Golborne colliery sidings track plans needed?

[Eurotoura]

Golborne Colliery sidings.I am trying to obtain track plans from the 60’s/70’s for the colliery sidings on the main line at Golborne colliery, they were adjacent to the old Golborne station and goods shed. Can anyone help or advise of any publications I might find this information from please. I played opposite them on the school field as a youngster and now retired am looking to possibly create a model railway on this historic subject.

 

[bangor-toad]

Hi there,
One good source of information is the National Library of Scotland old maps service. Have a look at this link:
NLS Side by Side Golborne OS 1:10560 1949-1970

Good luck with your research!
Mr Toad

 

[Eurotoura]

Hi there,
One good source of information is the National Library of Scotland old maps service. Have a look at this link:
NLS Side by Side Golborne OS 1:10560 1949-1970

Good luck with your research!
Mr Toad

Thank you Mr Toad. That is a great start and shows far more detail than I have been able to uncover so far

 

[bangor-toad]

No trouble!
There was a thread about Golborne goods shed last year. Have a look at it:
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/golborne-goods-shed.220798/

If it helps, I think that there's a photo online on Flickr showing exactly the area you're interested in in 1971
Flickr link



Cheers,
Mr Toad

 

[SouthernR]

There are a few photos from 1988 & 1979 on the Geograph website, grid-square SJ6098, although you can't see any sidings. eg. Golborne Colliery © Chris Allen :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

 

[Bevan Price]

The book "Industrial Railways of St. Helens, Widnes & Warrington, Part 2", by Townley & Peden, contains a photo of Golborne Colliery yard and sidings. There are also some plans of connections to the main line, but not much detail of the sidings layout. In the photo, there seem to be at least 10 sidings visible - it will need a lot of space for an exact model.
You should be able to borrow a copy if you have a good library nearby.
Look in Chapter 14 - The Haydock Collieries.

(ISBN 1 901556 25 5 )