Leaving from Platform 1 on a northbound express-passenger train, the engine is probably a Black Five. (Two black-painted oil lamps, one above each of the engine's buffers, identify this as an express). Northbound, through-expresses were often routed into this platform. The carriages appear to be in the early British Railways livery of cherry-red and cream.

Note the engine's tender was full of coal, suggesting this may have been one of the long-distance expresses which were rostered for an engine-change during this station stop.

Beside the train advertising hoardings were peeping over the wall into Sheaf Street.

This image was originally part of the Tim Hale Photographic Collection. It was purchased at auction in September 2019 through donations from members of the public and a grant from the Graves Trust.