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©Ian Greig
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©David Dixon
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©Margaret Clough
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©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.6km<br/>The channel of Middle Brook runs alongside the railway alignment for several miles between Lostock Junction and the district of Gilnow. Between Middle Brook and the railway is a popular public footpath. On the extreme left of the picture (in a southerly direction) are the fairways of Deane Golf Course. To the right (north) is a very upmarket residential area. The train is a TransPennine Express Class 185, almost new at the time of the picture, working the 13:35 Windermere to Manchester Airport.
©Ian Threlfall
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking north along Stapleton Avenue, which here has a short section of parallel service road. The road going towards the left leads to Astley Bridge Football Club.
©Alexander P Kapp
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©Margaret Clough
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©SMJ
Dist:0.7km<br/>The A673, Chorley New Road, near the entrance to Overdale Crematorium.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.7km<br/>An array of locks on the gate at the communications mast at Markland Hill
©Alexander P Kapp
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.7km<br/>This is a busy section of railway on the approach to Bolton. The train is a Northern Rail Class 142 "Pacer" working the 14:52 Wigan Wallgate to Manchester Victoria service. At one time there were four parallel lines of track here. With the run down of the railway system in the 1960s and 70s the "slow" lines were removed. In the early 1990s a modern colour light signalling system was installed, centrally controlled from Manchester. This now enables a quite intensive train service to be operate on the remaining two tracks.
©Ian Threlfall
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.7km<br/>The junction of Chorley New Road (A673) with Bolton's outer ring road, the A58 (Victoria Road to the right; Beaumont Road to the left).
©David Dixon
Dist:0.7km<br/>of Old Kiln Lane with Moss Bank Way (left) and Stapleton Avenue (right)
©Alexander P Kapp

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