Summerseat
The tilted cap and beaming smile means that Alf Davenport is at the controls of the Cravens twin-powercar DMU pulling into Summerseat after a 70mph run up from Bury Bolton St. Alf was one of five drivers in the Bury diesel link at the end of the Rawtenstall passenger services along with Paddy Delaney, Freddie Thomas, Tommy Unsworth and Harry Lofthouse and relief driver Gorton Joe Walker. There had been six but Arthur (Mad Mac) McCormack transferred to the Bury Leccie Link before the line closed and the other five drivers followed on 5th June 1972. These diesel drivers made the local teenage enthusiasts very welcome on the trains and I shall always be grateful to them for encouraging our hobby.
Location: Summerseat
Original line: East Lancashire Railway
Photographer: W A Camwell Collection (Courtesy Mark Bartlett)
Contact photographer: W A Camwell Collection (Courtesy Mark Bartlett)
Date: 27/05/1972
Image number: 21627
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