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BLACKROD STATION

Past & Present

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BLACKROD JUNCTION
HORWICH FORK JUNCTION
HORWICH BRANCH
HILTON HOUSE
LOCO WORKS
HORWICH STATION
COOKE & NUTTALL
MINERAL LINES

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The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society - Highly recommended for all fans of "The Lanky". Membership of the society includes some excellent publications including "Platform", "Magazine" and "Branchline". Click Here

Going Off the Rails - inane ramblings and occasional insight into Blackrod Station a "blog" by Philip Morgan, who chronicles the experiences and frustrations of being a Blackrod to Manchester commuter.

The Sectional Appendix Brian Robertson's excellent site based on the BR Sectional Appendix. It contains a wealth of information about the rail network as it stood in 1960, detailing stations, signal boxes, distances and line speeds.

The Horwich Station website. Produced by Ian Fitter, this site (currently under construction) will provide more detail on the station at the other end of the branch.

Friends of Old Station Park, Horwich

Constance Bronte - A quite bizarre, but amusing account of the life of a "little-known" (i.e. fictitious) Bronte sister" I wish I had this much imagination! This is one of several accounts of the "missing" sisters, and includes references to Horwich Loco Works...

My Preston Station website. I now live in Preston, and have produced an extensive website covering the station there and associated lines, in the same way as I have for Blackrod on this site.

 
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