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Steam engine pulls up on Blackpool Road
Posted on - 8th October, 2014 - 3:57pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston News
Traffic alongside the steam engine
Commuters in Preston got a surprise on their Wednesday morning journey as a steam train pulled up alongside them.
AdvertisementWhat appears to be an L&Y Aspinall was being transported along Blackpool Road by the Morrisons in Ashton on Ribble.
One Blog Preston reader, Marty Hopkirk, snapped the engine as it got stuck in traffic.
It’s likely to have been taken away from the Ribble Steam Railway Museum on the Docks.
Another view of the steam train
Have we got our steam engine facts correct? Did you see it? Let us know in the comments below
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