North West

metromuppet · Post by **metromuppet** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:23 am

Hi everyone
Where are the best places to go and what sort of stock runs on the better routes in the boundry of Manchester-Leeds- Carlisle- Blackpool- Warrington- Liverpool- Chester.

Going up that way on the North west rover soon so want to be prepard!

AlistairW · Post by **AlistairW** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:48 am

Preston gets a lot of traffic, but I carn't remember seeing a depot from the station. You could always go the extra 30minutes from Warrington and be traditional and go to Crewe.

davidaward · Post by **davidaward** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:02 pm

Go to Stalybridge (East of Manchester) for a few hours- lots of transpennine traffic to watch and one of the best station pubs you'll find anywhere right on the platform.

jibjub · Post by **jibjub** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:44 pm

if your prepared go a little bit out of your way to crewe (about an hour or so on from chester as far as i can remember). you'll get some great trains there and i advise you to go to the crewe railway museum. They have a signal box where you can go out on top and look out toward the station. its brilliant!

Thrashin · Post by **Thrashin** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:18 pm

Carlisle is good - I've seen allsorts there. However, it isn't the most photogenic of places; there always seems to be a post in the way, I find. That said, if you're into photography it's an interesting challenge. I've found a few spots that I like, and I tend to stick with them.

I'd also recommend Preston. There's a good variety and it's always busy.

salopiangrowler · Post by **salopiangrowler** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:06 pm

If it's train spotting, Warrington

If its heritage and museum's Manchester and Crewe.

staticxfreak · Post by **staticxfreak** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:26 pm

Leeds is pretty busy aswell... and you get HST's there. That's if you're into mostly passenger workings though.

I guess it depends on how long the rover lasts... the main places would be Crewe, Leeds, Warrington and Carlisle (imo). I'd recommend travelling from Carlisle to Leeds or vice versa aswell, ofc.

terrycunliffe · Post by **terrycunliffe** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:55 pm

salopiangrowler wrote:If it's train spotting, Warrington

Yep,
Go to the North of Warringon, and have a pint (or several

) in the Beer Garden of "The Fiddle in'th Bag" by Winwick Junction, and watch the trains roll by.............
T

salopiangrowler · Post by **salopiangrowler** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:11 am

terrycunliffe wrote: in the Beer Garden of "The Fiddle in'th Bag" by Winwick Junction, and watch the trains roll by.............
T

That's where the Photo's are from in the rail magazine is it.......

Any Detail's on how to get there without using a car i cant drive.

terrycunliffe · Post by **terrycunliffe** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:46 pm

salopiangrowler wrote: Any Detail's on how to get there without using a car i cant drive.

Bus 329 from Warrington bus station. (To St Helens) Every 30 mins, but doesn't run on Sundays or evenings

. Last is 6 O'Clock ish.

The bus station is about 10mins walk from Warrington Bank Quay, or 2 mins from Warrington Central.

Pub (bus stop right outside) is about 150m or so from the track, so you might want to take some binoculars.

T