The shed yard at Lower Darwen on the south side of Blackburn in September 1960. Fowler 7F 0-8-0 no 49618 stands just outside the entrance. ... K A Gray 25/09/1960
Fowler 7F 0-8-0 no 49618 stands in the shed yard at 24D Lower Darwen in September 1960. ... K A Gray 25/09/1960
Ex-LMS Fowler 7F 0-8-0 no 49618 stands in the shed yard at 24D Lower Darwen on 25 September 1960. The locomotive was eventually withdrawn from ... K A Gray 25/09/1960
Ian Riley's Black 5s 44871 and 45407 come out of the mist just to the north of the site of Lower Darwen station (behind the camera) on 3rd November ... John McIntyre 03/11/2019
Passing through the site of Lower Darwen station (closed 1958) is a Clitheroe - Manchester service. All trace of the old station has been removed at ... Mark Bartlett 07/02/2014
BR Scottish Region Grand Rail Tour No 5 approaching Lower Darwen from the south on 1 June 1968 behind Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver ... John Robin 01/06/1968
A Northern 153/150 combination crosses the Raikes Viaduct, immediately south of the site of Lower Darwen station, with a Clitheroe to Manchester ... Mark Bartlett 11/03/2016
A Northern service to Bolton departs from Darwen on 26 September 2015. Recent changes around here have seen the extension of the passing loop on both ... John McIntyre 26/09/2015
A Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria train has just left Darwen and is heading south towards Bolton on 17 May 2008. ... John McIntyre 17/05/2008
Class 40 no.345 coming to a halt for an extended stop at Darwen on 6 June while it waited for a late running service to clear the single line section ... John McIntyre 06/06/2014
The plaque fixed to the wall of the current Darwen station marking the cutting of the first sod of the Blackburn to Bolton railway on 27 September ... John McIntyre 17/05/2008
The return leg of the 15 Guinea Special from Carlisle to Manchester was hauled by a pair of Black 5s. In 1968 this had been 44781 and 44871 but ... John McIntyre 11/08/2013
On a wet September afternoon a Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria service climbs south from Darwen and passes the remains of Spring Vale station, closed ... Mark Bartlett 08/09/2011
70013 Oliver Cromwell approaching the site of Spring Vale station (closed 1958) on the Blackburn - Bolton line south of Darwen. The train is ... Jim Peebles 13/04/1968
37401 'Mary Queen of Scots' and 37425 'Concrete Bob' head 1Z62 08:49 Derby to Ribblehead (Virtual Quarry) 'The Garsdale Growler' on 27th August 2023. ... Stephen Willetts 27/08/2023
37401 'Mary Queen of Scots' and 37425 'Concrete Bob' head 1Z62 08:49 Derby to Ribblehead (Virtual Quarry) 'The Garsdale Growler' on 27th August 2023. ... Stephen Willetts 27/08/2023
A Northern service with a Class 153 and 150 from Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria departs from Entwistle on 24 February 2017 to the next stop at ... John McIntyre 24/02/2017
Entwistle (request halt) station, basking in the sunshine of a July day in 2011. This view looks towards the summit at Sough Tunnel. This used to be ... Mark Bartlett 23/07/2011
156427 forms 2J28, 15:18 Blackburn to Rochdale service, on 17th August 2023. Behind the train the platform of the former Turton and Edgworth station ... Stephen Willetts 17/08/2023
150122 forms 2N59, 14:21 Rochdale to Clitheroe service, on 17th August 2023. It is passing close to Turton Tower, a Grade One listed former manor ... Stephen Willetts 17/08/2023
Black 5 no.45407 approaches Turton southbound with a railtour heading back to Manchester on 18 April 2009. A considerable amount of housing has been ... John McIntyre 18/04/2009
Pacer 142036 drops down the gradient from Sough and Entwistle heading for Bolton and Manchester on 26th October 2013. The once double track line runs ... Mark Bartlett 26/10/2013
A Manchester Victoria to Clitheroe service departs Bromley Cross and is about to rejoin the single line to Darwen on 22 February 2017. ... John McIntyre 22/02/2017
A 'grab shot' of Bromley Cross showing the station building and signal box. ... John Yellowlees 17/03/2017
A service to Clitheroe departs from Bromley Cross on 22 February 2017. Two things caught my eye about this location, first the low height platform on ... John McIntyre 22/02/2017
Bromley Cross between trains. This view is towards Blackburn and the signal at the end of the platform protects the single line section to the passing ... Mark Bartlett 20/06/2014
150002 arrives at Hall i' th' Wood with a Clitheroe to Rochdale service on 20 January 2022. The platforms lie on opposite sides of the A58 Crompton ... John McIntyre 20/01/2022
150003, one of the three car sets more or less dedicated to Clitheroe Rochdale services, pulls away from the staggered platform at Hall i' th' Wood ... Mark Bartlett 07/09/2022
