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MSC 0-6-0 No.32 "Gothenberg" in Thomas the Tank guise,367 views08/03/2010 - MSC 0-6-0 No.32 "Gothenberg" in Thomas the Tank guise, moves out of Ramsbottom station into the goods yard loop
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Black 5 - 45212367 views09/03/2020 - LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45212 with support coach running from Carnforth to Southall on 5Z59 on the up fast at Flag lane, south of Preston, running on time.
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LMS Stanier Royal Scot class 4-6-0 - 46100 "Royal Scot"367 views15/08/2020 - The sun setting in the late evening as 46100 "Royal Scot" returns with "The Lakelander" crossing over the River Kent into Arnside
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LMS Hughes 2-6-0 Crab - 42702 367 viewsTaken from Hellifield North signal box - LMS Hughes 2-6-0 Crab - 42702 arrives with an express excursion 1X59 probably from Carlisle ( on a Waverley relief service ? )
Note the express service heading north in the distance and the dead WD in the shed line .
G Robinson.
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GWR 2-8-0 goods engine 28xx Class - 2857367 viewsGWR 2-8-0 goods engine 28xx Class - 2857 heads the 09.15 service from Kidderminster approaching Eardington.
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HST 125 - 43055 / 43046 (rear)367 views13/05/2012 - Todays HST "Blue Pullman" about to coast through Langho station and halt at a red light at the bottom of the incline.
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0-4-0T steam locomotive, NER class H "1310"367 views04/09/2021 - 0-4-0T steam locomotive, NER class H "1310" at Park Halt running around the train.
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LNER A3 4-6-2- pacific - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" 367 views18/12/2021 - Close up of LNER A3 - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" as its passes Railway Cottages near Selside heading for Carlisle in near perfect conditions.
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LMS Royal Scot Class - 46100 "Royal Scot" 367 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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L&Y 0-4-0 Pug "19" 367 views18/06/2022 - L&Y 0-4-0 Pug "19" arrives at Ramsbottom with the 13.42 shuttle service from Bury
This shuttle service was pushed in front of the service from Rawtenstall which was late running and returned a few minutes later.
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L&Y Saddletank – 752/51456, L&Y Class 27 – 52322 (1300)367 views18/06/2022 - pilot engine L&Y Saddle tank – 752/51456 & L&Y Class 27 – 52322 (1300) arriving at Bury from Heywood
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Furness Railway - 0-4-0 FR no.20 Tender Engine & Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 'Linda' No. 21367 views15:10 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 Strand Road sidings.
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Fowler 4160001/1952 ‘Persil’367 viewsThis small diesel mechanical shunting locomotive was built by John Fowler of Leeds in 1952. Works No. 4160001, she was the prototype of her class and is powered by a McLaren diesel engine with mechanical transmission to four outside coupled wheels.
“Persil” worked at the soap works of Joseph Crosfield & Sons at Warrington until 1971, when they presented it to Steamport. It was the first exhibit for the Southport museum, and was delivered onto track adjacent to the museum premises on 12th January 1972, before the opening of the museum.
After seeing some work in those early days, Persil fell out of use and was replaced by locomotives which were easier to manage & maintain. Various long term problems, including the condition of the locomotives tyres have restricted any attempts to bring Persil back into use. The Fowler was brought to Preston, and arrived on 20th February 1999. The locomotive has undergone a refresh of it’s paintwork, being restored into its original blue livery and displayed within the museum as a good example of an early diesel shunter design.
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Peckett 2003/1941 ‘John Blenkinsop’367 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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Greenwood Batley 2000/1945 ‘Greenbat’367 viewsThis unusual locomotive was constructed to works no 2000 by the Leeds firm of Greenwood & Batley Ltd in 1945. It is a four wheeled battery-electric locomotive and draws it’s power from banks of lead-acid cells which are housed in the bonnets at each end of the centre cab.
It was used by the Central Electricity Generating Board for shunting wagons at Stourport Power Station until the conversion to merry-go-round system of coal delivery rendered the locomotive redundant. The locomotive was used on many occasions whilst on display at Southport, and at the time was considered the only operational locomotive of it’s type in preservation. Unfortunately, the cells have since become unserviceable. It is hoped that sponsorship may be available to replace these extremely expensive resources, and the locomotive will be used to manoeuvre vehicles in and out of our museum complex, reducing the pollution and dust created by other types of locomotive.
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Avonside 1568/1909 ‘Lucy’367 viewsLucy was built by the Avonside Engine Company at Bristol in 1909 and delivered to the Hutchinson Estate & Dock Co. Ltd. at Widnes. She was one of three class B3 0-6-0STs supplied having 14″ x 22″ cylinders and 3′ 3″ driving wheels, a type so familiar for so long in Liverpool’s dockland. They were named ‘Gertrude’, ‘Lucy’, and ‘Mary’ and dated from 1906, 1909 and 1913 respectively, and were named after the daughters of John Hutchinson, one of the founders of the Widnes chemical industry.
The engine ‘Lucy’ spent it’s entire working life on the Widnes dock system.
It was dismantled in August 1952 and sent to the Hunslet Engine Co. for overhaul. One year later, she returned to work very smartly painted green with yellow lining.
Lucy was retired in January 1971 and was purchased by the Liverpool Locomotive Preservation Group in February 1972 and stored together with ‘Efficient’ in a dockside engine shed at Seacombe. She was transferred to Steamport Southport on 1st August 1973, but briefly returned across the Mersey in July 1978 to take charge of the Birkenhead docker No.4 railtour. Once again in the early 1980’s, Lucy took retirement, and remains a static exhibit.
Lucy moved to Preston with the rest of the stock from Southport, and arrived in Preston on 27th February 1999. Recently given a new coat of paint for exhibition in the museum, the long term plan is to return Lucy to working condition once more when time and materials become available.
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