Poggy1165 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 At one time - we are talking long ago - there were bay platforms where the tenders are. I can only think they were used by the London Road-Tiviot Dale locals that seem to have been taken off around the time of World War 1. (If I recall correctly, they re in the 1910 reprint of Bradshaw.) I still think TD was a beautiful piece of architecture, but it had no hope in the 1960s. Ironically, were it but available today, it would (if the money were but there) provide a most useful link for passengers from Marple to Stockport, and a fairly useful supplementary route to Manchester. Anyone who doubts this should try driving (or using a bus) between Stockport and Marple in the rush hour or even its shoulders. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I still think TD was a beautiful piece of architecture, but it had no hope in the 1960s. Ironically, were it but available today, it would (if the money were but there) provide a most useful link for passengers from Marple to Stockport, and a fairly useful supplementary route to Manchester. Anyone who doubts this should try driving (or using a bus) between Stockport and Marple in the rush hour or even its shoulders. It would also have made extending the Metrolink into Stockport a hell of a lot easier/cheaper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 From the disused stations Facebook group. Tiviot dale during demolition 1968. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 This is a great shot. https://ironroad.smugmug.com/1960s-Steam-Finale/i-3WQnZRx/A 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted August 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) these are in my work thread but i thought worthy of a view here too my job yesterday started at northenden jn, was a bit gutted as it should have started at chinley and got me a ride over the line from there (which ive never done), but as a plus side i got to have a look in the box cheshire lines backplate to the levers looking up from the ground floor, toilet on the first level, interlocking room on the 2nd (all electric now so no wires or bars stretching down anymore) and the cabin on the 3rd level, its weird being in the box though as the road passes by just below the window so you forget you are so high! one 'legend' that was dismissed on my visit was that the interior is painted sky blue as the signaller is a man city fan HOWEVER the guy on duty said "it used to be, im a red (united fan) and the other 2 signallers in the shift are blues (man city) and they arranged to have it repainted while i was on annual leave" "the day i came back the other signaller met me at the bottom of the stairs to relieve as he said he was in a hurry to get away, when i got up stairs i just went what the f*** have they done the b*******" on which he could hear the other signaller downstairs laughing his head off and shouting "city, city, city" back up to the cabin! Edited August 29, 2017 by big jim 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 these are in my work thread but i thought worthy of a view here too my job yesterday started at northenden jn, was a bit gutted as it should have started at chinley and got me a ride over the line from there (which ive never done), but as a plus side i got to have a look in the box cheshire lines backplate to the levers looking up from the ground floor, toilet on the first level, interlocking room on the 2nd (all electric now so no wires or bars stretching down anymore) and the cabin on the 3rd level, its weird being in the box though as the road passes by just below the window so you forget you are so high! one 'legend' that was dismissed on my visit was that the interior is painted sky blue as the signaller is a man city fan HOWEVER the guy on duty said "it used to be, im a red (united fan) and the other 2 signallers in the shift are blues (man city) and they arranged to have it repainted while i was on annual leave" "the day i came back the other signaller met me at the bottom of the stairs to relieve as he said he was in a hurry to get away, when i got up stairs i just went what the f*** have they done the b*******" on which he could hear the other signaller downstairs laughing his head off and shouting "city, city, city" back up to the cabin! it was actualy "lazer blue " which was the rather garish shade that "citeah " were playing in at the time all would of been late 90s during thier sojourn in the third tear 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 27 Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 (edited) I am trying to research Baguley Signal Box can not find any interior views if anybody can help. Edited September 10, 2017 by paul 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 21.05.69 Skelton Junction D5249 on Arpley - Glazebrook freight. J W Sutherland. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 Cheadle Jnc. Straight on for Stockport tiviot dale, to the right for Cheadle heath this line is still open. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Cheadle Jnc. Straight on for Stockport tiviot dale, to the right for Cheadle heath this line is still open. IMG_4432.JPG The line to Tiviot Dale looks OOU on this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 It was, Gary Dixon who gave me permission to use the shot was there recovering signals and equipment for use on Peak rail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Any idea of a date of that shot? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 The line to Tiviot Dale looks OOU on this The track is cut beyond the signal box, there is a white ballast void just beyond the signal box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 27 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 What were the large buildings on the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 10, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2017 What were the large buildings on the right. Looks like the back end of the sewage works at Stockport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 26, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2017 shots of the Brinnington area in 1968. the m60 now cuts through this section so I take it this section of motorway was a later addition to the part past Tiviot dale. D75xx Brinnington 30.4.68 by George of Dufton, on Flickr 48026 Brinnington 4.5.68 by George of Dufton, on Flickr can see that the right hand distance arm for the route to Romily has been removed from the signal. 45392 Brinnington 4.5.68 by George of Dufton, on Flickr 45392 Brinnington 4.5.68 by George of Dufton, on Flickr 92160 Brinnington 4.5.68 by George of Dufton, on Flickr 92160 Brinnington 4.5.68 by George of Dufton, on Flickr 92160 Brinnington 4.5.68 by George of Dufton, on Flickr I was out in the area today and took three shots for comparison. The first is at the tunnel mouth, the others are about where the Class 25 is in George's first picture. Brinnington Tunnel by Charles Eric Steele, on Flickr Cheshire Lines Trackbed Looking West by Charles Eric Steele, on Flickr Cheshire Lines Trackbed Looking East by Charles Eric Steele, on Flickr 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy h Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 i still find it strange that there is a row of about 100 concrete sleepers just a bit further back from the tunnel mouth photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 70017 at Northenden in 1963. My dad as a very young boy recalls seeing a large green loco on Walton on the hill shed around this time. I wonder if that could be the one? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 (edited) http://maps.nls.uk/view/126523829#zoom=6&lat=3855&lon=8391&layers=BT http://maps.nls.uk/view/114581263#zoom=5&lat=8502&lon=9995&layers=BT http://maps.nls.uk/view/114581809#zoom=6&lat=7056&lon=11218&layers=BT The bottom link is very unusual as it shows the site of the 'Manure Siding' opposite Baguley East signal cabin. I have yet to find out why this siding was put in and who was (or were) it's customers. There are others too Regards Edited November 22, 2017 by PenrithBeacon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 http://maps.nls.uk/view/126523829#zoom=6&lat=3855&lon=8391&layers=BT http://maps.nls.uk/view/114581263#zoom=5&lat=8502&lon=9995&layers=BT http://maps.nls.uk/view/114581809#zoom=6&lat=7056&lon=11218&layers=BT The bottom link is very unusual as it shows the site of the 'Manure Siding' opposite Baguley East signal cabin. I have yet to find out why this siding was put in and who was (or were) it's customers. There are others too Regards Manure could be another name for Night Soil and Sewage! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 (edited) Manure could be another name for Night Soil and Sewage! Mark Saunders Manure was a general term for anything a farmer or horticulturalist added to the soil to improve it. It didn't, and doesn't, have to be poo. It could, for example, be sand. The local soil was, and is, very boggy, I know, I gardened on it for a fair few years. Any additive would be welcome. Lime, for example, to neutralise the acidity. Sand to open it up and bond the soil together. Compost is likely to have been acquired locally. It might not be a coincidence that Wythenshawe Hall was very close to these sidings and the Tatton family owned most of the land nearby as well as the Hall. Regards Edited November 22, 2017 by PenrithBeacon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Manure was a general term for anything a farmer or horticulturalist added to the soil to improve it. It didn't, and doesn't, have to be poo. It could, for example, be sand. The local soil was, and is, very boggy, I know, I gardened on it for a fair few years. Any additive would be welcome. Lime, for example, to neutralise the acidity. Sand to open it up and bond the soil together. Compost is likely to have been acquired locally. It might not be a coincidence that Wythenshawe Hall was very close to these sidings and the Tatton family owned most of the land nearby as well as the Hall. Regards There were still movements of night soil post war! I doubt that sand or lime would qualify as manure in railway terms. Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I think these sidings were discontinued in fifties, perhaps before. I haven’t yet seen a photo of Baguley East signal box with them in use and the WTT shows the daily pick up goods passing by the site post nationalisation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 27 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I think these sidings were discontinued in fifties, perhaps before. I haven’t yet seen a photo of Baguley East signal box with them in use and the WTT shows the daily pick up goods passing by the site post nationalisation. I have never seen any photos of this signal box in fact any photos of this area are scarce if you don't include the station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 I won this shot of 2 8fs at Heaton Mersey in 1968 on Ebay with copyright. 8fs Heaton Mersey 1968 by Michaeldelz, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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