Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Have we ever had a thread on this sub-forum about this railway system and are there any forum members with photographs to submit or reminiscences to make about it ?
Have we ever had a thread on this sub-forum about this railway system and are there any forum members with photographs to submit or reminiscences to make about it ?
are there any forum members with photographs to submit or reminiscences to make about it ?
The MSC railways were a complicated system. The main line ran along the north bank of the Ship Canal from Salford to Latchford (Warrington), including connections to Irlam steel works and to the CWS soap factory at Irlam.
There were sidings and lines serving the Salford Docks, plus factories in the Trafford Park area. The main loco depot & workshops were at Mode Wheel.
There were connections to BR at (or near):
New Barns Jn (Salford) - L&YR line to Windsor Bridge
West of Mode Wheel (connection to LNWR Weaste / Eccles branch)
Glazebury Jn (connection to CLC line.)
Latchford Jn (the lower level of the sidings still used by freights reversing at Latchford Sidings.
Trafford Park Jn (CLC line, access via an independent "Trafford Park Railways" line.)
There were also isolated sections of the railway at Ellesmere Port, and on the west side of Warrington.
Some of the MSC steam locos and at least one diesel are preserved.