| Perhaps my second-favourite preserved line is the ELR. I must have spent literally hours there since the line opened in 1987. It's also the line where I had my one and only steam-driving "turn" - an experience I can heartily recommend. |
80098 coasts through Burrs on the ELR with the 3.40pm Bury to Rawtenstall. 11/4/09. Buy Print |
71000 "Duke of Gloucester" passes Burrs with the 16:00 from Bury to Rawtenstall. 24/1/09. Buy Print |
61994 "The Great Marquess" crosses Roche Viaduct with the 13:55 Bury to Heywood. 26/10/08. Buy Print |
"76001" leaves Irwell Vale with the 11:30 Rawtenstall to Bury. 26/10/08 (3) Buy Print |
850 "Lord Nelson" climbs strongly across Roche Viaduct on it's journey to Heywood with the 13.50 ex-Bury. Ten minutes earlier the sun had been "full-on". Typical! 27/1/07. Buy Print |
"76001" leaves Irwell Vale with the 11:30 Rawtenstall to Bury. 26/10/08 (2) Buy Print |
"76001" leaves Irwell Vale with the 11:30 Rawtenstall to Bury. 26/10/08 (1) Buy Print |
61994 "The Great Marquess" crosses Roche Viaduct with the 15:35 Bury to Heywood. 26/10/08. Buy Print |
45407 climbs up to Heap Bridge with the 13:05 Bury to Heywood. 26/10/08. Buy Print |
45407 leaves Rawtenstall with the 12:20 Rawtenstall to Bury. 26/10/08. Buy Print |
45407 runs round at Rawtenstall on the 26th October 2008. Buy Print |
92214 waits to leave Bury with the 11:00 to Rawtenstall. 16/8/08. Buy Print |
L & Y "A" class No 1300, heads the 12:40 Bury to Ramsbottom shuttle at a very overgrown Burrs on the 16th August 2008. Buy Print |
92214 leaves Summerseat with the 16:10 Heywood to Rawtenstall. 26/7/08. Buy Print |
92214 leaves Irwell Vale with the 13:40 Heywood to Rawtenstall. 26/7/08. It was far too hot for any exhaust to show. Buy Print |
4771 "Green Arrow" passes Ewood Bridge with the 13.10 from Bury. 9/2/08. Buy Print |
45596 "Bahamas" visited the line on a couple of occasions. Here it's seen during it's second visit, charging through Burrs on the 26th February 1995. Buy Print |
92212 passes Burrs on the 30th December 2001 in superb winter conditions. The train is the 12.00 Bury To Rawtenstall. Who needs to go to China when you can get shots like this in the UK! Buy Print |
76079 at Burrs on the 4th January 2003, with the 12 o'clock Bury to Rawtenstall. Buy Print |
92214 climbs the Ski Jump at Bury with the 11.15 from Heywood to Rawtenstall, on the 29th January 2006. Buy Print |
76079 at Little Burrs with the 1.34pm "local" to Ramsbottom. 26/10/02. Buy Print |
71000 "Duke of Gloucester" leaves Irwell Vale for Bury on the 14th April 1995. Buy Print |
48431 is seen near Ewood Bridge. 27/8/93. Buy Print |
60532 passes Burrs on the 11th March 2000, with the 12.47 from Bury. Buy Print |
47324 leaves Bury on the 29th January 2006 with the 10.15 goods to Ramsbottom. Buy Print |
75014 is now on the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway and will probably never be seen in the North of England again. Luckily it was at the ELR over the winter of 2000/1 and after a night of extremely low temperatures, making for superb photographic conditions, it passes Little Burrs on the 30th December 2000. Buy Print |
46441 is under stormy skies at Burrs on 31st October 1999. Buy Print |
75014 looks in fine fettle as it passes Little Burrs on the 11th March 2000. Buy Print |
Surrounded by the signs of Spring, 45157 leaves Irwell Vale on the 7th April 2002. Buy Print |
42765 passes Townsend Fold on 4th March 2001 with the 3pm from Bury. Buy Print |
45596 "Bahamas" takes the 10am from Bury past Burrs on the 12th September 1993. Buy Print |
45596 "Bahamas" heads the 17.00 from Bury through Ewood Bridge on the 21st August 1993. Buy Print |
45337 is seen leaving Bury on the 11th March 2000 with the 09.30 to Rawtenstall. Buy Print |
42765 leaves Townsend Fold with the 10.30 from Bury on the warm 7th June 2003. Buy Print |
42765 awaits departure from Irwell Vale on 8th August 1995. Buy Print |
42765 passes Ewood Bridge on 4th March 2001 with the 11.00 from Bury. Buy Print |
34067 "Tangmere" leaves Ramsbottom with the 10am from Bury on 22nd February 2003. Buy Print |
35005 "Canadian Pacific" leaves Irwell Vale on the 14th August 1993. Buy Print |
7828 "Odney Manor" & 42765 approach Summerseat on the 15th October 1994. Buy Print |
34067 "Tangmere" shortly after it's return to steam, speeds out of Little Burrs Cutting on the 22nd February 2003. Buy Print |
35005 "Canadian Pacific" pilots 53809 through Little Burrs on the 13th August 1993. Very S & D like! Buy Print |
7828 "Odney Manor" and 45596 "Bahamas" drift through Little Burrs Cutting on the 15th October 1994. Buy Print |
5690 "Leander" is seen near Burrs with a mixed goods train on the 29th January 2006. Buy Print |
2392 leaves Bury with the 12.00 to Rawtenstall on the 25th October 2003. Buy Print |
5593 "Kolhapur" & 45596 "Bahamas" head through Burrs with an early morning train on the 29th August 1993. Buy Print |
7029 "Clun Castle" at Little Burrs with the 4pm from Bury. 20/8/94. Buy Print |
5552 "Silver Jubilee" was really 5593 "Kolhapur" in disguise. Here it races north at Ewood Bridge on the 21st August 1994. Buy Print |
This looks a little bit "Toytown", but the light was nice. 5407 & 46441 head south through Burrs on the 26th February 1995. Buy Print |
42765 charges through Burrs Country Park on 28th October 2001 with the 12.30pm from Bury. Buy Print |
69621 stands at Ramsbottom on the afternoon of 14th July 1991. Buy Print |
69621 runs into Ramsbottom on the 14th July 1991. Buy Print |
7828 "Odney Manor" at Summerseat "S" bends. 21/8/94. Buy Print |
7828 "Odney Manor" at Burrs with the 12 o'clock from Bury on the 16th February 1992. Buy Print |
34027 "Taw Valley" blows off impatiently at Horncliffe. 31st October 1999. Buy Print |
34072 "257 Squadron", which was based on the ELR for a couple of years, passes Burrs with a Santa Special on the 8th December 1991. Buy Print |
69621 has just taken water at Rawtenstall on the 14th July 1991. Buy Print |
53809 pilots 9F 92203 through Burrs on the 21st August 1993. The 9F seems to be doing all the work - perhaps because her owner, David Shepherd, is on the footplate. Buy Print |
Gleaming 42765 stands at Ramsbottom on it's first day in traffic. 16th January 1994. Buy Print |
53809 leaves Summerseat on the 14th August 1993. It was too hot to enable any proper clag to be produced. Buy Print |
53809 and 35005 "Canadian Pacific" leave Bury in fine style, at 10.10 on the morning of the 13th August 1993. Buy Print |
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