2005

SD5904 : The end of the line at Springs Branch

taken 18 years ago, near to Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan, England

The end of the line at Springs Branch
The end of the line at Springs Branch
Once a busy line, serving collieries, iron works, and wagon works, linking them to the main London - Glasgow line - it is reduced to being somewhere to shunt scrap rolling stock.

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Category: Railway yards
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Springs Branch [11] · Iron Works [2] ·
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SD5904, 325 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Long   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 23 November, 2005   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 23 November, 2005
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 592 040 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:31.8637N 2:37.0193W
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