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.
Royton and what remains of the branch line
Some photgraphs of the branchline and the Gas works at Higginshaw.
Higginshaw Road "Bridge", since filled in in the late 1980's. The building merchants yard now sits over the cutting that went under Higginshaw Lane. The lane to the left was the access route to Royton Junction.
The view from Higginshaw Lane looking towards Turf Lane and Royton. The incline to Higginshaw Gas Works can be seen on the left hand side. The bridge over Higginshaw Lane was filled in in the late 1980's. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
The remains of the fog man's hut which was on the UP side of the branch, near to where the gas works incline joined. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
The gas works incline can be made out through the trees. Higginshaw Lane is the the left and Royton to the right. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017
The Royton Branch is now a footpath. The path leaves teh branch where the retaining wall for the gas works incline starts. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
Looking back down the incline towards Higginshaw Lane. The undergrowth tries its best to hide all traces of the line. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
You can still find sleeper in the former Higginshaw Gas Works area. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017
The end of the head shunt / sidings at Higginshaw Lane Gas Works, with Oldham Edge behind. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
Buffer stops at Higginshaw Gas Works, which are still visible in 2017. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
A closer view of the substantion stone stop block at Higginshaw Lane Gas Works. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017
Look back along the sidings from the stop block at Higginshaw Lane Gas Works. The farm crossing can be seen near the centre of the photograph. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017
The second bridge on the Royton branch was for farm access across the line. The bridge is situated after the gas works. The farm used to be on the right until the late 1980's and Salmon Fields on the left. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
The farm crossing looking back towards Royton Junction. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
With Royton Junction to the left and Royton to the right, the branch is being cut through by Slamon Fields road for the new industrial estate. This view is taken in the mid 1980's. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
The third bridge heading for Royton is Turf Lane. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
Turf Lane bridge looking back towards Royton Junction. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
Shaw Road bridges over the station throat for Royton. These have now been filled in apart from a footpath through the right hand span. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
Another view of Shaw Road Bridge. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
Looking back through Shaw Road Bridge towards Turf Lane and Royton Junction. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
The Royton Station side of Shaw Road Bridge. Copyright and all rights reserved Chris Bruce 2017.
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