Mirithehamster

just letting everyone know that the only surviving Class 503 EMU was moved from Covenrty to Margate the old Hornby site in January 2019 personally i think it should be on the Wirrel or Liverpool as it never operated in the south of the uk, space should be found somewhere under cover in the wirrel for it

The Locomotive Mary At West Bank Dock Widnes in 1940

Thanks for the link Stephen.  The section on the Hutchinson Dock & Estate is very comprehensive and informative: http://www.8dassociation.btck.co.uk/IndustrialandPrivateRailways/JohnHutchinsonsWestBankDockEstate

Eighteen months after we purchased 'Efficient' from McKechnie's we purchased 'Lucy', an Avonside B3 (1568/1909) from Hutchinson's.  The first photo shows her on one of her last 'outings' at Widnes having already been relegated to standby loco by the two Yorkshire diesel hydraulics,'Nina' and D2858.  Although still a bit scruffy 'Lucy' was able to double head a railtour around Birkenhead docks in July 1972 as shown in the second photo.

Ray.

Lucy at Widnes 1969-70.jpg

Birkenhead Docker No 3 1972.jpg

wish someone would work on getting both Lucy and Efficent back to working order

there was also widnes dock junction nearby which had an intresting flat crossing, 

Pretty sure McKechnies is the Metal works shown in the centre of this map

 

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.3585&lon=-2.7460&layers=6&b=1

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/McKechnies/@53.3580469,-2.7525746,3403m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x487ae276220f0ddf:0x6cc038488d23985e!8m2!3d53.358704!4d-2.745969

 

Brit15

it is McKechnie Brothers' copper smelting works 

Driver and Shunter (in doorway of 08 885) on trip to Tanhouse Lane sidings from Widnes West Deviation, at Widnes No1, having just received the staff for the line to Tanhouse Lane on 2/2/1982.

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all gone the white buildings too past the bridge as well,the white buildings went in 2014