Railways Gallery

The Blackpool Times railway disaster leaflet. First carriage, fore end. 
The Blackpool Times railway disaster leaflet. Engine being raised. 
The Blackpool Times railway disaster leaflet. Clearing the line. 
The Blackpool Times railway disaster leaflet. Plan of accident site. 
The Blackpool Times railway disaster leaflet. Cover page. 
The Blackpool Times railway disaster leaflet. View after the carriages had been removed. 
The fatal Poulton train crash of 1893. 
Advertisement for the Railway and Station Hotel. Published in the Fleetwood Chronicle 16th June 1893. 
The Royal Oak Hotel facing across Station Road to the Goods Station. 
An illustration from a special supplement to the Blackpool Herald and Fleetwood Chronicle. Any form of illustration was very rare in newspapers in the 19th Century. 
The Railway and Station Hotel 
The Blackpool Times railway disaster leaflet. First carriage, rear end. 
Poulton Curve Halt served the direct line from Blackpool North to Fleetwood. 
The original Poulton-le-Fylde station looking towards Fleetwood. The double storey building is the signal box for the area. 
Poulton signal box No. 3; the last remaining of the 5 signal boxes before it was removed when the line was electrified. 
Poulton-Le-Fylde Station platforms in its heyday. The two tracks under the left hand arch are the up and down express lines to Blackpool North or Fleetwood. 
Poulton-Le-Fylde Station Entrance 
Breck Road looking North with Station Road to the left and the level crossing in the centre. 
The original station was opened in 1840 serving Preston to Fleetwood travellers. The Blackpool branch opened in 1846. 
The replacement station opened in 1896 at the current location. The original station acted as a goods yard for many decades. 
Railway and Station Hotel on Breck Road. Station Road and the station are at the sign post on the left.

