Burnley Rose Grove Lancashire 1st August 1968

Burnley Rose Grove shed. Various Stanier 8F and Black 5 steam engines including 48237 & 45110 near the pits in front of the shed building, 1st August 1968.

A gaggle of spotters observe a white-shirted, and hence not a railwayman, cleaner working on 45110 - now preserved at the SVR - while other engines move about the yard near the shed entrance. The road bridge in the distance spans the Rose Grove station platforms.

Only three more days to go before the end of working BR steam but all the atmosphere of a large shed was still there. The motorway now runs through this scene.

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