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Menston Station - DNT00187
The MR’s branch from their Aire Valley line at Apperley Junction to the Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway had opened in 1865 but the station at Menston wasn’t opened until August 1875. North East of the station at Menston Junction, where there had been a…
Earby Station - DNT00183
The station on the section of the Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway between Skipton and Colne opened 1848 with the line. On the Colne side of the station was the junction for the Barnoldswick Branch. The station was closed in 1970 at the same time…
Bingley Station - DNT00180
The station seen here is Bingley’s second station and was opened in 1892 replacing the earlier station which was a little to the west near the Three Rise Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. It remains open.
Saltaire Station - DNT00178
The Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway between Shipley and Colne opened over its whole length in 1848 but a station wasn’t opened by the MR at Saltaire until 1856. This station was closed in 1965 and the buildings demolished in 1970. In 1984 a new…
Apperley Bridge & Rawdon Station - DNT00177
The station on the Leeds & Bradford Railway’s Aire Valley Line opened in July 1846 a few weeks after the line. This station was replaced in 1900 by the one seen here when the line was widened to four tracks. The station closed in 1965 but a new…
Calverley & Rodley Station, Nr. Leeds - DNT00176
The first station here on the MR Aire Valley line opened in 1846 on completion of the Leeds & Bradford Railway and known originally as Calverley Bridge. The station was completely re-built c.1900 when the line was quadrupled with the main station…
Kirkstall Station, Leeds - DNT00173
The firstl station was built here when the line opened in 1846 and was rebuilt, seen here looking towards Leeds, when the line was quadrupled in about 1905. The station closed in 1965.
A station at nearby Kirkstall Forge existed from 1860 to 1905…
A station at nearby Kirkstall Forge existed from 1860 to 1905…
Armley Canal Road Station, Leeds - DNT00171
The station seen here looking very derelict. Originally just Armley it was the first station out of Leeds on the Bradford & Leeds Railway which opened via the Aire Valley in 1846 quickly being acquired by the MR. BR changed its name to Armley Canal…
Morley Feast Blackpool Special, c.1900 - DNT00167
Morly Low Station with excurtionists rushing to get on a LNWR Blackpool Special at Morley Feast. Towards the end of the 19th century it was common practice for railway companies to put on special trains for a town’s local holiday.
The word ‘Feast'…
The word ‘Feast'…
Pudsey Low Town Station - DNT00163
In 1878 a branch from Stanningley on the GNR Leeds-Bradford ‘short line was opened up to Pudsey Greenside with a station here. Then in 1893 a curve from Bramley to the Pudsey Branch was constructed which was then extended to Cutlers Junction at…
Pudsey Greenside Station - DNT00162
In 1878 a branch from Stanningley on the GNR Leeds-Bradford ‘short line was opened up to the station here with an intermediate station at nearby Pudsey Lowtown. Then in 1893 a curve from Bramley to the Pudsey Branch was constructed which was then…
Bramley Station Entrance, Leeds - DNT00160
On the 'short line' from Bradford to Leeds Central Station opened in 1854 by the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway which was acquired by the GNR in 1865. The station closed in 1966 and the buildings were demolished; a new station with bus…
Wetherby Station - DNT00152
Seen here early 20th century on the NER’s Cross Gates – Wetherby line. This is the second station in Wetherby the first having been on the Church Fenton- Harrogate line but when the line from Cross Gates opened in 1876 it’s junction with the…
Thorner Station - DNT00149
Thorner station looking south with its well maintained flower beds which won it the NER’s first prize for the ‘best kept wayside station’ in 1912 and 1913.
When it opened with the line in 1876 it was called ‘Thorner & Scarcroft’ becoming just…
When it opened with the line in 1876 it was called ‘Thorner & Scarcroft’ becoming just…
Cross Gates Station - DNT00146
Station staff posing for the camera on the ramp from the entrance building down to the eastbound platform with the footbridge to the westbound platform to the right.
Brighouse Station - DNT00120
A very derelict looking Brighouse Station, date unknown. The first station here opened with the line in October 1840 and was to the east of Huddersfield Road and at the time was called 'Brighouse and Bradford Station' as there as then no railway to…
Greetland Station, Nr. Halifax - DNT00118
The station on the M&LR’s Calder Valley Main Line was originally known as North Dean. It was opened in July 1844 on completion of the M&LR’s Halifax Branch which ran from a junction at North Dean up to a terminus station at Shaw Syke, south of…
Lumb Falls, Crimsworth Dean - JNB00683
Postcard dated 1979.
Bridge, Hardcastle Crags - JNB00676
Postcard dated 1981.
Tram at Fallingroyd Bridge, c1930 - JNB00558
The sign says Death Trap, there were many accidents here because of the sharpness of the turns on and off the bridge.
The tramcar to Hebden Bridge crossing Falling Royd Bridge is No 107, constructed at the Halifax Corporation Tramways workshops in…
The tramcar to Hebden Bridge crossing Falling Royd Bridge is No 107, constructed at the Halifax Corporation Tramways workshops in…
Dog Bridge, Cragg Vale. - MCH00110
The people on the right are ascending steps which lead up the Green Bank ( a short terrace of houses) on the B6318. At the left hand end of the bridge there are steps ascending to Higher House, Cragg Vale or a foot path along the lower part of the…
Cragg Road, Mytholmroyd - MCH00102
Just before Dauber Bridge looking at the fields of Hoo Hole Farm.
Cragg Road, Mytholmroyd - MCH00101
Post Card dated 1926.
Horse and cart approaching Dauber Bridge. Track on the right is to Parrock Clough and one of the entrances to Broadhead End Clough (Bell Hole)
Horse and cart approaching Dauber Bridge. Track on the right is to Parrock Clough and one of the entrances to Broadhead End Clough (Bell Hole)