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With regards to obscuring the engine surly it's the workers who are the subject of the photo and a fine one at that. I assume there must be plenty of photos of engines. Whether it's an occasion or just a group shot maybe someone can help but the 1911 census lists a Thomas Gorry as an engine fireman.

Thomondrow Oh sorry, I just meant that if we could see more of the engine, we could find out more about the location, original date, etc. of the photo...

Vintage.

With the open cab design, this is pre turn of the century. Common design for 1880-90

The link captioned, "Find out more about this image", is malformed for this photograph. Several photographs in the James Ring’s West Coast Set have similarly malformed links. As there are more than a half-dozen I have not made individual comments on each.

Thanks Pixel Wrangler - I'll comb through the set & fix those up now. -- Courtney

My hometown station! Looks completely different nowadays, of course. The siding to the right is long since lifted, the semaphores long gone and the platform has been extended. flic.kr/p/7stsbk This is the only shot in my stream of the station now, the NLI shot appears to have been taken at the far end of the now westbound platform. In those days this was the only one as far as I know).

Beautiful scene

The train cannot enter a single-track section without a token. The fireman puts his arm through the hoop while on the move, or simply swaps it with the signalman. Interlocking machinery in signal boxes ensures that only one token at a time is released. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_%28railway_signalling%29

John_McK1966 That's a brilliant photo! And thanks for letting us know the changes in your hometown station...

blackpoolbeach Phew! Thanks for saving me the embarrassment of an incomprehensible Staff Exchange description...