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GWR 4-6-0 - 7822 "Dinmore Manor"146 views16/10/2021 - GWR 4-6-0 - 7822 "Dinmore Manor" pilots BR STD Tank -2-6-4T - 80097 back to Bury at Burrs Country Park on the 12.30 service from Rawtenstall.

LMS Royal Scot class 46115 "Scots Guardsman"146 views10/12/2021 - The low winter sun shadowing Class 47 - 47804 & LMS Royal Scot class 46115 "Scots Guardsman" in the goods loop at Hellifield on 5Z19 - a ECS movement from Carnforth to York for the next days running from York to Edinburgh.

LMS Stanier Jubilee - 45690 "Leander" SR Battle of Britain class 34067 "Tangmere"146 views29/01/2022 - LMS Stanier Jubilee - 45690 "Leander" pilots SR Pacific Battle of Britain class - 34067 "Tangmere" approaching Ais Gill Summit on the "Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express" from Carlisle as far as Preston heading for London Euston.

L&Y 0-4-0 Pug "19" 146 views18/06/2022 - L&Y 0-4-0 Pug "19" with the freight at Bury station.

Avonside 1568/1909 ‘Lucy’146 viewsLucy was built by the Avonside Engine Company at Bristol in 1909 and delivered to the Hutchinson Estate & Dock Co. Ltd. at Widnes. She was one of three class B3 0-6-0STs supplied having 14″ x 22″ cylinders and 3′ 3″ driving wheels, a type so familiar for so long in Liverpool’s dockland. They were named ‘Gertrude’, ‘Lucy’, and ‘Mary’ and dated from 1906, 1909 and 1913 respectively, and were named after the daughters of John Hutchinson, one of the founders of the Widnes chemical industry.

The engine ‘Lucy’ spent it’s entire working life on the Widnes dock system.
It was dismantled in August 1952 and sent to the Hunslet Engine Co. for overhaul. One year later, she returned to work very smartly painted green with yellow lining.

Lucy was retired in January 1971 and was purchased by the Liverpool Locomotive Preservation Group in February 1972 and stored together with ‘Efficient’ in a dockside engine shed at Seacombe. She was transferred to Steamport Southport on 1st August 1973, but briefly returned across the Mersey in July 1978 to take charge of the Birkenhead docker No.4 railtour. Once again in the early 1980’s, Lucy took retirement, and remains a static exhibit.

Lucy moved to Preston with the rest of the stock from Southport, and arrived in Preston on 27th February 1999. Recently given a new coat of paint for exhibition in the museum, the long term plan is to return Lucy to working condition once more when time and materials become available.

GWR 0-6-2-Tank - 5643146 views16/10/2022 - Sunday - 5643 GWR 0-6-2-Tank arriving at Irwell Vale Halt on the 10.30 service from Bury to Rawtenstall.

LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman"146 views28/01/2023 - 46115 "Scots Guardsman returns through Wilpshire & Ramsgreave Station in the dark on the returning Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express
Picture taken from phone video

LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" 146 views03/06/2023 - LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" returning with The Cumbrian Mountain express approaching Whalley at Barrow foot crossing.

LNER A3 - 60103"Flying Scotsman"146 views09/07/2023 - With Pen y Gent as a back drop, LNER A3 - 60103"Flying Scotsman" crossing Ribblehead Viaduct heading north from York to Carlisle with a running of "The Waverley"

Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 'Linda' No. 21146 views01/10/2023 - Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 'Linda' No. 21 takes the next service bunker first towards Strand Road.