Vintage steam train will arrive for first time ever in Manchester Piccadilly Station – and here’s when you can see it
A classic steam locomotive is ready to cease for the first time ever at Manchester Piccadilly Station as we speak.
The LMS Jubilee Class Locomotive 45596 Bahamas will arrive at Manchester Piccadilly for the first time on Saturday 21, October hauling the Mancunian train from London, Euston. The engine will additionally pull in at Manchester Victoria station for the first time in virtually 40-years.
On its route into Manchester, it will additionally run previous its former base on the Stockport Edgeley engine sheds. The close to 90-year outdated engine ended its days in 1968 at Stockport earlier than transferring to its dwelling on the Dinting Railway Centre close to Glossop. By the time the engine was withdrawn it had lined greater than 1.4 million miles in service.
A remaining celebration was held in 1967 earlier than the Stockport sheds closed with a line-up of Flying Scotsman, Oliver Cromwell, and Bahamas. Oliver Cromwell then hauled the final ever steam train underneath British Railways on the August 11, 1968 via Manchester Victoria.
Since the closure of the railway museum in 1990 the 45596 Bahamas now resides on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. In 2013 the Bahamas Locomotive Society (BLS) was given a £775,800 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund in direction of the price of overhauling the classic engine.
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Following the work, the Bahamas returned to mainline working 5 years in the past, placing the loco again in steam for the first time since 1997. The train is now an everyday performer in the south of England.
The Bahamas will arrive at Manchester Piccadilly simply after 1pm and will then switch to Manchester Victoria for a 4.13pm departure again to London, Euston. Bahamas Locomotive Society Chairman, Keith Whitmore stated: “We are thrilled to see our locomotive again in the North West.
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“When we were formed in 1967 to save the loco we were called the Stockport Bahamas Loco Society and it will be an emotional moment when the loco passes through Stockport. To travel into Manchester Piccadilly for the first time ever and to be back at Manchester Victoria following almost a 40-year gap will bring back many memories.”
