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The Goods Shed is Hiding

Part of the challenge with Saddleworth Station is that the goods shed wasn’t very active, and it was shut down before the Beeching acts shut the station down. Basically there is scant information on it.

The best photos I have don’t give full details. This one showing the most of the shed on the left with the two square openings on the end and what looks to be a chimney.

The plans I’ve found are similarly lacking in detail without a view of what’s in the shed. Apart from the track. I’m not even sure if the staging deck connects to the shed via a door.

From what I’m guessing, the goods shed was not a standard one with the typical, sometimes covered, side openings. The images suggest no windows or openings on the sides. There is an opening at the end next to the through line. I suppose the carts backed up to that.

I’ve asked a few sources in Saddleworth Museum, the owner of the station (now a house) and the LNWR society. I’ve had nothing to clarify this yet. I will just have to use a best guess for now.

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