Rawtenstall
Townsend Fold signal box was staffed right up to the 1972 withdrawal of Bury to Rawtenstall passenger services. Thereafter the coal train crew opened the box to operate the level crossing until full closure in 1981 after which it slumbered until the East Lancashire Railway re-opened the line. This view towards Rawtenstall from the rear of a DMU heading for Bury shows the crossing, signal box and semaphores. The distant signal is for Rawtenstall West level crossing, just round the corner.
Location: Rawtenstall
Original line: East Lancashire Railway
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 01/01/2011
Image number: 41420
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