Acknowledgements
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This page is an acknowledgement to everybody who has assisted me, and will be constantly updated as material / information comes to hand
  The  "Manchester Evening News"
  The  National Railway Museum, York
  Fellow Listees of the "Gorton Tank e-group"
  Fellow Listees of the  "LNER  e-group"
  Fellow Listees of the "Gorton Locomotive Works  e-group"
  Fellow Listees of the  "British Railways  e-group"
  Great Central Railway Society and Associate e-group Listees
  Fellow Listees of the "Woodhead e-group"
  Mrs.  D  Lord,   Denton,  Manchester.
  Mrs.  J  Colburn,  Denton,  Manchester
  Mrs,  J  Wild,  Paignton,  Devon.
  Mr.  L.J  Wilson, Prestatyn,  Denbighshire.
  Mr.  B  Gregson, Uppermill,  Saddleworth, Near Oldham, Lancashire 
  Mr.  T  Day,  Radcliffe,  Manchester
  Mr.  E  Jones,  Gorton,  Manchester
  Mr.  E  France,  Didsbury,  Manchester
  Mr.  D  Corcoran,  Haughton Green,  Denton,  Manchester
  Mr.  A  Strickland,  Romiley,  Stockport,  Cheshire
  Mr.  Mrs.  H  Faulkner, (ex EM1 footplate man)  Middlewich,  Cheshire
  Mr.  AAE Gosling,  late, of Higher Openshaw,  Manchester 
  Mr.  B  Faulkner, Manchester
  Mr.  P  Gosling,  Stalybridge,  Near Manchester, Cheshire
  Mrs.  M  Duke,  Hampton, Victoria, Australia
  Mr.  G  Freeman (thru' his Daughter Sue)  Manchester 
  Mr.  D  Kitching,  Manchester
  Mr.  W  Bates, Stockport Cheshire
  Mr.  M  Davis, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire
  Mr.  G  Senior, Stalybridge,  Near Manchester, Cheshire
  Mr.  B  Brougham,   (Former Gorton Footplateman)  Ocean Reef, Western Australia
  Reporter Group of Newspapers,  Stalybridge, Near Manchester, Cheshire
  Mr.  J  Metcalfe,   Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire.
  Mr.  A Sheldon,  Dover,
  Mr.  R Simpson, ex Gorton 'Tank' Engineering Apprentice / Plant Engineer.
                             Hunmanby, North Yorkshire  
  Mr.  P Birchill,  ( Dukinfield C & W  Website ),  Manchester.
  Mr.  V Pawson,  Manchester  
  Mr.  H Williams, (Former Gorton Footplateman) Wellingborough, Northhamptonshire.
  Mr.  T  Holtby,  Whaleybridge,  Nr Manchester.       ( Ex 'Gorton Tank' apprentice)
  Mr.  R Whitehead, Dukinfield, Nr Manchester.    ( Ex Gorton Sheds and EM1 footplate )
  The Very Reverand R Chow, St Barnabas Church, Openshaw, Manchester.
  Mr.  K Scott, Churchwarden, St Barnabas Church, Openshaw, Manchester.
  Mr.  P Williams. (Former Gorton Tank - Millwrights Dept), Droylsden, Nr Manchester. 
  Mr.  BKB Green,   -   Cheshire
  Ms.  E - J  Arkady  - Warrington, Cheshire.
                                        Reference
"GCR" Journal   1905 ......................................    Great Central Railway (NRM)
"GREAT CENTRAL" ( Volume 1 )    ...............    George Dow
"WOODHEAD  Pt 1"    ...................................    E M Johnson
"J G ROBINSON: A Lifetimes Work"  ..............    David Jackson
" LNER" Magazines 1928 to 1938   ..................    (Personel collection)
" Great Central Railway Journals" 1906 to 1912.     (  NRM Library )
" British Railway Locomotive Works" ...............     Bill Johnson
"WOODHEAD - The Electric Railway" ............     E M Johnson
"The Great Central in LNER Days"   ................     David Jackson / Owen Russell
"The LMS & LNER in Manchester"    ..............     E.R. Rose
"The Railway Workshops of Britain 1823 - 1986"    E.J. Larkin & J.G. Larkin
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