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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 0-4-0 Pug No.19 and Bagnall 2680/1942 'Courageous' 374 views15:10 returning service with No.19 and Courageous double head out, FR20 and No.21 double head return. Seen here leaving the swing bridge at the rear for Riversway Station
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Andrew Barclay 1865/1926 ‘Alexander’374 viewsDelivered new to the Southall Gas Works as No.4 Loco, it was named Alexander in preservation by it’s new owner at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Purchased by it’s current owner in 1988 and transferred initially to Fleetwood, and then onto Southport in 1993. Alexander’s restoration was completed at Southport in 1994, and spent a number of years working on the demonstration line.


In the June 1996, Alex paid a short visit to Riversway prior to our occupation of the site. After working a number of demonstration trains to celebrate the Maritime Festival, Alexander was despatched on hire to the East Anglian Railway museum, where she saw a number of year’s use.

Taken out of service pending further investigations into tubeplate wastage, Alexander returned to Riversway on 3rd July 2002 for repair work. The loco is current on display in the museum building.
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Sentinel 9373/1947 ‘St Monans’374 viewsSt Monans is a 100hp geared four wheel steam locomotive with a vertical boiler and cylinders which was built in 1947 by the Shrewsbury firm of Sentinels Ltd.
It was delivered new to the Hawton Plaster works of what later became British Gypsum Ltd, Newark. Taking it’s name from Andrew Barclay 279 of 1885, it worked here until being displaced by a diesel in 1971.

It was initially sold to a member of the GCR at Loughborough where restoration work was commenced. It was then re-sold and arrived at Southport in October 1979, where work was completed. Another regular performer at Southport, the loco eventually left traffic after the superheater failed in the early 1990s, and hasn’t steamed since. The engine was mov
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SR Pacific - 4 6 2 - Western County Class -34092 "City of Wells"374 views02/01/2023 - SR Pacific - 4 6 2 - Western County Class -34092 "City of Wells" arriving at Ramsbottom on the r the 12.25 to Rawtenstall from Heywood = note the head board code has changed.
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LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" 374 views11/02/2023 - LMS Royal Scot class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" on the Winter Cumbrian Express on the approach to Ais Gill summit
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SR Pacific BoB class - 34067 "Tangmere"374 views27/04/2024 - SR Pacific BoB class - 34067 "Tangmere" in full chuff,on the S&C Steam Special / Northern Belle at Vicarage Lane approaching Wilpshire Tunnel on 1Z71 - Carlisle to Coventry.
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373 views5/06/2010 - 6233 "Duchess of Sutherland" heads for the coast at Blackpool with the "Flyde Coast Express."Seen here approaching Darkinson Lane, west of Preston

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373 views29/08/2010 - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" leaving Helwith Bridge behind on the S & C with the "Waverley" running from York to Carlisle.

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373 viewsAnother Tunnel burst out of the tunnel with MSC 32

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373 views"Planet" No.9 drags another full load of passengers along the line to Quorn & Woodhouse station

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373 viewsPlanet working backwards towards Quorn & Woodhouse station

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373 views0-4-0 "Isabel" double heads "Paddy" back to the station
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373 views30777 "Sir Lamiel" runs around the train at Heywood station

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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Jubilee 45690 'Leander'373 views09/09/09 - Jubilee 5690 "Leander" yet again on the "Fellsman"with the seventh running. Seen here with whistle blowing and working out of Whalley at the footcrossing at Barrow.

Wed 09-Sep THE FELLSMAN
Lancaster-Carlisle (WCGN)
45690: Lancaster-Preston-Settle-Carlisle and return
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373 views78019 pilots 44806 out of Llangollen with the 15-30 service

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373 viewsD8539 being restored in the workshop

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