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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Black 5 - 45269156 views30/07/1963 - LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Black 5 - 45269 returning from Southport with 1T65 at 21.00, passing Railway Terrace in Great Harwood.
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LMS Hughes "Crab" 2-6-0 42732 156 viewsAugust 1963 - LMS Hughes "Crab" 2-6-0 42732 coming under Unity Bridge on the East Lancs loop line tender first with this short goods
heading for the Great Harwood Station just out of sight,
B/W photograph G Robinson.

My Father walking across "the fields" to work at GEC, Clayton -le-Moors at 7-00am when he manage d to capture this on his way.
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LMS Stanier 2-6-4 Class 4 Tank 42546153 viewsLostock Hall Engine - 2-6-4 Tank 42546 heads for Great Harwood here leaving Martholme viaduct. Apparently the viaduct is in better condition now than Ribblehead and it hasnt been used for 50 years.
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LNER Gresley K4 - 2-6-0 - 61994 -"The Great Marquess"152 views04/05/63 - 3442 (61994) "The Great Marquess" on a RCTS tour heads towards Great Harwood between Mill Lane & Whalley road on "The Dalesman" Railtour
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LMS Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 - 45205 152 views02/06/1963 LMS Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 - 45205 arriving at Great Harwood passing the old Coach cleaning sheds coming from Rose Grove & Padiham this time on another seaside special 1T80.
b/w picture G Robinson
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LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45269?148 viewsLMS Stanier Black 5 - 45269? about to cross Whalley Road Bridge into Great Harwood on 1T52, a Holiday special to the seaside.
The Bungalows along Mill Lane can just be seen on the far left
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Black 5 44728 146 viewsLMS Stanier Black 5 44728 leaves Great Harwood station on 1T58, a holiday special to the coast.
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Black 5 - 45205142 views21/07/1962 - LMS Black 5 - 45205 with 1T65 leaving Great Harwood station for Blackburn and onto Blackpool on a wakes week holiday special.
B & W photograph G Robinson.
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