Up express at Springs Branch Junction, Wigan
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Up express at Springs Branch Junction, Wigan
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 16 Apr 1962
View northward, towards Wigan, Preston etc.: WCML. The line to Liverpool via St Helens went off to the left, that to Manchester via Tyldesley to the right; Springs Branch Locomotive Depot was off frame to the right. The 14.30 Morecambe - Crewe is headed by Stanier 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 45556 'Nova Scotia' (built 6/34, with drawn 9/64).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.525863
Longitude
-2.614198