tarboat's photos

Multiple trains approaching Glasgow Central station during the evening rush.

At the head of this train on the Statfold Barn Railway is Isibutu, Bagnall 4-4-0T (2820 of 1945) built for Tongaat Sugar in Natal.

The former crown post office on Castle Street, Macclesfield stands empty and abandoned since the business was moved to W H Smith many months ago.

A rather weathered terracotta panel over a shop in Commercial Street, Newport. The building is dated 1894.

Construction began on the 1,070 seat County Playhouse in 1916 for Eagle Picturedrome Company to the design of W. Ellis from St Helens, although due to a shortage of materials and labour during World War I, it was not completed until 1919. Having survived a major fire in 1949, the cinema closed on Sunday 13th November 1966 with Disney’s 'The Sword and the Stone'. It was taken over by the Leeds Based Star Cinemas chain and they converted it into Star Bingo and Social Club. The building has since been used as a discount store and Playhouse Club Café and is currently the 1,200 capacity Pure Nightclub.

The gondola of the 1906 built Newport Transporter Bridge flies across the Usk. This is the tallest of the three transporter bridges surviving in the UK and also the longest span.

Viewed from the winch cabin on the Newport Transporter Bridge, the gondola is just arriving on the east bank of the Usk.

Inside the winch cabin of the Newport Transporter Bridge. The driver uses a tramcar type controller to operate the DC electric motors which power the winding drum via a friction wheel.

This grade II listed office building of 1899 features some fine elaborate yellow terracottain the facade. A 1901 Directory indicates that the premises were used by the National Fire Assurance Company of Ireland, The Law Accident Assurance Company, 2 solicitors, 2 barristers and a chartered accountant.

The gondola of the 1906 built Newport Transporter Bridge flies across the Usk. This is the tallest of the three transporter bridges surviving in the UK and also the longest span.

This distillery was founded in 1927 by Seager Evans and Co. with the first spirit produced in 1928. The company was acquired by Schenley Industries of New York in 1956, who invested heavily in the site, including the addition of a Single malt whisky branded Kinclaith, which started producing in 1958. The Kinclaith still was closed in 1975 after the site was acquired by Whitbread. Today the distillery is part of the Pernod Ricard group. The water required for the production comes from Loch Katrine.

A pair of QJs with a heavy train powering through the S curves west of Linxi on the Jitong Railway. Already climbing hard, the train will soon be on the more severe gradients of the Jinpeng section.

View from the brake van as a short freight headed by WD 90733 departs Bewdley towards Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway.

Electrical corner at Pear Mill, Stockport.

On the site of Hem Heath Colliery now stand this 40Mw power plant utilising coal mine methane. It is operated by Alcane Energy which has similar plant at sites such as Bevercotes, Warsop, and Whitwell.

Construction of the Pear Mill in Bredbury, Stockport, commenced in 1908 and it was finally completed in 1913 after significant financial difficulties. The mill was designed by Abraham Stott junior and his brother, Philip Sidney, was responsible for the finishing stages, including the office building. It incorporates a lot of terracotta decoration including numerous pear motifs. This is one of a number of pears adorning the enginehouse and chimney.

Plum coloured sunrise at Sandaoling opencast mine just as the servicing point at Xibolizhan begins to clear of traffic.

This one was found by Tim Lawton in Newcastle-under-Lyme on the old Jubilee Baths site after demolition. It is a product of the Berry Hill Brickworks in Stoke-on-Trent although none of us had heard of this particular registered trade mark before. I have checked in my list of trade marks and Beryl was certainly one used by Berry Hill Collieries Ltd in the 1930s.