Manchester, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Steam Tramways



Owner Manchester, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Steam Tramways Ltd
Opened 12th March 1883 (steam)
Operator Manchester, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Steam Tramways Ltd
Assets transferred July? 1884 to the Manchester, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Steam Tramways Company (a newly incorporated company)
Took over (operation) 1st August 1885 (lines owned and built by Oldham Corporation)
Taken over 18th October 1888 (Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Steam Tramways Company Ltd)
Taken over 6th April 1891 (Whitworth Local Board; all lines within the Local Board area, from which the company had already withdrawn services)
Taken over 1st November 1901( (Oldham Corporation - all lines owned by Oldham, with the exception of the Royton to West Street service)
Withdrawn 28th June 1902 (Oldham Corporation - Royton to West Street service)
Taken over 24th February 1904 (Bury, Heywood, Rochdale and Royton Corporations - tracks within the municipal boundaries, as well as those of several Urban District Councils)
Operator BR&OSTCo (pending conversion to electric traction)
Withdrawn 7th March 1904 (Bury to Heap Bridge and Heywood)
Withdrawn 8th April 1904 (Bury to Limefield)
Withdrawn 13th April 1904 (Rochdale to Oldham)
Withdrawn 16th May 1904 (Bury to Whitefield)
Withdrawn 30th May 1904 (Royton - remaining services)
Withdrawn 10th June 1904 (Rochdale to Heywood)
Withdrawn 11th July 1904 (last steam service in Bury)
Withdrawn 24th September 1904 (Healey route)
Last steam service 12th October 1904? (Rochdale to Littleborough)
Sold (assets) 13th October 1904 (Rochdale Corporation [Rochdale and Wardle], Littleborough Urban District Council, Royton UDC, Heywood Corporation, Bury Corporation [County Borough of Bury, Tottington UDC and Unsworth], and Whitefield UDC)
Length 36.75 miles (including 3.5 miles leased from Oldham Corporation)
Gauge 3ft 6ins / 4ft 8½ins

Button description
Uniforms not worn

Comment
Numerous photos show employees wearing a variety of informal clothing (see link). Other than kepi-style caps (worn in the 1890s), no uniform appears to have been issued, strongly suggesting that uniform buttons never existed.