MONTHLY REPORTS

CREWE - CHESTER - BANGOR - HOLYHEAD  JANUARY 2015 - PAGE ONE

Heywood station on The East Lancashire Railway and standard tank 80080 runs round its train in the gloom and the fog. It's Steam Gala day on the ELR and the weather forecast is not good. 18/01/2015

After some effort by the footplate crew to free up a frozen point, 80080 moved forward. 18/01/2015

There was much activity at Bury, here ex-GWR 5643 leaves its train. 18/01/2015

Available was a brake-van ride but, sorry, much too cold today. 18/01/2015

Two Stanier Class 5's were waiting in the wings, 44871 and 45407 "Lancashire Fusilier"18/01/2015

The pair set off for Heywood. 18/01/2015

The train down from Heywood had no heating but arrival at Bury and.....steam heat. 18/01/2015

Poor light and atmospheric scenes prefer monochrome finish. 18/01/2014

5643 was on goods train duty. 18/01/2014

Ramsbottom station. 18/01/2015

12322 arriving from Rawtenstall. 18/01/2014 Continued on PAGE 2