Wigan Album

I think these old steam railway photos are wonderful.
A similar view to this one can be seen in a fabulous painting by the local artist Chris Holland. The painting is entitled Wigan Wallgate Departure and can be viewed at
www.beckstonesartgallery.co.uk. Click on 'Artists', then 'Chris Holland'. It's lovely, as are his other railway paintings on display via the website of The Guild of Railway Artists.

This is 1960, bound for Manchester Victoria

In 1948/49 my mother used to take my sister & myself from Wallgate Station to Victoria & then see us off onto another train from Picadilly to Buxton. One time there was a landslide somewhere on the track to Buxton & we were stuck for hours by ourselves in a carriage & it was dark before we got to Buxton....no mobile phones to say what had happened & that we were ok.