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Ged
I don't know if Gt Howard street station was a passenger railway as well as goods but I don't think it was stopped being used as a goods yard after the opening of Exchange as i'm sure i've seen it in books still operating after Exchange opened, though I would expect that if Gt Howard street did take passengers then this service would have been transfered to Exchange once opened. I met a couple of lads at last years model railway exhibition who had a cracking model of the Crown st sidings, complete with Myrtle Gardens above and who are working on a large scale model of Lime st including the Bullring and the Great North Western Hotel for next years exhibition, they will probably know so i'll email them. One of the lads, Mike Delamar was on here a while back.
Thanks Ged. All that is a haze as the Waterloo Goods depot was demolished in the 1800s I was under the impression Gt Howard St was above on the viaduct and was passenger only with steps access to the Waterloo Good Depot below, which meant that the Goods depot was goods and passenger at one time.
I have seen no artists impressions, or photos of the Waterloo Goods Depot, which was historical in itself. I was under the impression it was all under a roof.
I recall its sister at Park Lane, at the end of the Wapping Tunnel, which was in operation until around 1971/72.
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The most impressive rail Goods Depot was the Cheshire Lines goods Terminal at Sefton St at Brunswick Dock. A very large, well made, good looking building, that was demolished around 1976.
Out of these goods depots, at the front, MDHB trains would cross the Dock Rd and run under the Overhead railway taking cargos to and from the various docks. Small three wheel unit Scamell articulator trucks would be buzzing around everywhere in and out of the docks and goods yards.
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