Penrhos1920 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 (edited) I have a photo of a GWR Bulldog with a very long rake of 4 wheel coaches. The previous owner or photographer has written ‘Stalybridge Junction ‘ on the back. Now the only Stalybridge I know of is north east of Manchester, not the normal location for such a train. There are typical GWR lower quadrant signals in the background, so I think it must be a GWR location. But where please? Edited April 30, 2022 by Penrhos1920 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted April 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 27, 2022 Could it be Stalbridge Junction? On the S&D which for a period the Western Region operated. But there doesn't seem to be a junction. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penrhos1920 Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 I don't think so Jonathan as the photo is probably pre 1923. The loco has a nameplate but lost it's name in 1930. The train looks like a pair of Birmingham district 4 wheel coach sets, possibly as many as 18 coaches. Most were formed in 1890s until early 1920s when bogie set took over. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted April 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2022 Stourbridge Junction? A long shot. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Star Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 If the photograph is pre-1930 then no longer under copyright so please consider posting here. You may wish to add "published under fair use" / "no claim made as to copyright or ownership". What does Cooke say on the matter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted April 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2022 Nothing in Cooke. I started there. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penrhos1920 Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 Stalybridge Junction ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penrhos1920 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 I’ve been looking at online historic maps and I’m convinced that this photo is neither located at Stourbridge Junction, West Mids., or Stalybridge Junction, Denton, NE Manchester. So where is it? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted April 30, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2022 (edited) The bridge in the background does have an air of GWR about it. Including constituents there must have been about 500 signal boxes with 'Junction' in the name on the GWR. I can't think of one that could be mistaken for Stalybridge. On top of that I can't think of a location near to Stalybridge where a GWR train with a stopping train headlamp would be seen. Edited April 30, 2022 by TheSignalEngineer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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