Section 7B.1 - 1898 to 1962
HE686 as 'St. John' (No.14) at Manchester Ship Canal Railway
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 the
Railway 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 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 HE No.686 of 1898 No.14 'St. John'
at Partington on the Manchester
Ship Canal Railway in 1954.
(photo: J.Peden)