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All photographs of this location in date order.
![Unlike most other Lancaster and Preston stations, Bay Horse did not close until 1960, despite being in a rural location with no real centre of population. Station House still stands alongside the up line, and on the down side the goods shed is still in industrial use. Map Ref SD 493529<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 14/07/2008]](/images/19000/19821.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Bay Horse subway entrance on the down side showing the remains of the old platform wall and Station House visible on the opposite side of the line. The down platform access was on the right, just before the subway but now fenced off. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 14/07/2008]](/images/19000/19843.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Bay Horse is a very rural location and the still open subway under the line is an unusual survivor. This is the up side showing the subway entrance and also the former access to the up platform, now bricked up. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 14/07/2008]](/images/19000/19844.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Recent Down line tracklaying at Bay Horse has resulted in the removal of the emergency crossovers there. Contractors are still in the former goods yard, which also contains a 25kv feeder station, hence the intricate catenary. Although on this date there was still a temporary speed restriction on the Down line the Pendolino is on the Up and heading for Euston at full speed. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 21/07/2008]](/images/19000/19930.jpg "Bay Horse")
![A very gloomy day for Ian Riley's second Black 5 no 44871, on its first outing, going from Manchester to Carlisle via Shap and returning via the S&C. It was on time to the minute coming north through Bay Horse in tandem with 45407 at 0915 on 30 December - but the sun had forgotten to get up this morning!<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 30/12/2009]](/images/26000/26988.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Colas Rail 66843 is now operating on its own on the Carlisle to Chirk log train. It is seen on 4 March 2010 heading south at Forton near Bay Horse. <br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 04/03/2010]](/images/27000/27980.jpg "Bay Horse")
![DRS 66414 heads north near Bay Horse on the WCML with an Intermodal service on 4 March 2010.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 04/03/2010]](/images/28000/28012.jpg "Bay Horse")
![With the <I>Shanks Freightliner</I> liveried 66522 dead in train 70002 powers a rake of Network Rail mega-box ballast wagons south through the closed station of Bay Horse on 9 August. I had spotted this train, thought to be the 6U68 Carlisle Virtual Quarry to Mountsorrel, in Oubeck Up Loop waiting for a Voyager to overtake and just made it to Bay Horse in time to see it pass through. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/08/2011]](/images/35000/35193.jpg "Bay Horse")
![A DRS Class 66 heads a down WCML container through the Lancashire countryside on 21 September. The train has just passed through the closed station at Bay Horse between Lancaster and Preston. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 21/09/2011]](/images/35000/35728.jpg "Bay Horse")
![De-branded <I>Thunderbird</I> 57308, formerly known as <I>Tin Tin</I>, seen on a light engine movement from Crewe to Oxenholme passing Bay Horse on Friday 24th May 2013. The Class 57 is now owned by DRS but has not yet been repainted from its Virgin livery. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 24/05/2013]](/images/43000/43209.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Empties from Fiddlers Ferry to Hunterston pass through the closed station at Bay Horse on 24 May behind Freightliner 66520. The station house, now a private residence, can be seen on the left of the picture, although the platforms were cut back many years ago. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 24/05/2013]](/images/43000/43233.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Rather than using the locos West Coast recently returned to service (45699 or 46115) on the first 2013 Fellsman it fell again to last year's success story, 61994 <I>The Great Marquess</I>, seen here heading south at Bay Horse. This year the train is timed one hour earlier and leaves Lancaster at 0708hrs. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 12/06/2013]](/images/43000/43370.jpg "Bay Horse")
![A Bescot Down Yard to Shap Summit Quarry train of empty stone hoppers passes through Bay Horse on its way north in June 2013. DBS 66099 is in charge of the working and just about to meet K4 61994 and the <I>Fellsman</I> heading south [See image 43370].<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 12/06/2013]](/images/43000/43678.jpg "Bay Horse")
![DBS 67006 <I>Royal Sovreign</I> heads the Royal Train north through open countryside near Bay Horse as part of a visit by HM The Queen to the North West of England on 14 November 2013. Silver liveried 67026 brings up the rear. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 14/11/2013]](/images/45000/45301.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Freightliner 70002 takes an infrastructure train north at Bay Horse on 10 December.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/12/2013]](/images/45000/45581.jpg "Bay Horse")
![With 19 empty bogie hoppers in tow 66531 heads back to Scotland on a cold December afternoon at Bay Horse. The train originated from Fiddlers Ferry Power Station near Warrington. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/12/2013]](/images/45000/45647.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Back lit by the late afternoon winter sun at Bay Horse, new Trans-Pennine EMU 350401 heads for Carnforth on a test run from Crewe. The unit, which is still awaiting TPE vinyls, is seen on 10th December 2013, Day 2 of the new winter timetable. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/12/2013]](/images/45000/45801.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Running almost 30 minutes early, having missed out a planned stop in Barton & Broughton loop, B1 61264 and 5MT 45407 hurry the first 2014 <I>Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express</I> north through Bay Horse on 25 January 2014. The B1 replaced 5MT 44871 which was being overhauled.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 25/01/2014]](/images/46000/46077.jpg "Bay Horse")
![4464 <I>Bittern</I> heads north at Bay Horse with a Tyseley to Carlisle special on 15th March. Unfortunately the train was running under caution signals here due to a preceding freight and the A4's regulator was closed as it passed the assembled photographers at a very sedate pace.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 15/03/2014]](/images/46000/46648.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Just before the longest day of 2014 and there's plenty of evening sun to illuminate <I>Jubilee</I> 45699 <I>Galatea</I> and the returning <I>Fellsman</I> excursion as it passes Bay Horse near Lancaster.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/06/2014]](/images/47000/47920.jpg "Bay Horse")
![A Class 325 EPU Royal Mail service, comprising units 012, 002 and 003, passes Bay Horse heading for Shieldmuir in the summer evening sunshine on 18 June. 325003 has recently been repainted and the different shade of red (and absence of yellow banding) stands out from the other two units in the train. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/06/2014]](/images/48000/48427.jpg "Bay Horse")
![A longer train than usual for the Crewe-Sellafield flask working on 12 September, with six wagons behind DRS 37605 and 37610, seen here heading north through long closed Bay Horse station. The fourth wagon appeared to be new or recently <I>shopped</I> and was painted blue rather than brown like the others in the rake. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 12/09/2014]](/images/48000/48670.jpg "Bay Horse")
![37218 leads the 2C47 Preston to Barrow service north through Bay Horse on 24th June 2015. 37402 was bringing up the rear. The two loco hauled sets mainly shuttle between Barrow and Carlisle but one makes a return trip through to Preston each weekday morning. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 24/06/2015]](/images/51000/51814.jpg "Bay Horse")
![DRS 37409 <I>Lord Hinton</I> propels the Northern 0515 Carlisle to Preston southwards on 19th January 2016. The train is on the embankment immediately south of the closed station at Bay Horse. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/01/2016]](/images/53000/53972.jpg "Bay Horse")
![DRS Class 66s 66427 and 66305 take the <I>Tesco Express</I> north near Bay Horse on 19th January 2016. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/01/2016]](/images/54000/54180.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Two of the WCML's more interesting trains pass at Bay Horse on 17th March 2016. DRS 37425 is propelling the 0515hrs from Carlisle towards Preston while DRS 66429 and 66430 are on the Daventry to Mossend <I>Tesco Express</I>, most of which is hidden by the southbound passenger. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 17/03/2016]](/images/54000/54585.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Until recently, the Class 70s have not made regular appearances on the northern stretches of the WCML but Freightliner 70006 was in charge of a Coatbridge to Daventry container service on 17th March 2016, seen here approaching Bay Horse. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 17/03/2016]](/images/54000/54719.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Diverted via the WCML due to the Armathwaite landslip, DB 66114 takes the Horrocksford to Mossend cement tanks north at Bay Horse on 27th April, 2016. The evening sun that had been illuminating the embankment disappeared briefly while the train passed. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 27/04/2016]](/images/54000/54959.jpg "Bay Horse")
![DB 66120, in EWS livery, takes the regular Hardendale (Shap) to Margam freight south through Bay Horse on the evening of 27th April 2016. The train is scheduled to leave Hardendale at 1826hrs and run via Shrewsbury and Hereford to arrive in Margam at 0439hrs.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 27/04/2016]](/images/54000/54980.jpg "Bay Horse")
![DRS 37604 (leading) and 37069 on the embankment south of Bay Horse station with the evening flasks from Sellafield to Crewe on 27th April 2016. DRS put six Class 37s up for sale during 2016 but these two were not offered at that time and remain in service. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 27/04/2016]](/images/57000/57839.jpg "Bay Horse")
![One time regulars, DRS 66431 and 66426 take the <I>Tesco Express</I> north through Bay Horse on 12th May 2016. Not long after this date the train moved over to regular Class 68 haulage with pairs of the new <I>Warships</I> employed. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 12/05/2016]](/images/57000/57924.jpg "Bay Horse")
![On the west side of the WCML just south of the site of Bay Horse station is a building with large sliding doors on either end. It certainly looks like it was used by the railway as a goods shed but I don't have any definite proof, just the old maps which show there were sidings in that area. <br><br>[John McIntyre 20/08/2016]](/images/56000/56292.jpg "Bay Horse")
![A Virgin Voyager on a London bound service approaches the site of Bay Horse station on the WCML between Preston and Lancaster. The station Opened in 1840 and closed in 1960 but 56 years later there is still evidence of it [see image 19844], even when it is next to the WCML!<br><br>[John McIntyre 20/08/2016]](/images/56000/56303.jpg "Bay Horse")
![68020 <I>Reliance</I> and 68016 <I>Fearless</I> take the Daventry to Mossend <I>Tesco</I> train north through Bay Horse on 7th November 2016. Double headed 68s have become the regular motive power on this train during 2016.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 07/11/2016]](/images/57000/57121.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Iconic profile, if not such an iconic livery. 43062 <I>John Armitt</I> speeds north through Bay Horse heading from Derby to Edinburgh with the High Speed Measurement Train. 43014 was bringing up the rear but with its large buffers didn't look quite so stylish. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 25/04/2017]](/images/59000/59136.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Express power on the flasks. DRS 68024 <I>Centaur</I> and 68020 <I>Reliance</I> were turned out for the Crewe to Sellafield working on 2nd June 2017. This may become more common as DRS are reported to be storing/selling more Class 37s. A combined 7600hp seems to be on top of the job as the two flask train rolls through Bay Horse <I>Right Time</I> on a murky morning.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 02/06/2017]](/images/59000/59472.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Interesting motive power on the NACCO Tanks from Willesden to Irvine on 19th July 2017. GBRf 92044, the former <I>Couperin</I>, was the train engine but behind it, dead in train, was GBRf 66765. The long train of bogie tank wagons is seen heading through Bay Horse.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/07/2017]](/images/60000/60162.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Colourful 90024, and DBS Red 90019, double head a Mossend to Daventry liner train towards Bay Horse on 19th July 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/07/2017]](/images/60000/60174.jpg "Bay Horse")
![The second <I>Fellsman</I> excursion of 2017 was hauled by 8F 2-8-0 48151, seen here at Bay Horse heading for Preston with the outward leg on 25th July 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 25/07/2017]](/images/60000/60254.jpg "Bay Horse")
![A southbound Pendolino hides most of a long <I>Tesco train</I> heading north at Bay Horse behind nearly new DRS electro-diesel 88005 <I>Minerva</I> on 25th July 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 25/07/2017]](/images/60000/60258.jpg "Bay Horse")
![D345 heads the Carnforth to York leg of the <I>Scarborough Spa Express</I> seen at Bay Horse on 17th August 2017. An extra treat for the passengers before the steam loco takes over. The train is scheduled to be hauled by a Colas Rail Class 56 on 310817. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 17/08/2017]](/images/60000/60394.jpg "Bay Horse")
![37403 <I>Isle of Mull</I> is in the autumn sunshine as it propels 2C32 Carlisle to Preston over the embankment at Bay Horse on 26th September 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/09/2017]](/images/61000/61097.jpg "Bay Horse")
![Running a few minutes ahead of schedule, 88002 <I>Prometheus</I> rolls the northbound <I>Tesco</I> onto the embankment at Bay Horse on 26th September 2017 but is ignored by the locals. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/09/2017]](/images/61000/61150.jpg "Bay Horse")
![For many years the gents urinal that used to stand on the Up Platform at Bay Horse has been a curious survivor. The station closed in 1960 and was demolished prior to electrification but this remnant remained. However, in September 2017 it developed a serious crack in the wall forming the boundary as seen in the upper image. This was reported to Network Rail who quickly made that wall safe, as the lower image shows, but the rest of the structure stubbornly clings to life alongside the busy WCML.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 30/09/2017]](/images/61000/61132.jpg "Bay Horse")
![<I>The 50s are 50!</I>. To celebrate <I>The Caledonian</I> ran from Euston to Glasgow and return with D407 (50007) <I>Hercules</I> and 50049 <I>Defiance</I> taking over from an electric loco at Crewe - just like the good old days. For the first time in many years Class 50s double head a passenger train through Bay Horse - 7th October 2017.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 07/10/2017]](/images/61000/61066.jpg "Bay Horse")
![DRS 68017 <I>Hornet</I> and nearly new 68032 take the Sellafield to Crewe flasks south through Bay Horse on Saturday 7th October 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 07/10/2017]](/images/61000/61358.jpg "Bay Horse")
![A bitterly cold late afternoon at Bay Horse as 48151 heads back to Lancaster with the second 2017 Santa Special, a packed train, on 10th December 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/12/2017]](/images/62000/62180.jpg "Bay Horse")
![A pair of Voyagers, on 9S47 New St to Glasgow, meet a Pendolino working 1M09 Glasgow to Euston on the embankment at Bay Horse. 29th December 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 29/12/2017]](/images/62000/62375.jpg "Bay Horse")
![156425 leads 153363 through Bay Horse with a Northern service from Preston to Windermere on 29th December 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 29/12/2017]](/images/62000/62400.jpg "Bay Horse")
![An MOD train ran to Glen Douglas from Fenny Compton on 24th January 2018. Grubby DB 66099 is seen passing Bay Horse with the short train of containers.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 24/01/2018]](/images/62000/62675.jpg "Bay Horse")
![37403 <I>Isle of Mull</I> heads the Preston to Barrow train across the embankment at Bay Horse on 29th December 2017. Although a number of Northern drivers have recently been trained on Class 68s it now appears the Class 37s will continue in charge of these trains for the time being. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/02/2018]](/images/62000/62956.jpg "Bay Horse")
![37424 <I>Avro Vulcan XH558</I>, propelling the Carlisle to Preston service at Bay Horse, meets the northbound <I>Tesco</I>, powered by electro-diesel 88007 <I>Electra</I>. 21st February 2018. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 21/02/2018]](/images/63000/63001.jpg "Bay Horse")
![The morning Carlisle to Preston service crosses the embankment at Bay Horse on 19th March 2018 behind 68018 <I>Vigilant</I> with 68017 <I>Hornet</I> bringing up the rear. The Class 68s seem to be rostered for this train Monday, Wednesday and Friday with a Class 37 operating on Tuesday and Thursday. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/03/2018]](/images/63000/63356.jpg "Bay Horse")
