Miles Platting, GMPTE 142004 (13.32 Manchester Victoria - Shaw ) December 6th 1986.
Sporting its Orange GMPTE Livery, virtually new 142004 departs Miles Platting station in the Manchester North Eastern suburbs. In the distance L&Y Brewery Sidings Box guarding part the Philips Park triangle with a 56 hauled MGR held in the loop, ready to follow 1420004.
* Miles Platting Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway station in the North East suburbs of Manchester and by 1986 was a shadow of its former self. Created at the Junction where the L&Y and LNWR routes converged after crossing the Pennines on their respective routes.
This area was born out of the industrial revolution with a vast amount of manufacturing and engineering establishments and the working population grew disproportionally to the housing available therefore creating mass overcrowding in a slum area.
Miles Platting became unstaffed and suffered from vandalism closing on May 27th 1995 and was quickly demolished leaving no trace.
* For the final day of 'Pacer' operation, November 27th 2020, Northern rostered just 142004 to work one of the Manchester - Kirkby diagrams.
Passengers alight from 150112 on the 07.00 Manchester Victoria - Kirkby as 142004 arrives with the 07.36 Kirkby - Manchester Victoria.
* Considered to be only a stopgap solution and based on the Leyland National bus body some of these units managed a creditable 35 years in service. Fittingly Newton Heath turned out ex GMPTE 142004 on the last day.
** For the record 96 were built, 15 were available for service on the last day (stand corrected on that) 36 have been scrapped and 20 have made it into preservation.
Miles Platting, GMPTE 142004 (13.32 Manchester Victoria - Shaw ) December 6th 1986.
Sporting its Orange GMPTE Livery, virtually new 142004 departs Miles Platting station in the Manchester North Eastern suburbs. In the distance L&Y Brewery Sidings Box guarding part the Philips Park triangle with a 56 hauled MGR held in the loop, ready to follow 1420004.
* Miles Platting Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway station in the North East suburbs of Manchester and by 1986 was a shadow of its former self. Created at the Junction where the L&Y and LNWR routes converged after crossing the Pennines on their respective routes.
This area was born out of the industrial revolution with a vast amount of manufacturing and engineering establishments and the working population grew disproportionally to the housing available therefore creating mass overcrowding in a slum area.
Miles Platting became unstaffed and suffered from vandalism closing on May 27th 1995 and was quickly demolished leaving no trace.
* For the final day of 'Pacer' operation, November 27th 2020, Northern rostered just 142004 to work one of the Manchester - Kirkby diagrams.
Passengers alight from 150112 on the 07.00 Manchester Victoria - Kirkby as 142004 arrives with the 07.36 Kirkby - Manchester Victoria.
* Considered to be only a stopgap solution and based on the Leyland National bus body some of these units managed a creditable 35 years in service. Fittingly Newton Heath turned out ex GMPTE 142004 on the last day.
** For the record 96 were built, 15 were available for service on the last day (stand corrected on that) 36 have been scrapped and 20 have made it into preservation.