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Taken Around 1967

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

Thanks very much for this info guys!

HI All Would the 16T mineral wagons have been the main method of carrying coal on these lines through the late 60's and 70's? would MGR's ever have featured? Thanks in advance Dean

Afternoon all! Does anyone have any info/pictures of this box, please? I'm researching this section of the Birkenhead to Chester line, and I would like some more info, if I can find it- I think it used to be next to the bridge over Bebington Road, but I'm not sure...….

Thanks Bill- most helpful as always! Dean

HI BIll Yes I get that, where the tunnel goes under the road- it was the covered portals I was looking at- why design them like that? I presume they were originally inside the arches too?

Yards 1.pdf Found recently a clip of this pic, going down to Shore road- at top left of the pic, a twin track covered portal, that goes down the length of the line- any ideas what these were for? Yards 1.pdf

Quick question for the experts on this line- I have been putting quite a few pics together of this line, from Bidston end to Rock Ferry- some are fab, but I can't publish them on here, as they are copyright (shame really as some are of Birkenhead Town station, and the installation of the tunnel flyovers, and the road decks being up over the Docks line- They also show how big the marshalling area opposite Cammell Lairds was! MY question- I have seen a couple of pics on HEA's being brought up from the docks, and in one pic, one of the HEA;s is derailed- I know this site may be hard to trace, but does anyone have a link for it please? Many Thanks, Dean

Thanks for that info

To clarify- the trackbed to the left of the semafore signal to the left of the’40. Green Lane station buildings beyond. Dean

Just noticed this- the trackbed behind the signal post behind the Class 40- did that ever carry track? The building directly behind it seems to be Green Lane Low Level. Also, I found another image of Monks Ferry station in my files- maybe useful if anyone is planning a layout? The third image has to be one of my favourites, although it was taken up at Hooton, where the Heath Lane sidings once stood- a '40 on an Octel tank trip from Amlwch.I did have another black and white image of one of these '40s coming up from Spital, on the up goods- not sure where that has gone though! And finally, Freight on the Up Fast heading towards Rock Ferry- I think it maybe a Black Five? I'm not sure, I know someone will have the answer! Dean

Amazing mate- thanks a lot- when did these waiting rooms go, when Woodside closed? The lifts too? Dean

yes please, that would be cool

I found this by chance on Google last night- at the other end of the docks branch- Shore Road depot (unsure of the date though!)

I have some others of the dock system, again hidden somewhere, including a 47 on a rake of HEA's where one of them is derailed, and a '45 on a diverted football special, stopped at Green Lane!

Thanks so much for these, mate- I did have the one of the green DMU at the platform- no idea where it went! Also, some of Green Lane/ Blackpool street after some of the lines had gone- no idea where they are either! I have no intention of publishing them, they are firstly, to answer a question, and secondly, for my own archive. I am interested in Local rail history, and sad to say its demise over the last 60 od years! Dean

Hi Guys, just wonder whether anyone can help with this? I have been asked by someone about pics of Green Lane Junction, and Rock Ferry station when all platforms were in use- I had some of when the Up Chester platform had all its buildings and the staircase up to the booking hall- does anyone on here have a few that they would be willing to post on here please- I cant find any of my old pics of these areas! Thanks in advance Dean

HI , This may apply to any local experts who may be able to help. The area that Bache station now occupies, I have been told, was once a coal yard. I had a quick look at 2d53's website, and there are weekly trip workings from the depot to the coal yard. I had heard that it ceased to be a functioning coal yard at the end of the 60's, and became a bit of a goods yard instead, supplying builders merchants, up until its' closure in the 1970's. Can anyone shed some light on this, please? Thanks, Dean