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Black Five at Wigan Wallgate
Black Five at Wigan Wallgate
Photo: Rob Hartshorn
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Item #: 5218
The footplate crew pause for a photograph before LMS Black Five no. 5407 departs from Wigan Wallgate with the Southport Visitor train in the mid 1980s.

Comment by: Steven Worthington on 27th February 2008 at 21:13

The gentleman on the right looks suspiciously like Driver T A Jones of Manchester Victoria, now sadly passed away.

Comment by: Shirl Andrews on 1st March 2008 at 19:31

My dad was a fireman on the Black Five in the 50s. Absolutely love steam engines and would love to think that these were still around, for all the magical reasons. When me and my brother Paul used to hear a steam train coming from Wallgate station, we'd run up King Street and on to the iron bridge so that we would be engulfed in the steam! Happy, happy days.

Comment by: jim holding on 1st March 2008 at 21:52

Wished I,d a pound for every time i,d done that Shirl,,yes an trying to look down chimney and then seeing if I could see the fire on the footplate as it passed underneath,,can almost sell the smoke,,,yes happy childhood days,,,,

Comment by: John Brown on 25th May 2008 at 14:24

Steam trains - magical machines

Comment by: allan edwards on 24th January 2009 at 10:33

correct stevev the fireman is T A JONES ex patricroft i worked at patricroft 1961-1969 many happy times with T A

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