Folly Lane Branch - Runcorn / Port of Weston

[Cymru Freight]

Most grateful if anyone could advise on the date when the Folly Lane Branch, Runcorn was de-wired and if possible for what reason ?

 

[185]

May be hypothesising but there's a few pipes built in recent years crossing over the line and Picow Farm Road, I wonder if it's anything to do with those?

I've seen a dewirement date of 13 March 1994 using Google but this may be wrong.

 

[pdeaves]

I understand the dewire date to be as 185 states.

National network codes

UK railway electrification mast prefix codes: national network

www.railwaycodes.org.uk

 

[Cymru Freight]

Many thanks and much appreciated. I've also seen a picture pre Energy From Waste Terminal construction when the line was wired. I'm guessing their can't be too many sections of track where wires have been taken down - but I'm sure someone will know what the score is on this.

I understand the dewire date to be as 185 states.

National network codes

UK railway electrification mast prefix codes: national network

www.railwaycodes.org.uk

Again many thanks and much appreciated.

 

[fishwomp]

I think there have been a few dewirements (as in permanent, not in the sense of ECML on a breezy day).

I'm not very familiar with it, but the Tyneside electrifications (1904 being the earliest), and that went diesel in 1960s, before much (?) of it then became Tyne and Wear Metro electrified system. So, wired to dewired to wired again.

Large swathes of Woodhead route - not only did they take the wire, they took the track too!! Seriously though, the remaining Deepcar to Nunnery Jct and a good few miles of track out and around Tinsley were wired. Most of Barnsley to Penistone was wired too (at least Penistone to Worsborough Incline turn off at Silkstone Jct). West of the Pennines, Phillips Park Jct down to Ashburys, perhaps other sections such as Guide Bridge to Reddish (for the depot) and that track is still heavily used by passenger trains, ~52 times a year.

Lancaster Green Ayre to Morecambe, wired in 1908, closed by Beeching.

 

[alangla]

Some electric closures & singlings around Glasgow- Balloch & Craigendoran piers, Singer works, Hyndland depot and the one that screws up the North Clyde timetable constantly: The Milngavie singling.

 

[MadMac]

I think there have been a few dewirements (as in permanent, not in the sense of ECML on a breezy day).

I'm not very familiar with it, but the Tyneside electrifications (1904 being the earliest), and that went diesel in 1960s, before much (?) of it then became Tyne and Wear Metro electrified system. So, wired to dewired to wired again.

Technically not a “dewirement” as it was third rail. Wasn’t the LB&SC overhead originally?

 

[daodao]

The Bury–Holcombe Brook line originally had overhead electrification, but was converted to 3rd rail to be compatible with the Bury-Victoria service, and de-electrified just before passenger services ceased. Other 3rd rail electified lines that have closed in NW England include the Liverpool Overhead RAilway and Southport to Crossens.

 

[Elecman]

An awful lot of sidings have been dewired on the WCML

 

[fishwomp]

Technically not a “dewirement” as it was third rail. Wasn’t the LB&SC overhead originally?

Thanks - I didn't know that. I was thinking of having seen this at NRM - from same time (1905), same region - but overhead:

List of rolling stock items in the UK National Collection - Wikipedia

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I think I've seen pictures of it at the quayside just north of Newcastle Central.

Interesting to see so much electric pioneering work by NER, and then a few decades later with EM1 prototype Tommy was built in 1941 (LNER) for Woodhead which was also probably a first as a mainline loco.

 

[stj]

Most grateful if anyone could advise on the date when the Folly Lane Branch, Runcorn was de-wired and if possible for what reason ?

In the ICI/BR days some trains were electric hauled and then ceased so no need for wires.