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SR West Country Class Pacific - 34046, "Braunton,"86 views17/12/2020 - West Country Class 34046, "Braunton," runs fast past German Lane approaching Euxton with "The Pennine Moors Explorer" - Crewe to Blackburn,

09 Shunter 0902486 views17/03/2021 - 09 Shunter 09024 in Ramsbottom sidings with a ballasting works train

LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45407 "Lancashire Fusilier"86 views09/04/2021 - Loco movement of LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45407 from the ELR to Carnforth pictured here approaching Flag Lane near Farington Curved Junction heading towards Preston.

GWR 4-6-0 - 7822 "Dinmore Manor"86 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"86 views10/12/2021 - Class 47 - 47804 & LMS Royal Scot class 46115 "Scots Guardsman" arriving at Hellifield on 5Z19 - a ECS movement from Carnforth to York for the next days running from York to Edinburgh.

0-4-0 Sentinel "Ann", MSC 32 "Gothenberg86 views26/02/2022 - Saturday -- Sentinel 0-4-0 "Ann" makes her main line appearance on the 15.05 shuttle from Bury to Ramsbottom passing Burrs and nearly runs out of steam with all the whistle blowing 🙂. Good job Gothenberg was banking ! Brilliant run past !

GWR 1500 Class 0-6-0 pannier tank - 150186 views27/02/2022 - Sunday - GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank - 1501 arriving at Irwell Vale on 1J55 - 10.30 service off Bury to Rawtenstall

L&Y 0-4-0 Pug "19" 86 views18/06/2022 - L&Y 0-4-0 Pug "19" arrives at Ramsbottom with the 13.42 shuttle service from Bury - NOTE - excellent run with 3 full coaches for this little engine.
The "L&Y Trust" headboard was only there for a couple of minutes before removal

Avonside 1568/1909 ‘Lucy’86 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.

LMS Royal Scot Class - 46115 "Scots Guardsman"86 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 86 views01/12/2023 - 46115 "Scots Guardsman" tucked inside Class 47 - 47804 on an empty stock movement 5Z79 from Carnforth to York at Settle Junction.