Michael Delamar Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 BR 9F 2-10-0 No. 92091, Heaton Mersey 1968 by Ljotulfson, on Flickr 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Tiviot Dale by gobblywink, on Flickr 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 skelton-junction, 8f on coal frieght by nico ditch, on Flickr skelton-junction, 8f on coal frieght by nico ditch, on Flickr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Skelton Junction, Timperley, 92054, summer 1966 , during the school holiday, I suspect, I was not the photographer. by nico ditch, on Flickr 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zunnan Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 What a wonderful thread, and answers many a question I have swimming through my mind every time I go to pick the little one up from school. Woodley junction isn't even a shadow of its former self...I should note that I currently live split between Birmingham and Woodley, and live my weekends about 50 yards from the junction here...but I still find time to catch the remaining trains on what is left of the line in to Bredbury as it throws up occasional class 60 haulage, which is somewhat a rarity network wide thesedays. When I get chance I may have to take a mosey on down to Bredbury McDonalds and trace what I can of the line, plus I still need to figure what the bridge abutments immediately after the junction and before the Smithy Green bridge used to carry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Does anyone have any shots, info, recollections of V2s on this stretch of line in the early 1960s, on Walton to York freights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 even if there is no evidence of York Walton freights passing this way it would mean they went via Manchester Oxford Road? need a freight timetable of the area if anyone knows of one. nice shot of a class 40 in the 80s. 40093 Stoney Bridge near Skelton Junction Monkton 8th August 1983 by Skelton80s, on Flickr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Im going to have a steam hauled trip along the remaining section (Skelton Junction - Northenden) in July Four of us are Booked on the coast to coast express from Liverpool to Scarborough which travels via Runcorn, Northwhich, Altringham and Stockport to get to Stalybridge. so looking forward to that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 It's Altrincham, but I'll let you off as generally people pronounce it like you spelt it. So not only do you get the last remaining bit of the Tiviot Dale route through South Manchester but you also get to traverse the Denton route in something more comfortable than a Pacer. Remember to shut your eyes though when you get to Guide Bridge, it's not a pretty sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Im going to have a steam hauled trip along the remaining section (Skelton Junction - Northenden) in July Four of us are Booked on the coast to coast express from Liverpool to Scarborough which travels via Runcorn, Northwhich, Altringham and Stockport to get to Stalybridge. so looking forward to that. What date are you travelling. I am usually on the platform at Denton when they take water on( from a water hydrant on the bridge ). Denton is a bit of a sad place a short island platform when once upon a time it boasted 4 platforms. Edited March 3, 2014 by johnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 5th of July, sorry about the spelling, yes I did realise it would use the Stockport-Guide bridge route which ive never travelled over either, Guide Bridge will still be of interest with being interested in the Woodhead route so even things like overhead gantries will be of interest, in fact I dont think Ive travelled over most of the whole route apart from Liverpool-Runcorn part. if I have I would have been very young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Guide Bridge - Now Two Platforms, buildings on the down line, bus shelter on the Up/Bidirectional line, the signal box is still sat there set back in the middle of nowhere. the other platforms/buildings now long gone in fact a car park. that's it. The old gantries are still there supporting the 25KV wires which when it was 1500 DC BR said it couldn't be done. Edited March 3, 2014 by johnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Too many happier memories of Guide Bridge to want to spend any time looking at its sorry state. It needs completely rebuilding and the redundant land put to good use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 nice shot at Skelton Junction 25103 by Richard Boyd 484, on Flickr and Cadishead. 56124 Cadishead 13/06/87 by Rudolf_Diesel_V16, on Flickr 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 from a video taken from the coaling stage at Heaton Mersey shed showing the coal tubs and the Mersey bridges in the background. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 There is this discussion on another forum re mileposts. http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=97779 Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 27 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 What video is this picture of the coaling stage taken from, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Wasn't there a poem celebrating the CLC,they sleep in Hale and work Sale and travel by the CLC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR2335 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 (edited) Too many happier memories of Guide Bridge to want to spend any time looking at its sorry state. It needs completely rebuilding and the redundant land put to good use. There's a new ticket office on the Manchester bound platform. http://onbeer.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/guide-bridge-revisited/ I don't know the fate of the old building once the new office is brought into use. It is used for other offices too so it may survive, unlike the old platform buildings which I photographed getting on for forty years ago. http://http://onbeer.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/a-trip-down-memory-lane/ Edited March 16, 2014 by TR2335 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak experience Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 the train crew depot was in the now demolished buildings on the closed platform 4. i worked there from leaving school in 1984. it's sad to see what was once a bustling station, depot and yard reduced to it's present status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 What video is this picture of the coaling stage taken from, thanks. b&r video farewell to steam 1968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 I know this is about the CLC lines - but is there much film available of the MR Manchester Central - CLC junction section through Didsbury and Heaton Mersey village? Just wondering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 27 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Looking for photos of track maintenance gangs, machinery, wagons, in use during the 1960s on this line, I recall seeing them in the early 1960s on regular sunday workings. Edited May 20, 2014 by paul 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 A class 40 at Georges Road box http://peter749.piwigo.com/picture?%2F3144%2Fcategory%2F62-class_40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 leaving the tunnel http://peter749.piwigo.com/picture?/3190/category/62-class_40 http://peter749.piwigo.com/picture?/3193/category/62-class_40 two 40s at Georges Road http://peter749.piwigo.com/picture?/3191/category/62-class_40 http://peter749.piwigo.com/picture?/3192/category/62-class_40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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