The Transport and Industries of Northern England, the Isle of Man, Scotland and Ireland
Some very old and very poor photos here I'm afraid, photo-shopped to within an inch of their lives, but still way before the digital era
(when even I can take reasonable photos!) but like me, they're nearly 60 years old so I suppose that's some kind of excuse.
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Isle of Man
I've only been to the Isle of Man once, over 50 years ago, in 1964 to be exact, so poor photos but wonderful memories.
Douglas Corporation Transport

No 12 Guy WMN488 of 1957
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No 50 Regent DMN650 of 1939
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Horse tram No 1
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Horse tram No 43
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Groudle Glen Railway

'Polar Bear', Bagnall 1781 of 1905
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'Sea Lion', Bagnall 1484 of 1896
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Isle of Man Road Services buses in Douglas

'3', GMN714, 1946 Leyland PD1
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'62', NMN361, 1951 Leyland PD2
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' 89', NMN907, 1952 Leyland PSU1
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Isle of Man Railway

No 11 'Maitland' at Ballasalla
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Nos 1 , 5 and 11' at Douglas shed
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No 8 'Fenella' at Douglas station
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No 10 'G H Wood' at Port Erin
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Ex-CDJCR railcars at Peel Station
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No 5 'Mona' at Peel Station
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Peel Shed, Isle of Man Railway
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Manx Electric Railway, Snaefell Mountain Railway amd Laxey Great wheel

MER No 19 at Douglas
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MER No 26 at Douglas
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MER No 7 at Douglas
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MER Box van No 4 at Douglas
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SMR Nos 5 and 3 at Laxey
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MER Station at Laxey
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Manx Electric Railway tickets
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The Great Wheel at Laxey
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Yorkshire
Stags Fell Mine, Wensleydale - SD 8708 9225
I believe this level was the flag stone mine rather than the lead mine. The Stags Fell quarry worked from c1813 to c1925 but the lead mine was much older, from c1680 to 1849.

Stags Fell stone mine
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Stags Fell stone mine
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Keld Head Mining Co mould
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The Kepwick Railway 1833 - 1893
A self-contained tramway from limekilns North of Borrowby to the quarries on Kepwick Moor. The gauge was about 4' 6" and horses worked the line, with the 1 in 5 incline being rope-worked. Well worth a visit for the views alone.

Limekilns at Western end
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The tramroad near the kilns
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Underbridge near Kepwick village
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The tramroad near Kepwick village
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Incline from the quarry
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Incline top at the quarry
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Rosedale Ironstone Mines and the NER branchline
A couple of all-too-brief visits in August 1975 and June 1982.

Kilns at end of the Northern branch
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Kilns below 'Mains' works
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'Mains' level entrance
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'Mains' works area, Rosedale
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Mine adit or drainage level
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Towards end the Southern branch
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The East mines, Rosedale
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British Railways in Yorkshire

68892 at Copley Hill shed
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62036 at Doncaster shed
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90569 at Doncaster shed
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65517 at Doncaster Works
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69523 at Doncaster Works
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48622 at Holbeck, Leeds
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45675 'Hardy' at Holbeck, Leeds
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61039 'Steinbok' at Sheffield
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42709 at Sowerby Bridge shed
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45304 at Wakefield shed
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Class 37 on ECML at Thirsk
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Class 47 on ECML at Thirsk
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Class 55 on ECML at Thirsk
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Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
A visit to the line in September 1971

80002 and E79964 at Keighley
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Loco line-up at Keighley
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'Fred' at Keighley, KWVR
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45025 and 30072 at Keighley
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Industrial loco line-up at Keighley
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80002 at Keighley, KWVR
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North Yorkshire Moors Railway
A visit to the line in June 1982

D7029 at Goathland, NYMR
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D7029 near Goathland, NYMR
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Class 101 at Grosmont, NYMR
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63395 and D5061 at Grosmont
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View from the train
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Ireland
Donald Kelk
This collection of photos was given to me in the late 1950s by Donald Kelk, a railwayman, possibly even an engine driver!, from Darlington. There were no details of location or subject with them so the captions are my best interpretation. They all appear to date from the very early 1950s.
Ulster, Northern Ireland - UTA, GNRI, BCDR

UTA Crane tank No 31
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UTA 53, Northern Ireland
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UTA 55, Northern Ireland
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UTA 72, Northern Ireland
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UTA 84 'Falcon' and 85 'Merlin'
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UTA 85 'Merlin'
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UTA 86 'Peregrine'
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UTA 172 'Slieve Donard'
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UTA 195
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'Belfast and County Down' crest.
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UTA 204 ex-BCDR 4
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UTA 208 ex-BCDR 8
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UTA 209 ex-BCDR 9
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UTA 214 ex-BCDR 14
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UTA 217 ex-BCDR 17
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UTA 221 ex-BCDR 21
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UTA 222 ex-BCDR 22
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UTA 222 ex-BCDR 22
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UTA 225 ex-BCDR 25
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UTA 229 ex-BCDR 29
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Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway

DNGR 3 'Dundalk'
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DNGR 4 'Newry'
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DNGR 6 'Holyhead'
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Belfast tram 386
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Republic of Ireland - CIE, GSR, DSER

GSR 90
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GSR 327
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GSR 337
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GSR 387
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GSR 403
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GSR 425
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GSR 462 ex-DSER 16
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GSR 462 ex-DSER 16
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GSR 632
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GSR 639, 667 at Edgworthtown.
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GSR 65x
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GSR 671
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GSR probably Inchicore Works
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CDRJC tickets
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Acknowledgments, sources and further reading.
Stags Fell flagstone mine - A blog article on the
Stags Fell flagstone mine and 'Mines and Miners of Wensleydale' by I M Spensley
Kepwick Railway - There's a very good article on the Kepwick Railway in 'Industrial Ralway Record' No 98.
'Rosedale Mines and Railways' R H Hayes and J G Rutter, 'Rosedale and its Ironstone Mines' Simon Chapman and 'The Mineral Tramways of Great Ayton' by R Pepper and R J Stewart