The Cotton Mill Express

1st September 2008

A new fixture, the Cotton Mill Express has been a monthly excursion, from January 2008
The first trip of 2008 was on the 12 January 2008 when Standard 76079 did the honours.

The second trip of 2008 was on the 9th Feb, again 76079 did the honours.

The third trip in March had to be cancelled in Yorkshire due to the landslip at Elland, so it did a circuit around Lancashire.

The fourth trip back with a bang! (whoops sorry whistle) as it was a double header featuring LMS 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier & 76079. 45407 fresh out of overhaul ran over the Pennines with a stuck whistle & you could here it coming for miles, on this quiet Sunday morning.

The fifth trip was on the 18th May and featured 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier

The sixth trip on the 14th June again featured 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier

The seventh run on the 26th July again had 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier

The eighth run on the 27th August had a change in motive power, both 45407 & 76079 were in Scotland so 5690 Leander deputised, and due to a fatality on the line at Carnforth the special was over 1 hour late, and i was unable to see it, but thanks to Paul Hatton who has allowed me to use his photo

The ninth run on the 25th October was again subject to engineering work and stayed in Lancashire

1a. 76079 Deighton 12/1/08 2000x1334 1a. 76079.jpg 2004-01-12 11:32:17	1b. 76079 Deighton 12/1/08 1679x1097 1b. 76079.jpg 2004-01-12 11:32:17	1c. 76079 Deighton 12/1/08 2000x1535 1c. 76079.jpg 2004-01-12 11:32:20	1d. 76079 Deighton 12/1/08 2000x1457 1d. 76079.jpg 2004-01-12 11:32:21
2a. 76079 Deighton 9/2/08 2100x1396 2a. 76079.jpg 2009-02-09 11:07:14	2b. 76079 Deighton 9/2/08 2100x1396 2b. 76079.jpg 2009-02-09 11:07:17	2c. 76079 Deighton 9/2/08 1000x665 2c. 76079.jpg 2009-02-09 11:07:19	2d. 76079 Deighton 9/2/08 3008x2000 2d. 76079.jpg 2009-02-09 11:07:23
3a. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier /76079 Bradley Jct 6/4/08 2000x1330 3a. 45407/76079.jpg 2008-04-06 10:41:52	3b. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Bradley Jct 6/4/08 2000x1181 3b. 45407.jpg 2008-04-06 10:42:13	3c. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier /76079 Bradley Jct 6/4/08 2000x1330 3c. 45407/76079.jpg 2008-04-06 10:42:18	3d. 76079 Bradley Jct 6/4/08 2000x1468 3d. 76079.jpg 2008-04-06 10:42:19
4a. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Deighton 18/5/08 2000x1427 4a. 45407.jpg 2008-05-18 11:42:33	4b. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Deighton 18/5/08 2000x1338 4b. 45407.jpg 2008-05-18 11:42:36	4c. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Deighton 18/5/08 2000x1338 4c. 45407.jpg 2008-05-18 11:42:36	4d. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Deighton 18/5/07 2000x1359 4d. 45407.jpg 2008-05-18 11:42:40
5a. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Deighton 14/6/08 2000x1587 5a. 45407.jpg 2008-06-14 11:02:56	5b. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Deighton 14/6/08 2000x1410 5b. 45407.jpg 2008-06-14 11:02:56	5c. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Deighton 14/6/08 2000x1410 5c. 45407.jpg 2008-06-14 11:02:56	5d. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Deighton 14/6/08 2000x1330 5d. 45407.jpg 2008-06-14 11:03:01
6a. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Bradley 26/7/08 2000x1166 6a. 45407.jpg 2008-07-26 10:59:41	6b. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Bradley 26/7/08 2000x1282 6b. 45407.jpg 2008-07-26 10:59:51	6c. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Bradley 26/7/08 2000x1201 6c. 45407.jpg 2008-07-26 10:59:53	6d. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier Bradley 26/7/08 2000x1201 6d. 45407.jpg 2008-07-26 10:59:53
7a. 5690 Leander Deighton 27/9/08 (Paul Hatton) 2000x1340 7a. 5690 .jpg 2008-09-27 10:31:35	7b. 5690 Leander Deighton 27/9/08 (Paul Hatton) 2000x1340 7b. 5690 .jpg 2008-09-27 10:31:35	7c. 5690 Leander Deighton 27/9/08 (Paul Hatton) 2000x1333 7c. 5690 .jpg 2008-09-27 10:31:35	7d. 5690 Leander Deighton 27/9/087 (Paul Hatton) 2000x1333 7d. 5690 .jpg 2008-09-27 10:31:35