The image is of famous Sir Nigel Greasley steam train at the historical Carnforth Steam Train heritage centre not far from Lancaster around 1985. Steam Town was closed down as a tourist attraction and is now the base of the West Coast [heritage] Railway. Carnforth railway station was used as a film set for the 1940's film A Brief Encounter.


The image is of famous Sir Nigel Greasley steam train at the historical Carnforth Steam Train heritage centre not far from Lancaster around 1985. Steam Town was closed down as a tourist attraction and is now the base of the West Coast [heritage] Railway. Carnforth railway station was used as a film set for the 1940's film A Brief Encounter.


Size: 6000px × 4452px
Location: Carnforth near Lancaster, Lancashire 1985
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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