A Lancashire Triangle: A History of the London and North Western Railways in and Around the South Lancashire Coalfields - Hardcover

Dennis J. Sweeney

 
9780952933328: A Lancashire Triangle: A History of the London and North Western Railways in and Around the South Lancashire Coalfields

Synopsis

Part Two of this beautifully done history of the London and North Western Railway's branches and the other colliery railways in and around the South Lancashire coalfields. This volume covers Tyldesley-Pennington-Bickershaw Junction (Tyldesley, Jackson's Siding, Speakman's Siding, Leigh, Pennington Junctions, Plank Lane, Abram North), Roe Green to Bolton Great Moor Street (Roe Green Junction, Walkden Low Level, Little Hulton, Plodder Lane, Bolton Great Moor Street), the industrial railways and locomotives, Low Hall, Swan Lane, the Ackers Whitley branch, the Diggles branch, Westleigh, Speakmans Guest Street branch, Chanters, the Gin Pit Railway, collieries on the Shakerley Estate, Astley Green, the Central Railways, abandoned proposals and future prospects. Also includes Errata for Part One, Addendum, and principal opening dates. With numerous maps, chronology, timetables and a brief bibliography. 198 pages. Scarce.

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