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9th December 1987
Vehicle: 53920
With frost still on the sleepers at lunchtime, a three-car Class 116 Suburban DMU with Driving Motor Second M53920 leading (presumably with 59372 + 53867), was darkening the sky as it climbed the gradient from Farington Curve Junction with a Preston to Ormskirk service on December 9th 1987. The DMU was passing the site of the former Moss Lane Junction that ran straight ahead towards Lostock Hall at this location. Until closure in 1972, it enabled trains to and from East Lancashire to access the former main line to Ormskirk and Liverpool Exchange without running via Preston. In the foreground is the part dismantled former Up line to Midge Hall, taken out of use in 1983, it took many years for it to be lifted and the track materials to be recovered. Martyn Hilbert.
4th March 1988
Vehicle: 53427
A two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M53427 and presumably M53474 was topping the climb from Farington Curve Junction at Lodge Lane on Farington Moss with a Preston to Ormskirk service on March 4th 1988. The partly dismantled former Up Line, taken of use in 1983 is visible alongside the 104. To the right of the this view was the site of the former Moss Lane Junction. Until 1972 there was a useful connecting double track link from the Ormskirk Line to Lostock Hall on the East Lancashire line which once enabled trains to run direct from Liverpool to East Lancashire. The link was the also the route that most stopping Preston to Ormskirk/Liverpool Exchange services used, via the now dismantled East Lancashire 'Preston Extension' via Todd Lane Junction. With the passage of time, this once open view is now completely tree-lined. Martyn Hilbert.
7th January 1988
Vehicle: 53501
Having climbed the gradient from Farington Curve Junction on the WCML, a two-car Class 104/108 hybrid DMU formed of cars M53501 & M53934 was passing Lodge Lane Crossing on Farington Moss with a lunchtime Preston to Ormskirk service on January 7th 1988. In the foreground is the part dismantled former Up Line that was taken out of use in 1983, prior to which double track had been retained from Farington Curve Junction to Midge Hall. The DMU is passing through the site of the one-time Moss Lane Junction, where until 1972 there was a direct link from the Ormskirk route that connected with the East Lancashire line at the top of Farington Curve. Martyn Hilbert.
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