Liverpool Overhead Railway

[marky]

There are still a few reminders around...the Tunnel and Herculaneum Dock entrance, some track supports along the route (built into the grey wall at Wapping), the supports show up at other places along the route if you walk along the 'dock rd'. The museum are also hiding one of the train carriages.
This plaque is near one of the old stations.
Large pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...8449142&size=l

[MissInformed]

My boyfriend was talking to someone last night that said there is a massive warehouse in Bootle that contains carriage(s) of the Overhead Railway,

is this storage for the museum?

[Kev]

Wouldn't it be great if the overhead 'format' was revived in future transport plans, using the same tried and rested route to the Liver Building area and beyond! They could have a station exit just opposite the PSD!

[marky]

The location of the museums large vehicle store is supposed to be a secret!
Someone told me it was a warehouse somewhere along the 'dock rd', but I haven't bothered checking for myself. A while ago there was a trip organised to take people to the secret storage location (this was mentioned in the Liverpool Echo a couple of years ago).

[snappel]

Yes, there is a vehicle store in Bootle. Someone was telling me about it but I forget who it was now...

[marky]

Original plans for the new museum X-building were to suspend the Overhead Railway carriage up high.
BTW that plaque I posted is near the overhead walkway (Strand), near the site of the old Pier Head station.

[MissInformed]

The location of the museums large vehicle store is supposed to be a secret!
Someone told me it was a warehouse somewhere along the 'dock rd', but I haven't bothered checking for myself. A while ago there was a trip organised to take people to the secret storage location (this was mentioned in the Liverpool Echo a couple of years ago).

did the tour ever take place do you know marky?
would be great to get some pics

[w141]

Another Photo, I found it on The Scouse house, it is a sad picture depicting the despair of Liverpool in decline.
Maybe there is a message here for those who can decide the fate of The Royal Iris" WHEN IT'S GONE...IT'S GONE

[marky]

I wish I'd gone on the museum tour, but i'm too lazy sometimes. It was one of those open day things that happen every now and again...but I haven't noticed that one being repeated since.
Ask someone at the museum where the large vehicles are kept and see if they tell you where it is...ha, ha.
Here's a link to the museum site, which states coach No. 3 is 'currently in store'
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/m...eadrailway.asp

pic. copyright National Museums Liverpool

[ChrisGeorge]

Go to

http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/r...g=2&imagepos=4

[w141]

Or http://www.timbosliverpool.co.uk/lor/index.htm

Or http://urbanrail.net/eu/liv/liverpool_lor.html

Or http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...rhead_railway/

Or http://dewi.ca/trains/l_o_r/index.html

[Scouseinmanc]

The LOR actually closed 50 years ago last night! For the first time in a while, the trains were packed to capacity with enthusiasts & wellwishers.
The day after (50 years ago today of course), the local bus coorporation then started running the Dingle - Seaforth route instead, which was nowhere near as fas as its predecessor.
What a travesty..
I have no memories of this fine institution, only images I have seen & what I have read about it. It would be so wonderful if even only part of it were to be resurrected. I can't believe that it's not happened already. I think it would be a great tourist magnet, not to mention a great way to travel through the city centre!!

[Kev]

I'm looking through these links and reading the facts about the OHR and still asking how the hell we lost it so quickly (shakes head) .

A world first? a popular tourist attraction? GONE .

[w141]

"The time will come when Merseysiders must rue the day when they permitted the City Fathers to throttle the
lifeblood of this unique undertaking and in addition to scrap the last vestige of their remarkably
efficient tramway system."
H. Maxwell Roston (General Manager, Liverpool Overhead Railway)

Text taken from Timbo's Liverpool

KEV
Why has it taken Half a century and at least 2 generations for Merseysiders to discover what they have lost

[PhilipG]

KEV
Why has it taken Half a century and at least 2 generations for Merseysiders to discover what they have lost[/QUOTE]

Actually, it was missed by the general public very soon after it closed.
I came to Liverpool from Southport in 1968, and remember even then people talking about the Overhead, and saying: "What a shame", etc.

Going back even further, My mum used to take me on it (early 1950s), and we'd go to the Tatler in Church Street to watch the cartoons.

50 years later, I actually live above Dingle Station!