Guide Bridge and Reddish, BR blue era
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:57 pm
My brother Graham Williams is an excellent photographer and some of his work got members drooling when I posted a selection of his work after Woodhead was mentioned as a possible RW3 route. So to avoid cluttering up that thread, I thought I would showcase some of Graham's excellent work from Guide Bridge and Reddish here.
Paul
A class 76, shorn of its bodies, sits sadly on the deck at Reddish.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 212&nseq=9
LMS 5305 makes a stop at Guide Bridge.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 57&nseq=13
Two class 76s at rest in Reddish yard. Both are in corporate blue, but one is wearing a 'lion and wheel' instead of the corporate BR emblem.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 72&nseq=17
The stores train at Guide Bridge, pulled by 40130.
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020365000
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 48&nseq=29
LMS 5305 at Guide Bride again.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 47&nseq=30
The breakdown train at Reddish, with a class 25 at the head and 'dead' 76s scattered around.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 68&nseq=57
A general view of Reddish, 1979.
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020223000
Two 76s light engine at Guide Bridge.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 475&nseq=4
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 383&nseq=6
Not at Reddish, but at Horwich! A 506 undergoes overhaul.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 35&nseq=43
A couple of snow pics at Reddish in December 1981/January 1982.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 33&nseq=41
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 05&nseq=80
76037 takes a rest at Reddish.
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020157000
A 506 rattles into Guide Bridge westbound.
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020377000
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020222000
Paul
A class 76, shorn of its bodies, sits sadly on the deck at Reddish.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 212&nseq=9
LMS 5305 makes a stop at Guide Bridge.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 57&nseq=13
Two class 76s at rest in Reddish yard. Both are in corporate blue, but one is wearing a 'lion and wheel' instead of the corporate BR emblem.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 72&nseq=17
The stores train at Guide Bridge, pulled by 40130.
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020365000
Midland 1000 and 'Green Arrow' 4771 back onto their steam special at Guide Bridge.chaddockdk wrote:The class 40 is coming off the OA&GB from the L&Y, it’s a maintenance train for either Dewsnap or Dunkinfeild. The first three wagons are S&T for Godley Stores. The blue van (I remember the blue van) will have the electrical and the batteries, the other two will have timber and concrete. We used to have to go up to Godley and help unload sometimes, hard work which you used to try and disappear before the Supervisors could find you at Guide Bridge depot when booking on in the morning.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 48&nseq=29
LMS 5305 at Guide Bride again.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 47&nseq=30
The breakdown train at Reddish, with a class 25 at the head and 'dead' 76s scattered around.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 68&nseq=57
A general view of Reddish, 1979.
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020223000
Two 76s light engine at Guide Bridge.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 475&nseq=4
47 451 passes through Guide Bridge on MGR empties.chaddockdk wrote:The two 76's are light engine to Godley to take the MGR's back to Yorkshire, it was rare for two engines for normal traffic, this was usually covered by single units.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 383&nseq=6
Not at Reddish, but at Horwich! A 506 undergoes overhaul.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 35&nseq=43
A couple of snow pics at Reddish in December 1981/January 1982.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 33&nseq=41
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 05&nseq=80
76037 takes a rest at Reddish.
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020157000
A 506 rattles into Guide Bridge westbound.
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020377000
A couple of 76s pass through Guide Bridge.chaddockdk wrote:Now this is the big one for me, Aston Jc Box in the background by the 40, the forty is in the dock road, ready for the stabling area or even going to run bang road to Guide Bridge East and then Dewsnap for a load. The EMU is for Piccadilly and its late morning, the second man is keeping an eye out for any inspectors on the Platform and about to make a run for it, hopefully booking off for a pint and home. It doesn't look like he wants any overtime by the way (coat on) he’s ready to exit the cab. The driver will stop bang on for the stairs and the exit without being seen. Now between the two trains I’ve described is Albert's 25 for trip working , this is why I know its morning, it’s the only engine in the stabling area in the day and was the trip Cl25 engine (Albert had an operation and work the light trips and could then get back to book off on time and do the things the operation removed) The trips were either Godley S&T, Georges Road for the Chocolate and scrap out of Stockport CLC or would trip things to Brewery Sidings on the L&Y. He use to go and pick up all the cripples wherever they were left and bring them back for repair either across the road at Guide Bride (opposite Aston Jc) or down at Ashburys, dependant on where the C&W wanted them.
http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoo ... 4020222000
chaddockdk wrote:The two engines in the Up Main platform are either light engines from Ashburys or Reddish depot, the second man is just about to drop the window down to get instruction from the signalman at Aston Jc, to where they want to put them. The engine will set back over the crossover in the picture before moving into the stabling area on the down side.