Gathurst

The pick up goods from Southport draws to a halt at Gathurst for 25105 to shunt the gunpowder wagons See image 21338. At this time traffic was conveyed for Southport Coal Depot, an MOD site at Burscough Junction and the explosives factory here. BR Type 2 25105 is heading east and has just passed under the M6 Motorway viaduct before crossing the part frozen Leeds Liverpool canal.

Location: Gathurst

Original line: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

Photographer: Mark Bartlett

Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett

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Date: 28/11/1978

Image number: 32923


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