Walton Junction is now Walton Station on the Ormskirk Line.Quote:
Originally Posted by researchwriter
It's just off Hornby Road (near Walton Gaol) and the line used to be the Liverpool, Blackburn & Accrington Line on the L & Y R.
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Walton Junction is now Walton Station on the Ormskirk Line.Quote:
Originally Posted by researchwriter
It's just off Hornby Road (near Walton Gaol) and the line used to be the Liverpool, Blackburn & Accrington Line on the L & Y R.
i have many photos of walton junction which is now (walton station) check me site www.oldliverpoolrailways.tk it used to have a line running off it towards the red wreck where the mcdonalds is today
Cheers oritelad.Quote:
Originally Posted by oritelad
Hi,
Others may be interested to know that Bob Pixton's third (and final) book on the railways linking Manchester to the centre of the known Universe is about to be released. This one covers the ex-L&Y route while the previous ones covered the ex-LNWR and ex-CLC routes. I've ordered my copy from Amazon at a substantial discount but if this volume is as good as the previous two, even full price would be worth paying.
My copy should arrive in the next fortnight or so.
HTH,
David C
Thanks for the info David :PDT11
what are the book about do they have the closed lines like the north liverpool extension line and the old canada dock line?
are they book available in library's yet?
St. James Station and line. There is a pile of wood conveniently piled up just below the wall giving just enough height to hang onto the wall with one hand whilst trying to click your camera with the other. Be careful on your way down though not to put your foot straight onto a rusty nail which went through the sole of my trainer like a hot knife through butter, it's still throbing now.
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The remainder of that end of Stanhope Street with a small Georgian terrace and Cains brewery in the background.
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An about turn to face East and you'll see the 1878 Petony's Building on St. James Place.
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Hello
I've been searching on the internet for ages, scoured dozens and dozens of books and cannot find a single photo (or even drawing) of this station.
I've even tried the records office and the Liverpool Museum archive and they don't have any either.
My great grandfather was working there in 1912, had a bad fall from the roof and was DOA at the David Lewis hospital just up the road. I have the original newspaper cutting from the time but this doesn't have a picture. As it has some relevance to my family history I'd love to see what it looked like.
If anyone can offer any suggestions for where else I can try I'd be most grateful, or better still if you have a pic please can you scan it in for me.
Much obliged
:)
I don't think one must exist of it quincyg if these haven't got it?
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...es/index.shtml
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Someone posted an old map of the goods station not long ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by quincyg
Appears health & safety has moved along a bit. I was looking at a picture of dockers in 1960. No one had any industrial clothing or protective headgear at all - all wearing those awful depression flat caps. Most industrial places were death traps.
i know what you mean i have searched everywhere for a photo of waterloo goods station still nothing not even a plan or anyone that can describe it to me please if anyone finds a photo or knows what the area and station looked like back then please let us know i can sort of imagine what it looked like from the photos i have of it but i don't understand where great howard street station would of been was it above on the viaduct above the waterloo tunnel by costco?
also what did the old st james station building look like there does not seem to be any photos of st james when it was open either?
Errrrr what like this one? Not sure of copyright on this image but it's part of my collection.Quote:
Originally Posted by oritelad
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I hope everyone realises that 'Waterloo Goods Station' was never used for passengers? It was literally what it says - a station for goods. Similarly Stanley Cattle Station was a station for cattle ie cattle pens.
Regards
Mike Turner
Nice pic Mike
judging by the jinty on the front, this would be the liverpool suburban railtour in 1964?
Thanks Mike, Is that the Waterloo Tunnel in he background? Old maps say the area may have been largely covered. I'm sure the goods terminal was larger than what the photo covers. The building on the right is clearly newsish, while the one of the left would have have a listing slapped on it - looks good.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikewturner
wow thank you. Do you have any more?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikewturner
yes I know it wasn't a passenger station, my gt grandad was a railway painter/labourer there. he fell through the glass roof and died. :sad:
Some photos of a LUPTS rail tour passing through waterloo gds 13/6/1964. sorry if they have been on here before. photos by j peden & d Hamson . There was a 3 part article about the dock lines in Railway bylines mag in 2006.
From the 1906 OS map.
Alan Godfrey reprint.
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wonderful thank you. although it doesn't show the old glass roof it's great to be able to see photos of the station at last.Quote:
Originally Posted by merseywail
And they demolished this magnificent edifice to build a Costco? Madness. Temporary insanity. Wickedness. Thatcher.Quote:
Originally Posted by merseywail
wasnt it demolished before thatcher?
Yeah, well gone. There must have been 20 years between the station/goods yard and Costco.
It doesn't matter, the woman was wicked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis
Ged, stop making up excuses for wicked women.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
cheersQuote:
Originally Posted by Ged
Ha ha i'm not. Wicked she may have been, but she deffo didn't have anything to do with demolishing Waterloo goods station :)
Does anyone have any info on the train crash at the Dingle Overhead Station on Park Road?
a few people died, and somebody told me it was haunted.
do you mean this one?Quote:
Originally Posted by DaisyChains
click on read full article- this was 1901
thats brilliant thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by quincyg
you're very welcome :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DaisyChains
Ged, demolishing that goods station was a wicked act and Thatcher must have had a hand in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
interesting arcticle!
Just whizzed through this thread to say how nice to see all these great pictures! :)
Dave.
Especially the ones of Waterloo goods station-never saw those before! :)
Dave.
Not important but, any idea why Monk Ferry Railway station is marked on google maps ?
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Someone took it from an old map? The station hasn't been used for around 50 years. On Google can't users put on tags? Is that put there by a user?Quote:
Originally Posted by scouse smurf
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Stretch of railway line which ran between the old Balliol Road station and Alexandria Dock station till 1948.
Still used for freight from the docks,taken from Derby Rd bridge
Hi Gregs dad, I've got a picture book on Liverpool stations, 1830 - 1985. Many pictures. Can remember stations in garston and garston dock, ther is also a picture of Otterspool station which closed in 1951. (should be re-opened) The book was published by Heyday Publishing Co based in Crosby Road North, L22 Don't know if they are still in business.
Otterspool station is still there. I think someone lives in the station buildings. As the population is increasing around there it may be viable. I recall the original Cheshire Lines passenger terminal at Brunswick Dock - demolished in 1975. It was the Liverpool terminal until Central Station opened. Also no passengers used it from around the 1870s.Quote:
Originally Posted by smudger95
there are a lot of stations that need to be reopened now the areas have become more populated. otterspool station is a strange one, the station building and platforms are still there but are lived in now by private residences it had an early closure as it was hardly used and in a difficult quite area and it was strange there was a very long walk down a private road to get to the station i dont know why they didnt build the station on the bridge on jerico lane but merseyrail want to reopen the station again but not the original station one on the bridge on jerico lane.
St james station in the city is also to be reopened now the area is so populated that closed back in 1917 and a lot remain of the original station. it is rumored to be haunted.
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Here`s the old Spellow station on County Rd, closed in 1948, now a betting shop the track is still used for dock traffic