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Personal blog of Steam Galas & Mainline Steam running from around the North of England. Pictures copyright of Author!!
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L & Y 0-6-0 - 12322325 views17/01/2015 - L & Y 0-6-0 - 12322 pulls out of Ramsbottom goods loop with the 13:10 freight for Bury.
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BR Pacific 70000 "Britannia" 325 views30-05-2015 - BR Pacific 70000 "Britannia" in profile at Scout Green with "The Cumbrian Fells Express
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325 viewsGuest engine "Beatrice"- Hunslet Austerity heads towards the mainline after a refill of water
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LMS 2-6-0 Crab - 13065 325 views09/01/2016 - LMS 2-6-0 Crab - 13065 returns towards Bury tender first with its load passing Burrs country park.
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USA US ATC S160 "Big Jim"- 5828325 viewsSaturday 17/02/2016 - USA US ATC S160 "Big Jim"- 5828 heading for Oxenhope at the "Top Field" on the 13:00 service from Keighley.
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SR Bullied Pacific'West Country class 4-6-2 - 34092 "City of Wells"325 views11/03/2016 - Friday - Buckley Wells Evening Photo shoot - SR Bullied Pacific'West Country class 4-6-2 - 34092 "City of Wells" and Br std tank 80080
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LMS 4-6-0 Black 5 44871325 views11/03/2016 - Friday - Buckley Wells Evening Photo shoot - LMS 4-6-0 Black 5 44871
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LMS 4-6-0 Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman"325 views20/05/2017 - LMS 4-6-0 Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" hammering the gradient up Whalley Banks approaching Langho at Mitton Fold footbridge with a running of the "Cumbrian Mountain Express"
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LNER A4 Pacific - 60009 "Union of South Africa".SR 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class 35018 "British India Line"325 views12/10/2017 - 60009 "Union of South Africa" piloting 35018 "British India Line" from York to Carnforth on 5Z58 taking water at Hellifield
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LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 - 45690 "Leander"325 views04/03/2018 - LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 - 45690 "Leander" running tender first towards Rawtenstall at Ewood Bridge.
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LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee 45699 'Galatea'325 views26/05/2018 - LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee 45699 'Galatea' passing through Langcliffe on the S & C with a running of "The Hadrian" only as far as Carlisle and return
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LNER 4-6-2 Peppercorn Class A1 60163 "Tornado"325 views21/10/2021 - LNER 4-6-2 Peppercorn Class A1 60163 "Tornado" heads towards Hellifield and onto Carlisle at Barrow foot crossing.

return should have been 60103 Flying Scotsman but it was failed returning at Hellifield with aws problms
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LMS Royal Scot class 46115 "Scots Guardsman"325 views11/08/2022 - No clag today due to very hot weather and a big push from the WCRC Class 37 on the back as 46115 "Scots Guardsman carries forth from Hellifield "The Dalesman" from York to Carlisle caught passing Selside Shaw in profile.
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Andrew Barclay 1147/1908 ‘John Howe’325 viewsThe loco was ordered in 1908 by Howe’s Plaster Works, to work between the private sidings (Howes Sidings Box) on the Settle & Carlisle near Cumwhinton, in Cumberland (as it was then), and their works at Cocklakes. This private branch contained quite a severe gradient up to the works – of which little trace is left today. Howes Plaster Works later became “Carlisle Plaster Co” and later part of British Gypsum.


In the early 1970’s Steamtown in Carnforth were looking to obtain some smaller locos that were more econmical to use than main line machines, to operate their footplate rides.
The loco was purchased along with a number of sister locos, and was taken to Steamtown, Carnforth for preservation. They had been stored in a shed for a number of years, and it is recalled how thick the white Gypsum dust covering the engines was before they left.
Upon arrival at Carnforth, the loco received attention to the boiler, and was painted in Campbeltown & Machrihanish North British livery.

The holes below the existing buffers previously house a set of secondary buffers that would match up with the small wooden wagons that were used in Cocklakes.

The loco ran at Carnforth for a number of years, and being re-restored at RSR operated regularly up to the end of the 2013 season. It was loaned to Beamish in 2014 and then returned once again to Galas on our line in 2014 and 2015. It is currently out of traffic once again…. (It featured on Preston Flag market on July 4th 2015 for a Marketing Day)
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LMS Jubilee Class 45699 "Galatea" with different numbers and nameplate325 views13/07/2023 LMS Jubilee - 45699 heads north at Helwith Bridge with "The Dalesman" from York ( Steam on at Hellifield)
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LMS 0-6-0 Jinty - 47298325 views21/04/2024 - LMS 0-6-0 Jinty - 47298 returning with the Lancastrian dining train, approaching Irwell Vale from Rawtenstall.on the East Lancs Railway.
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