Horwich Works
A panoramic shot looking east over the town of Horwich on a chilly 2 March 2010, with the appropriately named Winter Hill in the background. The former railway works stretches across the centre of the frame as the top of a First TransPennine train is seen running past in the foreground on the line from Bolton to Chorley and Preston. Opened by the L&Y in 1886 the works employed over 5,000 people at it's peak. Horwich produced its last new locomotive in 1957 and completed its last overhaul in 1964. The works continued to be used for general rolling stock into the 1980s but was eventually sold by BREL in 1988. The former works is now part of a large industrial estate named 'Horwich Loco' with most of the buildings still being put to good use.
Location: Horwich Works
Original line: Horwich Works (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Photographer: John McIntyre
Contact photographer: John McIntyre
Date: 02/03/2010
Image number: 28038
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