Its gone now.
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Heres an abandoned spur line, near Manchester. It's laid defunct for around 10 years. I believe it used to serve an oil plant which is still running, but i guess they decided to end their contract of trains running on the line. Another section of the spur lead to some sort of reproduction plant or something. It was there in 2008 defunct, but by May 2012. It had been demolished. The site is now a car park and a site for oil tankers to be picked up.
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The first crossing has no signals nor a St Andrews cross on any sides of the signals.
Heres the first crossing, pretty bad view. I apologize.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.47750 ... 312!8i6656
The tracks were still in a reasonable condition in July 2014.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.47701 ... 312!8i6656
However, they were gone when Google came back 10 months later. Some of the ties were still there however.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.47701 ... 312!8i6656
The next crossing has the same stuff, no signals, no nothing. The only thing that catches my eye is this.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.47665 ... 312!8i6656
This crossing is blocked by a gate.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.47604 ... 312!8i6656
Theres still a section of track here!
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This crossing is blocked by a barrier, this is used to by electricians to service this substation.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.47572 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.47572 ... 312!8i6656
This crossing is blocked by a fence.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.47552 ... 312!8i6656
I believe this is where the crossing would get activated, i doubt it works.
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Back in 2008, there was a sign where trains had to stop, and await instructions.
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This crossing has a newish looking grade.
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This crossing still has its white light!
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This is a weird crossing. For some reason, theres 2 alarms on this signal.
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This crossing has a pedestrian light.
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There used to be a DOT tag saying to contact TFE, but i'm not sure what that is.
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I wonder if these are the relay cases?
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This crossing has a cantilever!
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