Tractacus' photos with the keyword: Guide Bridge

The track gang get a brief respite from thier labours as a work stained large logo 47443 'North Eastern' drifts through Guide Bridge with a service from the North East to Liverpool Lime St. Tue4Dec90. Scanned

EMU 304017 accellerates out of a misty Guide Bridge with a local service from Manchester Piccadilly to Glossop and Hadfield. Tue4Dec90. Scanned

A vintage shot at the west end of Guide Bridge, as Stratford based EE Type 3 No D6717 departs with the Boat Train from Harwich to Manchester Piccadilly, which at that time ran via Woodhead. An eastbound freight can be seen on the right, and an EM1 (Class 76) approaches in the distance. The 37 later became 37017, then 37503. 2Aug67. Scanned

In more or less the same place as the previous photo, but 20 years earlier. English Electric Type 3 No 6798 coasts through Guide Bridge with a westbound freight on Tue9Nov71. In later years this became 37098. Scanned

Just a shadow of its former self, Guide Bridge on Fri26Apr91, as 304007 rolls in with a service from Hadfield to Manchester Piccadilly. The train is running in on what used to be the freight lines, the former passenger platforms being on the right. The empty space in front of, and behind, the signalbox was the loco stabling sidings, with lines of Class 25 40 47 and 76s usually to be found. Fri26Apr91. Scanned

Red stripe large logo 31272 ambles through Guide Bridge with an engineers train on a foggy Tue4Dec90. Scanned

In the days when engines were in their rightful place at the front of the train, instead of underneath. Large logo 47422 ambles through a foggy Guide Bridge and is just about to turn left onto the Stalybridge line, with a Liverpool Lime St to Newcastle service. Tue4Dec90. Scanned

So says the notice on this water column on the platform end at Guide Bridge as EM1 - later known as Class 76 - 26010 approaches from the East. Wed2Aug67. Scanned