A Northern Sprinter, substituting for a Flex unit, heads for Southport with a service from Alderley Edge on 24th August 2021. After a long level stretch of track near Hoscar the train has just climbed to cross the Rufford Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal and is now descending to go under the Preston to Ormskirk railway line (See image 30748).
Location: Burscough Bridge
Original line: Southport Branch (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and East Lancashire Railway Joint)
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 24/08/2021
Image number: 78164