Photographer bringing back to life the Midland and Great Northern Railway
- Stuart McPherson skillfully merges images of past and present to create 'ghost images'
When it operated, the Midland and Great Northern Railway (M&GN) was disparagingly referred to as the Muddle and Go Nowhere line - but after it was axed it earned the nicknamed Missed and Greatly Needed.
Photographer Stuart McPherson, who lives in Norwich near its former route, has attempted to bring it back to life with these incredible images of a bygone time merged with today.
![How it used to be: Artist Stuart McPherson's M&GN Ghosts series combines the golden age of British railway with modern images](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0F30000005DC-558_968x620.jpg)
How it used to be: Artist Stuart McPherson's M&GN Ghosts series combines the golden age of British railway with modern images
![Times change: Here Mr McPherson captures the site of the former Honing station in Norfolk](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0F02000005DC-249_968x643.jpg)
Times change: Here Mr McPherson captures the site of the former Honing station in Norfolk
The line served a mostly rural region across from Birmingham across the middle of the UK to Norfolk from 1893 to 1959. For the M&GN Ghost series photographer, Mr Mcpherson has skilfully woven pictures from its bygone days together with how the route looks now. He said: 'The feeling I’m trying to convey with these images is that in the space of about 100 years the railways came along changed the world in an instant. ... 'They opened up entire countries to relatively fast and easy transportation overnight and they sparked the modern way of life that we now take for granted. ... 'They then disappeared just as quickly.'
![Disused line: This former busy route is now abandoned but the image shows what was at the the old Crude City Station](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0F09000005DC-483_966x645.jpg)
Disused line: This former busy route is now abandoned but the image shows what was at the the old Crude City Station
![Scenes from the past: rail lines through the eastern county of Norfolk including (pictured) Norwich City Station](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0F18000005DC-724_966x694.jpg)
Scenes from the past: rail lines through the eastern county of Norfolk including (pictured) Norwich City Station
![Scenes from 1983 to 1959: Pictured is the site of the former Whitwell and Reepham station](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0F26000005DC-25_966x607.jpg)
Scenes from 1983 to 1959: Pictured is the site of the former Whitwell and Reepham station
![Quite a turnaround: Pictured here is the former M&GN turntable which was demolished in the 1970s](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0EFB000005DC-874_966x636.jpg)
Quite a turnaround: Pictured here is the former M&GN turntable which was demolished in the 1970s
![Overgrown: May of the sites along the old railway are now popular with dog walkers](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0EDC000005DC-107_966x639.jpg)
Overgrown: May of the sites along the old railway are now popular with dog walkers
![Rural stations: Many disused stations such as at Hindolvestone (pictured) connected villages to wider conurbations](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0EC8000005DC-944_966x638.jpg)
Rural stations: Many disused stations such as at Hindolvestone (pictured) connected villages to wider conurbations
![Lives along the route: Mr McPherson's pictures combine people past and present](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0EF0000005DC-830_966x701.jpg)
Lives along the route: Mr McPherson's pictures combine people past and present
![Water under the bridge: This image captures the scene near the former Drayton Station](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0EE6000005DC-598_966x555.jpg)
Water under the bridge: This image captures the scene near the former Drayton Station
!['Nature got straight back to work reclaiming the remains'](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/13/article-2247638-167F0F37000005DC-288_968x644.jpg)
'Nature got straight back to work reclaiming the remains'
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