45063 from Farnley Junction has run through the station and is heading west in around 1960 as Ivatt 41283 or 41287 waits to leave Platform 3 with ECS to Ordsall Lane. This may be a Hull-Liverpool express or a terminating Leeds-Exchange leaving as ECS without changing thge headlamps.
In the background the Cathedral rises and beyond is the dome of the 'Corn & Produce Exchange', host for many years to the Manchester Model Railway Society's annual Christmas exhibition.