RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2018 It's becoming common but if all our towns and cities were full of derelict railway lines it wouldn't say much for progress. Not always necessarily so though, if the GC & GN lines were still extant in Nottingham, with a bit of forward thinking the tram could solve a lot of the congestion problems. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2018 It's becoming common but if all our towns and cities were full of derelict railway lines it wouldn't say much for progress. It surprises me that the route from Ardwick to Victoria still survives, that part of Manchester must still be waiting for it's building revolution. At the time of the Manchester Olympic bid about 30 years ago there was a plan to re-instate a section of that line as part of an 'Inner Circle' linking all of the Manchester city centre stations and main venues. It raised its head again at the time of planning for the 2002 Commonwealth Games bid but always got put into the too difficult pile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2018 Two more shots from Stockport yesterday, this time from the Wellington Road North end of the new link road. The first is at the site of the CLC Goods Shed. I am standing at the corner of what used to be Bank Street more or less directly on top of the old tunnel. The second is the site of Railway Street to the north side of the goods shed yard. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) Skelton Junction. 12M04 by Vernon Sidlow, on Flickr Edited September 18, 2018 by Michael Delamar 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 On the way back from the Hazel Grove show yesterday I stopped for a look around the Heaton Mersey area. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Cab ride around Manchester freight lines in 1992 which includes Bredbury to Woodley and Skelton Junction to Partington. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 27 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Any footage along the Northenden to Baguley line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Any footage along the Northenden to Baguley line. The vid above runs through there to Skelton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Cab ride around Manchester freight lines in 1992 which includes Bredbury to Woodley and Skelton Junction to Partington. Interesting, and brings back a few memories of what things were like. If the train was heading to Partington, why did it not travel Guide Bridge Station Junction - Denton Junction instead of taking the route it did? Would have saved time/fuel, etc., or was it bound up in pre-nationalisation ways of doing things? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Interesting, and brings back a few memories of what things were like. If the train was heading to Partington, why did it not travel Guide Bridge Station Junction - Denton Junction instead of taking the route it did? Would have saved time/fuel, etc., or was it bound up in pre-nationalisation ways of doing things? I was wondering about that at first, but they do mention on some of the commentary that it's a passenger train so I'm guessing that it was a railtour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2018 6 bells jn website has it down as the 29th feb 1992 with 47600 and 47841 on a BLS tour of Liverpool and Manchester https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) And pics on flicker too https://flic.kr/p/8TmxMX https://flic.kr/p/jZnQTB https://flic.kr/p/jwLS5G https://flic.kr/p/jwKXEF Edited November 13, 2018 by big jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) Also there's some nice shots here of the Partington sidings 47330 Shell Chemical Plant Partington 28th November 1984 by Skelton80s, on Flickr 47330 ( 57312 ) Shell Chemical Plant Partington 28th November 1984 by Skelton80s, on Flickr 47330 Partington Junction 28th November 1984 a by Skelton80s, on Flickr 47330 Shell Chemical Plant Partington 28th November 1984 a by Skelton80s, on Flickr Partington Junction 3rd March 1984 by Skelton80s, on Flickr 25175 Partington Junction 2nd October 1985 by Skelton80s, on Flickr 47330 Partington Junction 28th November 1984 b by Skelton80s, on Flickr Partington Junction by Glenn MacLeod, on Flickr Edited November 14, 2018 by bennyboy 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 This includes a number of CLC locations including Tiviot Dale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) Steam in the Stockport area Edited November 16, 2018 by PenrithBeacon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 "William Shakespeare" at Stockport - 1966 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Many thanks for posting those three excellent videos ....wonderful to watch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 A little OT as this is LNW but it is of interest 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Having watched the video Michael shared earlier this week and those images of Partington you can see how quickly things shrank there - by the time of the video only the track to the right of the junction remained, the through route long gone and no sign of the sidings on the left. The single track to Partington remained or is it remains well into the 2000s albeit unsed, a new housing estate at the tip of Altrincham straddled it along with a Waitrose, the track and trackbed becoming overgrown with grass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Steam in the Stockport area Wow, I never realised that there was film of the aftermath of that awful Cheadle Hulme crash. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 D5238 Stockport Tiviot Dale. 2E92 19:22 Manchester Central to Sheffield Midland, no date. Copyright Dave Homer, shared with his permission. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 D5238 Stockport Tiviot Dale. 2E92 19:22 Manchester Central to Sheffield Midland, no date. Copyright Dave Homer, shared with his permission. 392CBAD1-7484-4EC9-898F-C3219FC08457.jpeg The loco isn't D5238,has to be one of the D5233-37 batch, as it has a working boiler, on a later body style 25, which is the first photo I've seen of one of the 5 so fitted working. Paul J. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 Tiviot Dale 1946 Britain from above. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted December 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 5, 2018 Thanks for highlighting this Michael. Shots of STD with the roof over the bays aren't very common. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) The loco isn't D5238,has to be one of the D5233-37 batch, as it has a working boiler, on a later body style 25, which is the first photo I've seen of one of the 5 so fitted working. Paul J. http://www.langholmpicturearchive.com/album/2998.jpg Hard to say if this one is working! Edited December 5, 2018 by 'CHARD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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