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Last Days of Steam at Agecroft

Three 14-inch outside cylinder saddle tank steam locomotives were built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1948 and purchased by the Salford Corporation Electricity Department to shunt coal wagons between the coal mines and the power station at Agecroft. These were all originally painted green with black lining edged with red on the outside and yellow on the inside. However, with the nationalisation of the UK's electric supply industry, the locomotives became effectively redundant when a conveyor belt was constructed to carry coal directly across Agecroft Road. The three locomotives were sold in 1980s. After being retired in 1980, Agecroft No 1 was saved from scrapping by being bought by a private owner. It was later purchased by the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester in a dismantled state in 2008, where it underwent a 3-year restoration and is now used to operate train rides at the former Liverpool Road Station site (SJ8397 : Museum of Science and Industry, RSH Steam Locomotive "Agecroft No 1") . Agecroft No 2 was bought by the Ribble Steam Railway Link


Agecroft Colliery closed in March 1991 and demolition began later that year. The power station closed in March 1993, and demolition commenced later that year. The cooling towers and two main stacks were demolished on 8 May 1994 (Link

Peter Whatley’s photograph SD7901 : Agecroft CEGB sidings, shows one of the locomotives hauling coal wagons in 1976.
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