copyright Alan Brown Collection
Categories 2: Train
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Train
A steam railcar. Not clear whether this was used on the Bollington line – the station depicted is not Bollington nor Macclesfield Central.
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Steam train
Train bound for Macclesfield typical of the class used to haul trains on the Macclesfield Bollington & Marple line. The station depicted is not Bollington. Photographed at about 8pm on Sunday 16th June 1957.
Copyright William J Skillern, 15 Hollymount Road, Great Moor. -
Train
This was the first ‘Bollington Bug’. This was an early railcar, a single coach powered by a petrol engine rather than hauled by a steam engine. It provided a shuttle service between Macclesfield and Bollington.
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Bollington railway goods yard
An up goods train headed by tank engine 42351 pausing at the signal box in Bollington goods yard before heading off to Macclesfield. The goods yard was located where Clough Bank industrial area and road is today.
