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Rylands Sidings
Photo: David Halliwell
Photo: David Halliwell
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Item #: 26077
Item #: 26077
D325 at Rylands Sidings in 1962. The signal box can be seen just above the 2nd coach and John England's factory chimney just above the locomotive.
Comment by: Ernest Pyke on 25th February 2015 at 10:31
This chimney was John Rylands before it became John England`s.
Extract from http://nwex.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8724
"Designed by George Woodhouse in 1866, Rylands Mill was built and had served the local population for work until the overall demise of the textile industry had taken its toll across the country."
A steam loco was snowed in for several days nearby this signal box during one severe winter in the `40`s.
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