Jamesb Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi, thought I'd start a thread to share some recently scanned pics from the late 80's - early 90's. I wish I had taken more pictures now (isn't it always the case?), but I thought I'd kick off a thread about Manchester Piccadilly over the years and see what turns up? The place may look similar today, but the traction is from another age! All pics taken around July 1988 (IIRC). Enjoy! James *edit, apologies for spelling Piccadilly wrong in the title * Longsight's resident gronk, 08 721 'Starlet' in red star parcels livery, mooches around platform 13/14. Ok, so not my finest photographic moment, but some useful detail for modellers. 45 022, complete with painted 'Lytham St Annes' plates and the classic 'Tinsley snail'. A creditably clean 47 448 heads out of platform 13/14 towards Ardwick. Letting the side down! A scruffy 47 439 brings a loaded freightliner service through platform 13. A pair of 86's head towards Oxford Road on the through lines, whilst another class member lurks in the background. 31 143 brings a short parcels service into Piccadilly. Even big stations have short trains! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobblybob Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Great nostalgia and thanks for posting the photos. Aside from liner trains to Trafford Park Piccadilly is now virtually loco free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Have some pictures taken in the early 1970's at Piccadilly, will look for them and post if you like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesb Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi John, Yes, please do post them. Lets see if we can get a decent thread going! James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpb56125 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 All my pictures from 1989 to 2010 at Manchester Piccadilly can be found at http://www.mark5812....t/c1797873.html Today this also visited 86701 on hire to GBRf for road learning. Mark http://www.mark5812.fotopic.net Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Garry D100 Posted February 7, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2011 Excellent, thanks for posting the pics. This is my old haunt from my spotting days in the late 70's and 80's. I always remembered an 08 shunting parcels on the far side of the platforms and nice to see a pic of it in the daylight lol. I'll have to find mine that I took one night, if I can find them. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plarailfan Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I've often been on platform 13 /14 at Piccadilly during the height of the evening "rush hour" and seen Freightliner trains go through, they wreak havoc with the passenger timetable, as trains using these platforms are often following hard on the heels of one another. Personally, I think it's a brilliant advert for rail travel, reminding passengers of the environmental benefits as dozens of containers pass almost silently, just inches from their feet on the crowded platform. Most, if not all other, major cities have avoiding lines around City stations, Piccadilly seems to be one of the few to have heavy freight passing through, Dublin was the only other one I can think of, actually, around this part of the world, but the fertilizer trains through Dublin have stopped running in recent years anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I've often been on platform 13 /14 at Piccadilly during the height of the evening "rush hour" and seen Freightliner trains go through, they wreak havoc with the passenger timetable, as trains using these platforms are often following hard on the heels of one another. Personally, I think it's a brilliant advert for rail travel, reminding passengers of the environmental benefits as dozens of containers pass almost silently, just inches from their feet on the crowded platform. Once Port Salford gets the go ahead and the Liverpool to Manchester electrification is complete we may see an end to the passage of Freightliner through Oxford Road as the intention to to route all intermodal via Earlestown to the new terminal. This has several beneficial impacts - removing freight from the busy Oxford Rd corridor, removing a lot of traffic from Trafford Park and improving access to the motorway network for onward transmission of the containers. They also intend to expand the use of inland shipping to transport containers from Liverpool to Manchester via the Ship Canal. Of course the plans need signing off, but I think Peel Holdings will put up a very strong case to improve transport links, remove lorries from Trafford Roads and generate employment. I suspect it will also involve Metrolink as current road building in the area allows for a road inset Metrolink track on a new bridge across the Ship Canal at Barton plus a 'guided busway' route out from the Trafford Centre which I think is a rather unsubtle masking of the Metrolink route out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Never took many photos there, as it was always a point on the way to somewhere "more interesting", but the Midland Macedoine railtour in 1984: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Never took many photos there, as it was always a point on the way to somewhere "more interesting" You're right Piccadilly wasn't somewhere to spot it was a starting point. I'd happily scoot down to Mauldeth Road and get a train to Crewe and watch electrics all day but wouldnt often go the other way and head into Manchester Piccadilly, but I would go on the bus to Victoria every Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
definate maybe Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 On my first visit to Manchester, when I was a lot younger but probably equally as stupid as I current am, My dad & I arrived on a transpenine service from York. We sat on one of the platforms for an hour watching the arrivals and departures but were amazed at how much moved through the two platforms on the far side of the station, it wasnt until a freight came past that we realised there are two through lines alongside the many dead ends! Some interesting pictures, especially 07821, never even heard of that livery on an engine before Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40044 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Some interesting pictures, especially 07821, never even heard of that livery on an engine before 08721 still carries this livery. It's now depot shunter at Downhill (Edge Hill) carriage sidings in Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted February 9, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2011 Taken somewhat earlier than the above. Those longer serving members might remember this from the old forum. The loco in the siding is Stentor, the loco in the platform is Tommy. Here's a slightly better shot of Stentor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 9, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2011 For those who haven't already seen them there are photos of Piccadilly, mainly around 1968 - 72, plus some earlier and later in one of my fotopic galleries. The collection is at: http://davesnorthwestrailwayarchive.fotopic.net/c1676032.html David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Very nice David, how quickly we forget the mass of sidings at Ardwick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 10, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2011 i'll add a few, fairly recent (2000s) but some from a different perspective..... looking towards ardwick from mayfield loop signal check.....photo opportunity, plat 14 plat 13 band new pendo and operation rio hst looking towards the station from mayfield loop, the only 155 i've ever sen there i tried to get my 56 everywhere, plat 1 anyone!! last train i drove for arriva ready to depart picc esc to chester via northwich 175 and pendo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted February 10, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2011 I very clearly remember the noise of the 47 accelerating a westbound TransPennine past Deansgate in the early 1990s. Thanks for those shots! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Have had a look a pics i've got at Piccadilly most are slides and i don't have a scanner capable, but here are a couple taken one Sunday morning on the way to Crewe works, hence the 3rd pic a 87 as new in the paint shops ( don't know which one it was either ) Just look at how the painters are stood around, wonder what the hourly rate was for the day. And thats how I like to see a 47, wonder if the driver is looking in a recognises himself holding up the lamp post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpb56125 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 70002 on a engineers train from Basford Hall Yard to Winwick Junction. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SimonT Posted February 22, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2011 Slightly off topic but found these recently - videos of Mayfield taken last year I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 A comparison - Platform 2 1976 style and Platform 2 2010 style http://pics-by-john.photoblog.org.uk/p50321020.html http://pics-by-john.photoblog.org.uk/p65307155.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted February 26, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2011 I must admit that I have no craving to return to the 70's after seeing those 2 photos. Editted for tryping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpb56125 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Tonight Virgin Trains ran a Football relief with 90045 to London Euston Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Tonight Virgin Trains ran a Football relief with 90045 to London Euston Mark Bet that was not exactly the Happy Train....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I used to travelWatford Jctn to Piccadily once a month in the early seventies always enjoyed the journey ,when I returned to the station at night I often saw the train to St Pancras always wnted to use this train as it had a peak on the front and what an interesting route.Piccadilly was always an interesting station and I liked the variety of trains Isaw,keep the pics coming thanks for the memories revived. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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