Bury Bolton Street
Gloucester RC&W bubble car W55001 at Bury Bolton Street on a Heywood bound New Year's Day 2011 ELR service. It is not widely known that sister unit M55019 was used experimentally on the Rawtenstall branch around 1970. However, whilst it proved more than adequate for Monday to Friday services, it could not cope with Saturday loadings and services reverted to the Cravens and Derby twin power car sets. M55019 then went into departmental service as DB975042 and was regularly seen in the North West on route learning duties. It is now stored at Aylesbury as Sandite unit 960 015. W55001 betrays its own departmental route learning service as there is no bulkhead between the brake section and the drivers compartment.
Location: Bury Bolton Street
Original line: East Lancashire Railway
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 01/01/2011
Image number: 32476
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