East Lancs Railway, 5th April 2016, my favourite heritage line


David Bosher

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<h4><a href='/locations/B/Bury_Bolton_Street'>Bury Bolton Street</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>With a splendid semaphore signal gantry in the background, BR 2-6-4T 80080 runs round at Bury Bolton Street after bringing in an East Lancs Railway train from Rawtenstall, on 5th April 2016. Services from Rawtenstall were terminating here on this day and not running on to Heywood, which was rather a disappointment. 1/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Summerseat_Viaduct'>Summerseat Viaduct</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>View from East Lancashire Railway train from Bury Bolton Street to Rawtenstall, crossing Summerseat Viaduct over the River Irwell, on 5th April 2016. The road bridge, and the building that used to stand on it, were devastated during flooding in 2015. Since that time the bridge has only been available for pedestrian use. 2/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Summerseat'>Summerseat</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>Summerseat station, East Lancashire Railway, looking back south towards Bury, from a Rawtenstall bound train on 5th April 2016. 3/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Summerseat'>Summerseat</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>Ex-British Railways London Midland Region running-in board at Summerseat station on the East Lancashire Railway, on 5th April 2016, seen from Bury Bolton Street to Rawtenstall train. Unfortunately, on the day of my visit, there were no trains between Bury and Heywood. 4/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Ramsbottom'>Ramsbottom</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>The beautifully restored Ramsbottom station, East Lancashire Railway, seen from a Bury Bolton Street to Rawtenstall train, just arrived on 5th April 2016. 5/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Ramsbottom'>Ramsbottom</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>Ex-BR standard class 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80080, with an East Lancashire Railway service from Bury Bolton Street to Rawtenstall, taking on water at Ramsbottom station on 5th April 2016. 6/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Ramsbottom'>Ramsbottom</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>A peek inside ex-BR standard class tank loco no. 80080 during a thirst-quenching stop at Ramsbottom station, East Lancashire Railway, on 5th April 2016. 7/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Ramsbottom'>Ramsbottom</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>East Lancashire Railway train from Bury Bolton Street to Rawtenstall departing from Ramsbottom over the level crossing. This view looks back south towards the station with a local bus on the left, waiting for the crossing gates to reopen, on 5th April 2016. 8/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Stubbins'>Stubbins</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>East Lancashire Railway train from Bury Bolton Street to Rawtenstall passing the disused Stubbins station, looking back south towards Bury, on 5th April 2016. Despite a salient of modern housing quite close to this former station, it has rather surprisingly not been revived for heritage services. Just south of the station, the former main line to Accrington diverged and passed by the station but without any platforms. This closed on 5th December 1966, another victim of the infamous Beeching cuts. 9/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/I/Irwell_Vale'>Irwell Vale</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>Irwell Vale station on the East Lancashire Railway, seen from Bury Bolton Street to Rawtenstall train looking back towards Bury, on 5th April 2016. 10/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Rawtenstall'>Rawtenstall</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80080 running round at Rawtenstall station, East Lancashire Railway, on 5th April 2016. 11/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Rawtenstall'>Rawtenstall</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>Having completed the run-round manouevre, 80080 is now waiting to depart from Rawtenstall station with the return train to Bury Bolton Street on the East Lancashire Railway, on 5th April 2016. This is one of a batch of 155 2-6-4Ts designed by R.A. Riddles (Robert Arthur Riddles (1892-1983) and known to his friends as Robin). They were built between July 1951 and November 1956. These locomotives were a familiar sight in the London area for many years on services from Fenchurch Street to Tilbury, Southend-on-Sea and Shoeburyness prior to the electrification of the line in 1962. 12/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Stubbins'>Stubbins</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>View from East Lancashire Railway train approaching the disused Stubbins station, on 5th April 2016. Alder Bottom viaduct, crossing the River Irwell, is on the abandoned main line that diverged at Stubbins to Accrington via Helmshore but closed in 1966. 13/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Stubbins'>Stubbins</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>East Lancashire Railway train from Rawtenstall to Bury Bolton Street, behind BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T 80080, passing disused Stubbins station, closed in 1972 and not revived for heritage operations, on 5th April 2016. On the right is the trackbed of the former main line to Accrington, closed in 1966, that made a connection with what was formerly the Bacup branch south of Stubbins station although no Accrington line platforms were provided there. 14/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Ramsbottom'>Ramsbottom</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>After the mid-day East Lancashire Railway train from Rawtenstall to Bury Bolton Street has gone on its way, Ramsbottom station lapses back into slumber. This view looks north towards Rawtenstall, on 5th April 2016, along a platform that was originally completely removed after the 1972 closure. See image <a href='/img/49/126/index.html'>49126</a>. 15/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Ramsbottom'>Ramsbottom</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>The splendid station building and awning on the northbound platform at Ramsbottom, East Lancashire Railway, during a lull between trains, on 5th April 2016. Even before the original closure by BR in June 1972, the station had fallen into a deplorable state with all buildings demolished and the southbound platform abandoned <a href='/img/21/550/index.html'>21550</a>. It took 15 years before it could reopen with trains to and from Bury Bolton Street in 1987, the extension to Rawtenstall opening in 1991. Work to restore Ramsbottom to this condition has continued through to the present. It is one of my favourite heritage stations and really blends with the delightful old town that it once again serves. 16/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/R/Ramsbottom'>Ramsbottom</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/East_Lancashire_Railway'>East Lancashire Railway</a></small></p><p>Ramsbottom signal box and level crossing, just to the north of the station, East Lancashire Railway, on 5th April 2016. 17/17</p><p>05/04/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p>
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