The Welsh Highland's K1 Garratt stands in light steam, while on a lowloader. After the event, K1 was to take a tour of it's birthplace at Gorton, where Beyer Peacock's works once were. The appearance was timed to coincide with K1's 100th Birthday.

The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry's Liverpool & Manchester replica 0-2-2 Planet, gets up steam ready for it's day's work.

The Welsh Highland's K1 Garratt, out in the open at the Manchester Museum of Science & Industry.

Visiting from the Bressingham Steam Museum, Beyer Peacock 0-4-0+0-4-0 William Francis stands outside the 'power house' at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

English Electric Battery Shunter number 1378 parks up under the mural of the Liverpool and Manchester railway, on a siding out of reach of the public.

The East Lancashire Railway's Hymek diesel D7076 is posed outside the Warehouses of Liverpool Road, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

The Foxfield Railway's Beyer Peacock 0-4-0 shunter number 1, shunts a goods train on Liverpool Road, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway's Lancashire & Yorkshire 0-4-0 'Ironclad' 957, gets steam up and awaits visitors to it's footplate. Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

The Bressingham Steam Museum's 0-4-0+0-4-0 William Francis, on display at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

In the Power Hall at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, the coal-end of GL Beyer Garratt 4-8-2+2-8-4 number 2352 is joined by a miniature freelance Garratt.

The frontal view of GL Beyer Garratt 4-8-2+2-8-4 number 2352, with a miniature replica of an African Garratt. Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

A replica of an African Railways Garratt, on display next to the full size GL Beyer Peacock. Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

The Isle of Man Stean Railway's Beyer Peacock 2-4-0 tank Pender is sectioned in the Power Hall, for visitors to fully understand the workings of a steam loco. Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Former Woodhead EM2 (Class 77) 27001 Ariadne on display in the Power Hall, at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

A 7" inch gauge K1 on display in the Power Hall, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

The replica Liverpool and Manchester 0-2-2 Planet, takes a passenger shuttle past the L&M Mural (depicting the route from the 1830's till circa the 1950's), at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Beyer Peacock 0-4-0 Shunter number 1 waits to take it's turn on the passenger shuttles, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

The replica Liverpool and Manchester 0-2-2 Planet takes a rest from passenger duties, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

The National Tramway Museum's (Crich) Beyer Peacock Steam Tram number 47, on display in the Power Hall at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

In the 'Special Exhibition Hall at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, there various models of Garratts on display, but also of great interest, was an 0 Gauge layout called Hassell Harbour Bridge, owned by the Alsager Railway Association. Here, an LMS Royal Scot in Black livery sits in a coal siding.

Hassell Harbour Bridge by the Alsager Railway Association had various kinds of locomotives from pre-grouping and post grouping eras. Here, a Great Central 'Atlantic' sits in a siding.

The nicely scratch built pub at Hassell Harbour Bridge, a layout owned by the Alsager Railway Association.

A GWR small prarie 2-6-2 tank passes the pub on Hassell Harbour Bridge.

Near the colliery on Hassell Harbour Bridge, an 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt brings in empty coal waggons.

An express headed by a GWR 2-6-0 speeds by on Hassell Harbour Bridge.

A BR Standard 4 tank heads a train of vans at Hassell Harbour Bridge.

A BR 2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratt heads a heavy coal train towards Hassell Harbour Bridge.

The 'piece de resistance' of Hassell Harbour Bridge; the steel girder bridge spanning the river below. A goods train headed by an LNER N2 0-6-2 tank engine makes it's way across.

LNER 'Footballer' 4-6-0 number 2871 Manchester City poses for a quick picture at Hassell Harbour Bridge.

The Moors Valley Railway's 0-4-0+0-4-0 William Rufus stands on display in the Power Hall, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry

The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry's resident Vulcan built 4-4-0 number 3064 was dragged out into the open for display. On the right, Lancashire and Yorkshire 0-6-0 Ironclad 957 passes by.

The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry's resident Vulcan built 4-4-0 number 3064 stands displayed alongside Bressingham based 0-4-0+0-4-0 William Francis.

Beyer Peacock Shunter number 1 stands on display inbetween passenger duties at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Bressingham's 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt William Francis awaits more admirers at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Vulcan built 4-4-0 number 3064 soaks up the sunshine (accompanied by the odd shower) at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

7" Inch gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4 Mount Kilimanjaro potters up and down it's own section of temporarily laid track outside in the yard, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

English Electric Battery Shunter number 1378 soaks up the sun at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Somewhere in the backstreets of London near Paddington in the 60's? Could be, if the Arriva sticker doesn't give the game away! A London Routemaster stands with BR Hymek D7076 near the Warehouses of Liverpool Road, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Lancashire and Yorkshire 0-6-0 Ironclad 957 shunts a goods train (2 vans, 2 open waggons and a brakevan) outside the warehouses of Liverpool Road, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

In the Power Hall, a 16mm gauge layout called Ttarrag Shed was in operation, with various garratts based on prototypes, or freelance. A latter example is seen here, with an NGG16 (some of the real things can be seen at the Welsh Highland Railway) in the background.

A Black NGG16 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt sits among various other models on Ttarrag shed.

A freelance 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt sits in a siding at Ttarrag shed.

A blue K1 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt waits with a goods train at Ttarrag shed.

The Welsh Highland Railway's K1 Garratt under a late afternoon sky at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Vulcan 4-4-0 number 3064 soaks up the late afternoon atmosphere, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

As well as steam powered rail vehicles, there were also two steam powered road vehicles. Here, Aveling and Porter Steamroller 11788 sits on display at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

John Fowler Traction Engine King of the Road on display at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

The bridge over Hassell Harbour, in a brief moment when trains don't cross...