EM1 to Ashton Moss short video.

[Red Devil]

Thought this may be of interest, not one I'd seen before, pics let alone video of electrics at Ashton Moss seem pretty rare to me.

 

Edited May 31, 2016 by Red Devil

[BlackRat]

Wow....so much history!

[jamie92208]

Thanks for putting that up Mark. I often saw the wires at Ashton gate when I was travelling on the Trans-Pennines and think that I once saw an EM1 there but normally not a sign.

 

Jamie

[Peter Kazmierczak]

An excellent find. A really well constructed video with rather nice music to boot.

 

My favourite piece is at 1:30 with the view down from the viaduct to the snowy-covered courtyard and the man walking away from the Bedford van.

[Arthur]

Yes, I too was taken with that shot down off the viaduct, strangely nostalgic and thought provoking.

 

All that railway infrastructure, no wonder it fascinated us.

 

Manchester Railway Trivia; the Mirrlees National gable end was the old National Gas Engine Co., at Ashton. They supplied, amongst much else, the 400hp diesel engines for the first two Manchester Ship Canal diesels

 

 

[stovepipe]

Nice video!

 

Can anyone identify the all-blue BSK/BSO behind the loco at 1:08? It's also briefly visible at 0:30.

 

Here's a link to the tour on Six Bells, which says 6 Mk1s were used but I don't think I've ever seen an all blue gangwayed Mk1.

[Titan]

Nice video!

 

Can anyone identify the all-blue BSK/BSO behind the loco at 1:08? It's also briefly visible at 0:30.

 

Here's a link to the tour on Six Bells, which says 6 Mk1s were used but I don't think I've ever seen an all blue gangwayed Mk1.

I was thinking it looked like an all green one escaped from the southern region?

[stovepipe]

I was thinking it looked like an all green one escaped from the southern region?

 

You may be right, it looked blue the first time but on second viewing I'm tending towards green..... though the shade doesn't seem to match the green loco or the attached blue/grey coach.

[Enterprisingwestern]

It's the "famous" green coach, number posted on one of the Wodhead threads hereabouts.

 

Mike.

[stovepipe]

Ah ok, found it here.

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/25534-woodhead-passenger-train-help-with-identifying-coaches/&do=findComment&comment=258785

 

and a couple of shots of green Mk1 BSKs.

 

26054 PLUTO Dinting Viaduct 11.11.69 by George Woods, on Flickr

 

26052 NESTOR Manchester Piccadilly 11.11.69 by George Woods, on Flickr

Edited May 31, 2016 by stovepipe

[Red Devil]

A pic of an elusive EM1 at Ashton Moss sidings....

https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p746692738

Sorry link doesn't take you straight to pic, page 2 last one.

Edited May 1, 2019 by Red Devil

[Supaned]

so how common were EM1s at Ashton Moss? 

[stovepipe]

You can embed the photos here using the BB code.

 

 

There's a WTT from 1962 in the Foxline Woodhead book, which shows up to a dozen workings per day from Mottram Yard to Ashton Moss South Jct or sidings. I suppose that as the years wore on, and more Trans-Pennine traffic was diverted onto the Standage route, it became less and less necessary. It would be interesting to see a photo from the blue era.