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Coincidentally jo anne, if I'm thinking of the right bridge, you can see that the parapet on the Whelley side of the bridge has been replaced.

The line is known as The Whelley Loop-line and was a means of allowing goods trains to bypass the station on the NW mainline. The last time it saw any proper action was around 1971 (ish) when mainline trains used it to allow full closure of the NW track through Wigan for the installation ov the new overhead power system.

It did have some later life, but the rails were removed late 70's early 80's. It has since been cleaned up and used as a footpath.

I think it was in the 80's when some vandals found a way to trash the Victorian ironwork.