Blackpool once attracted so much excursion traffic that some carriage sets had to be stabled back in Preston, because all the available sidings along the Fylde coast were already full ! Not so today, in fact to see just one special train arrive in the famous resort, that owes its very existence to the railways, is something of a ‘red letter day’. However, 1999 did prove to be an interesting year - June witnessed the arrival of a double headed Class 47 enthusiast working from Westbury which was latterly hauled by a Class 60 down the Colne branch.

The first of this series of views show the two Class 47’s, with 47 348 St.Christopher’s Railway Home leading, having just arrived in platform 3 at Blackpool North.  This train was topped and tailed with Class 60 60060 James Watt.

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