Old railway cutting near Winkhill Station
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Old railway cutting near Winkhill Station
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 3 Jun 2007
The former Leek to Waterhouses branch of the North Staffordshire Railway. This had lost its passenger service before Beeching, but contued to serve the quarrying industries until the 1990s. All the track is still in situ, but nature is taking over.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.054968
Longitude
-1.920588