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Manchester Arena during concert, Victoria Station Approach
Image: © Bryn Holmes
Taken: 22 Oct 2022
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Manchester Arena pre-concert, Victoria Station Approach
Image: © Bryn Holmes
Taken: 22 Oct 2022
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Manchester Victoria Station
Image: © Anthony Parkes
Taken: 5 Dec 2010
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Eastbound local train from Manchester Exchange passing Victoria Station
View westward from the long platform connecting Victoria and Exchange Stations, showing the Through lines - and a throng of juvenile train-spotters on Victoria's Platform 12. The train, headed by Hughes/Fowler 5P4F 2-6-0 No. 42789, will be bound for Stalybridge etc. on the ex-London & North Western route to Leeds.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 3 Sep 1960
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Concert at the MEN Arena
Rod Stewart in performance.
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 27 May 2010
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West-end pilot loco, Manchester Victoria Station
I have had difficulty finding the exact location of this photo such have been the changes over the last 30 years or so. The northern side of the station has long-since been closed and the site used for the Manchester Arena.
My contemporaneous notes tell me the first photo I took at the station was of Stanier Black 5 44884 on pilot duty. This is the photo and I believe it shows the loco standing at Platform 16 underneath the overall roof which covered platforms 12 to 17 on the northern side of the station. Such a scene would only last a few more weeks as steam traction was replaced by diesels on pilot duties at the end of the month.
The platform is cluttered by BRUTEs - British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment - first introduced in 1964 so still a relatively new idea in 1968. Unlike traditional designs of parcel trolleys BRUTEs were loaded into parcel or brake vans so cutting down on the handling of parcels & newspaper bundles etc.
Image: © Martin Tester
Taken: 12 Jun 1968
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Nessun Dorma
In a rehearsal for the Raymond Gubbay Classical Spectacular at the Manchester Evening News Arena. The tenor John Hudson sings Puccini's Nessun Dorma from the opera Turandot, accompanied by conductor John Rigby, the Halle Orchestra and the ladies of Leeds Festival Chorus.
Image: © Rich Tea
Taken: 28 Nov 2009
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English Electric locomotive D273
Train spotting at Manchester Victoria Station, on the way home from school Circa 1961. Possibly on platform 16.
Image: © John C
Taken: Unknown
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Manchester Victoria/Exchange Stations, with train
View westwards - again - from the long through platform 11/3; ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western trunk lines. An eastbound express, with the typical Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, is charging from Exchange through towards Yorkshire without banker, while an LMS Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 and a 4F 0-6-0 wait to bank other trains up to Miles Platting (in colour, for a change).
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 22 Aug 1964
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Two 'Black 5's' at Manchester Victoria station
A couple of former LMS 5MT locomotives stand ready for duty at Manchester (Victoria) railway station. This photo was taken from what was reputed to be the longest station platform in Britain.
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: Unknown
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