The Railways of Yorkshire
By Mark and Alan Walker
All photos displayed on this website are taken by Alan or Mark Walker UNLESS otherwise stated.
In some cases images will be marked "Walker Collection" which denotes an images which we have purchased the rights to use.
We are VERY thankful to the other photographers who have allowed us to use their fantastic images.
Please do NOT attempt to use any images on this website,if you are interested in any of our work then please email Mark at:
alberta45562@hotmail.co.uk
In some cases images will be marked "Walker Collection" which denotes an images which we have purchased the rights to use.
We are VERY thankful to the other photographers who have allowed us to use their fantastic images.
Please do NOT attempt to use any images on this website,if you are interested in any of our work then please email Mark at:
alberta45562@hotmail.co.uk
Alan Walker:
Alan in the cab of 45647 'Sturdee' at Normanton MPD on 10th June 1967.
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50 years later,Alan is pictured in front of 60103 at York.
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Alan was born in a former miners’ terraced house in Featherstone in September 1949 ,now long
demolished,he moved with his parents to a semi detached house in Halfpenny Lane near the railway line in 1953,where he would live for a further 35 years,taking a great deal of notes and images during this time,with the house handily placed just 100 yards from the former L&Y line to Goole and Hull!
Alan soon made friends with some local lads who lived in the former railway cottages close to the line,George King (whose father was a fireman and later a driver at Wakefield MPD)and John Marham whose dad was a porter on nearby Featherstone station and his mother was the crossing keeper at Halfpenny Lane farm crossing.
Being mates with these lads soon introduced Alan to the railway scene and it wasn’t long before he had started to become interested in the locomotives that were passing by,and often struggling up the considerable gradient towards Pontefract Tanshelf station with all the sound effects that produced!
Alan recorded,photographs,notes,audio and video around Featherstone over the course of the years 1962 to the early 2000's and has an immense amount of information that will grace these pages over time. Beyond that he also traveled far and wide throughout the UK to record a wider variety of action,though this site will focus only on his Yorkshire work. He is also known for his contributions to the West Yorkshire (East) articles in the Railway Observer,a job which he has carried out for over 50 years!
Alan moved to Crofton,Wakefield when he got married and still lives there today.
demolished,he moved with his parents to a semi detached house in Halfpenny Lane near the railway line in 1953,where he would live for a further 35 years,taking a great deal of notes and images during this time,with the house handily placed just 100 yards from the former L&Y line to Goole and Hull!
Alan soon made friends with some local lads who lived in the former railway cottages close to the line,George King (whose father was a fireman and later a driver at Wakefield MPD)and John Marham whose dad was a porter on nearby Featherstone station and his mother was the crossing keeper at Halfpenny Lane farm crossing.
Being mates with these lads soon introduced Alan to the railway scene and it wasn’t long before he had started to become interested in the locomotives that were passing by,and often struggling up the considerable gradient towards Pontefract Tanshelf station with all the sound effects that produced!
Alan recorded,photographs,notes,audio and video around Featherstone over the course of the years 1962 to the early 2000's and has an immense amount of information that will grace these pages over time. Beyond that he also traveled far and wide throughout the UK to record a wider variety of action,though this site will focus only on his Yorkshire work. He is also known for his contributions to the West Yorkshire (East) articles in the Railway Observer,a job which he has carried out for over 50 years!
Alan moved to Crofton,Wakefield when he got married and still lives there today.
Mark Walker:
Mark pictured on the footplate of 5029 'Nunney Castle' at Long Preston in March 1994.
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Mark pictured near the Far North line in 2014.
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Mark,Alan's son was born in June 1991,and still resides in Crofton,Wakefield. Mark was interested in railways from the beginning and can often be seen around Yorkshire taking photos or videos regularly. He also travels further afield and particularly enjoys visiting the Scottish Highlands,as well as Devon.
Mark is the developer of this site and is currently working on obtaining new content to add,as well as convincing his dad to write more detailed notes for the "Observation Records" section!
Mark started out his railway photography in the early 2000's with a basic film camera,before getting a Canon 40D in 2009 and Canon 7D Mk1 in 2012. For videos Mark currently shoots with a Canon HF G30 having previously used less professional equipment.
Mark is the developer of this site and is currently working on obtaining new content to add,as well as convincing his dad to write more detailed notes for the "Observation Records" section!
Mark started out his railway photography in the early 2000's with a basic film camera,before getting a Canon 40D in 2009 and Canon 7D Mk1 in 2012. For videos Mark currently shoots with a Canon HF G30 having previously used less professional equipment.
