself, Chris Gallagher and Alex Riley spent the day reminiscing our childhoods at the ELR as we were hauled up and down the line by trains with characteristic faces! Locos include Jubilee 5690 'Leander', Black 5 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier', Class 40 D335 (soon to be known as 'East Lancashire Railway - Trevor Jones'), an 08 shunter and of course, number 32 'Gothernburg' masquerading as Thomas.

I will gradually expand this collection, each time a photograph of anything modern is taken without any connection to a day out or an event, it will be placed in here.

My friend Ian Hale and I went out for a day on the modern railways, including lines such as the Manchester Airport line. We rode on units such as Class 158 DMUs and 323 EMUs and saw some class 92 electric locomotives at Warrington Bank Quay. It was a brilliant day out, and we hope you enjoy the photographs!

47575 is soon to be scrapped in Crewe, so without further ado, here is my collection of pictures of this fantastic locomotive.

There are few locomotives at the East Lancashire Railway which are in their original pre-1948 liveries, and Leander is a fine example. Enjoy these photographs, in which she looks resplendant in her LMS Crimson Lake livery.

These are shots I took while at Manchester's main station, Piccadilly.

These are several shots of the exterior and interior of the beautiful Manchester Victoria station. Though modernised, the beauty and architecture of this station still remains.

This is Castleton Station, what I like to call 'my local'! This features shots of the station and it's surroundings, plus photos of the stock that trundles through!

These are shots of steam and diesel locomotives at the East Lancashire Railway which runs from Heywood to Bury, Summerseat, Ramsbottom, Irwell Vale and finally Rawtenstall