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This photograph has been posted on the Transport Worldwide forum and the members have been trying to establish where it was taken.

They say it was taken in Feb 1967 and the train was taking Manchester United supporters to Burnley.

A few members have suggested Accrington but being a newcomer I can't remember the old station and lines.
If it is Accrington and it is coming off the viaduct then it must be going back to Manchester.

Does anybody have a definite yes or no whether it is Accrington? I doubt it.

Thanks in advance for looking.

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The photo has been attacked by gremlins, Gremlin.

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Well me eyes aint bad, but aint got X-Ray vision.:D

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Ooops, sorry, trying to make my dinner and post at the same time.
Obviously I am not very good at multi tasking.

At least my jacket potato was good, and the Aussie white plonk even better.

I did find out that Burnley didn't play Manchester United in February 1957 but they did on the 22 April that year and lost 2-0.

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Could well be Accy Gremlin, looking at the arches

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Don't look right to me the way i remember the approach from Burnley into accy station????:confused::confused:

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Gremlin, can you please clarify whether it's supposed to have been taken in 1967 or 1957?
Didn't there used to be a footbridge from the Blackburn platform to the Manchester platform? It doesn't appear in the photo, though.

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It says on the caption it was taken in February 1967 taking Manchester United supporters to Burnley.
The two chimneys just behind the engine looked at though they are on Blackburn Road between the arches and Town Hall so I think it rules out that the photo is of Accrington.

Sorry I put 1957 in my second post.

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This is Accrington Station in 1966 looking to Blackburn on the right or west and Manchester on the Up or South,

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Whats really confusing me, is i cannot remember another big viaduct between Manchester n Burnley??:confused:

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our viaduct is supposed to be pretty unique so id say that was it

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when did they lift the line out of Accrington to Manchester?
There is a photo on this forum taken by one of our members dated 1967 and the rails to Manchester have gone.

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Here's Burnley viaduct, you go over it as you're coming into or leaving Burnley Central.

File:47124 crosses Burnley Viaduct.jpg - Wikimedia Commons


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ey_Viaduct.jpg

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Ah cheers yerself, never did take much notice of owt the Dingles had.:D would guess its probably that un then?

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Think the line was still in place in 67 Gremlin. Near sure twas 69 when i was drunk in charge of a wheelchair off platform 1.

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Not unless they have done some major consturction work. The Burnley viaduct links Central station with Barracks, it's a straight run.

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There must have been some changes, the picture of the signal box ( presumably the same one in Gremlins picture ) shows a line bending off somewhere, presumably the Todmorden line

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That Signal box has Burnley Central on it, nowt to do with Accy Stn. Which Gremlin thought his picture was.

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It is still a mystery to me, the line to Todmorden branches off a long way from Burnley Central station, just after Rose Grove.

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To be pedantic the thread is titled 'Where is This' . :p

It does go on to discuss Burnley :)

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It does now but did it then ? Have to admit I can't think of anywhere that it would cross the town in that area.

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No way Accrington, too much industry on left, no footbridge, no station canopies.
There was no platform on south to west line as shown.

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I have just spent an hour trawling through the remainder of my railway books and come across the original article and photograph.
The photograph depicts a special train (one of three) on the 18 March 1967 entering Top Bank station Burnley.
The train hauled by Class 5 No. 44809 was special No. 1T80 and had left Liverpool at 11.10 AM. carnying football fans to watch the Match at Burnley.

It appears that the original poster on the Transport Worldwide Forum had got his facts wrong about the date and football team.

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On Dave's photo is that the Trafalgar Flats in the background ?

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I would say so. They would be newly built then wouldn't they ?

Think that's Clock Tower Mill at Sandygate nearer to it

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The curved bit of track cannot be the Tod line

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Looking at the 1890 map Burnley Central (Bank Top) had dozens of lines, sheds etc

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environ...y/burnleye.jpg

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My hubby worked on trains for 45 yrs and says the photo is Burnley Central looking from Bank Hall sidings.

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In the book "The Archive Photographs Series - Accrington" by John Goddard is a photo showing the Manchester platform, and the date is given as 1970. A single track is there for all to see, and part of the caption accompanying the photo reads, "The Manchester platform and the booking hall were used after closure for goods traffic." The photograph shows loaded trolleys on the platform. Do we take it that goods services continued for some time after passenger services had been discontinued?

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Think that may be likely davidf, I know they were still shifting wheelchairs from Fred Millers on platform1 69/70. Cos i shifted one meself to the King Wah went drunk.:D

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Well done.Just to tie the ribbons----

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What intrigues me is the tightness of the curve, it looks much too tight to be either Burnley or Accrington compared to how the viaducts and final approaches to both stations are depicted on my old maps.

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My book called it Bank Top station but it was the name for Burnley Central.

Anyway, job sorted now, I have put the same information on the Transport Worldwide forum which is where I saw the photo in the first place.
One poster had even said it was Lostock Hall.

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In the late 60's a group of us as early teenagers used to go down Accy station on a Friday night to help load the parcels service and generally muck about down there. The single track didn't go beyond the end of Platform 1. The parcels train came in from Burnley and used to reverse out before heading on to Blackburn. Can't remember when they knocked the old booking hall down and built the shed on the other side but I think that brought the parcels service to an end.