I think that this is quite important.
I have got loads of track now.
I am not sure how much as I am going to stocktake soon.
I cannot beleive the state of the lindow moss peat line.
The peat has preserved the track perfectly.
The line did only close in 1987 however.
Just walked the route as the site, although still working occasionaly, is open completely for public access ant there as several paths.
I often take a walk down the trackbed betwwen the sheds and sidings to the other parts of the network.
The line does not have a page on wikipedia so I will give you some info now so we can fully understand where our track is comming from.
Between the sheds and sidings to the main netwok junction the track has been lifted, but there is most of the sleepers still in place.
The track missing from here forms a nearby fence.
At the junction there is many other lines comming away from the main line, some of which have been obliterated completely to dig more peat.
About half of the network lies there still so we have enough track around the site to get from our new station to over the viaduct, with a line speed of 10mph.
There may be much more track lying on the old branch that heads in the direction of morely green but stops somewhere short.
If you wish to go
it is a nice place, but be carefull of workings if they are happening.
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Last edited by steam for ever; 10th October 2009 at 21:38.
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