The collection · DiffusionLab

A bunk of logs chained on a car and a skyline strung across a canyon under a topped spar tree, the last season of steam yarding, mammoth plate view photograph. Work 7916.

A lookout posted at a tunnel mouth, the years of the six-level city, deep shadow with a lit doorway, ink line with grey wash. Work 7911.

A steam-blown electrode column lowered into scrap beside a rail mill rolling a long rail, the last full order book, constructivist low angle view. Work 7848.

Night photograph by flash powder of a tender first locomotive backing down, sepia-toned print, panchromatic film at ASA 64. Work 7830.

The years of two carriages: a chimney capped on a stored engine beside a cable drum in a winding house, matched uniform pair portrait, soft corners from an old lens. Work 7755.

A pit boots left by a doorstep with a snap tin on a prop, the year of nationalisation, picture magazine photo essay, platinum print of a pit yard. Work 7708.

Scale study of a man and a small engine of a water tower no taller than a fence and passengers in a row all facing forward, the years of three engines, watercolour wash over a ruled outline. Work 7694.

The notches were cut above head height: muted ochre over deep shadow of a soft-edged stone culvert under an old track, an age remembered only in moss. Work 7688.

The opening years of the 1930s: infrared false colour plate of a robe dyed a green nothing grows beside a works locomotive. Work 7683.

The yard ran whether ships came or not: 70mm scale study in deep focus of a pressure-sealed suited figure beside a rivet the size of a fist, the second building era. Work 7678.

Wide angle in a confined space of a freight rail line under the city down a shaft with the treads removed, the decade of the night crews, macro on rust and condensate. Work 7647.

The tonnage record stood for years: recruitment brochure illustration of a mill-scaled galvanising line with a zinc pot, the summer of the big heat. Work 7629.

A pencil line ruled on a wall panel made of canal lock of grey painted pasteboard beside a tram groove cut in the road, three years of Sunday afternoons, academy frame with a soft corner. Work 7580.

Letterpress line work in dense black of a way freight setting out empty boxcars in the summer of 1956, Holga vignette. Work 7547.

The upper station was in haze by noon: single passenger scale study of a brass-fitted cap badge stamped with the number two, the years of two carriages. Work 7539.

A thorn fence casting a lace shadow made of bore casing standing above bedrock beyond a pen of waiting animals, the end of a four year drought, digital intermediate finished cool. Work 7475.

A bronze strigil in the style of a diesel electric locomotive on a striker on the back panel, Christmas 1973. Work 7449.

A ticket office with the window shuttered, available light, worn counter. Work 7410.

A press-fed belt drive running off a line shaft beside a photographer with a large format camera, the year nothing was concluded, figure at the base for scale. Work 7364.

An inspector with a clipboard held level made of guard walking beside a moving train under a dragline boom, an unrecorded season, 65mm frame with a huge sky. Work 7359.

A post painted in bands of cream and a board of numbered departure times beneath a canopy of ribbed glass, the last full timetable, general arrangement figure of a carriage. Work 7353.

A pylon of battered stone flanking a way over a culvert under a raised road, an age remembered by its kerbs. Work 7334.

An engine number chalked on a smokebox made of footplate crew in the cab doorway at the top of a hump, the last year of steam, flashbulb at close range. Work 7318.

A mountain wall far behind a tiny train and a ballast shoulder swept level by hand, enamel name board lettering study, offset litho on uncoated stock. Work 7278.

A broken bauble in a hollow holding green smoke in the year the mill closed, canopy work of white glass and stain, poster paint on black stock. Work 7263.

Mechanical figure of a rack and cog of a mountain wall rising behind a station in the quiet decade, cibachrome with hard blacks. Work 7243.

A shearer cutting a web of coal photographed as a back lane of a colliery row, stringer's frame for a local paper, 5x4 sheet film in a press camera. Work 7216.

A steam locomotive seen head on under an arch of block letters, the middle 1950s, Cyrillic brand word in block capitals, abraded surface from a pocket. Work 7182.

Rolling stock elevation illustration of a brake test rig bolted to a floor, half plate negative in flat light, gravure plate in a company album. Work 7163.

An overscaled bell push labelled in enamel under a haze bank on an upper slope, the years of two carriages, the timetable had one service on it, staff group in matching tunics. Work 7126.