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Sorry for the late reply to this. I see what you're both saying here, perhaps if you've got the right skills for negotiating purchases then I'm sure you would be ok dealing with tenders for the sale of something.

In early 1966, the LM Region's Supplies Manager writes to the Estates Department asking for consent for putting up for sale almost 88,000 cubic yards of old ballast on a closed line, which will be put out to competitive tendering. Now I understand why the Estates Dept has to give consent to the...

Thanks, that's a very interesting and informative reply! The very best I could say about this branch line's demise is one none local contractor removed one bridge and a small amount of track and another station was demolished by a reasonably local company, and that's it. It remains to me a who...

Yes, there are many instances where stations were demolished quickly and also over longer periods of time. I'm of the opinion that BR did compile a list of companies who had done work for them of which they were satisfied with. I don't think many commercial companies after completing a job for...

I'm still none the wiser with regards to some aspects of tendering BR for work. In the following example, which department / office would advertise for tenders, when and where? 1. Meeting held January 1966 - Purpose, close the passenger station (1-5-66) and secure the buildings (which are to...

Apologies! Most members on here know which line I'm talking about, but for clarification it's the Gt. Harwood loop line, 9 miles in length, double track and ran from Gt. Harwood Junction (Blackburn) to Rose Grove (Burnley) via the towns of Gt. Harwood and Padiham. Built by the L&Y in the 1870s...

There are one or two threads touching on this but don't quite answer my questions, hence this new one. In 1964, along this branch line there were two telephone circuits listed as M.xxxx and B.xxx The X's are numbers. There is also a second B circuit (different number) that connects from the...

Yes, and I think that's the top, middle and bottom of it. Looks like they just tagged the extra works onto the original works order number. EDIT / UPDATE - Well Mr slow coach here (me) finally worked out the following: There were 5 meetings to dispose of the loop line, all covered by works...

In August 1964 there was a meeting to list all the assets which would soon be available for disposal. They list effectively everything from Gt. Harwood Junction to just outside Padiham. The Chief Civil Engineer (Manchester) then sends three copies to the General Manager of the Planning Office...

A detailed insight to these board's composition. Question - Would the Chairman of each BR Region Board sit on the top level BRB board? It would seem logical to have them included as in theory at least the BRB should be able to see the larger picture or given what @Gloster mentions, is that too...

No, the title is typed up, and the letter is dated 2 Jan 1964. I've looked more closely at this letter which is actually a memo, the letter preceding it is from the Line Manager (Manchester) to the General Manager at HO, Euston. On the Line manager's letter, hand written on it is "3 copies...

I have just one letter headed The London Midland Railway Board, did every BR region have a board between the BRB (at the top level) and the region's head office (below them)? and if so, would it be this region's board that would say yes or no to a proposal to close a branch line under their remit?

Your contributions are always interesting and that's a good potted history of how things developed. Buying coal in the summer seems to have been a great way to save money if you had the spare cash available. I suppose if we were all organised we'd buy next Christmas' presents in the January...

I'm quite sure now I've worked out why BR were going on about landsale agreements in relation to the coal traders, at least at Gt. Harwood anyway... A couple of years ago as I was starting to compile my list of bridges on the loop line I noticed that the 1956 OS town map sheet showed...

This sounds plausible to me, it could well have been the situation. It does indeed seem that way, my L&Y Society book mentions at Simonstone station after it closed (2 November 1964) the coal trader, a limited company carried on there in the goods yard. In fact, when the yard went up for sale...

That's very interesting, thanks. Guess it could be, but not in this case, the yards were BR's own. This agreement between BR and the NCB, could this have been a way to try to force coal traders to go along with the coal concentration scheme and get their coal say five miles away at a bigger...

I wonder if this was some sort of agreement with each coal trader and where specifically the coal could be delivered to? One of Beeching's plans was to concentrate deliveries of coal (from smaller stations which are to close) to larger stations / goods yards (he called them Depots). What is...

I've come across the mention with regards to coal traders and one goods yard with several coal traders operating out of there, The line and goods yard is to close and a note is made by BR that by agreement with the N.C.B. no new landsale facilities will be granted by them (the NCB) - What does...

That's a great point you make about the fumes, I honestly just presumed these heaters would all have had a flue. I think I remember seeing one somewhere but can't remember. Based on the meetings at Padiham, I've realised something else is missing - No mention of any meeting to determine those...

@Rescars, you raise some interesting questions here. All I can say (and I've come across this before in my research) it does seem at times the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. In a climate of mass closures and mass redundancies even the managers must have been worried about...