Category: Railways
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The repaired wall of the Lime Street to Edge Hill cutting, following collapse.
On Tuesday 28 February 2017, there was, without warning, a catastrophic collapse of a section of the original sandstone wall that ran along the top edge of the Lime Street to Edge Hill Cutting. The old Sandstone wall, was over…
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Warrington Transporter Bridge
The historic Warrington Transporter Bridge crosses the River Mersey close to Warrington Bank Quay Station. It is one of only 8 bridges of this type still surviving worldwide, having Grade II listing and Scheduled Monument protection. The current transporter was…
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Demolition of the Former ‘Garston Hotel’
The Garston Hotel was built in 1853, at the junction of St Mary’s Road, Seddon Road and Dock Road. Built alongside the former Garston Dock Station on the Cheshire Lines Committee Railway (CLC). Customers of the Garston Hotel would have…
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Aerial view of the Pillar of Hercules and the Wapping Cutting
A short video, shot with the kind permission of St Anne’s school, Edge Hill, for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust. The aim of which was to record and document the remains of the original ‘Pillar of Hercules’, a remnant…
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Wapping Tunnel Vent, from above
Aerial view of the Wapping Tunnel vent, in Crown Street park, where the original Crown Street Station was located. This is the first of a series of ventilation shafts, built throughout the length of the tunnel. The grass bank in…
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Waterloo & Victoria Tunnels
Victoria Tunnel | Byrum Street Cutting | Waterloo Tunnel | Riverside Station | Maps The Waterloo Branch line began its descent from alongside Edge Hill, through the “Victoria Tunnel“, with its Grade II listed portal (1mile 947yd), before emerging into…
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Great Howard Street Bridge & Grand Arch
Once a train had passed over the Waterloo branch line, via the Victoria and Waterloo Tunnels, enroute to the former Riverside Station, trains would pass beneath the Grand Arch and Great Howard Street Bridge. A view from the Historic Edge Hill…
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Wapping Cutting, Wapping Tunnel & the 1829 Crown Street Tunnel
Wapping Cutting | Wapping Tunnel | 1829 Crown Street Tunnel | 1846 Crown Street Tunnel | Crown Street Station/Park | Wapping Crows Foot | Maps I have been lucky to have visited this astonishing place many times over the years.…
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Liverpool Loop Line
I transferred from Warrington Arpley to Birkenhead Central depot on the Merseyrail network, for promotion to Train Driver in early 1988. Whilst at Merseyrail, doing my British Rail MP12 driver training course, I enjoyed the daily adventure of driving trains…
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Red Star Tunnel, Liverpool Lime Street
The Red Star express parcel delivery service was launched by British Rail in April 1963. Red Star made use of the many Inter City, passenger services, serving the major cities throughout the UK. Utilising these fast and frequent passenger trains…
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