Scarborough - May 2003The Story
This was our first-ever venture into steam haulage and came about because of a number of circumstances.
Our FIRST Steam Day Tripper
The 36th St. James' Day Tripper was steam hauled and picked up Preston, Bamber Bridge, Cherry Tree, Blackburn, Rishton, Accrington,and Burnley, Rose Grove on outward journey. Our photograph here shows 48151 on arrival at Blackburn on a glorious Spring morning.
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And so we ran a steam Day Tripper. |
| Bookings for the train were opened on 15 January 2003 some passengers having beaten this by downloading our booking form from this site. All tickets were sold by the end of February with some regulars not able to ride with us due to the unprecedented demand. In late April the independent radio station Rock FM and their sister station Magic 999 held a charity auction for a day proceeds going to their charity - Help a Local Child. Eric heard of the auction and convinced Ian to squeeze 2 more passengers into the Buffet Car by donating 2 tickets to the auction. Francis McCaffery paid £100 for these very last tickets so that his father-in-law, Brian Fare of Wesham, could ride behind a steam locomotive as a birthday treat. Brian worked on the railways in steam days. Our picture shows Brian and his wife in the seats on the outward journey. |
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Sue Shackleton from Darwen won the first prize in Super Draw 6. Our picture shows Eric the Raffle presenting the £100 cash prize |
Eric the Raffle presents the second prize of £50 cash to the lucky winner. |
