ELR Class 37 Day 30/05/09
30th May 2009

Some photographs from the Class 37 Theme day at The East Lancs Railway held on Saturday 30th May 2009. Unusually (for me) the weather was fantastic and 37109 looked superb in it's BR Blue livery.

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37109 at Bury with the 11.25 departure to Heywood
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 37109 with matching blue grey stock waits to depart Bury with the 10.40 Rawtenstall_Heywood
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 37109 enters Irwell Vale with the 15.40 Rawtenstall_Heywood
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 37109 darkens the sky as it powers out of Irwell Vale on the 14.20 Heywood_Rawtenstall
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37109 is checked outside Bury whilst in charge of the 15.40 Rawtenstall_Heywood
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 37109 runs round at Rawtenstall in glorious sunshine
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 37109 looks immaculate on arrival at Rawtenstall with the 09.50 from Bury
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 37418 waits to depart Bury with the 12.20 Rawtenstall_Heywood
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37418 approaches Irwell Vale with the 12.20 Rawtenstall_Heywood service
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 37418 slows for Irwell Vale with the 12.20 Rawtenstall_Heywood service
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 37418 heads north out of Irwell Vale with the 11.10 Heywood_Rawtenstall service
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 37418 slows the 14.50 Rawtenstall_Heywood at Ramsbottom to exchange the section token
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37901 & 37109 at Ramsbottom after hauling the 17.15 service from Bury with 37418
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 37901 & 37109 at Ramsbottom on the 12.20 Bury_Rawtenstall, viewed from a southbound train
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 37901 prepares to depart Bury with the 13.10 Rawtenstall_Heywood service
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 37901 stands alongside Hymek D7076 at Castlecroft Yard
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It was never going to be easy to get a shot from behind a treble-headed 37. The bashers bellow at the photographers as 37418, 901 & 109 pass Burrs on the 17.15 Bury_Ramsbottom
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 A desperate 'for the record' shot of 37418, 901 & 109 hauling the 17.15 Bury_Ramsbottom
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 5,300hp on load 4!! 37418, 901 & 109 on arrival at Ramsbottom with the 17.15 from Bury
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 47324 was in charge of the steam diagram for the day. Here it enters Ramsbottom with the 11.30 Rawtenstall_Heywood service
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Oh dear! Mr Williams is teaching his son some bad habits by snapping 33109 on Castlecroft Yard
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 Despite the noise, steam and diesel fumes, a blackbird has still set up a nest in the rafters on Platform 2 at Bury
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