Days Out No. 100 : 1961-1962 - Visits to Horwich and Gorton Works

An Aspinall 2P 2-4-2T no. 50746 at Horwich Works on 12th March 1961. Photo: DJD

Visits to Horwich and Gorton during 1961 and 1962, from the diaries of David James Desborough,
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 1964, 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 12 March 1961										total:	69
works yard, paint shop (ps) and scrap yard
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		cl 8F 2-8-0
40146	16B	42723	26B	43880	26D	11304	HW	52201	26D W	48118	18A
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		42779	9B	cl 4F 0-6-0		11305	HW	52244	50D W	48164	41E
50746	27C W	42890	21A	44126	12B	11324	HW	52270	26A W	48507	18A
cl 0F 0-4-0ST (A)		cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		44455	5D	11368	HW	52355	56E W	48608	56D
51229	26B W	1008	ex 50621	44512	21B	51429	HW	52415	26C W	48742	8A
cl 3MT 0-6-0T		Furness Railway		44544	27D	51441	8G W			48756	12A
47402	HW	Coppernob No. 3				51496	26B W	HW - Horwich Works		W - withdrawn
erecting shop
cl 4MT 2-6-0		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
43000	2B	42822	17B	42959	5B	44099	55E	48056	18C	48676	9F
43019	14A	42824	17B	42969	6C	44113	15D	48113	55D	48708	12A
BR 4MT 2-6-0		42867	24F	42975	2B	44197	24G	48332	18A	new 0-6-0 diesels
76077	8G	42870	1A	42984	5B	44446	55D	48454	55A	D3925	D3929
76083	24D	0-6-0 diesels				44595	6B	48513	8A	D3926	D3930
		12004	12046					48640	16A	D3927	D3931
		12005	13247							D3928	D3932
Shed Codes		1A Willesden		2B Nuneaton		5B Crewe South		5D Stoke-on-Trent		6B Mold Junction
6C Birkenhead		8A Edge Hill		8G Sutton Oak		9B Stockport		9F Heaton Mersey		12A Carlisle Kingmoor
12B Carlisle Upperby		14A Cricklewood		15D Coalville		16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield		17B Burton-on-Trent		18A Toton
18C Hasland		21A Saltley		21B Bounville		24D Lower Darwen		24F Fleetwood		24G Skipton
26A Newton Heath		26B Agecroft		26C Bolton		26D Bury		27D Wigan L&Y		41E Staveley Barrow H.
50D Goole		55A Leeds Holbeck		55D Royston		55E Normanton		56D Mirfield		56E Sowerby Bridge
Vists to Horwich Works 1949 - 1951				Vists to Horwich Works 1952 - 1954				Vists to Horwich Works 1955 - 1956
Vists to Horwich Works 1957 - 1958				Vists to Horwich Works 1959 - 1960				Vists to Horwich Works 1961
Vists to Horwich Works 1962				Vists to Horwich Works 1963 - 1964
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.							Visits to Bolton 1938 - 1968
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		BW - Barton Wright		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes
		St - Stanier		BR - British Railways				WD - War Department
Sunday 12 March 1961					26C					total:	38
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)				cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		cl 3F 0-6-0T		WD 2-8-0
40065	26A W	42545	26C	42655	26C	52182	26C	47440	26A W	90121	26C
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		42563	26C	42656	26C	52393	26C	47546	26A	90267	26C
40078	6H xw	42626	26C	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		52443	26D W	47547	26A	90729	26C
BR 2MT 2-6-2T		42630	26C	42788	9G xw	52523	26C	cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)		cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)
84013	26C	42633	26C	42813	9G aw	cl 4F 0-6-0		51371	26A aw	49592	26A W
84014	26C	42635	26C	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		44275	9E xw	51408	26C	49662	26C W
84019	26C	42652	26C	42947	21D xw	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)				0-6-0 diesel
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		42653	26C	42981	6C xw	44000	55B W			D3844
42207	26C	42654	26C			aw - awaiting works		xw - ex works		W - withdrawn
Shed Codes		6C Birkenhead		6H Bangor		9E Trafford Park		9G Gorton		21D Aston
		26A Newton Heath		26C Bolton		26D Bury		55B Stourton

A withdrawn Stanier 2P 0-4-4T no. 41908 in Gorton Works scrapyard on 8th April 1961.  Photo: DJD

A view of Gorton shed yard on 8th April 1961.  Photo: DJD

Gorton Works & Shed
Built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and opened in 1848
access:	The Works entrance was on Lawton Street, a narrow street off Cornwall Street, Openshaw, Manchester
Saturday 8 April 1961										total:	32
erecting shop
O4 2-8-0 (GCR)				J39 0-6-0		WD 2-8-0				BR 9F 2-10-0
63576	36C	63793	36C	64806	52B	90115	36C	90490	36C	92089	16D
63647	36E	63914	36E	EM1 electrics		90162	41D	90611	55D	92162	26A
63791	41F	63920	56A	26017	26054	90345	55G	90683	36A
						90443	40B
works yard								works dump
O4 2-8-0 (GCR)		J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		WD 2-8-0				cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
63750	40E	64359	16D	90202	41D	90610	55D	42300	9G W	63649	9G W
63807	36C	EM1 electrics		90243	55D	90617	55E	cl 2P 0-4-4T (St)		J11 0-6-0 (GCR)
63902	41J	26056		D11 4-4-0				41907	9A W	64446	40B W
				62660	41A Butler Henderson W			41908	9A W	cl 3F 0-6-0T
								W - withdrawn		47312	30A W
Gorton shed
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railway					opened:	1879	closed:	Jun-65	pre 1948		GOR
type:	A brick-built 18TS dead-ended shed.								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		I - Ivatt		J - Johnson
St - Stanier		GCR - Great Central Railway				BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Saturday 8 April 1961					9G					total:	45
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		B1 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)		J39 0-6-0		WD 2-8-0		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
41203	82E	61265	9G	43245	9G W	64718	9G	90139	9G	63573	9G
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		43400	9G	64740	9G			63593	41F xw
42374	9G	42726	26A	43499	9G	64744	9G	90203	41F xw	63600	9G
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		42767	9G	43624	9G	64903	56F xw	90239	34E aw	63606	41J xw
42429	9G	42902	9G	43721	9G	cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		90421	41F xw	63631	9G
L1 2-6-4T		cl 1F 0-6-0T (J)		43763	9G	43793	15C	J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		63719	9G
67707	9G	41702	9G	43789	9G	43809	9G	64418	9G	63766	9G
67719	9G			cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		43826	9G			63767	9G
67727	9G			43915	9G	cl 4F 0-6-0		aw - awaiting works		63794	9G
				44025	9G	44190	9G	xw - ex works		63848	9G
										63915	9G
Shed Codes		9G Gorton		15C Leicester Midland		16D Annesley		26A Newton Heath		30A Stratford
34E New England		36A Doncaster		36C Frodingham		36E Retford		40B Immingham		40E Colwick
41A Sheffield Darnall		41D Canklow		41F Mexborough		41J Langwith Junction		52B Heaton		55D Royston
55E Normanton		55G Huddersfield		56A Wakefield		56F Low Moor		82E Bristol Barrow Rd.

A J39 0-6-0 no 64744 in the scrap yard at Gorton Works on 14th April 1962. Photo: DJD

Ex-Great Central Railway J11 0-6-0 64423 awaits scrapping at Gorton on 14th April 1962.  Photo: DJD.

Ex-Great Central O4/1 63762 is undergoing scrapping at Gorton on 14th April 1962. Photo: DJD.

Gorton Works & Shed
Built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and opened in 1848
access:	The Works entrance was on Lawton Street, a narrow street off Cornwall Street, Openshaw, Manchester
Saturday 14 April 1962										total:	26
erecting shop
O1 2-8-0 (GNR)		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)		WD 2-8-0						BR 9F 2-10-0
63591	16D	63612	41H	90084	40E	90438	40E	90480	36A	92050	17C
63806	16D	63730	36C	90103	40E	90442	36A	90492	40E	92084	15A
		63732	41J	90393	40E	90454	34B	90629	40E
		63884	36C
works yard and dump
		J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)		J39 0-6-0		WD 2-8-0
		64423	36C W	63762	41H W	64744	9G W	90059	36C
				63775	9G W	64811	56B W	90439	34E
				63818	36E			90484	36A	W - withdrawn
Gorton shed
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railway					opened:	1879	closed:	Jun-65	pre 1948		GOR
type:	A brick-built 18TS dead-ended shed.								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		St - Stanier
I - Ivatt	Fb - Fairburn		GCR - Great Central Railway			BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Saturday 14 April 1962					9G					total:	26
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		B1 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)		J39 0-6-0		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)		WD 2-8-0
42429	9G	61077	9G	43400	9G W	64903	56F W	63720	41J	90146	34E
42596	9E	MV T2 diesel		43721	9G W	J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		63779	36E W	90232	36C
cl 1F 0-6-0T (J)		D5708		43763	9G W	64450	36E W	63793	36C	90280	40B
41702	9G			43789	9G	BR 9F 2-10-0		O1 2-8-0 (GNR)		90302	41J
				cl 4F 0-6-0		92048	17C	63689	16D	90381	27B
				44263	21A	92136	21A	cl 8F 2-8-0		90447	36A
W - withdrawn								48333	9F	90730	34E
Shed Codes		9E Trafford Park		9F Heaton Mersey		9G Gorton		15A Wellingborough		16D Annesley
21A Saltley		27B Aintree		34B Hornsey		34E New England		36A Doncaster		36C Frodingham
36E Retford		40B Immingham		40E Colwick		41H Staveley GC		41J Langwith Junction		56B Ardsley
56F Low Moor
Gorton shed
Saturday 15 December 1962					9G					total:	48
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		B1 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 4F 0-6-0		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)		WD 2-8-0
42429	9G W	61039^	9G	43261	9G W	44114	9G	63598	9G W	90080	9G xw
42472	9G W	61239	9G W	43499	9G W	44124	9G	63600	9G W	90143	24B xw
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		61352	9G W	43763	9G W	44164	9G	63848	9G W	90214	9G
42248	9G W	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		43789	9G W	44190	9G	63862	9G W	90284	9G
42249	9G	42754	9G	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		J39 0-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		90312	9G
42256	9G	42767	9G	43915	9G	64880	9G W	47211	9G	90323	9G
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		42769	9G	43929	9G	cl 1F 0-6-0T (J)		cl 3F 0-6-0T		90516	2F
42374	9G	42791	9G	43937	9G	41702	9G W	47502	9G	90676	9G
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		42813	9G	43950	9G			47641	9G	90706	24J xw
42962	2B	42857	9G W	44015	9G	^ named B1 4-6-0 : 61039 Steinbok				BR 9F 2-10-0
				W - withdrawn		aw - awaiting works		xw - ex works		92099	52H xw
Shed Codes		2B Nuneaton		2F Woodford Halse		9G Gorton		24B Rose Grove		24J Lancaster
		52H Tyne Dock
Visits to Gorton Works 1950 - 1952				Visits to Gorton Works 1953 - 1956				Visits to Gorton Works 1957 - 1959
Visits to Gorton Works 1960 - 1963				Vists to Gorton shed 1937 - 1954				Vists to Gorton shed 1955 - 1965