ZP 31160 19870423-1 @ Chadderton Goods
31160 arrives at Chadderton Goods with full HEA wagons. The two men on the left had just fitted the new stop block. Unfortunately they fitted it 90° out and the train smashed it off.
The line was originally built by the L&Y as a branch off the line from Middleton Junction to Oldham Werneth, better known as the Werneth incline at 1:27. The branch split at Chadderton Junction, had an occupation crossing for Fearney Field Farm, then passed under Hunt Lane.
Coal for Oldham's cotton mills was the main commodity for Chadderton Goods although for a while it had an oil terminal as well. When this photo was taken the goods yards was owned by British Fuels Ltd. who brought in coal by rail and distributed it out by road.
For more information see www.chaddy-goods.co.uk
The two men on the right had just installed a new stop block, supposedly to stop runaway wagon out of the yard. Their drill bit wasn't long enough to drill through the thicker section, so they installed it 90° out, by drilling through the thinner section. This meant the new piece of wood, they had just installed, didn't move far enough back and was promptly ripped off by the first HEA wagon as it passed.
The three posts for "Stop and await instruction" board are next to the men although the sign had been missing for a few years.
ZP 31160 19870423-1 @ Chadderton Goods
31160 arrives at Chadderton Goods with full HEA wagons. The two men on the left had just fitted the new stop block. Unfortunately they fitted it 90° out and the train smashed it off.
The line was originally built by the L&Y as a branch off the line from Middleton Junction to Oldham Werneth, better known as the Werneth incline at 1:27. The branch split at Chadderton Junction, had an occupation crossing for Fearney Field Farm, then passed under Hunt Lane.
Coal for Oldham's cotton mills was the main commodity for Chadderton Goods although for a while it had an oil terminal as well. When this photo was taken the goods yards was owned by British Fuels Ltd. who brought in coal by rail and distributed it out by road.
For more information see www.chaddy-goods.co.uk
The two men on the right had just installed a new stop block, supposedly to stop runaway wagon out of the yard. Their drill bit wasn't long enough to drill through the thicker section, so they installed it 90° out, by drilling through the thinner section. This meant the new piece of wood, they had just installed, didn't move far enough back and was promptly ripped off by the first HEA wagon as it passed.
The three posts for "Stop and await instruction" board are next to the men although the sign had been missing for a few years.