Section 7B.1 - 1898 to 1962

 0-6-0T HE No.686 of 1898

Advert for Hunslet Engine Co. showing

'Jazzer' Class of locomotives as supplied

to Manchester Ship Canal Railway.       

(photo:   Courtesy Greater Manchester

County Record Office)

 0-6-0T HE No.686 of 1898 'St. John'

Crossing theRailway Swing Bridge No.1 at Trafford

Park with Manchester Docks in the backgound circa 1910. Three other 'Jazzers' are visible in the photo believed to be (left to right) 'New York', unidentified and 'New Orleans'. A Peckett saddle tank 'Jaffa' and

a Hudswell Clarke side tank 'Sydney' also feature.

(photo:   Courtesy Greater Manchester

County Record Office)

 0-6-0T HE No.686 of 1898 'St. John'

Now carrying No.14 plates at Mode Wheel Depot of the Manchester

Ship Canal Railway circa 1920.   

(photo: WILT Archive)

0-6-0T HE No.686 of 1898 No.14 'St. John'

At work on the Manchester Ship Canal

Railway passing 'No.1 Grid' Salford with

a train from Trafford Park circa 1930.

(Photo:   Collection D. Thorpe)

0-6-0T HE686 of 1898 No.14 'St. John'

At Manchester Ship Canal Railway

Nine Dock in 1950.

(photo:   IRS Archive/K. J. Cooper Collection)

0-6-0T HE No.686 of 1898 No.14 'St. John'

At Partington on the Manchester

Ship Canal Railway in 1954.

(photo:   J.Peden)

0-6-0T HE No.686 of 1898 No.14 'St. John'

At Partington on the Manchester

Ship Canal Railway in mid 1950's.

(photo:   Collection of D. Thorpe)

0-6-0T HE686 of 1898 No.14 'St. John'

AT Manchester Ship Canal

Mode Wheel Depot in 1962.