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St. Helens Area Rail Photographs:

Part 3: St. Helens and Springs Branch Junction.

 

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SPRINGS BRANCH JUNCTION:

37429 curves past the junction on to the line to St. Helens and Liverpool Lime Street on 13 May 1994.

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BRYN GATES LANE:

56067 with the Hays Chemicals to Warrington Arpley service on 27 June 2002. There were formerly 4 tracks here, and on the left until 1958, a colliery. This location is about ¾ mile north-east of Bryn station.

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BRYN:

37797 with the Hays Chemicals to Warrington Arpley service on 7 June 2002.

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BRYN:

31408 heads towards Liverpool on 23 June 1993. This photo. was taken from a footbridge about ½ west of Bryn station.

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GARSWOOD:

56065 passes Garswood station  with the Warrington Arpley to Hays Chemicals service on 27 June 2002.

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ARCH LANE, GARSWOOD:

31142 with the Hays Chemicals to Warrington Arpley service on 30 May 1997. This location is about ½ mile west of Garswood station.

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HOLLIN HEY:

37668 with the Hays Chemicals to Warrington Arpley service on 6 September 2002. This location is about 1 mile west of Garswood station.

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GERARDS BRIDGE JUNCTION:

37797 with the Hays Chemicals to Warrington Arpley service crosses the canal bridge on 13 June 2002. This location is about ½ mile east of St. Helens.

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POCKET NOOK JUNCTION:

31439 passes the site of the junction with a Liverpool-bound service on 26 May 1995.

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POCKET NOOK JUNCTION:

37407 passes the site of the junction with a Liverpool-bound service on 4 June 1993.

ST. HELENS GOODS YARD:

60079 with the Ravenhead - Lindsey oil empties on 20 February 2006. All that remains of the yard is a single disused siding.

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ST. HELENS SIGNAL BOX:

31444 with a Liverpool-bound service on 12 February 1994.

 

 

 Limited revision, 27 February 2006