50015 & 50044 Heap Bridge 3 July 2011

Oh no, the clouds are coming! No need to panic, as this was the greatest extent of the cloud cover on 3 July 2011, during my visit to the East Lancashire Railway's Diesel Gala. Just a few small clouds bubbled up around midday then melted away again. 50015 Valiant & 50044 Exeter pass Heap Bridge with the 2J70 11:46 Rawtenstall to Heywood service. The one downside to this final day of the event was the non appearance of Loadhaul liveried 50135, which should have been working with 50044 on this train. Unfortunately it had failed the previous evening.