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as anyone out there got any old pics of accy railway station and baxenden station

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These are from earlier posts on this board.

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ah memories,nice one,prefered the old steam.:)

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Nice photographs and a very poignant reminder of when the town used to have a proper railway station, instead of just two semi-derelict platforms.

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The two pics of the steam train are one and the same, mirror images. Look at the time on the clock and the loco no. on the front. The middle pic is the back to front one, the pic on the right is the original.

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Yes, you're right. If you look on the lefthand side of the middle picture, you can see "Accrington" the wrong way round on the station sign. However, the "correct" picture on the righthand side is confusing. The train is the wrong way round; it should be facing the other way towards Burnley.

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H453 SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE "90291" from a War Department Austerity 2-8-0 built by North British Locomotive Co in 1944, Works No 25289, WD No 77419. It was loaned to the LNER from new, then to the GWR, recalled by the WD at the end of 1944 and loaned again to the LNER in 1947. It was purchased by BR in 1948 becoming 90291. Its later sheds were Newton Heath and Rose Grove from where it was withdrawn in February 1965. It was cut up three months later at Cashmores, Great Bridge. Front repainted. £603 ABIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THE STEAM LOCO IN THE PICTURE

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Looks just like Nuneaton Station down here.

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Here is one of Baxenden station I came across somewhere, hope I haven't 'half inched' it copyright or something. There is also one of the Shoe Mill signal box which looks to be very early 1900's.

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Thanks For That John

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How about these then??.....:)

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A couple more for you......couldn,t find one of Baxenden station....will Helmshore do?.......:)

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Nice memories, cheers for that TBS. I remember leaving Accrington Station under Steam for Blackpool on a number of occasions in the late 60s.

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some great memories spring to mind with those photos,ta, on a lighter note remember a story about a wheelchair (stolen from platform 1)lol and the king wah restaraunt, if you ask me nicely i may relate to it in the stag at the next do.:D

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Likewise TBS. Very memory provoking pics. My grannies sister, Ethel, used to be the cleaner at Accy station. I don,t know precisely what she cleaned(maybe the waiting rooms or summat):D but as a cheeky young lad I would constantly tell her she had missed a few bits. Stations all being dirty and grimy of course from the smoke and steam. Lovely smell though.

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My fault. Double post

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Here are another couple. One shows the "five arches" at Baxenden with an engine going over the viaduct. The signal box is on the left of the picture. The next one shows a train making the steep climb from Woodnook to Baxenden but I don't know exactly which part of the hill the photograph is taken. I don't recognise the 'chimney' in the picture.

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Just a little anecdote about the signal box at Shoe Mill in the picture above. As a child, much of my time was spent at the Shoe Mill area. There was a five-barred gate by the signal box. My best mate, David Ratcliffe and I would sometimes hang on the gate to watch the trains go by. The signalman sometimes used to invite us into the signal box for a cup of tea. Once inside he used to allow us to try to pull the levers which changed the track direction. Neither of us were strong enough to pull them, mind you we were only about 7 or 8 years old. It's strange how times have changed. If you heard of some signalman now inviting two young kids into the signal box for a cup of tea you would immediately be suspicious that he was some kind of pervert or something. What a damn shame. The guy who invited us in gave us tea, entertained us and educated us about the signal box and the workings of the railway lines and we went home happy and totally unabused. Far, far better times methinks.

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thanks to all the people who send me photos of the railway stations from all over the world haslingden station would be a help as well thanks again

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yes john i see david most days his mum lucy was 100 years old the other week

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Yes, my friend Valerie Eland, with whom I keep in touch by email, told me that Lucy had her 100th. birthday coming up. Bloody good for her. I always liked Mrs. Ratcliffe. David is my oldest friend.

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I loved the pic's, my brother and I used to trainspot near the Underground in Accy. How times have changed.

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Anoraks the lot of you.:D :D :D

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Your wish is my command ,Bob......Haslingden station...:)

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I Will Make A Scale Model Of Some Of Those Stations More Reseach To Do Yet Thanks Folks

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Hello.
I can explian the photo of the train in the wrong platform, as my dad (DH Dyson) took the photo. Firstly it's a breakdown train, not a goods train. It reversed wrong line from the loco shed to take water in the station. Water was taken from under the footbridge, as watering facilities were attached under the footbridge on lines towards Colne. If you look at the tender you can see this happening. The breakdown train then set off towards Blackburn, crossing over to the correct line after it left the station.

Accrington station did have a turntable, but it was removed when the shed was demolished and a new one built next to Lonsdale Street.

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It would have been late 40's / early 50's when my grandad took me to the stabling for the carthorses he worked with doing his goods deliveries for LMS. Although a youg lad at the time, I seem to recall that it were alongside the tracks somewhere near Accy station.
Can anyone reveal the location ?

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Dose anyone know where i can get a map of the old l.m.s station at accrington station or 1 from eyen earlier please

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Hope this is of some use to you.

Attachment 16287

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Thanks Jeff, why didn't you tell him where you got it from. Post 22.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...n-50207-2.html
Retlaw.

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Don't know where I got it from. If it was from your post then my apologies.

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its ok bean tring to find the plan for years to build a working model of it with the real trains

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just wish i was alive when the railways worked properly not just ran. i blame dr beaching

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We used to use Church station a lot - it was a lost and lonely place after the last train left and a longish walk up to Gobinland, although it would probably seem further now!. Going to Blackpool at Wakes week we usually went from Blackburn (Boo - Hiss !!).

Sorry - no pics.

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Does anybody have a picture which shows the old semaphore signals on the viaduct which used to control the access to the station from the Burnley direction? I need one for a talk which I'm giving in the near future? If someone can help, we can discuss how I'm to get it on this site.
Thanks! Pashley

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The L&Y Railway Society have a librarian and archivist - he may have such a pic. Likely one has been published in a book and he may point you towards it. Email [email protected] - their photos are filed so there may be one under Railway. Mark it for the attention of John Simpson