Hello all just joined forum, re royal trains at Lowton I worked at Parkside No1 signalbox in the 1960's the royal train used to be stabled on the east curve between Lowton Jcn and Parkside No1 , there was a siding next to the curve where vans were stabled with containers which were placed under the royal train toilets.
Re Golborne North I remember seeing the remains of the station and signalbox perched on the embankment when travelling to wigan on the bus in the late 1950's.
If you go to
www.tillyweb.biz there is a collection of some of my photos on there (the James Mackenzie collection).
jbmack