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October 2009
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| 26th
August 2009
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| 26th
August 2009
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Black 5 45231 Sherwood Forester departs from platform 5
photo : Phil Tyrer |
Jubilee 5690 Leander arrives,
passing under Fishergate bridge, with the Fellsman.
photo : Phil Tyrer |
The two locos after arrival back to a
damp and dark Preston. A rare chance to see two steam charters
sided-by side...
photo : Adrian Bradshaw
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A window in the swirls of steam opens
up to reveal the Black 5 on platform 5.
photo : Adrian Bradshaw
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45231 shortly after arrival with The Welsh Mountaineer.
photo : Rob Maynard
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| 5th
August 2009
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Black 5 Sherwood Forester waits to take RTC's Welsh
Mountaineer
photo : Phil Tyrer |
Heading south out of the station
photo : Phil Tyrer |
46113 Scots Guardsman arrives from the
north.
photo : Phil Tyrer
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Scots Guardsman pulls into Platdorm 5
bang on time
photo : Adrian Bradshaw
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Black 5 45231 eventually arrives on
platform 6
photo : Adrian Bradshaw
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...then takes water on platform 7
photo : Adrian Bradshaw |
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July 2009
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May 2009
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May 2009
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February 2009
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| 15th
November 2008
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"Whistler"
40145 deputising for the unavailable Deltic made this tour the Capital
Whistler rather than the Capital Deltic, from Preston to London
Kings Cross.
Here the loco is seen shortly before
departure at the south end of platform 6.
Martin Brown's video of the spirited
departure is here.
Photo : Martin Brown
(BOTTOM LEFT)
Ready for the off...
Photo : Mike Thomas
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RIGHT)
After arriving at Kings Cross, 40145 stands at "the
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| 9th
October 2008
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| 16th
July 2008
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This gallery comes courtesy of Martin Brown,
who recorded an interesting day at Preston on Wednesday 16th July, with a
few interesting visitors as well as the more usual traffic.
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photos in this gallery byMartin Brown 16/7/2008 |
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| 12th
July 2008
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| 30th
June 2008
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D1917 / 47812 heads north on a SERCO route-learner
Photo : Martin Brown
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60076 brings a long rake of tankers up off the Dock Branch.
Photo : Martin Brown
Video available here
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| 23rd
June 2008
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DRS 37 no 37606 takes the empty stock back to Carnforth after
Saturday's "Paignton Pudden" tour.
Photo : Martin Brown
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A few minutes earlier, 66524 heads north with a loaded spoil train
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| 14th
June 2008
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| 31st May 2008
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Silver-liveried 67029 heads up the
Northern Belle "posh-ex" from Blackpool. Video here.
Photo : Martin Brown
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67005 brings up the rear.
Photo : Martin Brown
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At about 0845 66415 appeared on a northbound Freightliner.
Photo : Martin Brown
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67006 waits in the south bay for the
return of 6201 Princess Elizabeth which was to be removed at Preston.
Photo : MIke Thomas
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47853 and 47839 head north on the outward leg of the Compass Tours
North Wales Scotsman. Video here.
Photo : Martin Brown
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The same pair of "Duffs"
the return south, at speed, throuh Preston
Photo : John McNulty
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| 14th May 2008
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57311 was one of FIVE locos stabled
around Preston station on Wednesday night.
(Photo by Chris Bradshaw)
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67017 stands at the north end of
the train which had brought Rangers fans to Manchester for their
UEFA Cup final at the City of Manchester Stadium. The train was
top & tailed with class 67s, and consisted mainly of ex-Virgin
Mk2s.
(ASB)
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At the south end of the train, 67020, a Mk1 support vehicle
and a "Fag-packet" liveried Mk2 complete the formation.
There are photographs here
of this train passing Blackrod earlier in the day.
Another unidentified class 57 is
also lurking beyond the former RES platforms. (ASB)
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Completing
the lineup, 57303 occupies one of the south bays.
(Photo by Chris Bradshaw)
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| 10th May 2008
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| I couldn't
get to the station to see 6233 this weekend, but managed to nip
out with the video camera for the return working from Blackpool to
Sheffield. To view that and other videos, go to the new Video
Page.
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| 3rd
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The bank holiday weekend 3rd - 5th May
2008 provided a good selection of traction on tours through
Preston. First up for me should
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D1015 Western Champion pauses
at Preston on the return leg of
the Western Scot, having
visited Edinburgh.
On its departure, the veteran
diesel-hydraulic gave quite a display,
with plenty of "clag".
Hopefully this will appear on the planned DVD,
to be made
available through this website.
See the Video
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| On Monday,
the interest was provided by 37401 and 37417 on Kingfisher's Settle
& Carlisle Experience circular tour from Barrow to
Aberyswyth, returning via the WCML. "In the can" is a
quick shot of the pair coasting under the Cadley Causeway
bridge, a mile or so north of the station. Sorry, no
photograph - unless I can get a still off the camcorder.
Meanwhile, 40145 East Lancashire
Railway was in charge of the Cambrian Coast Explorer.
The "whistler" is pictured here pausing at Platform 2 on
the homeward leg.
See the Video
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| 16th
April 2008
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Sir Nigel Gresley
becomes the third A4 to be let loose on the main line, joining
Union of South Africa and Bittern.
The loaded test run took 60007
through Preston on Wednesday 17th April 2008, with a planned break
of 1 hour and 17 minutes in the station. In the event, the loco
arrived early and paused for just 10 minutes meaning that some
people missed it altogether.
Photos by Martin Brown
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| 11th
April 2008
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| Black 5 45407 was
involved in a positioning move on Friday 11th April. Martin Brown
was there to grab some photos for the website.
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The Black 5 seems to
have steam to spare as it waits on platform 7.
Both photos by Martin Brown.
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| 20th
March 2008
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| 15th
March 2008
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Mill Express tour, the loco in charge was Ian Riley's BR Standard
76079. Here it is seen after backing off the train and manoeuvring
onto Platform 7 to take water.
For some weeks, 6201 Princess
Elizabeth had been holed-up at Carnforth after a cancelled tour to
Ravenglass, so the operators and owners decided to take the
opportunity to get the loco home to Bury.
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Before that could
happen, 76079 performed a series of rather baffling shunting
movements with the tour stock and two coaches which 6201 had
brought with it.
Just to confuse everyone further,
the train had secretly been re-timed and re-routed due to 6201 not
being cleared for the Preston - Bolton route. I know of several
people who spen an hour and a half waiting at various points along
the original route...
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| 8th
March 2008
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