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Rose Grove
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Stanier 8F 48727 on shed at Rose Grove, Burnley (latterly BR code 10F) in the mid 1960s, photographed from the station platform just to the south east of the site. Rose Grove, together with Lostock Hall and Carnforth, formed the last of BRs main line operational steam sheds. The buildings seen here were demolished shortly after official closure in August 1968 and much of the area now forms part of the M65 Motorway. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/21000/21176.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Stanier 8F 48727 providing footplate rides to young enthusiasts at Rose Grove, Burnley, in the mid 1960s - occasion unknown. Photographed from the platform at Rose Grove station with the old shed in the background.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/21000/21367.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Skipton based Fowler 4F 0-6-0 no 44041 standing alongside Rose Grove shed on 25 September 1960.<br><br>[K A Gray 25/09/1960]](/images/44000/44292.jpg "Rose Grove")
![A rubble strewn Rose Grove shed yard on 25 September 1960, with ex-LYR 0-6-0 52445 amongst the residents. The locomotive was withdrawn from here two months later and cut up at Horwich Works in January 1961. Rose Grove itself was officially closed in August 1968. <br><br>[K A Gray 25/09/1960]](/images/54000/54166.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Ex L&Y 0-6-0 52445 of 1906 stands out of use alongside Rose Grove shed in September 1960. Official withdrawal came two months later, followed by cutting up at Horwich Works in January 1961. <br><br>[K A Gray 25/09/1960]](/images/55000/55216.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Jubilee 45580 <I>Burma</I> photographed on Rose Grove shed in May 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 05/05/1962]](/images/36000/36689.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Looking refreshed after a shower of rain, Johnson 3F 0-6-0 43734 and <I>Jinty</I> 0-6-0T 47660 stand alongside Rose Grove shed, thought to be in early 1963. 43734 had been officially withdrawn the previous September and was eventually cut up by Messrs Campbell at Shieldhall in May 1963. 47660 continued to operate from here until March 1964 at which point it was transferred to Newton Heath. Rose Grove shed itself closed in August 1968.<br><br>[K A Gray 29//1963]](/images/53000/53904.jpg "Rose Grove")
![One of the pair of rebuilt <I>Jubilee</I> class locomotives no 45735 <I>Comet</I> (the other being 45736 <I>Phoenix</I>) stands on Rose Grove shed on 7 April 1963. Despite talk of possible preservation the locomotive was eventually cut up at Cashmores, Great Bridge, in January 1965. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 7/04/1963]](/images/23000/23555.jpg "Rose Grove")
![42717 stands in the yard at Rose Grove shed in June 1963. The <I>Crab</I> 2-6-0 was officially withdrawn from here in October the following year and cut up at Cashmores, Great Bridge, a month later.<br><br>[K A Gray 29/06/1963]](/images/34000/34135.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Fowler 0-6-0T no 47562 abandoned at the end of a siding alongside Rose Grove shed in June 1962, some 5 months prior to its official withdrawal.<br><br>[K A Gray 29/06/1963]](/images/38000/38304.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Lonely looking 'Jinty' 0-6-0T no 47383 stands in the yard at Rose Grove on an overcast day in 1963. <br><br>[K A Gray 29/06/1963]](/images/40000/40849.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Fowler 3F 0-6-0T 47333 in the sidings alongside Rose Grove shed in June 1963.<br><br>[K A Gray 29/06/1963]](/images/49000/49141.jpg "Rose Grove")
![48773 at Rose Grove shed in 1965.<br><br>[Jim Peebles //1965]](/images/30000/30858.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Knocking off time, Rose Grove shed 1966.<br><br>[Jim Peebles //1966]](/images/30000/30322.jpg "Rose Grove")
![A selection of back ends on Rose Grove shed in 1966.<br><br>[Jim Peebles //1966]](/images/30000/30384.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Lineup at Rose Grove shed, Burnley, in 1966.<br><br>[Jim Peebles //1966]](/images/30000/30800.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Stanier 8F no 48666 on manoeuvres at Rose Grove shed in 1966.<br><br>[Jim Peebles //1966]](/images/31000/31398.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48723 standing in the shed yard at Rose Grove in the summer of 1968.<br><br>[K A Gray //1968]](/images/37000/37639.jpg "Rose Grove")
![73069+73134 stand at Rose Grove West with the MRTS/SVRS <I>'North West Tour'</I> on 20 April 1968 [see image 29203].<br><br>[K A Gray 20/04/1968]](/images/37000/37743.jpg "Rose Grove")
![BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0 no 75019 being turned at Rose Grove in May 1968 with the coaling plant forming the backdrop. Built at Swindon Works in 1952 the locomotive was withdrawn from Carnforth shed some 3 months after this photograph was taken and cut up at Campbells of Airdrie in November of that year.<br><br>[Jim Peebles /05/1968]](/images/31000/31524.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Locomotive lineup at Rose Grove shed in July 1968. The 8F at the buffer stops is 48451, next is Black 5 45397, beyond that 44690 and furthest away is 44899. The shed has long been demolished with much of the area now occupied by the M65 motorway.<br><br>[K A Gray /07/1968]](/images/26000/26564.jpg "Rose Grove")
![With only a month to go before official withdrawal by BR, Stanier Black 5 no 44690 stands alongside Rose Grove shed, Burnley, in July 1968. The locomotive is seen sandwiched between resident classmates 43597 (left) and 44899, also facing imminent withdrawal.<br><br>[K A Gray /07/1968]](/images/34000/34394.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48493 standing in the shed yard at Rose Grove. The photograph is thought to have been taken in July 1968, one month before the locomotive was withdrawn by BR.<br><br>[K A Gray /07/1968]](/images/51000/51494.jpg "Rose Grove")
![An unidentified Stanier 2-8-0 standing on the withdrawn line at Rose Grove in July 1968.<br><br>[K A Gray /07/1968]](/images/61000/61519.jpg "Rose Grove")
![48773 at Rose Grove with the MRTS/SVRS <I>'Farewell to BR Steam'</I> special on 28 July 1968.<br><br>[K A Gray 28/07/1968]](/images/39000/39375.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Line up of 1970s NW motive power in the holding sidings at Rose Grove. Left to right are 5271, 5276, 325 and 5286 in this view from the island platform towards Accrington. The freight traffic that had kept the steam shed busy until 1968 was not to last much longer and these sidings, the 650 wagon capacity Up Yard, were then lifted. Note also the new concrete troughs in preparation for the 1972 resignalling.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett //1970]](/images/27000/27219.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Brush Type 4 Co-Co 1842 stabled by Rose Grove East box on a summer evening in 1970. There were large marshalling yards in front of and behind the box but the staple coal traffic seen here was declining and they closed soon after this picture was taken. Rose Grove East, West and nearby Gannow Jcn boxes were all closed when Preston powerbox opened in 1972. 1842 later became 47192 and is now preserved at Crewe Heritage Centre. [See image 27219] for a view in the opposite direction on the same day. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett //1970]](/images/40000/40922.jpg "Rose Grove")
![142037 on a Blackpool - Colne service calls at Rose Grove on 30 June.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/06/2007]](/images/15000/15828.jpg "Rose Grove")
![A name forever associated with the end of BR steam, Rose Grove near Burnley on 30 June. The shed stood in the area off to the left (north) of the station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/06/2007]](/images/15000/15880.jpg "Rose Grove")
![Colne - Blackpool South train arrives at Rose Grove on 30 June.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/06/2007]](/images/15000/15896.jpg "Rose Grove")
![A Blackpool South to Colne service calls at Rose Grove on 20 March 2014. On the left are various items of on-track plant and materials, including wagons loaded with ballast. These have been prepositioned for a week long engineering possession for track relaying from Gannow Jct to the east of Burnley Central on the line to Colne between 30 March and 6 April.<br><br>[John McIntyre 20/03/2014]](/images/46000/46720.jpg "Rose Grove")
