Trafford Park TMD

Trafford Park engine shed was in Manchester (England), on a 3/4 x 1/4 mile site at OS Map Ref: SJ80379632 west of Manchester United football ground, set well back from the Manchester-Liverpool main line of the Cheshire Lines Committee just to the north of what is now the Trafford Park terminal of Freightliner Limited.

In 1960 the shed master said he employed about 350 staff, including 120 drivers, and used about 600 tons of coal a week from a hand-operated stage on the north side of the shed.

In addition to the allocated steam fleet, he said he usually had 3 diesels stabled, plus any which had failed.

It mainly provided engines for passenger trains to London, Liverpool, Chester, Sheffield, Lymm, Fallowfield and Buxton.

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View inside the Shed, with Rebuilt ' Royal Scot ' 7P 4-6-0 No. 46153 'The Royal Dragoon' waiting outside to go to Manchester Central to work an express to London St Pancras