Image 5690, BR sponsored Manchester-Liverpool Edge Hill Special, Chat Moss SJ704972
5690, BR sponsored Manchester-Liverpool Edge Hill Special, Chat Moss SJ704972
5690, BR sponsored Manchester-Liverpool Edge Hill Special, Chat Moss SJ704972 Former LMS Jubilee 5690 'Leander' approaches Astley level crossing with a BR organised and sponsored railtour from Manchester to Liverpool Edge Hill. This train, and its return working, were part of the Rocket 150 celebrations to commemorate the famous Rainhill Trials. Whilst I am not a fan of these low angle, three-quarter views of a train on a dead straight section of track it was symbolic that this spot was chosen as it was in the middle of the fabled Chat Moss. This totally flat area of very flat land described as having an 'anti-picturesque appearance' * was traversed by the world's first passenger railway and was where George Stephenson overcame the vast area of boggy land by building the tracks on a 'floating' wooden and stone foundation; a design that has endured from 1830 with the line still in use today. * Gary Priestnall's Home Page, University of Nottingham, 21.01.15 Keywords: 5690 BR sponsored Manchester-Liverpool Edge Hill Special Chat Moss SJ704972 Leander
5690, BR sponsored Manchester-Liverpool Edge Hill Special, Chat Moss SJ704972 Former LMS Jubilee 5690 'Leander' approaches Astley level crossing with a BR organised and sponsored railtour from Manchester to Liverpool Edge Hill. This train, and its return working, were part of the Rocket 150 celebrations to commemorate the famous Rainhill Trials. Whilst I am not a fan of these low angle, three-quarter views of a train on a dead straight section of track it was symbolic that this spot was chosen as it was in the middle of the fabled Chat Moss. This totally flat area of very flat land described as having an 'anti-picturesque appearance' * was traversed by the world's first passenger railway and was where George Stephenson overcame the vast area of boggy land by building the tracks on a 'floating' wooden and stone foundation; a design that has endured from 1830 with the line still in use today. * Gary Priestnall's Home Page, University of Nottingham, 21.01.15 Keywords: 5690 BR sponsored Manchester-Liverpool Edge Hill Special Chat Moss SJ704972 Leander


Former LMS Jubilee 5690 'Leander' approaches Astley level crossing with

a BR organised and sponsored railtour from Manchester to Liverpool Edge Hill. This train, and its return working, were part of the Rocket 150 celebrations to commemorate the famous Rainhill Trials. Whilst I am not a fan of these low angle, three-quarter views of a train on a dead straight section of track it was symbolic that this spot was chosen as it was in the middle of the fabled Chat Moss. This totally flat area of very flat land described as having an 'anti-picturesque appearance' * was traversed by the world's first passenger railway and was where George Stephenson overcame the vast area of boggy land by building the tracks on a 'floating' wooden and stone foundation; a design that has endured from 1830 with the line still in use today.

* Gary Priestnall's Home Page, University of Nottingham, 21.01.15