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Personal blog of Steam Galas & Mainline Steam running from around the North of England. Pictures copyright of Author!!
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No.7 - "Merlin"319 viewsNo.7 Merlin is a coal fired 2-4-2 tank engine. Works No. 296 it was built in 1998 by Exmoor Steam Railway.
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"Nelly"319 viewswaiting in a loop for "Nelly" to pass-by with a maintence train
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L & Y Pug 0-4-0 ST No.19 in disguise as 11243319 views14/10/2023 - Saturday - L & Y Pug 0-4-0 ST No.19 in disguise as 11243 on the 13.10 freight from Ramsbottom exiting Burrs cutting heading for Bury.
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"Sybil" is an 0-4-0 saddle tank 319 viewsSybil is an 0-4-0 saddle tank built in 1906 by W G Bagnall of Stafford, works no.1706. The loco worked at the Dinorwic slate quarries in North Wales for more than 50 years.
Here she waits to take out the next service down the line to Delph
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SR BoB Pacific - 34067 "Tangmere" 319 views01/03/2025 - SP BoB Pacific 34067 "Tangmere" on "The Settle & Carlisle Spring Special" returning from Carlisle having just passed through Long Preston Station heading towards Hellifield.
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LNER Peppercorn A2 - 60532 "Blue Peter"319 views05/04/2025 - LNER Peppercorn A2 60532 "Blue Peter" leaving Preston at Brock with the Lakelander Tour heading for Carlisle
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Hunslet 0-6-0 - 2409 "King George" Hunslet 0-6-0 - 2387 "Brooks No1"319 viewsHunslet 0-6-0 - 2409 "King George" Hunslet 0-6-0 - 2387 "Brooks No1"getting ready to return to Bolton Abbey with the 12.30 service
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"King Arthur"318 viewsNo.8 King Arthur is a coal fired 0-6-2 tank engine. Works No. 324 it was built in 2005 by Exmoor Steam Railway. It is one two locomotives of this type to have been built at Exmoor. At 41 inches wide and 5 foot high, this is the largest engine that can run on this size of railway.
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"King Arthur"318 viewsing Arthur has run every year since its arrival in 2005. It has needed very little other repair work. A complete overhaul was undertaken in 2015. The main improvement to the engine was the fitting of a new fire hole door and a special steel firebox arch. This greatly improved coal consumption. A major overhaul was completed in 2019 together with a repaint, and the boiler was re-tubed in 2020.
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"Lady Jane Grey"318 viewsLady Jane Gray was built in 1996 at Bressingham by Gray Engineering .
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"Rudyard Lady"318 viewsNot running on this date - Rudyard Lady is a Bo-Bo type diesel engined locomotive. It has a Perkins 3 cylinder diesel engine linked by a four speed gearbox to the wheels.
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LMS 0-6-0 "Jinty" - 47298318 views13/10/2023 - Friday - LMS 0-6-0 "Jinty" - 47298 brings back the freight from Rawtenstall into Ramsbottom station and straight through to Bury
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London Brighton & South Coast Railway Class A1 Stroudley Terrier 0-6-0T No. 72 'Fenchurch', LNWR Coal Tank 0-6-2 318 views05/10/2024 - Saturday - Terrier 0-6-0T No. 72 'Fenchurch' and LNWR Coal Tank 0-6-2 working hard on the 12.55 service to Oxenhope.
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