2019

SD8010 : 33035 at Castlecroft

taken 5 years ago, near to Bury, England

33035 at Castlecroft
33035 at Castlecroft
An East Lancashire Railway's diesel train, led by ex-Southern Region preserved Class 33 (also known as the BRCW Type 3 or Crompton) diesel electric locomotive number 33035, passes the Territorial Army training centre at Bury Castle after emerging from the short tunnel under Bolton Street.

British Railways Class 33035 was built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company as part of a batch delivered to the Southern Region of British Railways in May 1961. It features an 8 cylinder Sulzer diesel engine rated at 1550hp driving Crompton Parkinson traction motors earning the class the nickname “Cromptons”. This class of locomotive spent most of their working lives hauling passenger trains around the Southern Region
When new this locomotive was turned out in British Railways locomotive green and initially carried the number of D6553. Later in the 1970s the locomotive received the British Railways corporate blue livery and was renumbered 33035. The locomotive was officially withdrawn from active service in October 1996 and purchased for preservation in 1997.

LinkExternal link (Archive LinkExternal link ) Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
The East Lancashire Railway (ELR)

The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) is a heritage railway based in Bury. It is currently (as at July 2022) operating between Rawtenstall and Heywood, with intermediate stations at Bury Bolton Street, Burrs Country Park, Summerseat, Ramsbottom and Irwell Vale, respectively.

The original East Lancashire Railway LinkExternal link opened in 1844, beginning as a railway from Clifton via Bury to Rawtenstall. It was later amalgamated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Parts of the network remain in use today, and the section of the original line between Bury and Rawtenstall is now operated by the heritage railway.

After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat was reopened on 25 July 1987 as a new heritage railway. In 1991 the service was extended northwards from Ramsbottom to reach Rawtenstall, via Irwell Vale and in 2003 an eastbound extension from Bury to Heywood was re-opened. To reach Heywood the extension had to cross over the Metrolink line to Bury, at the site of the former Bury Knowsley Street station. This necessitated the construction of a new intersection bridge, with steeply graded approaches of 1 in 36 and 1 in 41 nicknamed 'The Ski Jump'. The heritage line is now just over 12 miles long, and has a mainline connection with the national railway network at Castleton, just beyond Heywood. The ELR plans to extend the running line further into Castleton in the future, to where a new (and separate) platform named "Castleton Village" will be constructed adjacent to the main station itself (LinkExternal link Manchester Evening News).

The railway is run by volunteer members from the East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society (ELRPS). The railway is well known for its collection of diesel locomotives which reside on the railway, along with over 140 carriages, wagons and utility vehicles. It is open every weekend of the year and holds a number of themed events and galas throughout the year which include steam and diesel events amongst others, and also offers driver experience courses.

LinkExternal link East Lancashire Railway Website


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David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 4 July, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 8 July, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 802 109 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:35.6580N 2:17.9559W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 802 109
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