Altcar Bob - BRB ALT 14 Traditional Cache
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This cache is on the bridge above the Halsall halt on the 'station' side.
THE ALTCAR BOD
The Altcar Bob was the train line that ran between Southport and Altcar from 1906 to 1938.
It made its debut in July, 1906, on the Downholland branch. The Bob was a steam railmotor – a tiny tank engine with single coach attached; travelling engine-first, fireman and driver shared the footplate; coming back, the fireman stayed with the engine while the driver went to a special compartment at the far end of the coach, equipped with remote-control gear. The result was a nimble, compact vehicle which never needed turning and could nip along smartly between frequent halts to pick up passengers for whom the conventional trains would have wasted time and effort, coal and money.
This frequent service with several trips extended past Barton to Altcar, giving connections with Cheshire Lines services to Liverpool. At Butts Lane in Southport, and the bridges at Heathey Lane, New Cut Lane, and Plex Moss Lane, “halts” were established, where travellers at night could lurk beneath the oil-lamps and strike matches to ensure that the railmotor would stop and extend its neat little folding steps as there were no platforms at these stops; you just stood by the track.
It last ran on Saturday, 24th September 1938, but it wasn’t the railmotor that made the final journey instead a more conventional train, still known as the Altcar Bob, ran on that Saturday night.
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