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that was the trouble from jan 1st 1948 the railways where not run has a business,now its a business and trains run to where their's a profit.before anyone gets on his high horse,thats what used to happen before jan 1st 1948.

The line curving away to the right, the Atherton line, was once four track all the way to Pendleton.

i was at this location at 0300hrs 5th november 2013 picking my possession limit boards up . i had a look under the signal box via the door at the bottom its a shame its been gutted now. another boxs bites the dust.

What was the T3 for Cullie?

boldylocks we had a RRV on at ince stn digging out wet yards and bringing 1 ton bags of ballast down from hindley (40) of them intotalplus the S+T were doing disconections between hindley and ince.....happy days

Cheers Cullie,just wondered if the T3s this week were possibly anything to do with the imminent demolition of crow nest box,as I understand that Walkden & Atherton have already been demolished as they are more than 12 feet from the running line so they can be demolished without a line blockage,however crow nest is a different thing as it`s right by the running line & will require a line blockage to allow it be disposed of.

Let me know on here if you hear of anything regarding the box at crow nest getting pulled down,as i`d like to get a shot of it for old times sake.
Ta Cullie.

Anyone interested in the impressive collection of ironmongery that used to be in place at Crow Nest can take a look at the second picture in this link......
http://www.signalbox.org/branches/jh/crownestjcn.htm

Alas, Crow Nest Junction is no more...demolished in December 2013