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LMS Stanier Jubilee - 45717 "Dauntless" 100 viewsLMS Jubilee - 45717 "Dauntless" coming off its train at Hellifield and heading up the Blackburn Branch before running back to resting in the down goods loop line.
Fresh engine waiting on the main line waiting to back onto the coaching stock.
G Robinson.
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LMS Stanier 2-8-0 8F - 48390100 viewsLMS Stanier 2-8-0 8F - 48390 in steam outside Hellifield shed
G Robinson.
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LMS Hughes Crab 2-6-0 - 4277999 viewsLancaster Green Ayre Crab - 42779 sets off home towards Settle Junction and the Little North western Line from the north centre platform with a short parcels train passing Hellifield North signal box whilst BR Std 73171 arrives heading South with a freight.
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LMS Stanier Black 5 - 4490499 viewsA very clean looking Holbeck shed Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 - 44854 heads North out of Hellifield Station.
G Robinson
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LMS Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 - 45373 99 viewsLMS Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 - 45373 on a express passenger service approaching Hellifield from Carlisle
G Robinson
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Jubilee class - 45582 "Central Provinces" 99 viewsCarnforth shed Stanier 4-6-0 Jubilee class - 45582 "Central Provinces" waits at Hellifield station to head north probably on a Leeds to Morecambe service.
(My Brother walking down the platform_
G Robinson
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LNWR Steam Locomotive 1439 0-4-0ST99 viewsHellifield Shed in the 1960`s when closed for traffic, was used to store a few engines for the then new National Railway Museum in York. My father managed to get a look around this store and managed to get a few photgraphs.
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Fowler 0-6-0 4F - 4404499 viewsThere must have been a shortage of motive power on this day. LMS Fowler 0-6-0 4F - 44044 from 55B -Stourton shed, takes 2N79 (chalked on the smoke box door) - Morecambe to Leeds Service out of Hellifield Station heading south.
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WD 2-8-0 9059598 viewsLMS Crab 42851 arriving at Hellifield from the south past Hellifield south junction signal box with a parcels service. WD 2-8-0 90595 was positioning around the station after shunted a soda ash mineral train into the sidings. Back in the early 1960`s the platform extended up to the signal box.
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BR Clan 4-6-2 -72002 Clan Campbell 98 viewsNot sure when, but it looks like Br Clan 4-6-2 -72002 Clan Campbell on a Glasgow to Manchester service 1x06 coming off the main up line at Hellifield and onto the Blackburn branch. A Blackburn local service with 42154 in charge can be seen behind it in the centre platform. Picture taken from the embankment over looking Hellifield south signal box.
Geoff Robinson
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LMS Stanier Jubilee Class 45730 "Ocean"98 viewsLMS Stanier Jubilee Class 45730 "Ocean" at Hellifield
G Robinson
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LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 - 46109 "Royal Engineer"98 viewsLMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 - 46109 "Royal Engineer" heading south from Hellifield on 1V46 ?
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Royal Scot 4-6-0 46145 "The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)" 98 views1962 - Royal Scot 4-6-0 46145 "The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)" blowing off at Hellifield about to head south
That`s me and my brother on the platform trying to cab it!!
G Robinson
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Steam locomotive, number 1217, Great Eastern Railway98 viewsHellifield Shed in the 1960`s when closed for traffic, was used to store a few engines for the then new National Railway Museum in York. My father managed to get a look around this store and managed to get a few photgraphs.
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LNWR Steam Locomotive 1439 0-4-0ST98 viewsHellifield Shed in the 1960`s when closed for traffic, was used to store a few engines for the then new National Railway Museum in York. My father managed to get a look around this store and managed to get a few photgraphs.
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LMS Stanier Black 5 - 44904 97 viewsCarnforth Shed LMS Stanier Black 5 - 44904 heads north and towards home on a service to Morcambe from Leeds out of Hellifield station.
G Robinson
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