Vintage scenes of Wigan trains and railway stations over the decades

Here’s a vintage selection of pictures to leave every railway enthusiast chuffed: locomotives and stations in and around Wigan, railway stories and a view of the Flying Scotsman.

They were taken by photographers from the Wigan Post from the early 20th Century to the 1980s.

5. 1966

Tudor Minstrel, the last train on its way to do the Waverley run from Carlisle to Edinburgh passes through Wigan North Western Station in April 1966. The Waverley line was a double track line which first opened in 1849 and was due to close under the Beeching Axe of many passenger lines throughout the British Isles at that time. Photo: Frank Orrell

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6. 1966

Tudor Minstrel, the last train on its way to do the Waverley run from Carlisle to Edinburgh attracts a lot of interest as it passes through Wigan North Western Station in April 1966. Photo: Frank Orrell