SteamingNorth.com ... (Click on a picture to open that album and then on a picture to enlarge it...........Pictures copyright of Author

Personal blog of Steam Galas & Mainline Steam running from around the North of England. Pictures copyright of Author!!
Home > Ribble Steam Railway - Autumn Steam Gala + Deltic to Strand Rd. - 2015

Most viewed - Ribble Steam Railway - Autumn Steam Gala + Deltic to Strand Rd. - 2015
DSC_15948.jpg
56 viewsBagnalls "Courageous" being prepared for duties in the shed yard.
DSC_15969~0.jpg
56 viewsThe prototype required a second man - this was his seat and controls looking after the train heating plus other duties. Lower right there is a small hot plate, so no doubt his job was to brew up as well. They couldn`t drink too much - no toilets in this prototype and no stopping on long distances!
DSC_15936.jpg
54 viewsBagnall "Princess" passes by along Riversway straight with the newly restored Banana Van on the returning 10.15 freight.
DSC_15946.jpg
54 viewsAndrew Barclay 2261/1949 'No. 6.' on the first passenger service at 11.00 crossing the swing bridge.
DSC_15951.jpg
54 views Newly restored ex Corby Steelworks Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 "Linda"
DSC_16017.jpg
54 viewsDeltic Prototype on Strand road
DSC_15921.jpg
53 viewsFirst train of the day - 10.15 Freight, hauled here by Andrew Barclay 2261/1949 'No. 6.' bunker first and unseen here - Bagnall "Princess."
DSC_15949~0.jpg
53 viewsBagnalls "Courageous" and Newly restored ex Corby Steelworks Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 "Linda" on shed, awaiting duties.
DSC_15974.jpg
53 viewsA tight fit and not much room to walk along inside the engine department
DSC_15922.jpg
52 viewsAndrew Barclay 2261/1949 'No. 6.' bunker first and unseen here - Bagnall "Princess." with the first train of the day - the 10.15 freight down towards Strand Rd.
DSC_15952~0.jpg
52 viewsAndrew Barclay 2261/1949 'No. 6.' pulls off the rear of the train at Preston Riversway.
DSC_15939.jpg
51 viewsAndrew Barclay 2261/1949 'No. 6.' banking the returning 10.30 freight
DSC_15980.jpg
51 viewsDeltic Prototype standing in the museum.
DSC_16042.jpg
51 viewsFurther back along the line again, the trio cross the swing bridge
DSC_16006.jpg
49 viewsPrototype Deltic on the swing bridge
DSC_16012.jpg
47 viewsHaving remove "Courageous" from the front. Deltic is pushed by "Princess" onto Stand Road, stopping all the traffic on this busy main road for a few minutes.
49 files on 4 page(s) 2