Lancashire Fusilier Steam Locomotive

STEAM HONOUR FOR THE

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS

LOCOMOTIVE 45407 IS

NAMED AFTER FAMOUS REGIMENT

BURY'S EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY(ELR ), PROVIDED THE IDEAL PLATFORM TO HONOUR THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS LINK WITH THE TOWN.FOR THE ELR NAMED ONE OF ITS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES; 'THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIER', AFTER THE FAMOUS REGIMENT, AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE BOLTON STREET STATION.
THE NAMING WAS OFFICIALLY CARRIED OUT BY COLONEL BRAIN GORSKI, DEPUTY COLONEL OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS (LANCASHIRE).
ALSO PRESENT WERE THE FUSILIERS ASSOCIATION BAND AND CORP OF DRUMS, WHO ENTERTAINED THE VISITORS AND DIGNITARIES INCLUDING THE MAYORS OF BURY ROSSENDALE AND ROCHDALE. LATER THE GUESTS ENJOYED AN ON-BOARD BUFFET, AS THE LOCOMOTIVE TRAVELLED TO RAWTENSTALL AND BACK.

THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS HAD ONE OF THE ROYAL SCOT CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE NAMED AFTER THEM IN THE DAYS OF STEAM POWER ON THE RAILWAYs, HOWEVER THE TRAIN WAS SCRAPPED IN 1963.
NOW ELR's LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 45407, WHICH BEARS THE NAME OF THE FAMOUS REGIMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE HERITAGE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN HEYWOOD, BURY, RAMSBOTTOM, AND RAWTENSTALL. THE FORMER BRITISH RAILWAYS LOCO WAS BUILT IN 1937 AND WITH DRAWN FROM SERVICE IN 1968

all the above photographs and write up courtesy of
The Bury Times

We would like to thank ELR and Ian Riley and Sons for this great honour of naming the train after our great regiment and helping keep the name of the Lancashire Fusilier

The Photos below have been sent by John Scotson

Nice Photos thanks John