East Lancashire Railway
1940s Weekend
27th to 29th May 2023
A trip back to the 1940s on the East Lancs, with plenty of additional attractions alongside passenger services. The real star of the show was Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Pug 11243 which sent the weekend running around Bury station limits with a selection of wagons including some gun carriages and a L&Y Gunpowder wagon.
On the service trains, seen at Bury and Townsend Fold, were L&YR Saddletank 752 / 51456 and A Class 1300 / 52322, joined by a top n tailed Class 24 and LMS Jinty 3F 47298.
A Class 104 operated an hourly Bury Bolton Street to Heywood shuttle service between trains.
Bury Bolton Street station had a selection of live music over the weekend, while at the Bury Transport Museum further acts performed inside the museum which is now home to the National Collection's L&YR 18 inch gauge Wren. Outside the Bury Transport Museum were a replica Spitfire and Hurricane courtesy of War and Peace Displays.
Please note, there is no public lineside access on the East Lancs, lineside shots are taken as a Working Member with Accredited Photographer status.
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(C) Lee Andrew Davies 2023