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In wonderful sunlight, Black 5 44871 and 45699 "Galatea" make a fine sight as they head past Ladybridge (Bolton) on the 1Z45 "The Tin Bath Express" on the 14th Feb.
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We Will Remember. The red poppies on 185123 stand out in the gloom at Bolton as it arrives on the Trans Pennine 1S66 Manchester Victoria to Edinburgh service on the 6th November.
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Black 5 power in the form of 44871 and 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' make a fine sight at Ladybridge whilst hauling the 1Z44 'The Tin Bath' on a glorious 6th November morning.
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A quick dash to take a shot from Trinity Street of 73963 'Janice' as the driver awaits the green light to depart Bolton and continue 1Q44 around the North West in the early hours of the 28th Oct.
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With fog in the night sky and the station going through major change, I popped down to Bolton's Trinity Street station to try for a slightly eerie shot of the soon to be reinstated platform 5. It's a matter of time before these images are lost forever!
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After a quick change of ends, the driver readies 97301 to continue 1Q06 from Bolton and take the Blackburn branch on the 1st December.
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68023 'Achilies' sits in the murky weather at Bolton Trinity Street at the head of the 5Z21 Preston to Derby 'Northern Belle' on the 21st December.
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A stranger in the camp. GBRf ED 73965 brings the 1Q44 Crewe CS to Crewe CS slowly to a halt at Bolton Trinity Street in the unearthly hours of the 28th Oct.
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Out of the darkness! Ex DRS 'shed', 66419 is seen here rolling through Bolton on what would be the first (6Y50, Crewe to Adlington) of eight engineers trains through the Lancashire station in the early hours of Saturday 11th Feb.
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68016 'Fearless' brings up the rear of the 5Z21 'Northern Belle' as it leaves Bolton and on the approach to Burnden Jct on the 21st December.
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Good old 'nodding donkey' 142042 bounces in to Bolton as it works the 2F06 1638 Manchester Victoria to Wigan NW service on the 7th April.
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185146 draws the 1N68 Man Airport to Blackpool North in to a quickly changing Bolton on the 7th April.
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Contrasting TPE liveries on two 185s can be seen here as they work the 1U69 Blackpool to Manchester Airport service out of Bolton on the 14th May. The first masts erected at Burden Jct can just be seen to the front of the leading unit.
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150111 crosses the points at Orlando Bridge as it works in to Bolton's platform one on a Clitheroe bound service on the 10th May.
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Sporting the new Northern livery, 156444 stands at Bolton Trinity Street on the 8th May as it works the 1U74 Blackpool North to Manchester Airport service. The canopies on both platforms have now been trimmed back to accommodate the soon to be installed m
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A wider shot of Bolton Trinity Street shows the extensive work being carried out on re-instating platform 5. Staple unit traction in the form of 150150 leaves the station as it heads towards Manchester.
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DRS 57305 "Northern Princess" sweeps the 1Z21 "Afternoon Tea" Preston to Rugelely TV Northern Belle through a sunny, and for now a mast-free, Ladybridge on St George's Day.
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DRS liveried 57311 "Thunderbird" brings up the rear of the 1Z21 "Afternoon Tea" Northern Belle at Ladybridge on Sunday 23rd April.
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57303 'Pride of Carlisle' rolls in to a fast changing Bolton on the final leg of the 1Z39 Man Victoria to Preston Northern Belle on the 18th June. The trench to the right of the train will soon have track laid for the reinstatement of platform 5.
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57304 'Pride of Cheshire' brings up the rear of the 1Z39 Man Victoria to Preston 'Northern Belle' as it eases in to a rapidly changing Bolton's Trinity Street on the 18th June.
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Letting off some steam!! 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' makes a fine sight on leaving Bolton's platform 4 on the 5th August '17 as she heads the return leg of the 1Z56 Carlisle to Crewe 'Cumbrian Mountain Express'.
