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©Ian Greig
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©Dave Green
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©David Long
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©Dave Green
Dist:0.5km north<br/>The Leeds-Liverpool canal just west of bridge 2b near Platt Bridge.
©Gary Rogers
Dist:0.5km north<br/>One of many flooded, abandoned mine workings around Wigan, this one is near Platt Bridge.
©Gary Rogers
Dist:0.5km west<br/>Horrocks Flash is just one of several flashes making up Wigan Flashes. The area extends from Westwood to Pennington Flash at Leigh.
©Galatas
Dist:0.6km north<br/>May 1980 was the 150th anniversary of the original Rainhill Trials which was won by the "Rocket". In May 1980 British Rail re-enacted these trials on the same stretch of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway. This meant that scheduled trains which would normally have used this line had to be diverted. The diversion was from Manchester Junction at Parkside, up to Bamfurlong Junction then through Bryn, eventually rejoining the Liverpool Manchester joute at Huyton. Some trains used the L&Y line from Mnachester to Wigan where they reversed and followed the route through Bryn. This view shows a Newcastle to Liverpool train between Bamfurlong junction and Ince Moss Junction.
©David Ashcroft
Dist:0.6km north<br/>May 1980 was the 150th anniversary of the original Rainhill Trials which was won by the "Rocket". In May 1980 British Rail re-enacted these trials on the same stretch of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway. This meant that scheduled trains which would normally have used this line had to be diverted. The diversion was from Manchester Junction at Parkside, up to Bamfurlong Junction then through Bryn, eventually rejoining the Liverpool Manchester joute at Huyton. Some trains used the L&Y line from Mnachester to Wigan where they reversed and followed the route through Bryn. This view shows a Liverpool to York train between Ince Moss Junction and Bamfurlong junction.
©David Ashcroft
Dist:0.6km west<br/>Railway line across the flashes near Platt Bridge, Wigan.
©Gary Rogers
Dist:0.7km north<br/>40 073 heads north
©David Ashcroft
Dist:0.7km south<br/>Pond and path, Bamfurlong
©Dave Green
Dist:0.7km north<br/>The tracks on the left dive under the others, and rejoin the main line just by the crossing of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Leigh Branch.
©David Long
Dist:0.7km west<br/>It takes two large volumes to describe the vast network of railways and tramways which served the collieries, steelworks, mills and factories around Wigan. This line was once part of the system around Moss Pits.
©David Long
Dist:0.7km north<br/>The continuation of the line under the milestone bridge is dimly visible to the left of the bridge carrying the track.
©David Long

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