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409 viewsAt the back of the driving position and between the engine compartment, there are some panels - Removing one of the panel covers shows the state of the electrics - bakealite switches. Not very safe after 60 years. These would all have to be replaced with modern switch gear and all upgraded before it would be allowed to run again.
It would not be the same machine if done. Just a shell of the original machine would remain.
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BR Std 9F 2-10-0 - 92220 "Evening Star"409 viewsBR Std 9F 2-10-0 - 92220 "Evening Star"on the turntable in the Great Hall
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409 views16/04/2016 - "Beatrice" on 2G53 - 10.00 am service to Rawtenstall from Bury at Burys Country Park at the ELR small engines weekend
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LMS Ivatt -2-6-0 - 46521, BR Std 2 2-6-0 - 78018409 views28/01/2017 - Saturday - BR Std 2 2-6-0 - 78018, pilots LMS Ivatt -2-6-0 - 46521, both tender first back to Loughborough with the 13.30 Leicester North service at Kinchley Lane.
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LNER A4 60009 "Union of South Africa"409 views22/04/2017 - LNER A4 60009 "Union of South Africa" takes on water at Rawtenstall station on the East Lancashire Railway.
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LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee - 45699 Galatea409 views05/05/2017 - LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee - 45699 Galatea heads south to Bristol on day 7 of 9 on the GB X at German Lane on the WCML.
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LNER 4-6-2 A3 60103 "Flying Scotsman"409 views16/05/2017 - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" crossing Ribblehead Viaduct running a leg of the "Cathedrals Express" from Edinburgh to London.
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LMS 4-6-0 Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman"409 views20/05/2017 - LMS 4-6-0 Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" hammering the gradient up Whalley Banks approaching Langho at Mitton Fold footbridge with a running of the "Cumbrian Mountain Express"
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SR Bullied pacific - 4-6-2 - 34092 "City of Wells"409 views31/03/2018 - SR Bullied pacific - 4-6-2 - 34092 "City of Wells" on static display at Bury Bolton Street Station.
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Class 55 Deltic - 55009 - "ALYCIDON'409 views13/04/2018 - Friday - Deltic 55009 - "ALYCIDON' pulling away from Burrs country Halt on 2E37 - on a local stopping train from Bury to Ramsbottom
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LMS Stanier Jubilee 45697 "Achilles"409 viewsJubilee 45697 "Achilles" on shed at Hellifield
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LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45330409 viewsLMS Stanier Black 5 - 45330, complete with snow plough runs through Hellifield Station heading north on a freight past the North signal Box (now gone), Looks like a WD in the shed line on the left and engines in steam on the down goods loops and sidings. The coaling tower can just be seen in the centre at the back.
G Robinson.
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SR Pacific BoB Class - 34067 "Tangmere"409 views14/09/2024 - SR Bullied Pacific BoB class - 34067 "Tangmere" running toward the Railway Cottages at Selside with a running of the S & C steam special (Northern Belle) back from Carlisle to Liverpool.
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408 viewsGWR 4-4-0 "City of Truro" at Woodthorpe bridge on the dining train
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408 views19/03/2010 - "The Roaring Monster" - 70013 "Oliver Cromwell" on the Cumbria Mountain Express returns via the S & C seen here in the failing light crossing Denthead Viaduct
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408 views29/08/2010 - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" heads away from Bell Busk with a running of the Waverley from York to Carlisle
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