165 Sunday 19th March 2023 Bury Transport Museum

 Simon  chose  this  one  which  coincided  with  one  of  the  periodic  visits  of  the  Flying  Scotsman.

We  parked  up  at  Bury  Leisure  Centre, taking  the  last  parking  space, then walked  over  to  the  museum.


  It  was  quite  busy with  a  coach  party  who'd  come  to  ride  on  the  Scotsman.

 Simon  enjoyed  the  interactive  puzzles.


This  one  was  making  a  stable  bridge.



I  noted  signs  for  Rochdale  and  Littleborough  on  the  wall.


There  were  some  signs  from  long-vanished  railways.



Simon  enjoyed  being  the  rather  slim  Controller....


and  of  course  a  driver.



The  Museum   had  another  prestigious  engine  in  the  shed, The  Union  of  South  Africa, on  loan  from  a  private  collector.


We  joined  a  short  queue  for  a  visit  to  its  cabin.


The  engine  actually  returned  to  Scotland  the  following  month.

We  looked  round  the  other  engines  in  the  shed.






We  had  a  so-so  lunch  at  the  mobile  catering  van  in  the  yard  and  then  went  to  the viewing  area  to  watch  some  shunting.


After  leaving  the  museum  we  paid  a  visit  to  HMV  then  returned  to  the  car. As  we  passed  Bolton  Street  Station,  we  saw  the   Flying  Scotsman  waiting  at  the  platform.



We  then  returned  home.

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