Days Out No. 58 : 13th March 1960 - Manchester ft Horwich & Gorton Works

A trip to the sheds and works within the Manchester area.
Trafford Park
Post Grouping Ownership (Joint) - Cheshire Lines Committee/Midland Railways								joint shed codes pre 1948 TFD/19G
type:	A 20TS dead-ended shed.						opened:	1895	1950 (briefly)		13A
location:	On the north side of the line, east of Trafford Park & Stretford station.						closed:	Mar-68	May 1950 - Mar 1968		9E
									Jan 1957 - May 1958		17F
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		D - Deeley		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		J - Johnson
		St - Stanier		GCR - Great Central Railway				BR - British Railway
Sunday 13 March 1960					9E		7.25am			total:	47
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		Jubilee 4-6-0
40009	9E	42328	9E	42428	9E	44664	16A	45585	15C Hydrabad
40017	9E W	42333	9E	42452	9E	44688	9E	45616	15C Malta G. C.
40018	9E	42361	9E	42469	9E	44717	9E	Britannia 4-6-2
40055	9E W	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		42479	9E S	44809	9E	70015	9E Appollo
40056	9E W	42064	9E	42628	9E	44856	16A	70032	9E Tennyson
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		42065	9E	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		45239	9E	cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
40088	9E	42111	9E	42763	17B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		44392	9E	48288	9E
40097	9E	42675	9E	BR 4MT 2-6-0		43572	9E	44419	17A	48741	9E
40141	9E S	42676	9E	76089	9E	43580	9E	44564	9E	J10 0-6-0 (GCR)
40208	9E S	42683	9E			43650	9E	44565	9E	65166	9E W
S - stored		W - withdrawn						44566	9E	65194	9F W
Shed Codes		9E Trafford Park		9F Heaton Mersey		15C Leicester Midland		16A Nottingham		17A Derby
		17B Burton-on-Trent
Visits to Trafford Park 1936 - 1968
Agecroft
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway							opened:	1889	Sep 1935 - Aug 1963		26B
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Oct-66	Sep 1963 - Oct 1966		9J
location:	In the fork of the Pendleton to Swinton and Clifton Junction lines.
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		BW - Barton Wright		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		St - Stanier
		WD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 1960					26B		8am			total:	53
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)		WD 2-8-0
42474	26B	42723	26B	44781	26B	47574	26B	49505	26B	90142	26A
42646	26B	42724	26B	44782	26B	47578	26B	49509	26B W	90324	26B
42647	26B	42753	26B	44987	26B	47579	26B	49511	26A W	90354	26B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		42755	26B	45261	26B	47585	26B W	49627	26B	90372	26B
42287	26B	42838	26B	45337	26B	cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)		49637	26B	90546	26B
cl 2MT 2-6-0		42840	24F	45338	26B	51413	26B	49667	26A W	90555	26D
46485	26B	42860	26B	B1 4-6-0		51458	26A W	cl 8F 2-8-0		90558	26B
46486	26B	42891	5D	61008*	26B	51496	26B	48318	8A	90581	56A
cl 0F 0-4-0ST (A)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		61298	26B	51497	26A W	0-6-0 diesel		90678	56D
51204	26B	52431	26A W	61369	26B			D3868	26B	90713	26B
51207	26B	52455	26A W			W- withdrawn
Shed Codes		5D Stoke-on-Trent		8A Edge Hill		24F Fleetwood		26A Newton Heath		26B Agecroft
		26D Bury		56A Wakefield		56D Mirfield
Visits to Agecroft 1936 - 1966
Patricroft
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1885	1935 - Jan 1958		10C
type:	Two brick-built shed: one 8TS, the other 10TS.						closed:	Jul-68	Feb 1958 - Aug 1963		26F
location:	In the fork of the Eccles to Patricroft and Monton Green Lines.								Sep 1963 - July 1968		9H
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		I - Ivatt		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways				WD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 1960					26F		8.45am			total:	65
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		Patriot 4-6-0
41283	26F	45092	8F	47364	26F W	49034	26F	45511	8B Isle of Man
41287	26F	45095	26F	47365	26F	49087	26F	45535	8A Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B.
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (St)		45096	26F	47378	26F	49119	26F	Jubilee 4-6-0
42458	26F	45182	26F	47430	26F	49147	26F	45559	17A British Columbia
42494	26F	45195	26F	47491	26F	49149	26F W	45563	26F Australia
42563	26F	45252	26F	47546	26F	49199	26F	45645	26F Collingwood
42574	26F	45255	26F	47621	26F	49209	26F	45671	9A Prince Rupert
42662	26F	45294	26F	47672	26F W	49323	26F	45706	26A Express
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)		45304	26F	cl 4F 0-6-0		49335	26F	WD 2-8-0
40631	26F	45402	12B	44156	15A	cl 7F 0-8-0 G2		90126	56D	90570	26F
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		45410	8B	0-6-0 diesels		49421	26F	90183	26F	90669	26F
42726	26A	45420	26F	D3588	D3845	49426	26F	90222	26F	cl 8F 2-8-0
BR 4MT 4-6-0		BR 5MT 4-6-0		D3779		49454	5B	90399	26F	48506	26F
75013	6A	73125	26F			0-4-0 diesel		90530	26F	48512	26F
		73132	26F			ED1
Shed Codes		5B Crewe North		6A Chester Midland		6B Mold Junction		8A Edge Hill		8B Warrington
8F Springs Branch		9A Longsight		12B Carlisle Upperby		15A Wllingborough		17A Derby		26A Newton Heath
26F Patricroft		56D Mirfield
Visits to Patricroft 1936 - 1968
Bolton
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway							opened:	1874	Sep 1938 - Aug 1963		26C
type:	A brick-built 12TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jul-68	Sep 1963 - Jul 1968		9K
location:	On the west side of the Bolton to Clifton Junction line, south of the station.
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		BW - Barton Wright		F - Fowler		H - Hughes
J - Johnson		St - Stanier		BR - British Railways				WD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 1960					26C		9.35am			total:	42
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		cl 4F 0-6-0		WD 2-8-0
40062	26A S	42549	26A	42728	26A	52345	26C	44063	5E wks	90110	26C
40063	26A S	42554	27D	BR 2MT 2-6-2T		52393	26C	44101	17C wks	90289	26A
40065	26A W	42565	26C	84013	26C	52415	26C	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		90297	26C
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		42626	26C	84014	26C	52443	26D W	43945	9F wks	90725	26C
40094	9F wks	42633	26C	84019	26C	52523	26C	44000	24G W	90729	26C
40168	16C wks	42635	26C	cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)		cl 8F 2-8-0		cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)
40173	3A wks	42652	26C	47217	26A	51486	26C	48749	6B wks	49592	26A W
0-6-0 diesel		42654	26C	47224	26B	51498	26C	cl 3F 0-6-0T		49662	26C W
D3842		42655	26C	wks - Horwich Works traffic				47440	26A W
shed codes		3A Bescot		5E Alsager		6B Mold Junction		9F Heaton Mersey		16C Mansfield
17C Rowsley		24G Skipton		26A Newton Heath		26B Agecroft		26C Bolton		26D Bury
27D Wigan L&Y
Visits to Bolton 1938 - 1968
Horwich Works
The workshops of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway						location:	Built on 142 hectares of land near Bolton.
opened:	1886, when the L&YR moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.
closed:	The last engine was repaired in 1965, though work continued on other rolling stock until 1983.
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		BW - Barton Wright		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways
Sunday 13 March 1960										total:	60
works yard, paint shop (ps) and scrap yard
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 4MT 2-6-0		cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)		cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)		cl 8F 2-8-0
50781	27C W	42718	24D	43048	15B	11304	HW	49515	26A W	48062	18A
50795	55F W	42729	24D	43073	24J	11305	HW	49544	26A W	48164	41E ps
1008 ps	ex 50621	42792	9G	BR 4MT 2-6-0		11324	HW	49624	26A W	48321	12A
cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		76039	14D	11368	HW	49674	26B W	48464	12A
52095	24B W	42964	5B	cl 4F 0-6-0		11394	HW	cl 2F 0-6-0 (BW)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)
52139	56D W	Furness Railway		44382	9B W	51429	HW	52044	56A W	43897	24D W
		Coppernob No. 3 ps
erecting shop
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 8F 2-8-0
40087	2B	42750	26A	42956	5B	44055	55F	43950	17C	48178	41B
40135	2B	42812	1A	42971	6B	44128	41D	43957	2E	48271	18A
40137	8D	42892	9B	cl 4MT 2-6-0		44370	1E	0-6-0 diesels		48664	55D
40142	14B	42894	6C	43026	11B	44447	1E	D3371	12021
		BR 4MT 2-6-0		43063	2F	44452	5E	12007	12102
		76037	14D	43121	14A	44548	5D	12018
Shed Codes		1A Willesden		1E Bletchley		2B Nuneaton		2E Northampton		2F Woodford Halse
5B Crewe South		5D Stoke-on-Trent		5E Alsager		6B Mold Junction		6C Birkenhead		8D Widnes
9B Stockport		9D Buxton		11B Workington		12A Carlisle Kingmoor		14A Cricklewood		14B Kentish Town
14D Neasden		15B Kettering		17C Rowsley		18A Toton		24B Rose Grove		24D Lower Darwen
24J Lancaster		26A Newton Heath		26B Agecroft		27C Southport		41B Grimesthorpe		41D Canklow
41E Staveley Barrow H.		55D Royston		55F Manningham		56A Wakefield		56D Mirfield
Visits to Horwich Works 1949 - 1951						Visits to Horwich Works 1952 - 1954
Visits to Horwich Works 1955 - 1956						Visits to Horwich Works 1957 - 1958
Visits to Horwich Works 1959 - 1960
Bury
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway							opened:	1876	Sep 1938 - Aug 1963		26D
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Nov-65	Sep 1963 - Nov 1965		9M
location:	On the east side of the Bury to Radcliffe line, south of Bury (Bolton Street).
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		St - Stanier
Sunday 13 March 1960					26D					total:	20
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 2MT 2-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		cl 4F 0-6-0		WD 2-8-0
42444	26D	42700	26D	46406	26D	52129	26D	43880	26D	90194	26D
42460	26D	42719	26D	46417	26D	52201	26D	43913	26D	90226	26D
42550	26D	42730	26D	46436	26D	cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		90408	26D
				cl 2F 0-6-0ST		47584	26D	49142	2B	90419	26D
				51408	26C
shed codes		2B Nuneaton		26C Bolton		26D Bury
Visits to Bury 1937 - 1965
Lees, Oldham
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1878	Sep 1938 - Sep 1954		26F
type:	A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed						closed:	Apr-64	Oct 1954 - Aug 1963		26E
location:	On the north side of Lees station								Sep 1963 - Apr 1964		9P
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		Fb - Fairburn		BR - British Railways
Sunday 13 March 1960					26E					total:	16
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		BR 5MT 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)				cl 8F 2-8-0		WD 2-8-0
42114	26E	73133	26F	52183	26E W	52269	26E W	48491	26A	90141	26E
42115	26E			52207	26E	52322	26E			90402	26E
				52240	26E	52466	26E			90523	26A
W - withdrawn				52248	26E					90671	26E
										90708	26E
shed codes		26A Newton Heath		26E Lees, Oldham		26F Patricroft		55A Leeds Holbeck
Visits to Lees (Oldham) 1938 - 1963
Gorton
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railway							opened:	1879	pre 1948		GOR
type:	A brick-built 18TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jun-65	1949 - Feb 1958		39A
location:	On the north side of the line between Ashbury's and Gorton & Openshaw stations.								Feb 1958 - April 1958		9H
									April 1958 - 1965		9G
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		D - Deeley		H - Hughes		J - Johnson
		GCR - Great Central Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway			WD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 1960					9G					total:	84
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		J39 0-6-0		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
42300	9E	43187	9G	42754	9G	64288	9G	64717	9G	63573	9G
42373	9G	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		42768	9G	64337	9G	64718	9G	63598	9G
42374	9G	43207	9G	42775	9G	64341	9G	64727	9G	63649	9G
L1 2-6-4T		43235	9G	42788	9G	64357	9G	64738	9G	63719	9G
67743	9G	43400	9G	K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		64368	9G	64742	9G	63721	9G
67747	9G	43638	9G W	61865	9G	64405	9G aw	64743	9G	63743	9G
67748	9G	43773	9G	61910	9G	64418	9G	64744	9G	63767	9G aw
67751	9G	cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		cl 4F 0-6-0		64434	9G	64747	9G	63772	41F aw
67756	9G	43789	9G	44114	9G	64435	9G	64748	9G	63794	9G
67762	9G	43809	9G	44138	9E	64437	9G	64809	9G	63805	9G
67795	9G	43826	9G	44236	9G	64439	9G	64824	9G aw	63907	41F
67796	9G	B1 4-6-0		44275	9G	64440	9G	64875	9G	J6 0-6-0 (GCR)
67798	9G	61161	9G	44358	5D	WD 2-8-0		64930	9G	64256	9G
N5 0-6-2T (GCR)		61265	9G	44377	5D	90278	27B	J94 0-6-0ST		cl 1F 0-6-0T (J)
69307	9G	A5 4-6-2T (GCR)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		90306	26E	68064	9G	41702	9G
69360	9G	69817	9G	44015	9G	90358	41F aw	68068	9G	cl 8F 2-8-0
aw - awaiting works						90416	27B			48192	16B
Shed Codes		5D Stoke-on-Trent		9E Trafford Park		9G Gorton		16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield		26E Lees (Oldham)
		27B Aintree		41F Mexborough
Visits to Gorton 1937 - 1954						Visits to Gorton 1955 - 1965
Gorton Works
Built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and opened in 1848
Abbreviations		GCR - Great Central Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway			WD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 1960										total:	38
erecting shop
O4 2-8-0 (GCR)						WD 2-8-0				EM1/EM2 electrics
63602	36E	63727	41F	63801	41J	90088	41J	90537	36A	26002	26024
63618	36A	63735	41H	63884	41F	90133	36C	90589	26A	26057	27004
63684	41F	63750	40E	O1 2-8-0 (GNR)		90269	34E	90591	55C
63692	40B	63787	41H	63590	41H	90525	26E
63706	41H			63886	16D
works yard						works dump
O4 2-8-0 (GCR)		O1 2-8-0 (GNR)		WD 2-8-0		N5 0-6-2T (GCR)		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)		J11 0-6-0 (GCR)
63681	9G	63755	52H	90163	26A	69308	41F W	63733	41A W	64298	9G W
63716	9G	J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		90295	24C			63753	41F W	64383	9G W
63720	41H	64363	9G	90473	40E
				90568	26D
Shed Codes 1960		9G Gorton		16D Annesley		24C Lostock Hall		26A Newton Heath		26D Bury
26E Lees, Oldham		34E New England		36A Doncaster		36C Frodingham		36E Retford		40B Immingham
40E Colwick		41A Sheffield Darnall		41F Mexborough		41H Staveley GC		41J Langwith Junction		52H Tyne Dock
55C Farnley Junction
Visits to Gorton Works 1950 - 1952						Visits to Gorton Works 1953 - 1956
Visits to Gorton Works 1957 - 1959						Visits to Gorton Works 1960 - 1963
Heaton Mersey
Post Grouping Ownership (Joint) - Cheshire Lines Committee/Midland Railways								joint shed codes pre 1950 STP/19D
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.						opened:	1889	1950 (briefly)		13C
location:	In the fork of the Cheadle/Didsbury lines, west of Tivot Dale station.						closed:	May-68	May 1950 - Dec 1956		9F
									Jan 1957 - Mar 1958		17E
									April 1958 - 1968		9F
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		J - Johnson		St - Stanier
		GCR - Great Central Railway			BR - British Railway			WD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 1960					9F					total:	46
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 8F 2-8-0
40001	9F	42794	41B	44090	9F S	43832	9F	48081	17C	48379	16B
40004	9F W	BR 4MT 2-6-0		44097	41B	43961	9F W	48121	17A	48501	9F
40059	9F W	76048	9F	44164	17A	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)		48161	9F	48503	9F
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		76085	9F	44250	9F	43212	9F	48208	9F	48613	9F
40089	9F	76087	9F	44361	9F W	43245	9F	48225	16B	48676	9F
40113	9F	0-6-0 diesels		44378	9F	WD 2-8-0		48316	9F	48677	9F
40124	9F	D3852	D3854	44414	16A	90457	56D	48317	16B	48682	9F
cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		D3853		44421	9F	90712	27B	48329	9F	O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
49391	9D			44554	9F			48377	16A	63713	9G
Shed Codes		9D Buxton		9F Heaton Mersey		9G Gorton		16A Nottingham		16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield
17A Derby		17C Rowsley		27B Aintree		41B Grimesthorpe		56D Mirfield
Visits to Heaton Mersey 1936 - 1968
Stockport
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1883	Sep 1935 - May 68		9B
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	May-68
location:	West of the line, south of Stocport Edgeley station.
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		J - Johnson		BR - British Railway
		WD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 1960					9B					total:	41
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 4MT 2-6-0		WD 2-8-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
42316	9B	42773	9B	44838	1A	43032	41C	90140	26E	48165	8D
42322	9B	42848	9B	45045	5B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)		90241	24B	48262	5B
42343	9B	42849	9B	45391	5B	43305	9B	90248	26A	48346	41E
42357	9B	42852	1A	45428	55C	cl 3F 0-6-0T		90379	56A	48372	26A
42391	9B	42854	9B	BR 5MT 4-6-0		47431	9B	90619	55G	48389	9B
42415	9B	42886	9B	73134	26F	cl 7F 0-8-0 G2		90642	56D	48441	6C
0-6-0 diesel		42887	9A	K3 2-6-0		49407	5B	cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		48712	9D
D3771	9B	42932	9B	61893	50B			49002	2B	48731	9F
										48740	9D
Shed Codes		1A Willesden		2B Nuneaton		5B Crewe South		6C Birkenhead		8D Widnes
9A Longsight		9B Stockport		9D Buxton		9F Heaton Mersey		24B Rose Grove		26A Newton Heath
26E Lees, Oldham		26F Patricroft		41C Millhouses		41E Staveley Barrow Hill		50B Hull Dairycoates		55C Farnley Junction
55G Huddersfield		56A Wakefield		56D Mirfield
Visits to Stockport 1936 - 1968