NEWS & UPDATES - 14/08/2021 Photos added to the BR Full & Empty Wagon Working section. 06/01/2021 A Link to Alan Roach's Youtube video of Middleton Junction Signal Box added. This is in the Middleton Junction & Vitriol section. 30/12/2020 - Loco working details updated. 22/12/2020 - No updates for a while but hopefully more to come in 2021. In the photo section for the Industrial Shunter there is a YouTube link. I you look at 2:58 in the video you will see a familar sight.
Oldham Loop - Oldham Central
Oldham Central Totem, allegedly taken from the station and re-errected at Manchester Central by student for "rag week".
All that remains of the entrance to Oldham Central. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
The entrance section viewed from the closed railway. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Under Clegg Street on the Shaw and Rochdale side of the station. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Traces of the Manchester bound side of the station. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Oldham Central looking at Clegg Street bridge towards Oldham Mumps. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
REmains of the platform retaining wall. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Central tunnel. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
The sad remains of the line through Oldham Central Station 04/11/2017.
We had a real railway from? Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
CWR joint in Central Tunnel. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Looking from Central Tunnel towards Werneth Tunnel after the line closed. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Another view from Central Tunnel towards Werneth Tunnel after the line closed. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Central Tunnel from the Werneth end after the line closed. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Inside Werneth Tunnel. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
The cross over by Mumps Signal Box, looking back towards Oldham Central. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
The line crossing Waterloo Street. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
The railway crossing Waterloo Street showing how much wider the bridge used to be. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Another view of the cross over between Oldham Central and Mumps Signal Box, looking towards Oldham Mumps. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
The view from Clegg Street looking towards Oldham Mumps. 04/11/2017.
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