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30th July 2010

Steam Treble for Blackrod in July and August

This time last year, we had two steam tours passing through Blackrod.

The first saw 6233 Duchess of Sutherland pass through our station -

perhaps the first time that one of this class of Pacific locomotive had done

so - certainly the first time an 40 years. A month later, 6201 Princess

Elizabeth covered the same route on a second outing for The Railway

Touring Company’s Cumbbrian Mountain Express.

That was last year. The good news is that it’s happening again this year. Not once, not twice, but three times. The first of the three fortnightly outings is tomorrow (31st July 2010) and will again feature 6201 Princess Elizabeth. The other excursions will be hauled either by the same loco, 6233 Duchess of Sutherland or 60019 Bittern. The last loco is an A4 class streamlined locomotive of the same type as Mallard, which still holds the World Steam Speed Record.

 

The three tours are :

Saturdays 31st July, 14th August and 28th August. Times at Blackrod are booked as 08.20 (north) and 18.43 (south).

 

I won’t be able to photograph all these, so if you do manage to grap a photo, please send them to me and I’ll get them on the website...

4th February 2010

Royal Train and Tornado passes through Blackrod

As part of their visit to the North-West, TRH The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall travelled in style behind newly-built Peppercorn A1 steam Locomotive 60163 Tornado.

As part of the movements between Preston and Manchester, the train passed through Blackrod. The train was on its way back to Preston to take water and await a trip back to Manchester to collect the Royal couple.

 

The famous locomotive, built from scratch by enthusiasts at Darlington, was on the rear of the train as it passed Blackrod.

 

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