LIVERPOOL RIVERSIDE AND
WATERLOO GOODS STATION BRANCH

A JOURNEY IN PHOTOGRAPHS

[Source: Paul Wright]


In this view looking north from the eastern side of the swing bridge a train is seen on the branch heading towards Liverpool Riverside in the 1950s.
Photo from the Liverpool Locomotive Preservation Group

The section of track on which the train in the picture above is seen but looking south-west on 30 March 2015. The original double track formation became single at a point just behind the photographer.
Photo by Paul Wright


An aerial view from 1953. A train is seen crossing over the swing bridge en-route to Waterloo Goods.
Reproduced with the kind permission of Simmons Aerofilms Ltd


Looking north towards Waterloo Road on 20 December 1947. An MD&HB mixed goods train is seen on the Riverside branch. This was the point where the double track section of the line from Riverside became single for the next section to Waterloo Goods station. When this view was taken the line was single track throughout. The Liverpool Overhead Railway can be seen to the right.
Photo by S Bale

Looking north along the MD&HB ‘main line’ in the late 1950s. To the right of the double track ‘main line’ is the Riverside branch with a train heading along it towards Riverside station. It is at this point that the Riverside line curves away from the ‘main line’ and heads in a south-westerly direction towards the Princes Dock entrance swing bridge. Until 1957 the Liverpool Overhead Railway had stood above the MD&HB at this point the Princes Dock station being directly above the photographer.
Photo from the Liverpool Locomotive Preservation Group


The MD&HB ‘main line’ looking south in February 1983. The Riverside line was to the right. The signal seen in this view controlled movements along the main line so that they did not conflict with the passage of passenger trains.
Photo by Paul James from his Jamerail Flickr photostream

Looking south along the route of the Riverside line on 21 April 2015 from the point where it entered the dock estate at Waterloo Road. The MD&HB double track ‘main line’ had been to the left and the single track Riverside line to the right. The xxx warehouse is seen to the right. In the 1990s it was converted into residential apartments.
Photo by Paul Wright

A Liverpool Riverside to London Euston train is seen emerging from the dock estate at Waterloo Road in 1967. At its head is a 2-8-0 8F locomotive number 48119 of Edge Hill shed.
Photo by Chris Coulter from his Flickr photostream


Looking north along Waterloo Road in July 1971. The Riverside branch can be seen running from left to right. Entering the Waterloo Goods station is an industrial locomotive of a local preservation society. The engine was based at a shed within the dock estate and on this day the society decided to make an unauthorised visit to Waterloo Goods.
Photo by Keith Rose


The dock estate entrance at Waterloo Road seen in February 1983. One of the controlling signals for the Riverside branch is seen to the right of the entrance.
Photo by Paul James from his Jamerail Flickr photostream


Western region Brush Type 4 locomotive (later class 47) number D1595 is seen leaving Waterloo Goods station en-route to Liverpool Riverside station in June 1966.
Photo by Dave Sallery

Looking south-west across Waterloo Road on 21 April 2015 along the course of the Riverside branch. In the left corner of the photo a buried section of rail is indicated by broken macadam.
Photo by Paul Wright
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[Source: Paul Wright]

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