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There is another shot of this engine, but it shows the other side and doesn't have No.1 grandson leaning out of the cab.

The light was rapidly disappearing and the rain had returned as Caprotti 5 73129 departed from Butterley on a 30742 charters event.

73129 arrives at Hammersmith on a 30742 Charters event at the Midland Railway Centre.

The Hesketh Pit of Chatterley Whitfield colliery forlornly awaits its fate. The shaft was sunk in 1914 although the colliery dates back to 1863. The colliery closed in 1976 and the subsequent mining museum folded in 1993. There seems little hope that funding will ever be found to conserve the structures that are rapidly decaying.

Crab 13065 emerges from the steam as it prepares to haul the first service of New Year's Day on the East Lancs Railway.

At just about high tide, on a calm August evening. Holly House Hotel is the building on the left. Sat19Aug06