Mode Wheel 3
The Manchester Ship Canal operated a railway system which served a variety of industries along the route of the canal, at one time being the country’s largest private railway. It was dieselised with most of the locos coming from Hudswell Clarke, although a number of Rolls Royce Sentinels were later purchased.
My second visit to Mode Wheel workshops was on 12th September 1981, by when there were a few more weeds and a few less locos.
A trio of Hudswell Clarke locos are seen here, with D6 wearing wasp stripes on the bufferbeam rather than the original red with loco number.
On the left is 4002 Arundel Castle, one of a pair of powerful 400hp 0-6-0DE locos built for MSC in 1959 and which is now preserved at the East Lancs Railway, using some parts donated by its sister loco 4001 Alnwick Castle whose remains were finally cut up in 2018.
Mode Wheel 3
The Manchester Ship Canal operated a railway system which served a variety of industries along the route of the canal, at one time being the country’s largest private railway. It was dieselised with most of the locos coming from Hudswell Clarke, although a number of Rolls Royce Sentinels were later purchased.
My second visit to Mode Wheel workshops was on 12th September 1981, by when there were a few more weeds and a few less locos.
A trio of Hudswell Clarke locos are seen here, with D6 wearing wasp stripes on the bufferbeam rather than the original red with loco number.
On the left is 4002 Arundel Castle, one of a pair of powerful 400hp 0-6-0DE locos built for MSC in 1959 and which is now preserved at the East Lancs Railway, using some parts donated by its sister loco 4001 Alnwick Castle whose remains were finally cut up in 2018.