OK all, If there is a way of posting these pics to the site "at full strength" as it were" for all to aquire, please let me know...
...I didn't know about the "Lowton Stn" but it does make sense to me... In the early days, the Winwick junc.to Golbourne link didn't exist and "Earlstown" was know as Warrington Junction with trains travelling as far south as Birmingham. Trains from Birmingham had to go North to Earlstown, turn right on the Stn curve, and turn (left) North again just before the Huskisson monument towards Wigan. An Ideal place for a Station for the then new railway to Preston. Just opposite the "Bulls head" Pub at the road junction by the bridge there is a small gate leading down some steps to the track for just such a place. Y'know, given it's history..Maybe this place should be known as th "Lowton Triangle".
Opposite the Bulls Head, (coming south from Wigan and turning right towards Liverpool on the triangle there) is where the Royal Trains used to park overnight on the curve in the cutting... You always knew when it was there because a Police car (Panda) was always parked opposite the Bulls Head. In these days though.....I expect the whole heavy mob would be present!
Next week (weather and work permitting) I'll see if I can take a few more pics.....a few miles east and a real gem. I know that the thread does say "Stations" but, it is a trackside building.....and Fabulous one in my opinion..