East Lancs Railway Summer Diesel Gala

5th July 2009

Photos from 4.7.09 of the 3 day event, 3-5.7.09, featuring 20087, D5054, D7629 (Foxfield Railway, Staffordshire) D6525, D7076, 37109, 37248 (Courtesy of The Growler Group), 37418, 37901, 40145, 47292 (Great Central Railway, Nottingham), 47843, 50015, D1062 (Severn Valley Railway) and 55022. Something for everyone there.

All shots are station based due to time restrictions and using a day rover. Apart from one extremely arrogant lineside photographer who was a complete a******e and showed no respect for the general public, it was a good event.

37901 on the rear of the 1800 service to Rawtenstall. 37248 was lead loco. 2009-07-05 17:56:00 Buy Print	37901 made a very late turn at the Gala, seen here as rear loco on 2J93 1800 Bury-Rawtenstall 2009-07-04 17:55:00 Buy Print	The best shot of 40145 I could get, making a late appearance for the 1746 Bury-Heywood, double heading with 50015 Valiant. 2009-07-04 17:43:00 Buy Print	50015 Valiant behind 40145 for the 1746 to Heywood. 2009-07-04 17:41:00 Buy Print
Place of birth, coolant and fuel vales on D1062. 2009-07-04 17:05:00 Buy Print	Nameplate of D1062 2009-07-04 17:03:00 Buy Print	D7629 and 37418 at Bury Bolton Street. Not taken down the ramp, just from over the fence within the station area. 2009-07-04 17:00:00 Buy Print	Name and number of 37418 at Bury Bolton Street. 2009-07-04 17:00:00 Buy Print
D1062 Western Courier returns to Bury Bolton Street to work 2J89 1710 Bury-Rawtenstall. 2009-07-04 16:58:00 Buy Print	D7629 and 37418 await their respective departure times at Bury Bolton Street. 2009-07-04 16:51:00 Buy Print	D5054 at Heywood. 2009-07-04 16:27:00 Buy Print	D7629 runs round at Heywood. 2009-07-04 16:23:00 Buy Print
D7529 and D5054 Phil Southern arrive at Ramsbottom with 2J82 1526 Rawtenstall-Ramsbottom. If the sun hadn't ducked behind cloud, this would have been perfectly lit-QED!! 2009-07-04 15:39:00 Buy Print	47483 with 2J78 1426 Rawtenstall-Heywood. 2009-07-04 14:24:00 Buy Print	Riviera blue 47843 Vulcan in the sun (which I was chasing to get the best light-achieved here!!) runs round at Rawtenstall. 2009-07-04 14:23:00 Buy Print	20087 about to depart Ramsbottom for Bury. 2009-07-04 13:24:00 Buy Print
20087 about to depart Ramsbottom for Bury. Looks to be in great shape. 2009-07-04 13:21:00 Buy Print	Resident 20087 brings the ecs back into Ramsbottom for 2F74 1324 Ramsbottom-Bury non-stop. 2009-07-04 13:16:00 Buy Print	D1062 Western courier leaves Ramsbottom with 2J75 1250 Heywood-Rawtenstall. 2009-07-04 13:09:00 Buy Print	37248 and 37109 raedy to doublehead 2J72 1246 return to Heywood. 2009-07-04 12:41:00 Buy Print
37109 and 248. 2009-07-04 12:37:00 Buy Print	Contrasting liveries 2009-07-04 12:35:00 Buy Print	37109 running round in turn to provide the same double header formation for the return trip. 2009-07-04 12:34:00 Buy Print	Nose end comparison between 37109 and 37248. 2009-07-04 12:32:00 Buy Print
37248 running round at Rawtenstall. 2009-07-04 12:28:00 Buy Print	WCRC 37248 and resident 37109 at Rawtenstall. 2009-07-04 12:24:00 Buy Print	Apart from the missing numeral, the loco looks to be in very good condition. 2009-07-04 11:33:00 Buy Print	D7076 at Ramsbottom with 2F68 1134 Ramsbottom-Bury non-stop. 2009-07-04 11:30:00 Buy Print
55022 approaches Ramsbottom with 2J66 1056 Rawtenstall-Heywood. 2009-07-04 11:09:00 Buy Print	D7076 at Ramsbottom, operating 2F67 Bury-Ramsbottom-Bury non-stop shuttles. 2009-07-04 10:58:00 Buy Print	55022, always popular at the ELR, pauses at Ramsbottom with 2J55 0935 Heywood-Bury. 2009-07-04 10:24:00 Buy Print	ELR's resident Hymek D7076 and visitor D1062 Western Courier on shed at the start of the day. 2009-07-04 10:13:00 Buy Print
Large logo 47292 atthe rear of the 0937 Ramsbottom-Bury, with headboard! 2009-07-04 09:56:00 Buy Print	Guest loco 47292 at the rear of the 0937 Ramsbottom-Bury. 2009-07-04 09:52:00 Buy Print	6525, resident at the East Lancs Railway, looking somewhat scruffy!! 2009-07-04 09:51:00 Buy Print	6525 Captain Bill Smith RNR at Bury Bolton Street with 2E62 0937 Ramsbottom-Heywood 2009-07-04 09:50:00 Buy Print