Date: 28/03/2017

This is what a new steam railway could look like if a disused rail track is brought back to life. Ambitious plans to create a new £30m steam railway are being launched today - in what could be a huge new tourist draw for the region. Greater Manchester is already home to the East Lancashire Railway - which runs vintage engines between Heywood and Rawtenstall. But a new campaign has been launched to transform a disused stretch of track between Irlam and Timperley into a new heritage attraction - which would include the re-opening of the Cadishead Viaduct. [From Stuart Stevenson]

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£30m plan to bring steam trains back to disused line

Manchester Evening News

The lost line connected communities in Salford and Trafford through the Cadishead Viaduct over the Manchester Ship Canal