Todmorden Railways
Title
Todmorden Railways
Creator
Various
Source
Todmorden Antiquarian Society
Rights
Copyright (c) 2006-2017 Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
TAS
Collection Items
Railway arches at Gauxholme - TAS001155
Heading for Manchester the train is approaching Skew Bridge, the road towards the top of the picture leads to Dobroyd.
WD Austerity 2-8-No. 90138 - TAS00650 - TAS001145
WD Austerity 2-8-0 number 90138 hauling a goods train. Location and date unknown but probably on the Copy Pit line post World War II.
Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001144
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the…
Railway Accident at Cornholme - TAS001143
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the…
Railway Accident at Cornholme - TAS001142
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the…
Crossley Shuttles, Portsmouth - TAS001139
In the foreground a passenger train on the Todmorden-Burnley line, the Copy Pit Line.
Portsmouth Station signal Box, Nr. Todmorden - TAS001136
The box and the station have gone but the level crossing now with manually operated gates remains.
Portsmouth Station near Todmorden - TAS001135
Station staff posing for the camera. Date unknown but probably early 20th century looking up the line towards Burnley. The crossover on the level crossing was lifted by the time the station closed in 1958.
Portsmouth Station near Todmorden in the Snow - TAS001134
No sign of any activity and the snow pristine white so possibly taken after closure in 1958.
LNER 4472 - The Flying Scotsman - TAS001133
The engine hauling the train was LNER 4472 - The Flying Scotsman, the Blackpool Belle. Possibly Horsfall Tunnel
Goods Train and Banker, Copy Pit Line, Nr Todmorden - TAS001132
Date and location unknown but probably the Copy Pit Line between Todmorden and Burnley. The steep gradient of the line necessitated heavy goods trains to be banked up it, that is a loco at the back to push.
Portsmouth Station, Copy Pit Line - TAS001131
A busy early 20th century scene on the up platform, perhaps waiting for a Blackpool special! The station on the Burnley Branch, the so called Copy Pit Line, from Todmorden was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway with the line in 1849 and was…
Portsmouth Station, Copy Pit line - TAS001130
Looking down the line towards Todmorden. The station had opened with the line in 1849 but was closed in 1958. Originally there had been a crossover at the point of the level crossing.
Collection Tree
- Todmorden Antiquarian Society
- Todmorden Railways
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