Stephenwolsten

Irwell Press Locomotives & Railways of the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board Regular price£16.95 This book looks at the development of the dock railway and the large number of locomotives that worked on it. It is now over 40 years since the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Railway ceased to exist and, apart from the occasional magazine article or photo, nothing much of any consequence has appeared regarding this once famous dock system.Under the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, the Port of Liverpool stretched for seven and a half miles along the east side of the River Mersey, having been made up of some 35 docks built from 1715 until 1927. The docks ‘main line’ ran the length of its perimeter along the west side of the dock road from Herculaneum Dock in the South to Gladstone Dock at its northern limit but the docks themselves did not contain the sprawling network of tracks or any of the vast marshalling yards seen at the likes of London and Southampton. The MD&HB railway contented itself to be merely a haulier between the quaysides and the large number of railway company goods stations that had mushroomed along the east side of the dock road as the port expanded along the Mersey shore. These were, with a few exceptions, connected to the dock railway at various places along the way and became focal points of the docks traffic where freight was sorted and marshalled for onward transit.In 1904 an agreement had been reached which saw all docks traffic, between the quaysides and the railway depots, operated and administered by the Chief Traffic Manager of the MD&HB who employed a growing fleet of locomotives to convey the various railway company wagons together with its own internal stock. When this came into force the following year, it led to a highly organised and more economic system that ran until closure of the dock railway in 1973. Softback, 104 pages, well illustrated ISBN: 9781911262084

Don't miss the Telford show! You won't be disappointed.

This dealer is a respected trader in 0 Gauge items: https://www.ellisclarktrains.co.uk/pages/wanted

Apart from the roadside posters and the local papers, this event has also been given good coverage in the Limpsfield (Oxted) parish magazine. It also appears on some Family Days Out sites. So I think the marketing is building up. I will be attending with a stall promoting the Engine Shed Society. engineshedsociety.co.uk. Stephen Wolstenholme Archivist, ESS

Please see my video of a Foxfield gala in 2012 here:

Please visit our website at engineshedsociety.co.uk. The site includes access to our photographic archive. Thanks.

Please see my Pinterest board of images inspiring my planned 7mm diorama of the MDHB, Liverpool Overhead Railway and Riverside Branch lines at East Princes Half Tide Dock, Liverpool just before the Overhead Railway closed in 1956. Planning is in the early stages. Research is the easy bit! Currently I am seeking any plans of the MDHB engine shed shown in the photo. https://uk.pinterest.com/stephenwolstenh/inspiration-for-atlantic-dock-7mm-scale-diorama-of/

My first visit and I was pleased to meet some contacts. It was a treat to find an exhibition hall that was not too hot, had plenty of space around exhibits, plenty of chairs to sit down, and a choice of refreshments. Well done and thanks.

Here is a link to the June 1983 MRC issue featuring LOR drawings: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MODEL-RAILWAY-CONSTRUCTOR-MAGAZINE-JUN-1983-RADIO-CONTROL-LIVE-STEAM-LMR-DRAWING-/231581315153?hash=item35eb527051%3Ag%3AMMcAAOSweW5VbWep

The LOR carriage drawings were in MRC rather than RM. i will look out my copy. Thanks for your comments.

Hello I have posted LOR requests on this Forum as I am planning a 7mm dockside diorama with the LOR in the background. I would be very interested to see elevations of the LOR structures please, as I cannot visit the plans in the Liverpool record office. Thanks. Stephenwolstenholme@talk21.com.

It's good to see the Liverpool Overhead Railway get some coverage. Please see my post in the 7mm section if you are interested in modelling the Mersey dock scene. Thanks.

Well written but poor value for money at this pice.

The 8D Association is a good group for information about the wonderful railways around WIdnes. http://www.8dassociation.btck.co.uk/