Siphon208 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) For those in the know- this is the new bridge that carried the line from Green Lane into Cammell Laird shipbuilders. If you follow the curve, it looks like it goes into 2 tunnels- any ideas? Dean Edited June 19, 2019 by Siphon208 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted June 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) Do you know when that photo was taken? It certainly looks that way but looking at the old maps on the NLS website, it looks like the track just finishes right at the ‘wall’ (Abbey St) https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.64599800082737&lat=53.3878&lon=-3.0151&layers=168&b=1 There doesn’t appear to be any continuation under the houses. Where the tracks go off to Woodside and Monks Ferry you will notice the tunnels are marked with dotted lines of which there don’t appear to be any with this line/siding in question. Great picture btw, good view of Mollington St shed at the bottom left. Edited June 19, 2019 by Banger Blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siphon208 Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Taken Around 1967 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim.snowdon Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 The bulk of Cammell Laird's yard is to the south of this yard (which we might loosely call Abbey Street yard for convenience). The sidings to the right were within CL's boundary and any trains working into the yard had to reverse in these. The 1955 1:2500 survay shows the yards in much greater detail - https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/332496/387984/12/100954 Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2019 Can't see any photo ? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_anorak59 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Me neither Dave! The tunnel(s) have been discussed on another website - here: https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/929774/re-old-birkenhead-railways.html#Post929774 Must be a member to view the pictures though. I think this photo shows what is being talked about (the A41 / New Chester Road is on the left): This snippet from that webpage might be useful (see 3d - near the bottom of the article): 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 2, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2019 Looks like the forum concludes it was a second tunnel which was never completed and was abandoned early on. Being inside Lairds I never saw it - or knew of it. I used to walk along the A41 and under the (completely rebuilt) bridge when travelling to/from the Merseyside Model Railway Society in the late 1970s. Side by side maps https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18&lat=53.3892&lon=-3.0131&layers=168&right=BingHyb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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