Monument record 2528/1/26 - Goostrey Sidings North, Manchester - Birmingham Railway

<1> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, Run 36 no.1784, 07/06/1973 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

This aerial photograph is the first available source to depict approximately nine sidings c.300m long located to the north-west of Goostrey station. Connects with a further set of sidings located to the south (CHER 2528/1/27).

<2> National Remote Sensing Centre Ltd, 1992-3, National Remote Sensing Centre County Survey (1992-1993), Line 28 no.4 (Film 177/92 frame 4), 31/10/1992 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5297.

The sidings are disused and the track appears to have been taken up.

<3> 28DaysLater.co.uk, Various, 28 Days Later (28DL), https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/psd-goostrey-aviation-fuel-depot-photo-heavy.117799/ (Web Site). SCH8847.

Shunting sidings associated with the distrubution of white oil products by rail from the nearby storage facility (see CHER 4093). Out of use by the mid to late 1970s. [Date of original post 05/2019]

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 17/03/2020 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.