COLLIERY SERVICE: Orenstein & Koppel 0-4-0WT (2378/1907) Utrillas relocated from the West Lancashire Light Railway in July to the Lancashire Mining Museum’s new passenger line at the former Astley Green Colliery near Worsley, Greater Manchester. The 2ft gauge loco is seen in action beneath the colliery winding gear on October 10.
BRIAN DOBBS
WAGON LOADS OF ATMOSPHERE: Sole surviving single chimney BR ‘9F’ No. 92134 hauls a train of 16T mineral wagons during a Don Bishop Photography Steam Recreations charter at the Great Central Railway on October 5. The 2-10-0, which was visiting from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, works the ‘Windcutters’ past Swithland Ya
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GAVIN THOMSON