Agecroft Power Station

[ColinK]

Hi, I've got another cine film back from digitising and it includes shots taken at an open day at Agecroft Power Station.  Steam locos are in use carrying passengers in the replica 4 wheel coaches built, I think for Rocket or the Liverpool Road Museum.  I think it was the very last day steam was used at the power station. I've got a date of 8th April, but was it 1981 or 1982.

 

PS yes I'll post the video when I've finshed editing it. 

[keefer]

1981: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5298259

[adb968008]

One of only 3 UK industrial working steam memories I have...

 

seeing the 0-4-0s on the shed by the side of the Bolton - Manchester line, what felt like vast lines of sidings... my other two was J94’s at Bickershaw and Bold.

[Steamport Southport]

48 minutes ago, ColinK said:

Hi, I've got another cine film back from digitising and it includes shots taken at an open day at Agecroft Power Station.  Steam locos are in use carrying passengers in the replica 4 wheel coaches built, I think for Rocket or the Liverpool Road Museum.  I think it was the very last day steam was used at the power station. I've got a date of 8th April, but was it 1981 or 1982.

 

PS yes I'll post the video when I've finshed editing it. 

 

The carriages are the ones at MOSI in Manchester. Built on wagon chassis ISTR.

 

They went on loan to Agecroft for the open day then were later joined by Agecroft No3 at Liverpool Road.

 

http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3859

 

http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3858

 

 

 

Jason

Edited November 11, 2019 by Steamport Southport

[ColinK]

So it was 12th September 1981.

 

There are some other gems on the film, 50s at Paddington, last Deltic run by BR, Charles & Di wedding day (went gricing), Lion in the snow and a TransPennine dmu at Brightside.

[Wickham Green]

On 11/11/2019 at 19:26, ColinK said:

So it was 12th September 1981.

That's certainly the date I was there ......... must scan my slides some time !

[ColinK]

I’ve got about 25,000 slides to scan after I’ve finished digitising my cine films!  One more film to edit, one gone for scanning, one still in cupboard.

[Wickham Green]

There must be - literally - millions of slides out there among the RmWEB community alone !  It doesn't take many collections of your size or mine to make a million - though it'll never do that financially ...... even if one's name is Casserley !

[ColinK]

I’ve now finished editing the cine film which includes the Agecroft Power Station finale. Here is the link to it.

 

 

[montyburns56]

Nice one Colin! Thanks for the Dinting footage (22:50) as I have fond memories of getting brake van rides on the triangular platform in the 70s/80s. Now if only Bachmann would release their Webb Tank in the LNWR lined livery that it wore back then and Hattons would also release their Barclay tank as Tiny then I could imagine that I was still a small child (as opposed to a large one)  .....

[beast66606]

@Jon Fitness - Agecroft Jcn, one of your old haunts I believe ? - brief view at 4:45

Edited December 3, 2019 by beast66606

[Jon Fitness]

On 03/12/2019 at 19:49, beast66606 said:

@Jon Fitness - Agecroft Jcn, one of your old haunts I believe ? - brief view at 4:45

I was on duty as well! That was my reliant parked opposite the box