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The 'Fylde Coast Express' railtour passes Kirkham North box with the Blackpool North to Kilmarnock return leg headed by 47854 'Diamond Jubilee'.
Photo : John Green 22-May-2013







[left and centre] 86259 "Les Ross" sits in Platform 4c awaiting its move to Farington to take over from 6233 "Duchess of Sutherland" on the Cumbrian Mountain Express
[right] Black 5 44932 sits on Platform 7 awaiting a path north after hauling the Fylde Coast Explorer from Carlisle to Blackpool via the S&C
Photos : Bernadette Newsham 22-May-2013

Diesel Cabs for the RSR

The Railway Herald is reporting that the Stockport garden, famous for it's display of vintage diesel loco cabs, has been cleared ahead of the sale of the house. The Ribble Steam Railway has reportedly acquired two of the items, namely the bonnet nose of 20009 and the full cab of 47100, both of which will be painted into BR green and placed on display in the museum.

NEW - LOOK WEBSITE!

For months now, we've been playing around with new formats for the website. The general feedback we get is that people generally like the "look" of the site the way it was, but that it was looking a bit untidy (hard to disagree with). So... The new look is intended to remain familiar, but make the site easier to navigate. Hopefully you'll think we've managed that.

All the old features remain, but with a new, logically organised drop-down menu, though a few pages have been updated along the way. Please let us know what you think... good or bad!

Class 37s galore

Two test trains ran through the area yesterday. 37611 and 37603 did the grand tour round the North West, including trips down the Dock Branch and to Southport. Graham Boreham recorded the train's progress on video. Also putting in an appearance was 37405 and inspection saloon "Caroline" on 2Z02.