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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 Stanier 4-6-0 Jubilee Class - 5690 "Leander" 350 views5690 Leander tails the Rawtenstall train heading for Bury at Ramsbottom station

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Barclay No 1865 "Alexander"350 viewsBarclay No 1865 "Alexander"
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LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T - 42073350 viewsFairburn Tank 42073 arrives at Haverthaite from Lakeside
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Barclay 0-6-0 saddle Tank 2333 "David"350 views0-6-0 saddle Tank "David" at Lakeside
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L & Y 0-6-0 Class 25 "Ironclad"- 957350 views957 heads for Keighley at Top Field, between Oxenhope and Haworth.
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LMS Stanier Princess class Pacific 4-6-2 - 6201350 views02/08/2008 - 6201 "Princes Elizabeth" at the top of the climb out of Blackburn at Wilpshire on a running of the "Cumbria mountain Express"

Sat 02-Aug THE CUMBRIAN MOUNTAIN EXPRESS [Times]
Liverpool-Carlisle(OM03) [ews]
46201 (/60009/71000): Liverpool-Settle-Carlisle-Settle-Liverpool
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LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48151350 views10/06/2007 - 8F - 48151 on Ribblehead viaduct with a running of "The Dalesman" from Hellifield to Carlisle

Sun 10-Jun THE DALESMAN
Hellifield-Carlisle (WCRC)
48151: Hellifield-Settle-Appleby-Carlisle and return
[Rescheduled from 02-Jun]
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LMS Stanier Pacific 4-6-2 46233 "Duchess of Sutherland"350 views02/07/2005 - 6233 "Duchess of Sutherland" takes over at Preston on an excursion from Bristol to Carlisle seen here coming off Whalley Viaduct taken from the end of the station platform.

Sat 02-Jul Excursion
Bristol-Carlisle (OC91) [ews]
6233: Preston-Settle-Carlisle
[6233 replaces 6201 which was unavailable]
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350 viewsN7 No.1744 heads the "Elizabethan" dining train seen approaching Woodthorpe.
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350 viewsAt this point mid afternoon, it went very gloomy as Matthew Murray sets off across Moor Rd for Balm Road.

I decided to follow on foot for some pictures but the heavens opened and I returned quickly without pictures getting soaking wet.
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350 viewsSuper D 49395 joins the line up of three engines in the dark.
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350 viewsCR 828 pulls back the train along the newly opened length of line between Carrog and Corwen.
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350 views0-4-0 Y7 crosses Moor Road with a freight into the station limits.
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350 viewsThe goods now departed into a siding, LMS Jinty 47324 in disguise as 47584 waits at platform 1 in Ramsbottom station.
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350 views44871 rushes Burrs straight with the freight with the Jinty pushing hard.
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350 viewsAs the Dmu vanishes under Woodthorpe brigge, 78019 powers along the line in the opposite direction on the 11.50 local from Loughborough.
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