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 Junction (later renamed Royton) & Bullcote Lane / Heyside
I was the last person to board a train here.
Royton (Junction) viewed from Holyrood Street bridge in 1988. The Royton branch went off to the left and the main sorting sidings were on the right. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Holyrood Street bridge in 1988. Access to the Oldham & Manchester bound platforms was by the footbridge on the left of the bridge. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
Royton (Junction) station in 1987. The branch to Royton, now filled in, curved off to the left and the sorting yard was still visible before the trees suddenly took over in the 1990's. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
142043 heads through Royton Junction heading for Derker and Oldham Mumps. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
142072 the last train to stop at Royton Junction. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
40122 + 47555 head through Rotyon Junction heading for Oldham Mumps. this railtour was supposed to feature 40122 with green liveried 47484, but 47484 was borrowed on route to the tour. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
A 142 heads away from Royton Junction towards Shaw & Crompton. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017
The Cotton Spinner II. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017. All rights reserved.
The Cotton Spinner II. Copyright Chris BRuce 2017. All rights reserved.
The Cotton Spinner II. Copyright Chris Bruce 2017. All rights reserved.
40145 heads towards Bullcote Lane from Royton Junction, with a railtour. Copyright Chris Bruce. All rights reserved.
Meek Street Bridge. Copyright Chris BRuce. All rights reserved.
Meek Street Bridge. Removed when Metrolink took over. Copyright Chris Bruce. All rights reserved.
150 unit heads to Manchester, seen from Bullcote Lane. Copyright Chris Bruce. All rights reserved.
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