With a queue of parents and excited children waiting to climb aboard the cab of 5690 'Leander' at Earlstown station, plenty of others clamber around the tracks. In this image there were no officials in sight with the public simply wandering about; a sight unheard of today even on preservation lines. The LMS Jubilee was leading the outward leg of train running from Manchester to Liverpool Edge Hill as part of the summer's Rocket 150 celebrations.
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