After being held somewhere in the Blackburn area 850 'Lord

Nelson' is captured again hauling its two Gresley coaches from Skipton to Manchester Liverpool Road as part of the Rocket 150 celebrations. It is seen in the dying evening light approaching Goose House bridge a short distance north of Darwen. The line here was singled a short time after this photograph was taken having no passengers services at this time probably as a precursor to closure by BR. However, this did not take place and in recent years a passenger service has been re-introduced along with some new station openings and the line has been redoubled in its entirety.