woodenhead Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Well no more class 47 MGRs there then 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 12 hours ago, woodenhead said: Well no more class 47 MGRs there then Apart from the one still buried in the tunnel...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 21 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Apart from the one still buried in the tunnel...... I thought it was 10 8F locos buried in the tunnel 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 22 hours ago, woodenhead said: I thought it was 10 8F locos buried in the tunnel Nah, they're in the bigger one up the road. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Showing the drop through Georges Road... Flickr link.. Edited December 12, 2019 by Michael Delamar 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 And look at the cooling tower in the background Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 9 hours ago, woodenhead said: And look at the cooling tower in the background Also the fairly unusual gasometer too, Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted December 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2019 The cooling tower and gas holder were both part of Portwood gas works. A feature of Stockport for many years: https://britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw002117 Simon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 The gas holder is of the MAN type, a fixed tank with a large floating piston inside, neither rare nor common, there were examples in the North West at Southport & St Helens (amongst others). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_holder Scroll down to dry seal type gasholder. More useful info here on the more common type of gasholder http://www.eugris.info/newsdownloads/Gasholders and their tanks.pdf Brit15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Where did the presflo wagons from Northenden work to and from in steam days? I presume Peak forest but anywhere else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) When Northenden became a cement terminal (goods facilities closed mid-1965, sidings taken over by Portland Cement) its cement products came from Earles Sidings, the sidings serving the Hope cement works (at some point Blue Circle now Lafarge?). There was a flow from Earles to Widnes at one stage, certainly in the 1980s - I'm trying to remember if that featured in some of the end of steam views in one or more of the LM Steam Bradford Barton books. I don't have access to these books to check at present. Edit: There is an April 1968 J R Hillier view of 8F 48765 on 15 presflos near Edale in the BB book London Midland Steam in the Peak District. It is described as the Earles-Widnes. Simon Edited April 2, 2020 by 65179 To add book detail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 End of the CLC bridge over the Mersey. Ian Summerfield shared with permission. 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 It's interesting that the bridge had internal structural bracing. Do you know who made it? Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Oh wow! I remember the bridge disappearing at some point in the 80s, but I was never was aware of how or when it was dismantled. Thanks a lot Michael! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 Recent Ebay shot. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 10/05/2020 at 13:58, montyburns56 said: Oh wow! I remember the bridge disappearing at some point in the 80s, but I was never was aware of how or when it was dismantled. Thanks a lot Michael! Remember driving past it on the M63 (still?) to and from work; this is the one where Tesco is now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted June 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2022 The bridge of the Mersey is just down the road from where I live. The photograph of the signal box was the one controlling the entrance to Heaton Mersey shed. The M60 runs through here now . The other photograph is the tunnel at Brinnington with a class 60 heading towards Woodley on a winter's day. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR traction instructor Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 …or even a class 40. BeRTIe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Wrong bridge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 6 hours ago, 62613 said: Remember driving past it on the M63 (still?) to and from work; this is the one where Tesco is now? No, that's at the other end of the line near Portwood. This bridge is over the Mersey to Cheadle Heath. This is the Google Maps location where it used to be. https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4061455,-2.1936288,326m/data=!3m1!1e3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted June 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2022 10 hours ago, Michael Delamar said: Recent Ebay shot. Tesco is in Portwood on the far side of the bridge over the river Tame immediately beyond the signal box shown here (by this time Tiviot Dale's only signal box). The car park and supermarket are built on the site of the series of bridges known as Portwood Viaduct, the mill in the background of this shot and the adjacent coal drops/goods warehouse(s) site. See here: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15.963654032823378&lat=53.41761&lon=-2.15288&layers=168&right=ESRIWorld Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 13/12/2019 at 18:44, APOLLO said: The gas holder is of the MAN type, a fixed tank with a large floating piston inside, neither rare nor common, there were examples in the North West at Southport & St Helens (amongst others). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_holder Scroll down to dry seal type gasholder. More useful info here on the more common type of gasholder http://www.eugris.info/newsdownloads/Gasholders and their tanks.pdf Brit15 Yes, reasonably common. Bradford gasworks (mis-named as it was in East Manchester, roughly where the Etihad stadium is now) also had a gasholder in a similar style - which could be seen from as far away as Heald Green (from one of the bridges over the Styal Line). Southall also had a similar gasholder until recently, which was used as a landmark for pilots approaching Heathrow. There was a similar one on the approach to Northolt which on one occasion led to an airliner landing at the wrong location, after which the gasholders were lettered LH and NO respectively! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCPT Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) I first visited this thread a year or so ago as I was looking for information about a layout I wanted to build. Having grown up in Cheadle I was always fascinated about what life was like in the era when my Dad was a kid. Anyway I found this publication on ebay and it had a feature on Cheadle CLC Station which I thought I'd share. Edited November 16, 2023 by AndyCPT coverting pdf to jpeg 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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