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35mm · Film photography · Photography

Bury railway station

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A big picture dump today. All taken while I wandered around the railway station in Bury which is now part of the East Lancashire Railway heritage line.

I visit Bury each year to meet up with a bunch of middle-aged video game fans to spend the day in the marvelous, four-story Arcade Club, where we relive out youth playing free-to-play arcade games all day. I usually have time for a wander around before it opens though, and there’s often something interesting to see at the railway station – usually a steam train or two.

These are the shots I took this year.

Bury railway station
East Lancashire Railway
The other side of the tracks
Platform clock
Engine
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Carriage checks-2
Carriage checks
Standing on platform 4
Front of the engine
On platform 4

Olympus XA-3 & Fomapan 400. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°

Taken on 25 April 2026

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Power station

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Five minutes before this shot was taken the whole structure was enveloped in steam. I quickly made my way to a vantage point where I could get a photograph of the spectacle but, alas, it didn’t reoccur in the time I was able to wait. Smaller volumes of steam were constantly being emitted, as in the shot below, but not the glorious fogbank I’d initially witnessd.

FILM - Power station

Yashicamat 124G & Ilford HP5+.

Taken on 12 January 2020