In a cloud of steam, Ex LNER  J27 0-6-0 no.65894 blasts under the road bridge at the bottom of the “hump” that takes the Heywood line over the Manchester Metrolink tramway at Bury. Until the Bury signalling is completed, trains have to tackle the 1 in 35 gradient from a standing start having stopped here to obtain permission to run into Bury station.

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