Sandbach station: overgrown sidings
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Sandbach station: overgrown sidings
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 27 Jan 2015
When I first knew this station in the 1970s there were several sidings here, that were still used for storing rakes of wagons. That explains the catenary support masts being so far from the platform - the sidings were elctrified. Now it is impossible to even tell whether the rails are still there beneath the vegetation.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.149894
Longitude
-2.3944