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LMS 2-6-0 Crab - 13065 211 views16/ 1/2016 - LMS 2-6-0 Crab - 13065 runs along Burrs Country Park on the 10.40 service from Bury to Rawtenstall.

LMS 2-6-0 Crab - 13065 211 views17/01/2016 - LMS 2-6-0 Crab - 13065 on the dining train service heads out of Ramsbottom station heading for Rawtenstall.

LMS Ivatt class 2 - 46521211 viewsFriday 29/01/2016 - LMS Ivatt class 2 - 46521 on 9C26 - 13.35 minerals train at Kinchley Lane.

SR 4-6-2 Pacific - 34053 "Sir Keith Park"211 viewsSaturday - 30/01/2016 - Off in a mass of steam and smoke as Black 5 - 45305 pilots 34053 "Sir Keith Park" under the bridge at Woodthorpe on the opening 9-00 - 2A02 passenger service to Leicester from Loughborough.

SR 4-6-0 -King Arthur class No.777 - "Sir Lamiel".211 viewsSaturday - 30/01/2016 - SR 4-6-0 -King Arthur class No.777 - "Sir Lamiel". on 2A30 - 14.30 from Loughborough to Leicester rounding the curve at Kinchley Lane.

SR 4-6-0 - King Arthur class No.777 - "Sir Lamiel"211 viewsSunday - 31/01/2016 -SR 4-6-0 - King Arthur class No.777 - "Sir Lamiel" makes a spirited start from Quorn and Woodhouse Station on 2A36 - 14.30 from Loughborough to Leicester.

LNER 4-6-2 A3 60103 "Flying Scotsman"211 views28/04/2018 - Saturday - Drone shot of Rawtenstall Station with LNER 4-6-2 A3 60103 "Flying Scotsman" with brake coach and carriage in the side platform.

SR 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class 35018 "British India Line"211 views08/05/2018 -35018 "British India Line" making good progress heading north approaching Selside with a mid week running of "The Dalesman" to Carlisle
Still taken from video

LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Jubilee 45690 "Leander"211 views21/09/2019 - Further along and now under the wires, Stanier Jubilee 45690 "Leander" heading for Blackpool approaching Salwick station on "The Pennine Blackpool Express"

BR Class 9F - 2-10-0 - 92214 named "Leicester City"211 viewsSunday - 6/10/2019 - BR Class 9F - 2-10-0 - 92214 named "Leicester City" on the 12.45 service from Loughborough heading for Quorn.

LNER 4-6-2 A3 60103 "Flying Scotsman"211 views18/12/2019 - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" pulling out of Hellifield in the dark and rain on the returning Christmas Dalesman to Manchester.

LMS Hughes Crab 42729, BR STD 72005 "Clan MacGregor" 211 viewsA typical Saturday afternoon scene at Hellifield with the train spotters around 72005 "Clan MacGregor" waiting in the centre platform with a local service to Carlisle.
LMS Hughes Crab 42729 piloting an unknown Jubilee waiting to head off to Carlisle with an Express service. Being a local Darwen shed engine, working a Saturday Manchester to Glasgow service via Blackburn and Clitheroe, the pilot coming off here.
(Probably me and my brother leaning against the lamp post - never got any long trousers till I wa

BR Clan 4-6-2 -72002 Clan Campbell 211 viewsBR Clan 4-6-2 -72002 Clan Campbell on a Glasgow to Manchester service ( 1X06 sign in coach window ) heading off the main up line at Hellifield and up the Blackburn branch.
Taken from the Embankment near the south signal box, it shows some of the sidings on the left side of the track on the Blackburn branch. Also looks like the stock off a Long Meg mineral train in the sidings on the RHS.
The lines on the left are the main lines to and from Skipton and on to Leeds.
G Robinson.

Steam locomotive, number 1217, Great Eastern Railway211 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.

LMS Royal Scot class - 46160 "Queen Victoria's Rifleman"211 viewsLMS Royal Scot class - 46160 "Queen Victoria's Rifleman" heads north out of Hellifield back home to Carlisle with parcels van and carriages on an ordinary passenger service.
G Robinson.