RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 27, 2014 RMweb Gold 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 I can't see someone risking life and limb for a "now" comparison shot, interesting as it maybe! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 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... There's a few minutes on Steam Through The Peaks Vol. 54. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I can't see someone risking life and limb for a "now" comparison shot, interesting as it maybe! Mike. Well there's not much left of the tunnel I'm afraid! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted June 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) I can't see someone risking life and limb for a "now" comparison shot, interesting as it maybe! Mike. No need to. The tunnel mouth was, I think, just to the right of the Decathlon store.( That's the big tin shed to the south of Georges Road) Google earth, search co-ords 53°24'39.47" N 2°10'13.07" W For the Wellington Road end try 53°24'40.89" N 2°09'55.10" W Edited June 28, 2014 by TheSignalEngineer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 There's a few minutes on Steam Through The Peaks Vol. 54. ill second that after someone recommended that to me early on in this thread. Some nice colour footage of the Georges Road area with 8fs coming and going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 this might be interesting to some http://nwex.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6880&highlight=portwood+tunnel 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted July 14, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 14, 2014 I can't see someone risking life and limb for a "now" comparison shot, interesting as it maybe! Mike. No need to. The tunnel mouth was, I think, just to the right of the Decathlon store.( That's the big tin shed to the south of Georges Road) Google earth, search co-ords 53°24'39.47" N 2°10'13.07" W For the Wellington Road end try 53°24'40.89" N 2°09'55.10" W I've just got back from Stockport. I had a few minutes to kill there this afternoon so I went and got the comparison shots. Firstly, the site of the bridge over Georges Road Then looking back from the site of the photo of the Class 40 approaching the tunnel in a previous post. Then turning to the point where the Class 40 was leaving the tunnel A bit closer, the fence on the right was in a previous post The top of the western portal just visible in the trees The top of the portal at Wellington road North The blocked off eastern portal The site of the Goods Shed at Wellington Road The entrance to the coal yard from Railway St All pictures C E Steele 2014 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 27 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Any one have any photos of the Ford Car trains on this Route in the 60s, did they go thru Tiviot Dale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) passing under the other end of this along cadishead way the last couple of days have seen a new set of stairs cut into the embankment upto the disused canal viaduct and several men in hi viz clearing trees and foliage from around the approach to the bridge on the cadishead side they were on the partington side this afternoon doing the same this anybody any ideas as to why Edited November 6, 2014 by peanuts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 passing under the other end of this along cadishead way the last couple of days have seen a new set of stairs cut into the embankment upto the disused canal viaduct and several men in hi viz clearing trees and foliage from around the approach to the bridge on the cadishead side they were on the partington side this afternoon doing the same this anybody any ideas as to why I've heard something about reinstating the line into the Shell Carrington site. Two things; it's not Shell anymore, of course, but an industrial park; am I on the correct line? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I suspect that they are just removing the foliage as they might be worried that it will damage the foundations of the viaduct. The viaduct was declared unsafe decades ago, so nothing is going to be going across it without a lot of rebuilding work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 They've recently cleared the trees off the long disused viaduct in Bolton that formerly led to Astley Bridge. Again, I suspect it's just a preventative thing to stop damage by tree roots, as this viaduct now leads to nowhere after redevelopment at its western end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverF1 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) Researching this stretch of line at Baguley, can anyone show more pictures from same area Had a huge surprise seeing this picture. If I am not mistaken, the footbridge in the background links Royal Oak with Leaton Avenue, Baguley? There was a time I lived close to the line and used to take pictures from Shady Lane bridge. Unfortunately only one survived the various moves of house and is much poorer than the other shots on this thread. They/it were taken with a cheap Woolworth's half-frame camera with a wire viewfinder when I was 12/13yo and fuzzy at best. Such is life. The picture is of 48329 hauling a freight. Looking East toward Northenden I think. Edited February 1, 2015 by SilverF1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) Interesting all this, for a short while approx 1952 I used to attend Royal oak School, Baguley, ,, The school field was right by the railway line so obviously we got a good view of the trians! My very vague memories were of the ICI stone hoppers heading to Northwich, cannot say i remeber anything siginifcant about passenger trains. I seem to remeber a triple headed freight one after noon, 4f + 8f the third I cannot remember., I have a very vague memory of a goods train passing with a round headboard attached stating that it was the last working of something but what I havn't a clue. Me and a mate also travelled from Stockport Tiviot Dale ( a dark & Dismal station!!) to Manchester Central once or twice just for the laughs. Edited February 1, 2015 by Stevelewis 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 27 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Yes you are right about the footbridge, roughly what year is the photo of the 8f, is that a road bridge in the background, don't recognise the location, anyone else have any photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverF1 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Yes you are right about the footbridge, roughly what year is the photo of the 8f, is that a road bridge in the background, don't recognise the location, anyone else have any photos. Taken 1957/58 ish. Picture taken from Shady Lane bridge, which is near the roundabout to the Timperley bypass. I think the bridge in the background would be the old Butchers Lane bridge. The only development in the area at the time was the old Metropolitan Vickers place and Timpson's HQ off what is now Soutmoor Road. Everything else around was all green fields From Baguley/Royal Oak to Timperley. HTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 27 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) Yes you mean Southmoor Road, rare photos of this stretch of line, mostly are taken of Baguley Station or Northenden Station but nothing in between. Edited February 6, 2015 by paul 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2015 as a driver the line from skelton to northenden through baguley was known as "bomb alley" due to the supposed number of objects you would get thrown at you or see dumped in the cess, that footbridge in the picture above is an enclosed cage now i never got 'bricked' along there thankfully Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverF1 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 as a driver the line from skelton to northenden through baguley was known as "bomb alley" due to the supposed number of objects you would get thrown at you or see dumped in the cess, that footbridge in the picture above is an enclosed cage now i never got 'bricked' along there thankfully I never heard of it happening in the 50's/early 60's. Sad reflection of modern life. I went back a few years ago and wished I hadn't. Spolied the good memories I had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted February 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2015 I never heard of it happening in the 50's/early 60's. Sad reflection of modern life. I went back a few years ago and wished I hadn't. Spolied the good memories I had. There were plenty of places where it did. Unfortunately the houses round those areas were demolished and the occupants dispersed all over the place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankyphil Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Just come through Stockport on the M60 (clockwise) this evening. Just east of the Wellington Road bridge to the south of the motorway (google 53.411499, -2.163567), there's some excavations going on and there appears to be a sandstone retaining wall being uncovered. To my eyes, it looks to be in a line with the 2 tunnel mouth locations, so would this be something to do with the line? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I do enjoy this thread even though it's not my end of the Cheshire Lines but does give me some glimpses of what traffic ran along it's lines. I am currently doing research on Chester Northgate Station and although I have plenty of photographs of the station and surround approaches I would like to see if I can get any drawings of the station building good shed and signal box for modelling them . Does anyone where I might have any joy finding such information. I have been to the NRM and checked through their records but with no luck. There must be some drawings of Cheshire Lines building kept somewhere ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharrc20 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Hi, there is a proposal to build a new link road from the A6 to link with the A5145 at the Travis Brow/George's Road junction and onwards to the M60 Junction 1 roundabout. This is in part to relieve the traffic pressure on the existing link roads George's Road to the north and Heaton Lane to the south. The proposals can be seen here in this link under section 800 http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/communitypeopleliving/newapproach/investingingrowth/towncentretransport/. The new road will cut across the former Kwik Save store site now just abandoned waste ground and therefore at this point be situated right above what is the tunnel shown in the photos earlier in this thread. The new link road will mean the removal of the tunnel structure beneath and pass underneath the viaduct and then drop down onto a new junction on Travis Brow near to the ambulance station site. Drawing 801 provides the detail for the proposed link road http://www.stockport.gov.uk/2013/2978/8803/998531/1177152/0527_DF4_TCAP_COL_801. Whether it will get built or not remains to be seen... HTH Cheers Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Hi, there is a proposal to build a new link road from the A6 to link with the A5145 at the Travis Brow/George's Road junction and onwards to the M60 Junction 1 roundabout. This is in part to relieve the traffic pressure on the existing link roads George's Road to the north and Heaton Lane to the south. The proposals can be seen here in this link under section 800 http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/communitypeopleliving/newapproach/investingingrowth/towncentretransport/. The new road will cut across the former Kwik Save store site now just abandoned waste ground and therefore at this point be situated right above what is the tunnel shown in the photos earlier in this thread. The new link road will mean the removal of the tunnel structure beneath and pass underneath the viaduct and then drop down onto a new junction on Travis Brow near to the ambulance station site. Drawing 801 provides the detail for the proposed link road http://www.stockport.gov.uk/2013/2978/8803/998531/1177152/0527_DF4_TCAP_COL_801. Whether it will get built or not remains to be seen... HTH Cheers Paul Nice, more road works around the M60. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) Should get rid of the bridge bash risk on the main line at Georges Road, not many vehicles under 2.1m wide will be high enough to catch it. Edited November 28, 2015 by TheSignalEngineer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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