Helsby Junction Looking south from the road bridge over the Frodsham line. The LNWR train is backing out of the platform, by means of a crossover which appears to have been removed later (LNWRS No. 410)

Looking north from the Chester lines. The road Bridged, from with the other photograph was taken, can be seen behind the footbridge (LNWRS No. 9103)

Frodsham viaduct, where the line crosses the River Weaver, with modern Runcorn industry in the background. The line climbs from Helsby (no more than a few feet above sea level) to the crossing of the Mersey and Manchester ship canal, at Runcorn for Liverpool and at Warrington for Manchester.

The station building, platform side, form the footbridge. The red sandstone of which it is built was no doubt quarried at Helsby. The miniscule canopy is all there ever was. The new houses visible in this photograph have been built on the site of the goods yard.

The main station building; the waiting room on the central platform is just in view across the main line.

Helsby signal box, situated on the central platform – a standard LNWR type 3 box on a brick base.

One non-standard feature is that the closet is not immediately outside the door and at right angles to it, as it is at Frodsham Junction, but across the landing at the head of the stairs.

The cast letters of the name of the box do not appear to be standard LNWR either.

Frodsham Junction signal box – LNWR type 4. Though some equipment can be seen in the box, the name board has been removed and so it may be disused, as the Liverpool line, which left the main line here, is now not more than a siding. If the signal boxes on the line were replaced in a concerted programme, this must have taken place about the time that type 3 was superseded by type 4. The Helsby signal box is type 3, the box at Frodsham has been demolished and the next, Frodsham Junction is type 4.

The junction of the Birkenhead line, just beyond the end of the platform. Apart from the station nameboards, lamp standards, modern rails and down starter signal (a standard LMS upper quadrant) not much has changed since 1909. The building on the Up platform was not the goods shed, despite the large door, as it had no rail connection.