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I have particularly been interested in the Springs Branch railway, as I learnt many years ago that Woodfield street, New Springs, which in 1901, three generations of our family lived, backed on to the Railway line. Now being retired, and plenty of time on my hands (don't tell the wife), I have made a very modest attempt to recreate the Springs Branch railway and surrounding area using the computer game program Train Simulator. With the ability to import terrain data and using Google map overlay, together with the map resources that exist to day on the internet, plus looking at the old photos on the Wigan World forum, the possibilities are endless! I found this very interesting forum during my research I have learnt so much about the railways around Wigan and the industries that surrounded the line. If anyone is interested, I have made a short video of the route (sorry about the commentary) and uploaded to YouTube. The link is :-