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A great question, I don't know about the railway situation, but all mechanical clocks don't like being put backwards which can cause damage.

I've tried on and off over the last few years to find newspaper articles regarding the NWTUCC meeting about the Harwood loop line without any success what so ever. This is what I know: Back in 1956, talk of closure was first mooted with BR stating the loop line was losing £9,699 per annum. My...

That's what I would have thought happened. Another good point here, but it looks to early for an engine to be around the station at that time. Thanks for the extra information there. According to my L&Y Society book about the loop line, the engine involved was No. 42147. The book only says all...

The following is a sad but interesting true story about a fireman who was killed told by the driver of a Fairburn 2-6-4T. On Wednesday 15 March 1950, a passenger train left Blackburn at 6.25 am on its way to Burnley via Gt. Harwood. When the train entered Cunliffe cutting (about 1 mile along...

@Sir Felix Pole - Thanks for that and the link to the newsreel. Yes I saw some of these articles, apparently it stopped at Leicester for seven minutes. Since I posted this topic I've found out a little more... King George VI and the Queen left London at 11.55 pm, booked to arrive at Bolton...

They are fascinating aren't they. Even a quick look on the NLS georeferenced maps from circa 1909-14 shows for example from Hebden Bridge to Sowerby Bridge a good part of it was four track. The L&Y Society have a WTT section, you might find some clues here: L&Y Society - Look for the 1920's...

That's a good question! I had a look on Timetableworld and found another LMS one, this time a public passenger timetable. Some of the letter now denote different things... If you look at table 187 (page 410 - page numbers at the bottom of the pages), you can see what I mean: LMS July 1939 -...

Well, thanks everyone, I found the missing page, which does indeed explain these letters and more, See attached.

I've attached one of the pages so everyone can see what I'm asking better.

I've got a small section of an LMS WTT (well I think that's what it is) from 1938. Can anyone tell me please what the following letters mean: S, T, E, XS, TC. in relation to individual train journeys.

Can we trace the Royal train movements from May 1938? King George VI and the Queen visited Lancashire May 16-20 I think, and this train apparently travelled from Euston to Colne. Obviously, I'm trying to find any possibility that this train travelled along the Gt. Harwood loop line, either with...

The local papers mention many workers were given the day off as were the school children. Many of the surrounding stations such as Clitheroe saw lots of people waiting to get on trains for Blackburn, Accrington and Burnley. As for my friend, she's going to ask her sister and any others who saw...

And I completely agree! Thanks for the expanded explanation and the photos, very helpful as always. I've asked my friend is she sure it was going in the Padiham direction? and was it a morning or late afternoon / early evening? In the meantime, I compared part of the route back with an...

Yes, she remembers it very well, a once in a lifetime moment. This point that Stuart Taylor makes about the Royal train had me puzzled. I couldn't understand why, if your going to send the train ECS along the loop line, you would take it to Accrington. Harwood had its own carriage shed... Then...

Yes, I agree with you. I had hoped the Royal visit in 1913 by King George V and Queen Mary had also travelled on the loop line, but sadly after two days research, I found on that occasion they did indeed pass through Accrington, not via the loop line, which frankly I find strange, especially...

Perhaps this was typical along the route of the Royal train. Yes I can see they make great stories over the years. Thanks everyone for your help on this - appreciated!

Thanks very much for that, appreciated! Good question, an obvious one, so much so it went completely over my head. I've asked her, but apart from family she can't remember. At the time, they were living outside of Gt. Harwood (towards Rishton). As a side note, I've found another Royal visit by...

You know, you're right about the number plates. I've just re-watched the newsreel and you're correct, which still then begs the question about the royal car used, and how it got there? As for my friend, returning past Harwood, I guess it would have been between say 5.20ish to 5.40pm. Are there...

I think that's a good description of what could have happened. Thank you for sharing this, yes it does help greatly! Obviously I don't have this book by Stuart as I would have known about the times and movements of the royal train that day. As for how accurate was Stuart in his books? I have...

My L&Y society book from 1993 says the train left Colne at 4.20pm but I can't confirm that. After looking at timetables from around 1955, adjusting because this train was not stopping, and all other traffic has been cleared out of the way, I would estimate the train passed back through Harwood...