Description: View northwards from the minor-road bridge through Westhouses village. The engine, no. 92070, was a member of the fast and powerful '9F' class, which were designed for freight haulage; seen here at journey's end, a few minutes away from Westhouses 'shed' (depot). A white oil-lamp positioned near the buffers' confirms the engine is 'light engine', i.e. without a train. 92070 was based at Birkenhead (Cheshire). The three groups of semaphore signals which broke the skyline controlled trains on the various 'up' lines (a railway term here meaning traffic for the south). With the exception of the signal on the left, these were 'splitting' signals, and informed approaching trains they had a route option ahead. Rows of waggons in the distance, mostly concerned with coal traffic, occupied Tibshelf Sidings. In the foreground the wheel-and-pulley arrangements between the two 'slow' lines channelled signal wires' in different directions, although the fish-tailed 'Distant' signals were operated from the next signal box to the south. 'Points rodding' - the lengths of steel bar seen here - allowed points' to be altered and locked into position. These three tracks accomodated much of the freight traffic, whilst the two 'fast' lines recede into the distance behind the typical Midland Railway design of signal box. Across the fields, clumps of trees on the knoll provide shelter for the buildings of Westhouse Farm.