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46115 "Scots Guardsman"288 views05/02/2014 - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" running 5Z50 on a testing run around the Carnforth / Hellifield /Blackburn circuit captured eventually at Houghton running 65 minutes early
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LNER A4 Pacific - 60009 "Union of South Africa"288 viewsSunday 15/10/2017 - LNER A4 Pacific - 60009 "Union of South Africa"arriving at Irewell Vale Halt
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" 287 viewsRunning on time 46115 "Scots Guardsman" rushes through Long Preston station.

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LMS Jubilee - 45699 "Galatea", LMS Black 5 - 44871287 views14/02/2016 - LMS Black 5 - 44871 piloting Jubilee - 45699 "Galatea" on "The Tin Bath" excursion at Copy Pit foot crossing making a spirited run up the climb.
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LMS Hughes Fowler Crab - 13065287 viewsSunday 15/10/2017 - LMS Hughes Fowler Crab - 13065 arriving at Irewell Vale Halt.
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SR 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class 35018 "British India Line"286 views18/05/2017 - 35018 "British India Line" running around the station in the down goods loop at Hellifield. Here leaving the support coach to run around that.
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Hunslet rebuilt Austerity 0-6-0 2890 tender engine.285 viewsSaturday 14/10/2017 - "Flying Scotsman" to the rescue!! - Hunslet
Austerity 2890 heads to Ramsbottom to collect the coaching stock from 34092 "City of Wells" which had failed.

A shuttle service had to be cancelled to allow this rescue and allow the rest of the day to run on time to the timetable.

2890 refers to the build number by the Hunslet locomotive manufacturer and has been rebuilt by the Ribble Steam Railway into this handsome tender engine.
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283 views11/02/2012 - 70013 "Oliver Cromwell" on the Cumbrian Mountain Express in a snowy scene on the S & C photographed leaving Horton in Ribblesdale working hard on the climb.
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280 views27/07/2011 - 2nd running of the season and 46115"Scots Guardsman" in charge again. Captured approaching Wilpshire station on the outward leg.
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280 views01/08/2011 - The first of a monday August steam trip with the "Mersey Moorlander" up the S & C pulled by LMS Black 5 - 45305 seen leaving Whalley behind at Barrow footcrossing
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280 views16/04/2013 - LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee 45699 "Galatea" leaving Hellifield at Hellifield Green on a test run from Carnforth around the loop to Blackburn, Preston and back to Carnforth.
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46115 "Scots Guardsman"280 views05/02/2014 - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" running 5Z50 on a testing run around the Carnforth / Hellifield /Blackburn circuit captured eventually at Houghton running 65 minutes early after a long chase.
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60103 "Flying Scotsman"280 views08/01/2016 - 60103 "Flying Scotsman " Heads towards Heywood from Bury towards Heap Bridge - with 45407 "Lancashire Fusilier" tucked inside
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Black 5 - 45373 280 viewsLMS Stanier 4-6-0 Black 5 - 45373 approaches Whalley Rd Bridge (now removed) after leaving Martholme viaduct
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LMS Stanier Black 5 - 44871280 views03/08/2024 - LMS Stanier Black 5 - 44871 on the Southbound Cumbria Mountain Express approaching Ais Gill Summit.
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