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Howe Bridge
Photo: Tom Sutch
Photo: Tom Sutch
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Item #: 19108
Item #: 19108
One of Springs Branch's local coal trippers, 9T96, with 40015 at Howe Bridge,on a train to Garston, Liverpool. 20 March 1974
Comment by: SJB on 5th December 2011 at 22:01
Was this the interchange point for the coal sent from Parsonage Colliery, before it was all taken from Bickershaw?
Comment by: Tom on 6th December 2011 at 10:26
Yes SJB, it was used for coal from Parsonage till Bickershaw brought up Parsonage's coal. The line was then closed from Bickershaw junction.
Comment by: cullie on 6th December 2011 at 12:34
sweet mother of god 40015 complete with name plate!!!!!!!!
what can i say? what do you want me to say? gggrrrrrrrrrr its a beast .
Am i right in saying that the houses to the left of the photo are on Lovers Lane and the mill in the background is Howe Bridge mill on Gloucester Street
Tom, did that go via the line through Penketh, along the Mersey and the Sankey Canal between Warrington and Widnes? If so, have you any pics in which the canal appears?
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