BR Pacific, Brittannia, No. 70000, hauling the Royal Train

passes through Accrington

en-route from Preston to Wakefield Kirkgate

on Tuesday 24 Jan 2012

On a dismal December day, with the grey slate roofs glistening with rain,

one of the first ex London Midland class 150s to receive Northern livery, 150117,

rolls across Accrington viaduct in charge of the 09:50 Colne / Blackpool South service on 21/12/11

Newly painted class 150, 150117, contrasts, both in shape and colour, a rather grubby 158844,

which is heading the 09-29 Blackpool North / Leeds at Accrington on 21/12/11

Ex-Midland 150117 stands in Accrington resplendent in new Northern livery

on 2S19 09:50 Colne - Blackpool South

Ex Midland 150117, newly painted in Northern livery

approaches Accrington on 2S19 09:50 Colne to Blackpool South

Class 66, 66165, eases into a snowy Accrington station

with an empty bitumen tank train from Preston Docks

as Network Rail workers look on

Class 150/2, its number obscured by snow, off loads passengers at a wintry Mill Hill

Same unit departs in near blizzard conditions.

The Hi-Viz gang in the picture are installing the base for new CCTV cameras at the station.

Class 142, 142049, departs Mill Hill into the gloom with a Blackpool South /Colne service

Class 66, 66160, gently purring away at the red signal at Whalley

Northern Rail's 150223 stands at Blackburn's newly refurbished platform 4

on the 10.39 Clitheroe to Victoria service

Ex London Midland unit 150111 departs Blackburn's platform 1 on the 10.00 Victoria to Clitheroe service

Unusual visitors to Clitheroe on 28 Sept 2011

Arriva units plus London Midland 153

One of the first Gypsum workings by EWS over RVR metals

took place on Tuesday 6 September 2011

when 66103 was recorded slowing for an adverse signal at Langho

with a raft of empty wagons in tow.

Class 142 unit negotiates Chaffers crossing on 27 June 2011.

Prior to crossing the road, the driver of the 142 will have stopped

to pull on the string to close the gates !!

West Midland class 153, 153366, combines with a class 150/2

on the 07:48 departure from Langho on 19 July 2011

Class 66, 66845, trundles through Pimlico on the approach to Clitheroe Interchange

with one of the frequently-observed Log Trains bound for Chirk,

and noted early May 2011

Class 66, 66057, accelerates off Accrington Viaduct

with the empty bitumen tanks working from Preston Docks to Lindsey

on 27 April 2011

Howard Hammersley (Rail Ramblers) - Richard Watts (Lancashire County Council) - Kathryn O'Brien (Northern Rail)

at Blackburn Station for the inaugural launch of DalesRail 2011

and photographed with Lancashire DalesRail displaying its new wrap

on 24 April 2011

66055 heads a rake of track panel 'flats'

south through Clitheroe on 6K05

& noted on the afternoon of 8 March 2011

Rishton Station

bathed in soft February sunlight - 12 February 2011

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66055 eases onto Whalley Viaduct with 6K05

on 8 March 2011

Class 66, 66055, meanders across Whalley Viaduct

heading 6K05, a Carlisle /Basford Hall infrastructure working

with the Large Track Panel Wagons clearly visible above the viaduct parapet wall.

Leander stands steaming gently at signal PN 434

awaiting a road to take "The Fellsman" north to Clitheroe and Carlisle

Jubilee No.5690 "Leander" stops in Clitheroe Station

on the return leg of "The Fellsman" from Carlisle in the evening sunshine

Leander's fireman leans out of the cab impatiently

as "The Fellsman" is stopped at the signal

on the approach to Low Moor Level Crossing,

waiting for the service train to Blackburn

to clear the section ahead.

Finally given the right of way, Leander heads off

towards Blackburn to complete the journey.