Michael Delamar Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 44781_Bolton_18-6-68 by robertcwp, on Flickr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 Taken by Carl Isgar on the last day 30th april 1971. From the Facebook group Manchesters railways and shared with permission. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 nice - can almost smell the hot copper !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted March 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2018 Thanks Mike and apologies to the previous poster. As I mentioned, it was the class 506 "Glossop" set that I wasm thinking of. Didn't realise any MSJA stock survived. It once again underlines the issue of non preservation of much of our heritage EMU stock, no matter or rare or worthy. It seems bizarre that we can have a bit of Japanese bullet train in the NRM at York, yet an iconic Merseyside EMU was left to rot unseen and unaccessible in military sidings, then transported to one of the wettest and most inhospitable locations to deteriorate further. The same goes for the only (practical) example of British double deck railway stock, and what about the PEP stock - arguably the most important grandaddy of ourEMUs of today, particularly 313,314,315,507 and 508. Rant over Spot on. I raised much the same question in the End of Diesels thread elsewhere on here. I don't doubt the Bullet car deserves it's place in York-but so does/did the PEP train, a SUB/EPB etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted March 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2018 I hadn't realised they got converted to AC. I would have thought it was barely worth converting them given their life expectancy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frobisher Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I hadn't realised they got converted to AC. I would have thought it was barely worth converting them given their life expectancy. I don't believe they were, hence their withdrawal when the line was converted to AC... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted March 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2018 I don't believe they were, hence their withdrawal when the line was converted to AC... You are correct, I remember reading about them now, in a book somewhere stored in the loft. As detailed further up the thread, Stone-Faiveley pantographs were fitted, to match the different mechanical characteristics of the 25kV OHL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 The depot at Altrincham is now a car park which I have parked upon many times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 You are correct, I remember reading about them now, in a book somewhere stored in the loft. As detailed further up the thread, Stone-Faiveley pantographs were fitted, to match the different mechanical characteristics of the 25kV OHL. The class 506 units remained DC until withdrawal. The Great Eastern variant (306) started out very similar before conversion to AC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
E3109 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I haven't posted on RMweb all day , purely because I was at the ELR for the Class 40 60th bash. But luckily for me, I managed to bag a set of three OO Graham Farish pre-grouping compos there for £12 each (with a bit of discount too). When I did some further research I realised that although they are the perfect start for one of these sets, they are in fact approx a foot short. If I could live until 200 years old I'd probably fret about it. But I won't, thus time to get stuck in. Same reason as I'm happy with OO! Life's too short to be worrying about whose name is cast into bullhead chairs... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 M28249M was in store at Hellifield steam shed in 1967, along with several important steam locos of the National Collection, or is the unit an Oerlikon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 This shot is on EBay at the moment, does anyone recognise the location? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Railway-Slide-Suburban-Coaches-by-CM-Whitehouse-Loc-Date-Unknown-8-24/163454398104?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Dcc0987bfc1754f019533c7cf1d281488%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D9%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D254045981290%26itm%3D163454398104&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A19918823-11c8-11e9-9311-74dbd180b847%7Cparentrq%3A23ca16451680aade1e85db04ffed8fa9%7Ciid%3A1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 This shot is on EBay at the moment, does anyone recognise the location? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Railway-Slide-Suburban-Coaches-by-CM-Whitehouse-Loc-Date-Unknown-8-24/163454398104?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Dcc0987bfc1754f019533c7cf1d281488%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D9%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D254045981290%26itm%3D163454398104&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A19918823-11c8-11e9-9311-74dbd180b847%7Cparentrq%3A23ca16451680aade1e85db04ffed8fa9%7Ciid%3A1 28FEEC1E-512F-4843-B19D-C2F9F0960AB5.jpeg It looks like Skipton! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) Skipton - the distinctive school in the background can be seen on Google street view here: https://goo.gl/maps/LAcZ6nbaPRG2 Edited January 8, 2019 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) Footage of them being moved at Skipton. Edited January 8, 2019 by Michael Delamar 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
E3109 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 What a cracking video, cheers for posting this. I wasn't aware that an attempt was made to preserve a full set, EMUs don't seem to do too well in preservation circles do they. I believe I've asked this before, but has anyone ever seen one of these, or photos of one, at Reddish or indeed anywhere on the Manchester side of the MSW? Surely they must've visited there occasionally for the wheel lathe, as 502s 503s and 504s did. Or were there facilities for tyre turning at Altrincham? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 What a cracking video, cheers for posting this. I wasn't aware that an attempt was made to preserve a full set, EMUs don't seem to do too well in preservation circles do they. I believe I've asked this before, but has anyone ever seen one of these, or photos of one, at Reddish or indeed anywhere on the Manchester side of the MSW? Surely they must've visited there occasionally for the wheel lathe, as 502s 503s and 504s did. Or were there facilities for tyre turning at Altrincham? would there have been a lathe at Longsight? Not too far off the regular patch and probably wouldn't raise too many eyebrows being there so may not have been recorded as much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted January 9, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) Didn't Longsight end up receiving Reddish's on closure? It could be my memory playing tricks, Edit: Clearly my mind was playing tricks given the comment below! However if Longsight had had one then the list of locos and units using Reddish's would presumably have been a lot shorter. Simon Edited January 10, 2019 by 65179 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
E3109 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I don't think so, as far as I'm aware it was left in situ after closure for the scrotes to trash, although I'd be delighted to be proven wrong. I heard a story that it was reallocated to Allerton but my colleague says not, he was a workshop supervisor there so he would know, I suppose! He did say that some Matterson jacks and so on were taken to Allerton though, perhaps they were divvied up across LM depots. There is a lathe at Allerton, but it's a more modern Hegenscheidt machine which I used to maintain occasionally many years ago. The 'wheel lathe' at Reddish was more of a milling machine, and unlike a conventional lathe was more adept at correcting ovality. The wheel lathe at Longsight is a fairly new installation, originally intended for Northern Eurostar services I think. I don't know if there is/was another one at Longsight TMD, the 'Eurostar' one is across the way. Which doesn't answer the question, where on earth did the DC Alty sets go for tyre turning? I wonder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 This is a cracking thread. I think I only saw one of these sets in Manchester in 1968 when I made a few-weeks-too-late visit in search of the last steam workings. If I were a bit older I would have paid more attention to the various EMU and DMU types that were also on their last legs at this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Would wheel turning have been done at Horwich? Edited January 10, 2019 by Michael Delamar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 Brooklands 1969, EBay. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Some interesting shots here.. https://topticl.zenfolio.com/p969397407/h81D11290?fbclid=IwAR2jKt1sNmtc2ACBh42mV-6ONWZ1V8PZ_0r4aD-9pB7gaaOls_KhD289j5o#h81d1121a 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 Conversion to 25kv AC Manchester to Altrincham Line 1.2kv DC to 25Kv AC conversion by Keir Faulkner, on Flickr 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 British Rail Class 505 6 set at Stretford Greater Manchester by Keir Faulkner, on Flickr fb msjar_6set by Keir Faulkner, on Flickr Stretford, by Keir Faulkner, on Flickr 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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