LNER Thompson B1 61306 'Mayflower' arrives at Bury

LNER Thompson B1 61306

61306 was privately purchased for preservation at Steamtown in Carnforth. There it was painted in LNER Apple Green Livery and given the number 1306 and the name Mayflower. 1306 would have been its allocated running number had the LNER not been nationalised (most ex-LNER BR numbers being the LNER 1946 numbers with the addition of 60000), while the name Mayflower came from a scrapped BR-built Thompson B1, numbered 61379.

My thanks to Wikipedia for the above

In less glamorous days at Bradford Exchange

61306 was a frequent visitor to Bradford in the latter days of steam

Above the engine being prepared for duty at Low Moor shed

Many thanks to Duncharris for the above pictures

A man & his engine WD132 Austerity 'Sapper'

On the East Lancs Railway

LNWR Super D departs Bury for Ramsbottom

Jinty arrives Bury Bolton St

Sapper as station Pilot

Sapper as banker

Bury Bolton St Station

Hunslet Austerity 'Sapper'

Banking and pilot duties

A lovely locomotive and excellent example

The works

LNWR Super D

The works

LNWR Super D 49395

East Lancashire Railway had their Autumn Steam Festival this weekend gone

We are eternally grateful to Pete Waterman for this magnificent sight

The LNWR Super D back in steam

Bury Bolton St Station and the East Lancashire Railway

GWR 6619 departs Embsay for Bolton Abbey

GWR Prairie 6619 at Embsay

On the Yorkshire Dales Railway, Embsay to Bolton Abbey

Yorkshire Dales Railway

Lancashire and Yorkshire 1300

Keighley Worth Valley Railway Autumn festival

A great weekend.

BR standard tank and Ivatt tank

At Keighley in the KWVR

Ivatt tank arrives Oxenhope

I believe this loco's boiler ticket is about to expire so last chance to see it running may be the Steam Fest next weekend. It will be a good two days so do pop along 

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80002 at Keighley

41241 arrives Oxenhope

The buffet is well worth a visit.

Super cup of tea and sandwich 

Real atmosphere

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Oxenhope on the KWVR

It was October. The sun was warm and brilliant and the trees still have their mantles

Lots of People about 

It felt like summer

Waggon & Maschinenbau M79964 at Oxenhope

I know it's not steam, however it did form a very early part of that transition and is well remembered by many of is

It felt like summer again

Like a bus body and interior they were a stop gap trying to save many branch lines

GNR 1744 arrives at Levisham bound Pickering

Derby 4F arrives at Oxenhope KWVR

Arrival Oxenhope

Derby 4f

Derby 4F at Keighley

Keighley Worth Valley Railway.

Derby 4F 43924 a study

Running round at Oxenhope

The business end

Coupled and ready for the run to Keighley