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St. Helens Central (Liverpool-Wigan line) and St Helens Junction (Liverpool-Manchester line). There was a passenger service between the two until 1965, when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe

When St Helens Central was electrified in 2015, the crossover itself in the station between up and down lines was not wired, with a warning sign to electric locos to that effect. However later when Wigan-Liverpool services were forced to terminate at St Helens due to work further up towards...

Great news ! I wonder if this will speed things up and maybe the job might be finished earlier ??

Yes, I agree Perhaps I should added the word 'official' HOWEVER I have found an 'official' list of signal box opening times https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Compendium-of-Signal-Box-Opening-Times.pdf The Network Rail Compendium of Signal Box Opening Times It's much...

Is there any listing of signalling transfer to ROCs available ?

Whilst waiting for news on the current electrification progress, I came across these two items on YouTube about 769s which might be of interest. The first is a presentation about the 769 Flex, which goes into some illustrated detail on the conversion of a 319 by Aidan Diver The second is a...

Does anyone know yet if the Lostock-Wigan wiring scheme is going to be Auto-Transformer or plain-vanilla Return ?

Who do you think's likely to get the contract for the electrification work ?

Cholmondeley in Cheshire is pronounced 'Chum-lee' Apparently Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire is pronounced 'Ozzel-tizzel' by the locals

YouTube clips of the 'Sunday Yicker' Branch Line Society Special at Kelbit on Sunday 9th June 2019 https://vtrende.life/video/IySJ83TFCss At first glance it looks as if it doesn’t actually go down the Kelbit/PF Jones/Harrison siding itself, as the gated part of the single track to the...

The Sunday Yicker now on RTT http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/HAYDKBJ/2019/06/09/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt Looks like it’s arriving at Kelbit Sidings 1525 and leaving 1545

The Sunday Yicker (Branch Line Society) Sunday 9th June 2019 https://www.branchline.uk/fixture.php Anybody got any info on timings, (particularly Kelbit Siding) apart from the few mentioned in the Branch Line Society 'Fixture' ? Still nothing on RTT

Plug in extension lead here https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4915725,-2.0458509,625m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartshead_Power_Station

Spotted this on the GNRP Twitter account - sign of things to come ? https://twitter.com/TheGNRP/status/1111307920799645696

Slightly off topic, but has anyone noticed this is page 319 ??!!