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BR STD 9F 2-10-0 9213087 viewsIn the distance, working its way up the incline to the summit of the S & C, BR STD 9F 2-10-0 92130 dragging its load of Long Meg minerial wagons for Widnes
G Robinson,

BR STD 9F 2-10-0 9213087 views Passing by, working its way up the incline to the summit of the S & C, BR STD 9F 2-10-0 92130 dragging its load of Long Meg minerial wagons for Widnes
G Robinson,

0-4-0T steam locomotive, NER class H "1310"87 views04/09/2021 - NER class H "1310" shunting a freight.

GWR 4-6-0 - 7822 "Dinmore Manor"87 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.

LNER A3 4-6-2- pacific - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" 87 views60103 "Flying Scotsman" in the down loop line backing onto the support coach.

LNER A3 4-6-2- pacific - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" 87 views60103 "Flying Scotsman" now moved around the station into the up loop to taking on water

(I left at this point to head up into the dales to Selside)

LNWR Coal Tank 0-6-2T – 1054, 87 views18/06/2022 - LNWR Coal Tank 0-6-2T – 1054 bursting out of the station tunnel on the 12.10 service to Rawtenstall.

Sentinel 9373/1947 ‘St Monans’87 viewsSt Monans is a 100hp geared four wheel steam locomotive with a vertical boiler and cylinders which was built in 1947 by the Shrewsbury firm of Sentinels Ltd.
It was delivered new to the Hawton Plaster works of what later became British Gypsum Ltd, Newark. Taking it’s name from Andrew Barclay 279 of 1885, it worked here until being displaced by a diesel in 1971.

It was initially sold to a member of the GCR at Loughborough where restoration work was commenced. It was then re-sold and arrived at Southport in October 1979, where work was completed. Another regular performer at Southport, the loco eventually left traffic after the superheater failed in the early 1990s, and hasn’t steamed since. The engine was mov

Peckett 1636/1924 ‘Fonmon’87 views
Peckett 0-6-0ST No. 1636 ‘Fonmon’
Built for Aberthaw & Bristol Channel Portland Cement Co Ltd, it worked at their cement works and the Tumen Asbestos Works in Rhoose, South Wales.

Originally preserved at the Avon Valley Railway, nr Bristol in the 1970s, where it worked until expiry of its boiler certificate in 1990.

Last run was at Spa Valley Railway, 27/09/2009 when her ten year boiler ticket expired.

Named after Fonmon Castle, which is a fortified medieval castle near the village of Fonmon in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Arrived on site 11th July 2016. It is intended to eventually restore her back to running order.

It will be her 100th birthday in 2024

SR Pacific - 4 6 2 - Western County Class -34092 "City of Wells"87 views02/01/2023 - SR Pacific - 4 6 2 - Western County Class -34092 "City of Wells" running around the carriage at Heywood with the 11.10 off Rawtenstall.

LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman"87 views06/07/2023 - LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" at Hellifield in the goods loop leaving after a water stop with the outgoing "Scarborough Spa Express" from Carnforth.

LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman 87 views01/12/2023 - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" tucked inside Class 47 - 47804 on an empty stock movement 5Z79 from Carnforth to York at Settle Junction.

LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45407 "Lancashire Fusilier" 87 views03/01/2025 LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45407 "Lancashire Fusilier" approaching Leyland at Fowler Lane on 5z69 from Carnforth to the ELR.