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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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LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee class- 45690 "Leander"114 views15 /07/2017 - Jubilee 4-6-0 - 45690 "Leander" working hard off Whalley Arches and starting the slog up Whalley Banks towards Blackburn on a late running Cumbrian Mountain Express at Billington foot crossing.
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LNER 4-6-2 A3 60103 "Flying Scotsman"114 views20/08/2017 - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" on the northbound "Waverley" leaving Horton in Ribblesdale behind at Low Moor
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Class 40 - 40145114 views13/04/2018 - Friday - 40145 leaving Burrs cutting heading back to Bury on 1J50 - 11.50 from Rawtenstall,
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Class 40 40013 - (D213) "Andania"114 views14-04-2018 - Saturday - Class 40 40013 - (D213) "Andania" leaves Rawtenstall station behind on 1J66 - 15.26 service to Bury & Heywood.
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Fairburn Class 4 -MT 2-6-4, - 42051114 viewsA quiet scene at Hellifield as Fairburn Class 4 -MT 2-6-4, - 42051 waits in the central up platform with a stopping train to Blackburn.
(Probably me as a kid, crouched down, hidden at the back of the lamp post)
The steep return line from the coaling plant can also be seen on the right hand side.
G Robinson
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LMS Ivatt class 2 - 46501, LMS Black 5 - 44736 114 viewsLMS Ivatt class 2 - 46501 pilots an unknown Ivatt Class 4 into Hellifield station from the north on a local passenger service, whilst LMS Black 5 - 44736 is in the line outside the sheds in light steam.
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LMS Fowler 2P 4-4-0 - 40685 114 views08/09/1962 - LMS Fowler 2P 4-4-0 - 40685 dumped at the far end of the north siding at Hellifield for quite a few months . I spent many a hour pretending driving this engine over the S & C.
Me and my brother can be seen hanging out of the cab on one picture.
G Robinson,
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Great Northern Railway 0-6-0ST steam locomotive, No 1247, 1899114 viewsHellifield Shed in the 1960`s when closed for traffic, was used to store a few engines for the then new National Railway Museum in York. My father managed to get a look around this store and managed to get a few photgraphs.
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LMS Sanier Black 5 - 44871114 views13/07/2024 - LMS Black 5 - 44871 "Just giving it Beans" in memory of Craig Potter, heading out of Clitheroe at Standen Hey on a returning Cumbrian Mountain Express
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113 viewsGWR 14XX Class No 1450 heads off towards Loughborough with a mixed freight at Woodthorpe
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113 viewsBR Class 08 shunter D3429 returns from Chasewood Heath station with the passenger trainset at Little Norton foot crossing
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113 viewsNo 32 "Gothenberg" comes along the rarely used Dartmouth branch on the photoshoot.
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