Just caught up with this thread, pic above is a Class 108. Class 105 Cravens units also apperared.
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Just caught up with this thread, pic above is a Class 108. Class 105 Cravens units also apperared.
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=51122
Would this be the bridge in question?
http://philhughesaintreeandbootlerailphotos.fotopic.net/p53814378.html
Sound almost certainly like Fazakerley Pre-assembly Depot that you visited, but...
Since when has the Bootle Branch been mothballed? The only 'mothballed' stretch of track is the North Mersey Branch from Bootle to Aintree. Anything else is either in use or ripped up.
Official accident report here:
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_HallRoad1977.pdf
Not my site, but you may find this place of interest:
http://philhughesaintreeandbootlerailphotos.fotopic.net/
Although Sefton Jct - Fazakerley closed back in 1988, the line from Bootle to...
40135 was numbered 97406 by this time (23/12/85). Suspect the 31 on the rerailing train is 31275 and the date is 4th April 1986.
Times including associated LE/ECS moves now available here:
http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t08/t0810b.htm
I believe it is.
Yes, although there's still a fair bit of work to do before it's reinstated.
To anybody with an interest in old diesels, "Western" loco D1015 Western Champion is working a charter train from...
http://philhughesaintreeandbootlerailphotos.fotopic.net/
http://philhughesaintreeandbootlerailphotos.fotopic.net/
http://kerry9621.fotopic.net/ only a few here now while he revamps the site.
http://brlocos.fotopic.net/...
A few pics of recent-ish railway history.
First is a coal train being loaded at what is now Liverpool Bulk Terminal at Gladstone Dock in 1990. Second is a view of Lime St with a train to...
Brilliant photos merseywail! Just how I remember the place. :handclap::handclap:
It definately used to be there. You could see it from the train just before the tunnels at Leeds Street.