Alan Watson Gallery No.17

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Updated: 21/01/2012

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GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY

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Loughborough to Leicester North

(formerly known as Belgrave & Birstall)

To view

TIMETABLES

and other information

click map

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Great Central Railway

is the UK's only double track, main line

heritage railway. It's the only place in the

world where full size steam engines can

be seen passing each other – just as it

was when steam ruled the rails.

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Photos were taken on 13 October 2008 except where otherwise indicated

The Station Approach at Loughborough

with Lord Nelson on a parcels train,

and Leander running round

for the next southbound stint

Ex Southern 850, Lord Nelson,

ready to leave Loughborough

with a southbound parcels train

Ex-LNER 04 63601 bring the TPO Demonstration Set

into Loughborough

The Demonstration TPO set

viewed from Loughborough Station

through Great Central Street Bridge

BR Standard Class 2 languidly draws a northbound parcels

into Loughborough

TPO set and Ex LMS Jubilee 5690, Leander, fresh “off shed”

preparing to back down to its train

60163 LNER Class A1, Tornado, still in ex-works grey,

arriving at Quorn and Woodhouse

Class 37, 37314, arriving at Rothley

with a southbound train to Leicester North

on 17 August 2008

70013 running round its train,

and passing the site of the

original Belgrave and Birstall Station

on the northern outskirts of Leicester

Brit 70013, Oliver Cromwell,

basking in the sun at Leicester North

after bring in a train from Loughborough

Ex GWR Prairie 4141 awaits departure time at Loughborough.

Under intensive interrogation, the driver tells it all

Ex Southern 850, Lord Nelson, leaving Loughborough

with a southbound Parcels Train

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EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY

Heywood - Bury - Ramsbottom - Rawtenstall

To view

TIMETABLES

and other information

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Photos were taken on 7 March 2009

Bury South Box viewed under Bolton Street Bridge

on a very murky winter morning

BR 8P 71000, Duke of Gloucester , emerging from the gloom

for the first train of the day

Ex LMS Jinty, 47324, awaiting “departure time”

at Ramsbottom Station

Class 5, 45231, awaiting “right of way” at Ramsbottom

with footplate and station staff conferring

BR 8P 71000, Duke of Gloucester , departing Ramsbottom

over Bridge Street Level Crossing

Class 5 45231, Sherwood Forester ,

arriving at Ramsbottom from the North

with a signalman waiting to collect the single line token

To view

LMS Timetables

July 1938

Bury - Ramsbottom - Rawtenstall - Bacup

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Bury - Ramsbottom - Accrington - Colne

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Rochdale - Whitworth - Bacup

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For other Old Timetables, click here

BR Standard Class 4 tank loco getting ready to take on water

at Rawtenstall Station

Miscellaneous

Ex- LMS Class 5, 45407, headed a series of Altrincham – Chester shuttles on the 4th May 2008 .

The first train of the day commenced at Crewe

and accessed Altrincham via the now freight only

Sandbach to Northwich line.

Above is 45407 about to take the loop line

through the site of the former Middlewich Station