Trafford Park

engine shed The motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is the place where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained when not being used. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine shed ...

was in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

(

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), on a 3/4 x 1/4 mile site at OS Map Ref: SJ80379632 west of Manchester United football ground, set well back from the Manchester-Liverpool main line of the

Cheshire Lines Committee The Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) was formed in the 1860s and became the second-largest joint railway in Great Britain. The committee, which was often styled the Cheshire Lines Railway, operated of track in the then counties of Lancashire an ...

just to the north of what is now the Trafford Park terminal of Freightliner Limited.

History

It was built under the Cheshire Lines Bill 1893, was opened in March 1895 and closed on 4 March 1968. Each of the CLC constituent companies ( Great Northern Railway,

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsb ...

and

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It am ...

) had their own shed offices, though by the close one had been converted to a fitters shed and one had been bombed, as was much of

Trafford Park Trafford Park is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, opposite Salford Quays on the southern side of the Manchester Ship Canal, southwest of Manchester city centre and north of Stretford. Until the la ...

. It was built with 20 dead end roads, though later reduced. Hand operated points and semaphore signals, operated by Trafford Park junction signal box, remained until closure. Electric lighting replaced gas in 1958. In 1960 the shed master said he employed about 350 staff, including 120 drivers, and used about 600 tons of coal a week from a hand-operated stage on the north side of the shed. In addition to the allocated steam fleet, he said he usually had 3 diesels stabled, plus any which had failed. It mainly provided engines for passenger trains to London ('the line of the 25s', as trains had left each terminal at 25 minutes past the hour since the 1880s)),

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and

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. Trafford Park engines had the shed code 9E (previously 13A coded 17F 1957–58). On 23 April 1960 it had 50 locos allocated to '9E':-

LMS Stanier 2-6-2T The Stanier Class 3P 2-6-2T was a class of London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) steam locomotive. They were designed by William Stanier based on the earlier LMS Fowler 2-6-2T The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fowler 2-6-2T ...

40009, 40018, 40088, 40141, 40208,

LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fairburn Tank 2-6-4T is a class of steam locomotive. They were designed by Charles E. Fairburn for the LMS. 277 of these locomotives were built between 1945 and 1951, numbered in the range 42050� ...

42050, 42064, 42065, 42111, 42675, 42676, 42683,

LMS Fowler 2-6-4T The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fowler 2-6-4T was a class of steam locomotive passenger tank engine designed by Henry Fowler. Construction 125 examples of the class were built. The last 30 numbered 2395 to 2424 were fitted with ...

42300, 42328, 42333, 42339, 42361, 42419,

LMS 2-Cylindered Stanier 2-6-4T Sir William Stanier's London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Class 4P 2-Cylinder 2-6-4T was a class of 206 steam locomotive built between 1935 and 1943. They were based on his LMS 3-Cylinder 2-6-4T. Numbering The LMS numbered them 2425 ...

42428, 42452, 42466, 42469, 42479, 42560, 42628,

Midland Railway Johnson 0-6-0 The Midland Railway Johnson 0-6-0 were a class of locomotives serving Britain's Midland Railway system in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Between 1875 and 1908 the Midland Railway, under the control of locomotive superintendents Samuel Wa ...

43211, 43580, 43650,

LMS Fowler Class 4F The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fowler Class 4F is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for medium freight work. They represent the ultimate development of Midland Railway's six coupled tender engines. Many trainspotters kne ...

44138, 44402, 44564-6,

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, commonly known as the Black Five, is a class of steam locomotives. It was introduced by William Stanier and built between 1934 and 1951, of which 842 were built and were numbe ...

(Black 5) 44665, 44717, 44809, 45239,

LMS Stanier Class 8F The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 8F is a class of steam locomotives designed for hauling heavy freight. 852 were built between 1935 and 1946 (not all to LMS order), as a freight version of William Stanier's successful ...

48273, 48288, 48741,

BR Standard Class 7 The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the ''Britannia'' Class, is a class of 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotive designed under Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed-traffic duties. 55 were constructed between 1951 and ...

(Britannia) 70014, 15,17, 21, 32, 33, 42,

BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 The BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for British Railways (BR). 115 locomotives were built to this standard. Design and construction The class was designed at the ex-LNER works at Doncaster ...

76086, 88, 89. None has been preserved. It closed with the end of steam on 4 March 1968.The Midland Route from Manchester Part One: E. M. Johnson page 39

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brief biography of George Harold Darley, 1936 Depot Superintendent, then Shed Master, at Trafford Park
photos - * Trafford Park power station background in 1968

* 5 of the roads and a

being prepared in 1966, probably for a train from Manchester to Liverpool Central.

* 3 of the main locos shedded at Trafford Park in 1965

* a

GCR Class 9D The GCR Classes 9D, 9H and 9M (LNER Class J10) were a class of 124 0-6-0 Steam locomotives designed by Harry Pollitt for freight work on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) later renamed Great Central Railway (GCR). Caree ...

in 1958.

Geograph photo of LMS Stanier 3MT 2-6-2T about 1961

1930 aerial view
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