Burtonwood - Britain's Secretive Military Railway

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► Buy me a coffee: https://www.paypal.me/ringwaymanchester ► Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC67TJP9i84zbCi2h1aaSO6Q/join ► Email: [email protected] ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m3hhyofficial ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/M3HHY ► Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/OfficialM3HHY This signal hasn’t been used for around 35 years. It remains locked in place, slowly decaying at the side of the Liverpool to Manchester railway line at the scenic Sankey Valley. It guards the entrance to a long since lifted railway line that served one of Europe’s largest military bases. Going past on the train, you’d never know that anything was ever there. At the end of the 80’s, access along the track required a ministry of defence police escort to a rendezvous with soldiers in order for train drivers to unload their nondescript trains that carried military supplies for the gulf war effort. There’s not much of RAF Burtonwood left today. In fact, aside from the odd reminder, memorial, street name or pub, you’d never know it was here. The branch line into RAF Burtonwood consisted of over 4 miles of track and had its own railway sidings, locomotive shed and was connected to the main Liverpool to Manchester Railway Line. Some believe weapons were nuclear weapons stored there although there’s no evidence for this. The drivers weren’t privy to what they were carrying on their train, however the wooden waggons often had 'Explosive' warning plates on so it’s safe to assume that the trains sometimes carried bullets, shells, or other explosive materials.