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One of Northern’s “new” flexi units passes over the Leeds and Liverpool canal near Burscough in West Lancashire.
Cw 7568 769 458 passes Rufford Branch One of Northern’s “new” flexi units has just crossed the Leeds and Liverpool canal on The testing of the trains and the driver training has restarted on the Southport to Wigan line. These are electric multiple units that have been moved up from the south of the country and been reengineered with a diesel engine added to the electrical capability of the train. The service had left Wigan Springs Branch depot at and worked to Southport, then to Stalybridge, and back to Southport and is now retuning to Springs Branch in Wigan, having left Southport at hrs. The train has just crossed the Rufford arm of the Leeds and Liverpool canal to the east of Burscough in Lancashire. Photo image Cw 7568 Copyright Colin Wareing e-mail 07931 356204
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Location: Burscough, Lancashire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Colin Wareing / Alamy / Afripics
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