LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 44871 and 45407 hauling a double header steam special “Buxton Spa Express” between Lostock and Bolton on Saturday 5th November 2011.
6201 Princess Elizabeth heading north past the site of the ‘Horwich South Fork’ signal box and former Hilton House line junction with the Cumbrian Mountain Express Railtour.
and the return through Blackrod Station
This photo and these videos have also been added to the railtour section of the Horwich Station website.
6201 ‘Princess Elizabeth’ steams through a rainy Blackrod Station on the return leg of the Cumbrian Mountain Express railtour today.
Bolton Steam Museum will be holding another of their open days on 30th and 31st May, where you can see their collection in full steam. Admission is free, although donations towards the running of the boiler are appreciated.
LMS Princess Class 4-6-2 No. 6201, Princess Elizabeth passed through Rainhill this morning with the North Wales Coast Express from Liverpool Lime Street to Holyhead, 180 years after the Rainhill Trials were held on the same stretch of line.
6233, Duchess of Sutherland passed by Horwich this morning with the Cumbrian Mountain Express, the first ever Duchess to work north from Bolton to Chorley. The steps to the right of the picture indicate the site of Horwich Fork signal box.
It returned later on, passing through Blackrod Station in the evening: