Barrow station was wrecked by a landmine which landed In Holker Street. The station had opened on 1 June 1882 as part of a new main line making Barrow part of a through main line, instead of being at the end of a branch. 

The new station with its Impressive overall roof on what was then the outskirts of town was the centre-piece. When retired during 1900 loco no.3 ‘Coppernob’ as she is nicknamed and built In 1846 was set aside for display and the impressive case illustrated was built soon after to house her. There she remained until the bombing raid, after which she left Barrow for safe storage at Horwich and is now in the care of the National Railway Museum.

She still bears the scars of the raid with shrapnel holes in her boiler side with remarkably little additional damage due to the case collapsing on top of her and her chimney sticking through the roof.

The raid left the station unusable but in a few days trains were running again with temporary facilities constructed amongst the ruins. 

The late 1950’s saw the station rebuilt in stages with most functions on the site of the originals and the Sankeys’ soon produced a postcard as illustrated. This station with further modernisation is still in use. The impressive overall roof was the length of the canopy on the rebuilt platform 2.