Many thanks for a very fine video ,I remember going there in the very early 60’s as a train spotter now I am an old Gricer, it was certain good to see all the black 5’s and black 8’s once again plus a couple of namers and a Micky namer as well many thanks for sharing it with all of us old spotters
My pleasure and thank you for the compliments. I really wish I'd been around in the 60's to see and experience it myself, but alas I didn't enter the world until 1981. I'm glad this video brought back some wonderful memories for you :)
You can tell this was shot in BR days, most likely in the 1960's judging by the cars parked there, as the loco's are nearly all so filthy, just like in a book I've got about the lines from Great moor street and crook street goods yard in Bolton which is set in the 1950's, in the last days of those lines when BR were running them down. But it wasn't like that in pre grouping times, not if the pictures I've got are anything to go by, they show the loco's all spotlessly clean and polished, even on freight trains, and works trains too, and it was the same in the yards and stations too, all swept clean and spotless.
Yes it's just a collection of images from the late 50's and up until the end of steam in 1968. Very run down and dirty but so full of character and atmosphere. :)
As a young trainspotter in the early to mid 60's and living nearby in Accrington , I visited Rose Grove sheds many times. I've even got a 10F shed plate in my cabinet that I removed from an 8F on the scrap line one quiet Sunday morning in 1965
Thank you for sharing that memory with me Nick. I would have loved to experienced what you were able to see all those years ago. I must admit that having a 10F shed code plate from an 8F made me quite jealous - favorite class and favorite MPD. :)
@@NewtonGrove19FAll I can say is that the last days of steam were pure magic. Steam was rapidly on it's way out and as a youngster I was desperate to make the most of it and pay my respects to the last remaining locos before they were gone forever. I live in North Wales and I joined up with a railway group which was on tour around all the last remaining Manchester sheds. We were everywhere, walking across the lines, climbing into the locos, but sensible in taking our own responsibility for our own safety . Black 5's and 8F's were in abundance there, all in various forms of condition and the less fortunate were stored awaiting their fate. I had to make the most of my time there knowing that these locos would not be around for much longer. Each loco had it's own character and some were like seeing old friends from happier days, working the North Wales Coast main line. The best way I can describe the atmosphere to you is this wonderful video by Dave Cooper titled Lostock Hall Sheds MP4. th-cam.com/video/9MKBRuEJjV4/w-d-xo.html This is the video that brings me to tears. Many of these faithful locos served us well during the war, only to be well worn out by the end of it. How sad it was to see these old and not so old locos along with much of our railway network scrapped by the government of the day, and with such indecent haste too. Great video by the way and thanks.
The sidings at Rosegrove made up the larger Smallshaw sidings this comprising a small parcel siding and sorting shed which butted up to the wall against Rosegrove lane, once carriages where derailed and pushi through this wall. The other sidings stretching across the frontage of the station ,where locos dropped off and collected further traffic. This was a very large complex, where smaller small locos move the wagons .
A poignant tribute to a working class shed. No royalty or intercity stars here, just grafting locomotives moving people & goods around in the heart of Lancashire. Beautiful.
There certainly are some amazing images from some exceptional photographers of the time. I really wish I was alive and around back in those days to see it all first hand.
I should add that eating egg sandwiches in railway tunnels behind a steam locomotive with the carriage windows open makes the egg taste better. At 'my' local shed they were using Point of Air colliery coal which was famous for being quite gassy I think. High Sulphur coals probably work best to compliment the eggs. I mean coal smoke that is already 'a bit eggy' in its aroma.
Amazing!! I'm sure he would have so many stories of those days. It would have been the most amazing experience to work on steam back in those days too and it's fantastic that he has the smokebox plate from 44899 :) Perhaps when I'm next in the UK (Hopefully March 2019) I could do a small video interview with your Dad and put it up here on the channel?
Thank you so much and sorry for the late reply. I've been inactive for a while. The music comes from a website called shockwave sounds. They have great tracks there to use for videos. Rose Grove was certainly an MPD with character - maybe because of all those Stanier beasts ;) I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)
Newton Grove 19F thank you, it really is an amazing film. I’m full of inspiration for my layout now. I’ll have a look at the website, I don’t suppose you know what the song is called ?
Yeah they must have been having a laugh. There’s a few photos of it in service that day with the same chalked number. Nice bit of end of steam history.
As an Artist this I find very atmospheric to look at and admire those of you who are involved in Model railways which I'm not but still love steam engines also what is the music?
Thank you. It certainly is a very rewarding hobby, especially when attention to detail is used to create a detailed model. The music is just a track from a royalty free music website but it had the right mood for this video :)
Thanking you for taking the time and trouble to reply to my comment I still love steam as my late farther was a GWR expert in all things but refused to get involved with the Didcot railway centre. I admire in what you do with all of the detail keep up the good work
@@paulhumphriesz4557 Thank you. I'm sure your father would have told some amazing stories from the GWR and his time there. Thank you for the compliment too, I really appreciate it 😊😊
Because they were the last physical link to the thousands of people who built, ran, and maintained the system that was the steel backbone of the country. People poured a big part of their lives into this complex system, and made it almost human by their labors.
@@richardkirka5977 Yes a living system with sinews and collective knowledge rather like a mind. No individual knew how to run the steam railway, but the industry knew.
Yes it was messy and run down, but for steam enthusiasts the grit and the grime would have been like silver and gold. At least there was steam and a great railway network, both of which are sadly a thing of the past.
@@javanicworks-id the music comes from a stock library. I found a track that gave the feeling I wanted and this was the best of them all. I think it comes from the website shock wave sounds.
nice to see a photo or a rare jub "bermuda" at 10 F i do remember seeing 45635 "tobago" in colne yard one hot summers lunchtime in 1961 and 45590 "travancore" on 10F and i most remember 45642 "boscawen" and 45633 "Aden" and the preserved "flying pig" 43106 which suffered a derailment in colne under barrowford road bridge and quite a few "dubdees" happy memories wonderful selection of photographs music too
Many thanks for a very fine video ,I remember going there in the very early 60’s as a train spotter now I am an old Gricer, it was certain good to see all the black 5’s and black 8’s once again plus a couple of namers and a Micky namer as well many thanks for sharing it with all of us old spotters
My pleasure and thank you for the compliments. I really wish I'd been around in the 60's to see and experience it myself, but alas I didn't enter the world until 1981. I'm glad this video brought back some wonderful memories for you :)
You can tell this was shot in BR days, most likely in the 1960's judging by the cars parked there, as the loco's are nearly all so filthy, just like in a book I've got about the lines from Great moor street and crook street goods yard in Bolton which is set in the 1950's, in the last days of those lines when BR were running them down. But it wasn't like that in pre grouping times, not if the pictures I've got are anything to go by, they show the loco's all spotlessly clean and polished, even on freight trains, and works trains too, and it was the same in the yards and stations too, all swept clean and spotless.
Yes it's just a collection of images from the late 50's and up until the end of steam in 1968. Very run down and dirty but so full of character and atmosphere. :)
Wow. What a selection of atmospheric photos. Wish I could travel in time. Thank you for a great piece of nostalgia.
I wish I could travel back in time too. It would have been amazing to experience this before the end of steam. 😊
Such a legendary era
The best. I would have loved to been around back then.
As a young trainspotter in the early to mid 60's and living nearby in Accrington , I visited Rose Grove sheds many times. I've even got a 10F shed plate in my cabinet that I removed from an 8F on the scrap line one quiet Sunday morning in 1965
Thank you for sharing that memory with me Nick. I would have loved to experienced what you were able to see all those years ago. I must admit that having a 10F shed code plate from an 8F made me quite jealous - favorite class and favorite MPD. :)
@@NewtonGrove19FAll I can say is that the last days of steam were pure magic. Steam was rapidly on it's way out and as a youngster I was desperate to make the most of it and pay my respects to the last remaining locos before they were gone forever. I live in North Wales and I joined up with a railway group which was on tour around all the last remaining Manchester sheds. We were everywhere, walking across the lines, climbing into the locos, but sensible in taking our own responsibility for our own safety . Black 5's and 8F's were in abundance there, all in various forms of condition and the less fortunate were stored awaiting their fate. I had to make the most of my time there knowing that these locos would not be around for much longer. Each loco had it's own character and some were like seeing old friends from happier days, working the North Wales Coast main line. The best way I can describe the atmosphere to you is this wonderful video by Dave Cooper titled Lostock Hall Sheds MP4. th-cam.com/video/9MKBRuEJjV4/w-d-xo.html This is the video that brings me to tears. Many of these faithful locos served us well during the war, only to be well worn out by the end of it. How sad it was to see these old and not so old locos along with much of our railway network scrapped by the government of the day, and with such indecent haste too. Great video by the way and thanks.
Spent hours scrambling about there in the mid 1960’s with other teenagers interested in steam engines .
Absolutely fantastic 👍🏻
When I was a younger lad my dad worked Rosegrove east which was a 80 lever box. I know at least twice I went to shed to pick his wage up.
The sidings at Rosegrove made up the larger Smallshaw sidings this comprising a small parcel siding and sorting shed which butted up to the wall against Rosegrove lane, once carriages where derailed and pushi through this wall. The other sidings stretching across the frontage of the station ,where locos dropped off and collected further traffic. This was a very large complex, where smaller small locos move the wagons .
Some very evocative pictures here, many are new, at least to me, and brilliant detail for the modeller. Thanks for sharing.
A poignant tribute to a working class shed. No royalty or intercity stars here, just grafting locomotives moving people & goods around in the heart of Lancashire. Beautiful.
I’ve always loved these images. I really wish I’d been around to see it in person. Thank you for the comments 😊
Now the challenge is to recreate that atmosphere in model form. Wonderful photos.
And that's exactly what I've done Jeanette. More videos to come soon ;)
Edge Hill sidings and shed looked just the same now lost for ever.
Such a shame it’s all consigned to history. Long live steam.
My home turf was Paticroft shed at a similar time now all long gone 😢
Beautiful Staniers!
I agree. Who doesn't love Black 5's and 8F's! :)
Only trace now is the shed gates,very sad,spent hours round there as a kid.
Yes, it is such a shame that all this is gone forever and that the railway system is just a shadow of what it once was :(
Stunning images. Many thanks from Germany!
Wonderful images. No roses amongst the grime and glory machines
There certainly are some amazing images from some exceptional photographers of the time. I really wish I was alive and around back in those days to see it all first hand.
@@NewtonGrove19F The smells were also great!
I should add that eating egg sandwiches in railway tunnels behind a steam locomotive with the carriage windows open makes the egg taste better. At 'my' local shed they were using Point of Air colliery coal which was famous for being quite gassy I think. High Sulphur coals probably work best to compliment the eggs. I mean coal smoke that is already 'a bit eggy' in its aroma.
My dad was a fireman at Rose Grove and told me so much about the shed. He has the number plate from one of the loco's in the first picture 44899
Amazing!! I'm sure he would have so many stories of those days. It would have been the most amazing experience to work on steam back in those days too and it's fantastic that he has the smokebox plate from 44899 :) Perhaps when I'm next in the UK (Hopefully March 2019) I could do a small video interview with your Dad and put it up here on the channel?
Super photos.
Really captures the Post War era in Britain .
It would have been amazing to have been around to see it. Sad, but amazing.
Absolutely love this film. Rose Grove has become a fascination of mine. What is the music? It's lovely.
Thank you so much and sorry for the late reply. I've been inactive for a while. The music comes from a website called shockwave sounds. They have great tracks there to use for videos.
Rose Grove was certainly an MPD with character - maybe because of all those Stanier beasts ;) I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)
Newton Grove 19F thank you, it really is an amazing film. I’m full of inspiration for my layout now. I’ll have a look at the website, I don’t suppose you know what the song is called ?
4:43 What on earth does the crew thinks of putting that number on the door 🤣
Yeah they must have been having a laugh. There’s a few photos of it in service that day with the same chalked number. Nice bit of end of steam history.
As an Artist this I find very atmospheric to look at and admire those of you who are involved in Model railways which I'm not but still love steam engines also what is the music?
Thank you. It certainly is a very rewarding hobby, especially when attention to detail is used to create a detailed model. The music is just a track from a royalty free music website but it had the right mood for this video :)
Thanking you for taking the time and trouble to reply to my comment I still love steam as my late farther was a GWR expert in all things but refused to get involved with the Didcot railway centre. I admire in what you do with all of the detail keep up the good work
@@paulhumphriesz4557 Thank you. I'm sure your father would have told some amazing stories from the GWR and his time there. Thank you for the compliment too, I really appreciate it 😊😊
Steam heaven 😊
Why do they still seem like lost friends?!
Because they were the last physical link to the thousands of people who built, ran, and maintained the system that was the steel backbone of the country. People poured a big part of their lives into this complex system, and made it almost human by their labors.
@@richardkirka5977 Yes a living system with sinews and collective knowledge rather like a mind. No individual knew how to run the steam railway, but the industry knew.
It's a quality that is lacking in the modern world sadly.
Sad it looks so messy!
Yes it was messy and run down, but for steam enthusiasts the grit and the grime would have been like silver and gold. At least there was steam and a great railway network, both of which are sadly a thing of the past.
grotesque background noise
Deal with it
Great shots....awful music..!
The music was chosen to bring out not only a sense of nostalgia but also give it a solemn mood. It's not for you and that's fine :)
@@NewtonGrove19F What music is it? I actually quite like it :)
@@javanicworks-id the music comes from a stock library. I found a track that gave the feeling I wanted and this was the best of them all. I think it comes from the website shock wave sounds.
@@NewtonGrove19F I liked the music it did exactly what you have said.
nice to see a photo or a rare jub "bermuda" at 10 F i do remember seeing 45635 "tobago" in colne yard one hot summers lunchtime in 1961 and 45590 "travancore" on 10F and i most remember 45642 "boscawen" and 45633 "Aden" and the preserved "flying pig" 43106 which suffered a derailment in colne under barrowford road bridge and quite a few "dubdees" happy memories wonderful selection of photographs music too