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Dist:0.2km north<br/>
©Margaret Clough
Dist:0.6km south<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 north<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
Dist:0.6km north<br/>
©Margaret Clough
Dist:0.7km west<br/>An array of locks on the gate at the communications mast at Markland Hill
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.7km west<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.7km south<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
Dist:0.7km west<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.7km north<br/>of Old Kiln Lane with Moss Bank Way (left) and Stapleton Avenue (right)
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.9km north<br/>
©Debbie Johnson
Dist:1.0km east<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:1.1km north<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:1.1km northwest<br/>Between Old Hall Lane and Boot Lane
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:1.2km north<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:1.2km north<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp

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