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Manchester in the early 50's was a great place for spotters. Manchester Victoria/Exchange with over 400 movements with ex L&Y locos on Lancashire coast trains and local trains, on a Summer saturday. Freight between Liverpool and Yorkshire with O2's, O4's and WD's.
London Road with LNWR locos from Crewe, Stoke and all points South, LNER locos from Sheffield and the Great Central line. There were also the Altringcham electric units. Again about 300 Saturday movements.
Central (Now Gmex) was very interesting for Midland trains from St Pancras and the mix of CLC trains with LNER locos, although there were fewer movements than at the other two stations there was always interest in the turntable at the end of the platform and in the enormous goods depot which could be seen from the platform ends.
I was also a saturday regular at the East Lancs Road bridge at Golborne on the West Coast line.
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