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Presumably as the crossing barriers were down when the car driver turned from the road onto the railway track, there must have been a train 'about' at the time?

Wavertree Technology Park station on the Liverpool to Manchester line was opened in 2000. The route had been quadruple tracks from Lime Street to Huyton Jct, but was reduced to double track about 1971. The station was built in the cutting between the sites of Edge Hill MPD and the marshalling...

I can confirm it was 70020 at Garston Freightliner terminal this morning.

Hi, I meant to say in my post the train is going to Holyhead, not Llandudno. Due to call at Llandudno Jct at 13:15 and 19:40 according to RTC info. I am currently on the Cumbrian Mountain Express hauled by 6201 Princess Elizabeth, going to Carlisle.

There is a steam-hauled charter train scheduled over the Halton Curve on Sunday 21/7/19, which I think must be the first steam train on the route for many years, but I stand to be corrected. Railway Touring Company have been running steam specials from Liverpool to Llandudno and/or Holyhead for...

Can I point out an error in the OP without trying to be too picky? I think the locos would have been seen stabled at Tuebrook Sidings, just outside Edge Hill station. Edge Hill Motive Power Depot (8A) was located a good half mile to the east on the south side of the L&M line and the site is now...

Thanks for that, swt_passenger. Failed with my first attempt to upload a photo to the forum, I will try to get my mid-20th century head around the 21st century technology before trying again. Meanwhile Lime Street station is closed, but I bet Central is an absolute nightmare!

Well that didn't work! I will try to figure out how to actually link the photo from my phone, sorry.

. Photo taken yesterday (28/9) of the progress of the new platforms 7 and 8 at Liverpool Lime Street station.

This has reminded me of one of the best rail tours I went on in the last months of normal steam services. Nearly fifty years ago, the Castle To Carlisle tour started from Liverpool Exchange behind a 9F, took the Southport Avoiding Line to get to Wigan Wallgate and then turned north to head...