2 - 6 - 4 T on the last day of service,

5 September 1962,

crosses Two Gates Bridge

approaching Brownhill Cutting

with a Manchester Vic. - Hellifield train

In summer 1953, a Hellifield 4F 0-6-0, 44579,

slogs up the bank through the

original Wilpshire (for Ribchester) station

with a rake of empty wooden-bodied coal wagons.

Unknown Black 5 heads north through the disused Wilpshire Station with an excursion in July 1964

Lower Darwen (24D) ex LYR Aspinall 0-6-0

(built 1889)

trundles the pickup freigh

t through Wilpshire Station

circa 1950

Fairburn Tank, 42154, drifts down Cemetery Hill

on a local Hellifield / Blackburn stopper

with attached Fish Van June 1957

With Pendle Hill in the background,

un-named ‘Patriot’ 4-6-0 45517,

climbs Langho Bank

in charge of the 4.45 p.m. Hellifield / Liverpool

September 1962.

Jubilee 4.6.0, no. 45607, “FIJI”,

makes light work of Langho Bank

on a Hellifield/Liverpool service

passing Langho Signal Box

during June 1957

At Langho Signal Box - details not yet known

43014 / 43013 on 15:39 Bournemouth / Edinburgh

at Chatburn Cutting

on 24 May 1993

Royal Scot, class 46160, Queen Victoria’s Rifleman,

storms up Langho Bank 

approaching Wilpshire station 

 

in charge of a Glasgow/Blackpool special

during July 1964.

 

These services were normally worked south from Carlisle by Lower Darwen men

Pullman Cars

at Blackburn

Sunset at Langho Station in the mid - 1950s

Unidentified “Crab” heads north

through Rimington

in the late Fifties.

Clitheroe/Gunnie cement climbs

toward Wilpshire Tunnel

with two class 37s in charge

June 1886

Two Class 37s, 37422 / 37605, ease 6SO3,

the Clitheroe/Gunnie Cement working,

round the curve towards Brownhill Cutting

on 22 April 1992

Unidentified 2-6-2T Fairburn Tank

works the local pick up, bunker first, up Cemetery Hill

with Presflo Cement Wagons

bound for Horrocksford

in transit

Puddles emphasise the open aspect of Platform 4

at Blackburn Station

as passengers await the

10:01 Blackburn - Manchester Vic.

running sixteen minutes late

with a single class 153 in charge

15 Nov 2003

Icy conditions prevail on Platform 4

at Blackburn Station

making life very uncomfortable for passengers awaiting the 10:01 Blackburn - Manchester Vic,

which was running ten minutes late

on 28 Jan. 2004