Bickershaw colliery, Leigh, 1973 and 1977
Three 1973 and nine 1977 photos of National Coal Board steam in action at Bickershaw colliery near Leigh, Lancashire. Diesels arrived at Bickershaw in 1979, but steam still worked occasionally until 1983. The colliery employed about 1000 men at the time of these photos, but closed in 1992.
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Warrior, Bickershaw colliery, Leigh, 13 September 1977. The Hunslet (3823 / 1954) had arrived at Bickershaw the previous month. NB the Giesl ejector. Many National Coal Board locos were so equipped because of complaints about their smoke. Photo by Les Tindall.
nelli
on October 31, 2012oh wow I love this
Alan Davies
on October 31, 2012Hi,
I'm writing a book on the Walkden Yard connection / industrial locos and have a chance of a short colour section / colour cover. What would your charge be for the use of locos such as Warrior, Respite, Gwyneth etc? bearing in mind I'm unemployed at present!
Regards
Alan