Freight on the CLC - late 1980s.

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The CLC, or the Cheshire Lines Committee, was a joint railway owned originally by the Midland Railway, the Great Central Railway and the Great Northern Railways. Its aim was to break the LNWR monopoly around Manchester and give access to Liverpool. 

These pictures were taken on the Chester line out of Manchester around Ashley station. 


A class 47 in Railfreight grey passes under the M56 with a southbound train of cement tanks.

Another class 47, numbered 47445, this time in large logo blue livery passes with a train of empty
containers forming the Manchester refuse train returning to Northendon refuse depot. 

Once more we meet the Tunstead - Northwich stone train. Again class 47 hauled.

A very short freight train heads south headed by class 37 number 37 355.

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