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LNER A3 4-6-2- pacific - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" 93 views60103 "Flying Scotsman" in the down loop line leaving the support coach behind
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LMS Stanier Jubilee - 45690 "Leander" SR Battle of Britain class 34067 "Tangmere"93 views29/01/2022 - LMS Stanier Jubilee - 45690 "Leander" pilots SR Pacific Battle of Britain class - 34067 "Tangmere" approaching Ais Gill Summit on the "Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express" from Carlisle as far as Preston heading for London Euston.
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GWR 1500 Class 0-6-0 pannier tank - 1501,SR Battle of Britain Class Pacific - 34092 "City of Wells93 views26/02/2022 - Saturday- GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank - 1501 pilots - SR 34092 "City of Wells along Burrs straight on 1J61 - 13.30 service from Bury to Rawtenstall,
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LMS Stanier Jubilee - 45596 "Bahamas"93 views26/04/2022 - LMS Stanier Jubilee - 45596 "Bahamas" on 5Z38 from K & WVR to Carnforth passing through Hellifield.
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LMS Royal Scot class 46115 "Scots Guardsman"93 views02/10/2022 - A late running "Lune Rivers Trust" from Carnforth to York with LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" leaving Hellifield behind.
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Andrew Barclay 1969/1929 ‘JN Derbyshire’93 views
‘JN Derbyshire’ was built at the Caledonia works of Andrew Barclay & Sons in Kilmarnock. It is a Barclay saddle tank with 12″ cylinders. The loco was purchased by the Carlisle Plaster & Cement Company (now British Gypsum) and worked at their Cocklakes Works, near Cumwhinton.
The loco was purchased upon retirement, along with a number of sister locos, and was taken to Steamtown, Carnforth for preservation. The loco was named “Jane Derbyshire” for some time whilst at Steamtown – but the original title has now been restored.
The loco arrived at Preston on Sunday 17th July 2005, and due to the fantastic external condition of the loco, is displayed in the museum building. There are no immediate plans to return the loco to steam.
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Peckett 2003/1941 ‘John Blenkinsop’93 viewsThe locomotive was supplied to the Ministry of Supply, used at first in Swynnerton Royal Ordnance factory. It moved to the Royal Ordnance factory at Salwick, later the UK Atomic Energy Authority and finally BNFL.
It was a standby loco with two Hudswell diesels doing much of the work so it remained in good condition.
It went to the Middleton Railway in 1972 and was in use for 18 years.
Since 1990 the locomotive has been out of use and moved to RSR to join the two Salwick diesels ‘Mighty Atom‘ and ‘Sparky‘ in 2015 (Jan 28) for display in the museum.
The locomotive is on loan from The Middleton Railway, Hunslet, Leeds, being jointly owned by Mrs Sheila Bye and the Middleton Railway Trust Ltd.
The loco was named after John Blenkinsop (1783-1831) who was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. In addition to managing the Middleton Collieries, in the 1820s John Blenkinsop was the consulting engineer for Sir John Lister Kaye of Denby Grange, owner of Caphouse Colliery. Also, as a qualified “Viewer”, he was hired by various other colliery owners to examine their collieries and report on such vital matters as the expected future production of a pit, as well as to make suggestions as to how its operation and production could be improved. Blenkinsop died in Leeds in 1831.
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Hudswell Clarke D628/1943 ‘Mighty Atom’93 viewsMighty Atom was built by Hudswell Clarke of Leeds (Works Number D628) in 1943. The locomotive is diesel-mechanical but retains some steam outline feature such as the funnel.
Delivered to Springfields Works munitions factory outside Preston during World War 2 (10 December 1943) the locomotive was built with all electric circuits in conduit and the engine exhaust passed through a water trap to prevent sparks which could have caused an explosion. D628 worked at what became a nuclear fuel factory until the early 1990s when it and sister locomotive D629 (of 1945) became redundant.
Saved from the scrap man’s torch by a group of then BNFL employees and restored the locomotive was named Mighty Atom on the 50th anniversary of its arrival at Springfields (10 December 1993). It was moved to Steamport, Southport in July 1995 as all rails at the BNFL factory were being lifted and saw brief use at its new home. The mechanical gearbox was too delicate for regular use and she was taken out of service.
Mighty Atom has been recently repainted and prepared as a museum exhibit.
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L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300)93 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 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300)93 views15/10/2022 - Saturday - L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300) leaving Rawtenstall on the 13.30 service back to Bury and onto Heywood.
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L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300)93 views16/10/2022 - Sunday - L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300) passing Burrs country park on the 11.30 service from Bury to Rawtenstall,
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SR Pacific - 4 6 2 - Western County Class -34092 "City of Wells"93 views02/01/2023 - SR Pacific - 4 6 2 - Western County Class -34092 "City of Wells" setting off at Heywood for the 12,25 to Rawtenstall.
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LMS Black 5 - 45231 "Sherwood Forester"93 views01/07/2023 - LMS Black 5 - 45231 "Sherwood Forester" running through Grange Over Sands station with the returning Lakelander tour to Leicester
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LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman 93 views01/12/2023 - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" tucked inside Class 47 - 47804 on an empty stock movement 5Z79 from Carnforth to York at Hellifield Station.
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SR Pacific Battle of Britain class - 34067 "Tangmere"93 viewsSR pacific 34067 "Tangmere" heads across Ribblehead Viaduct with the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express.
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