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Cockerhill Junction. LNWR
Let me set the scene: It’s 1923. The grouping failed to materialise after the
North Western absorbed the Lancashire & Yorkshire and made such a good
fist of things during the war it was entrusted to continue the good works by
a grateful government. The Midland unable to survive the competition and
some skulduggery from Euston square, was split up and the diverse parts
were taken over by the North Western, Great northern, London & South
Western and others. St Pancras was demolished to make way for a new joint
LNWR & GN coal depot (with Weston Clevedon and Portishead access rites).
A similar fate befell Paddington when the GW was incorporated into the LSW.
The site of the former GW hotel and station is now the home of the London
Manure & Litter Company.
Cockerhill Junction is based on the Pennine station of Diggle. The assumption
has been made that a branch was built to Cockerton old town. Modeller’s
license has been used , but the shape, layout, size and general appearance
of the original is followed.
The extensive yards, on both the up and down sides are used to marshal
goods trains from Yorkshire for onward working to Lancashire and the larger
North Western and visa versa on the down side. Coal makes up the greater
part of the goods traffic with heavy trains regularly banked up from the
Lancashire side, this gives an excuse for the loco shed. West coast joint stock
makes an appearance as it diverts, due to a mishap at Carnforth, via Leeds
thence over the former Midland’s metals north, the little North Western and
so back to the West Coast main line at Low Gill for the slog over
Shap…..Caledonian locos put in a appearance because of their very satisfying
blue livery.
Cockerton: Originally a market town, now serves the thriving heavy woollen
mills that have proliferated along the soft water streams. Business is good,
as witnessed by the size of the new good shed that replaced the original
1872 stone built two-story shed. Agriculture still plays an important part in
the town’s life. The cattle pens and dock cater for livestock. The beast mart
is held every Wednesday when traffic through the yard is brisk, if somewhat
smelly and noisy.
North Western absorbed the Lancashire & Yorkshire and made such a good
fist of things during the war it was entrusted to continue the good works by
a grateful government. The Midland unable to survive the competition and
some skulduggery from Euston square, was split up and the diverse parts
were taken over by the North Western, Great northern, London & South
Western and others. St Pancras was demolished to make way for a new joint
LNWR & GN coal depot (with Weston Clevedon and Portishead access rites).
A similar fate befell Paddington when the GW was incorporated into the LSW.
The site of the former GW hotel and station is now the home of the London
Manure & Litter Company.
Cockerhill Junction is based on the Pennine station of Diggle. The assumption
has been made that a branch was built to Cockerton old town. Modeller’s
license has been used , but the shape, layout, size and general appearance
of the original is followed.
The extensive yards, on both the up and down sides are used to marshal
goods trains from Yorkshire for onward working to Lancashire and the larger
North Western and visa versa on the down side. Coal makes up the greater
part of the goods traffic with heavy trains regularly banked up from the
Lancashire side, this gives an excuse for the loco shed. West coast joint stock
makes an appearance as it diverts, due to a mishap at Carnforth, via Leeds
thence over the former Midland’s metals north, the little North Western and
so back to the West Coast main line at Low Gill for the slog over
Shap…..Caledonian locos put in a appearance because of their very satisfying
blue livery.
Cockerton: Originally a market town, now serves the thriving heavy woollen
mills that have proliferated along the soft water streams. Business is good,
as witnessed by the size of the new good shed that replaced the original
1872 stone built two-story shed. Agriculture still plays an important part in
the town’s life. The cattle pens and dock cater for livestock. The beast mart
is held every Wednesday when traffic through the yard is brisk, if somewhat
smelly and noisy.
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The western approaches.
Track work is loose layed and pinned
prior to energising for test running.
Track work is loose layed and pinned
prior to energising for test running.
After a test run the track work is painted in place prior to balasting.
There's just no resisting the urge to "play
trains" Of course once this stage is
reached all work stops
trains" Of course once this stage is
reached all work stops
LNWR. Soc.
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