The 8D Association is dedicated to promoting the history of the railways of South Lancashire and North Cheshire. The society is open to any person who has an interest in the area.
The Association covers lines within a ten mile radius of the Widnesw Locomotive Depot (8D Shed).
Of particular interest to the society are the Garston and Warrington line, the St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway, the Cheshire Lines Railway main line and the Widnes Loop, the LNWR Widnes Deviation, the LNWR Ditton Junction to Weaver Junction Line, the Birkenhead Railway Warrington and Chester Line, the Cronton Colliery Branch and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway between Huyton and Earlestown.
Moore Statioin in the early 20th century
Widnes Station (Formerly Farnworth until the 5th of January 1959 and Widnes North until the 6th of May 1968) as seen looking west in the 1970s. Photo by John Mann
