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20th December 1957

A Derby Lightweight led by M79175 departs from Manchester London Road with a Hayfield service on 20 December 1957. Stuart Mackay Collection.


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1958

A Class 104 set led by M50436 at Manchester London Road in 1958. Stuart Mackay Collection.


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circa 1958

Derby Lightweight two-car DMU set M79173 + M79674 at Manchester London Road. Date unknown, the vehicles arrived in the Manchester area in September 1957 and would spent time at Gorton, Reddish and Longsight before withdrawal in July 1967. Note the cab roof dome colours. On the power car they are the same colour as the roof, indicating they are formed from alloy. On the trailer they are white, indicating fibreglass. Stuart Mackay Collection.


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Unknown Date

Several BRC&W twin sets entering Chester past No.4 signal box, late 1950s. Walter Burt.


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circa 1959

Reconstruction work at Manchester London Road station c1959. A grainy scan from the Transport Age magazine issued by the BTC on the Manchester - Crewe electrification scheme that formed the start of the wider WCML electrification. It shows what was then London Road station, it was re-named Piccadilly on 12/9/60. These major works saw the shortening of the two Victorian train sheds as can be clearly seen here. The general messiness of the works - with passengers making their way around heaps of rubble is a far cry from today's building sites! A relatively modern BRC&W DMU sits under partially complete overhead gantries for the 25kv AC scheme - on the far side of the station would be the 1500v DC overhead of the Sheffield lines. In the bottom right is a propped up sign for "Mayfield Station" - the overspill and relief platforms, mostly for suburban services, that closed to passengers in 1960. Scan and notes courtesy of Mike Ashworth. British Railways.


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circa Summer 1959

A Class 108 seen at Chester Northgate just after arrival from Manchester Central via the CLC. This is most likely summer 1959; Northgate station still has an overall roof over platform 2, (and a steam train for Shotton or Wrexham is in it), and this was removed early in 1960. David Faircloth.


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circa 1960

"Bold departure from convention at Oxford Rd station, Manchester". Taken from an article on the Manchester - Crewe AC electrification and modernisation that appeared in the October 1960 British Transport Commission magazine "Transport Age" and highlighting this important scheme that helped lay the foundation for much of the later electrification and modernisation work undertaken by British Railways. As part of this work the station of the south side of Manchester city centre, at Oxford Road, was reconstructed using a very contemporary architectural style with the old buildings replaced by the current largely timber structure by architects W.R. Headley and Max Glendinning and structural engineer Hugh Tottenham. It is now Grade 2 Listed and is seen here with both overhead wires and a BRC&W DMU. Scan and notes courtesy of Mike Ashworth. British Railways.


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circa 1959/1960

This is a train from Liverpool Lime Street entering Chester General; taken about 1959 or 1960. There was a regular train service between the two cities via Runcorn; I traveled on it a number of times, and it always seemed to be on a Cravens set. The service was worked from the Liverpool end, and I've always assumed that these Cravens sets were based on Merseyside, perhaps at Allerton; however, I'm sure they had all gone from Lime Street by 1960 - from what I remember, local services were worked by class 108s by that time, mainly ones with roof mounted four-position route indicators. David Faircloth.


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circa 1960

A British Railways publicity photograph of a Swindon-built Trans-Pennine unit. Taken at Manchester Exchange, looking south-west, probably when new in mid-1960. British Railways.


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4th January 1960

M51562, the 1000th diesel railcar built by Derby Works, seen in Chester Northgate on 4 January 1960. It was an a New Brighton train, this was the first day of DMUs on the services, and unusually it sits in platform 1 at Northgate normally only used by services over the CLC to Manchester Central. David Faircloth.


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9th April 1960

With electrification work in progress, two two-car Derby Lightweight DMUs arrive at Manchester London Road with the 3.0pm ex-Marple on 9th April 1960. On the left is English Electric Type 4 D236, between it an the church is a steam loco, the electrification train behind the DMU has a 350hp diesel shunter at the far end. Note also the significant number of young spotters crammed onto the platform end on the lower left. Michael Mensing.


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4th June 1961

M51725 and M52057 at Manchester Victoria 4th June 1961. 51725 is a DMCL of Class 112/1 built by Cravens and delivered in October 1959 fitted with a Rolls-Royce 238 bhp engine and a standard mechanical transmittion it was withdrawn in November 1968 and scrapped at G.Cohen Kettering in April 1970. 52057 is a DMCL of Class 108/1 built by Derby Works and delivered in January 1961 fitted with two BUT 150 bhp engines and a standard mechanical transmission it was withdrawn in April 1992 and scrapped at Gwent Demolition Margam in May of the same year. Keith Long.


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22nd October 1961

The Stephenson Locomotive Society Farewell to the Corwen Line railtour awaiting departure from Chester General on 22 October 1961. Stuart Mackay Collection.


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22nd October 1961

The Stephenson Locomotive Society Farewell to the Corwen Line railtour awaiting departure from Chester General on 22 October 1961. Stuart Mackay Collection.


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22nd October 1961

The Stephenson Locomotive Society Farewell to the Corwen Line railtour awaiting departure from Chester General on 22 October 1961. Stuart Mackay Collection.


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4th November 1961

The last days of the 1866-built Burnley Manchester Road, with a Preston to Todmorden service formed of a two-car Rolls-Royce diesel hydraulic Cravens DMU (Class '113') running into the up platform, with just one passenger and two railfans present on Saturday 4th November 1961. The closure notice can be noted on the down platform building, the station closing to passengers on the following Monday, 6th November 1961. Gordon Edgar Collection.


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Unknown Date

A three-car BR&CW DMU arrives into Manchester London Road led by M50496, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.


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Unknown Date

Two 2-car Derby Lightweight sets seen at Manchester Piccadilly. Date unknown. David Faircloth.


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Unknown Date

Not a good quality image but the website does not have many pictures at Chester Northgate. This view in the mid-to-late 1960s shows a BRC&W set flanked by two Derby Lightweight (Blue Square) sets, the one on the right in blue with small yellow panel. David Faircloth.


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Unknown Date

Two Class 103 Park Royal DMUs at Chester, date unknown. Chester General in its heyday and looking like a proper station. With the goods shed and the footbridge in the background 2 class 103 units are stabled awaiting their next service to Birkenhead Woodside. These units spent a lot of their working life in the Chester area working to Birkenhead, Manchester and into north Wales. Edgehillsignallman@Flickr.

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