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Hunslet 2890 0-6-0 "Douglas" as 5232226 views08/03/2010 -08/03/2010 - Trying to confuse everyone - Hunslet 2890 0-6-0 "Douglas" as 52322 - the number used on the L & Y A class banking 2E33 shuttle service entering Ramsbottom goods yard loop at the back of the shuttle service.
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SR 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class 35018 "British India Line"26 views11/08/2020 - SR Pacific - 35018 "British India Lines" topping up with water at Hellifield before heading up the S & C to Carlisle with a running of the Dalesman
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LMS Stanier 2-8-0 8f - 4825326 viewsLMS Stanier 8f - 48253 on an express fitted freight heading north about to pass under the A65, a mile out of Hellifield
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BR STD 9F 2-10-0 9207626 viewsBR STD 9F 2-10-0 92076 leaving Hellifield on a express freight heading for Carlisle.G Robinson
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LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45407 "Lancashire Fusilier"26 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.
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LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45407 "Lancashire Fusilier"26 views09/04/2021 - Loco movement of LMS Stanier Black 5 - 45407 from the ELR Bury to Carnforth pictured here between Preston and Garstang at Bilsborrow.
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LMS Ivatt 2-6-2 Tank - 4131226 views16/10/2021 - LMS Ivatt 2-6-2 Tank - 41312 returning at Burrs Country Park bunker first on the 11.30 service from Rawtenstall.
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LMS Ivatt 2-6-2 Tank - 4131226 views16/10/2021 - LMS Ivatt 2-6-2 Tank - 41312 at Burrs Country Park on the 13.30 service to Rawtenstall from Bury
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LNER A3 4-6-2- pacific - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" 26 views60103 "Flying Scotsman" runs past which is in the down goods loop the support coach.
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LNER A3 4-6-2- pacific - 60103 "Flying Scotsman" 26 views60103 "Flying Scotsman" in the down loop line backing onto the support coach.
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Peckett 2003/1941 ‘John Blenkinsop’26 viewsThe locomotive was supplied to the Ministry of Supply, used at first in Swynnerton Royal Ordnance factory. It moved to the Royal Ordnance factory at Salwick, later the UK Atomic Energy Authority and finally BNFL.

It was a standby loco with two Hudswell diesels doing much of the work so it remained in good condition.
It went to the Middleton Railway in 1972 and was in use for 18 years.
Since 1990 the locomotive has been out of use and moved to RSR to join the two Salwick diesels ‘Mighty Atom‘ and ‘Sparky‘ in 2015 (Jan 28) for display in the museum.

The locomotive is on loan from The Middleton Railway, Hunslet, Leeds, being jointly owned by Mrs Sheila Bye and the Middleton Railway Trust Ltd.

The loco was named after John Blenkinsop (1783-1831) who was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. In addition to managing the Middleton Collieries, in the 1820s John Blenkinsop was the consulting engineer for Sir John Lister Kaye of Denby Grange, owner of Caphouse Colliery. Also, as a qualified “Viewer”, he was hired by various other colliery owners to examine their collieries and report on such vital matters as the expected future production of a pit, as well as to make suggestions as to how its operation and production could be improved. Blenkinsop died in Leeds in 1831.
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Peckett 1636/1924 ‘Fonmon’26 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
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L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300)26 views15/10/2022 - Saturday - L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300) running around their train at Rawtenstall to taken out the 13.30 service back to Bury and onto Heywood.
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L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300)26 views15/10/2022 - Saturday - L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300) running around their train at Rawtenstall to taken out the 13.30 service back to Bury and onto Heywood.
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L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300)26 views15/10/2022 - Saturday - L & Y 0-6-0 Tender Engine -52044 (957) ,L & Y Class 27 0-6-0 Tender Engine 52322 (1300) leaving Rawtenstall on the 13.30 service back to Bury and onto Heywood.
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