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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 Black 5 - 45232305 viewsProbably a Bolton engine at the time this was taken. LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45232 on shed at Hellifield
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Black 5305 viewsPen y Gent as a backdrop , Unknown LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Black 5 heads south at Selside towards Settle Junction with a freight
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BR STD 9F 2-10-0305 viewsUnKnown BR STD 9F 2-10-0 working a Long Meg Mineral train at Long Preston for Widnes.
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BR Crosti Boiler 2-10-0 9F - 92023305 views 17/07/1964 - BR Crosti Boiler 2-10-0 9F - 92023 with a loaded Long Meg mineral train for Widnes at Settle Junction,
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BR STD 9F 2-10-0 92130305 viewsBR STD 9F 2-10-0 92130 on a Long Meg mineral train for Widnes heading south at Lunds crossing, Shotlock Hill tunnel can just be seen above the tender.
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LMS Jubilee class 45596 "Bahamas"305 views21/02/2021 LMS Jubilee class 45596 "Bahamas" in the shed yard at Haworth having a boiler/steam test.
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SR Western County Class Pacific - 34092 "City of Wells" 305 views17/10/2021 - SR Western County Class Pacific - 34092 "City of Wells" leaves Ramsbottom on the 16-00 service from Bury to Rawtenstall.
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LNER A3 4-6-2- pacific - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" 305 views18/12/2021 - The sun glints off LNER A3 - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" as its passes Railway Cottages near Selside heading for Carlisle in near perfect conditions.
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LNER A3 4-6-2- pacific - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" 305 views18/12/2021 - Stunning conditions at Selside with the mist rising in the background set against Pen-y-gent as LNER A3 60103 "Flying Scotsman" storms the incline heading for Carlisle from Hellifield.
( I drove back following the line 10 minutes later and the exhaust still hung over the line right down into Horton in Ribblesdale were it merged with the mist.)
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LMS Royal Scot Class - 46100 "Royal Scot" 305 views16/06/2022 - LMS Royal Scot Class - 46100 "Royal Scot" on 579Y from Crewe to Hellifield for "The Capitals express to Edinburgh" on Hellifield down goods loop.
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Sentinel 9373/1947 ‘St Monans’305 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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L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300)305 views15/10/2022 - Saturday - L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300) running around their train at Rawtenstall to taken out the 13.30 service back to Bury and onto Heywood.
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L & Y Class 23 0-6-0 ST steam locomotive 51456 , LNWR Coal Tank 0-6-2 - 1054305 views16/10/2022 - Sunday -L & Y Class 23 0-6-0 ST steam locomotive 51456 piloted by LNWR Coal Tank 0-6-2 - 1054 heading into Burrs cutting on the 12.30 service from Bury to Rawtenstall.
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L & Y Pug 0-4-0 ST No.19 in disguise as 51241305 views16/10/2022 - Sunday - L & Y Pug 0-4-0 ST No.19 in disguise as 51241 makes a spirited run along Burrs Straight on the 13.10 shuttle service from Bury to Ramsbottom.
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305 views1963 - A cold wet Autumn evening with Stanier LMS Tank - 42491 in the south middle platform at Hellifield with a stopping train to Blackburn.
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304 views18/03/2010 - A mile out of Hellifield, LMS 2-8-0 8F 48151 & ECS heads towards Blackburn

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