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Copley School and Station. - GEE00100
From Milner Royd Junction the line to Halifax climbs steeply and over the magnificent Copley Viaduct leaving the Calder Valley line way below. A station was opened at Copley in 1855 to serve Akroyd’s model factory village, which pre-dated the much…
Copley Station - GEE00101
From Milner Royd Junction the line to Halifax climbs steeply and over the magnificent Copley Viaduct leaving the Calder Valley line way below. A station was opened at Copley in 1855 to serve Akroyd’s model factory village, which pre-dated the much…
Halifax Station Approach - GEE00102
The 1855 station was considerably enlarged in the mid-1880s with this high level approach road over the new lines and sidings. It was operated jointly by the L&YR and the GNR but each had their own platforms, refreshment facilities, waiting rooms and…
Halifax Station Approach - GEE00103
The 1855 station was considerably enlarged in the mid-1880s with this high level approach road over the new lines and sidings. It was operated jointly by the L&YR and the GNR but each had their own platforms, refreshment facilities, waiting rooms and…
Heben Bridge - L&YR Parcels Van. - GEE00104
‘L&YR Parcels & Luggage Collection & Delivery Van N0. 130’ at the junction of Albert Street and New Road, Hebden Bridge. The man by the horse and the boy on the wagon are wearing L&YR porter’s cap badges and the policeman is holding his white point…
Luddendenfoot - Station Road. - GEE00105
Station Road from the hillside. The goods yard was later extended over the open land. The main line is hidden from view at the bottom but the footbridge connecting the two platforms is just visible next to the Booking Office. The station closed in…
Luddendenfoot Goods Yard - GEE00106
The Goods Yard about 1900. The small town was dominated by its mills with the all important and well equipped goods yard between the main line and the river. The yard closed in 1965 and the site is now an industrial estate.
Photo courtesy Stephen Gee…
Photo courtesy Stephen Gee…
Sowerby Bridge Carriage Cleaners. - GEE00107
Following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 women were recruited to do many jobs previously done by men. Seen here a team of carriage cleaners posing for the camera at Sowerby Bridge Depot.
Sowerby Bridge Goods Depot. - GEE00108
L&YR Goods Wagon No. 026.
Sowerby Bridge Loco Depot. - GEE00109
Mechanics and engine staff at Sowerby Bridge loco depot on an Aspinall 0-6-0 tender loco built in 1894. Post 1923, possibly late 1920s.
Rishworth Station. - LYR00101
LYRS 0654. Hughes 0-4-0RM No 3 at Rishworth. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy…
Rishworth Station. - LYR00102
LYRS 2590. Rishworth Station - general view along platform with Railmotor. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the…
Rishworth Station Approach. - LYR00103
LYRS 3534. Rishworth Trestle Bridge - carrying station approach. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester…
Triangle Station. - LYR00104
LYRS 0656 - Hughes 0-4-0RM at Triangle Station. Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, seen here, were introduced on the Rishworth Branch in 1907 in response to competition from electric trams. As a result of further competition…
Triangle Station. - LYR00105
LYRS 0671 - Hughes 0-4-0RM No 10 at Triangle Station. The carriages to the right were just stored and only one track had been used. Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, seen here, were introduced on the Rishworth Branch in 1907…
Rishworth Branch Railway. - LYR00106
LYRS 1470a - 1911. Aspinall 0-6-0ST, re-built Saddle Tank, No. 541 on the Rishworth Branch at Watsons Crossing with an engineers' ballast train working "the wrong line". Although built double track only one had been used commercially.
Ripponden Station. - LYR00107
LYRS 2581 - Railmotor Hughes 0-4-0RM at Ripponden Station looking towards Rishworth. Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, were introduced on the Rishworth Branch in 1907 in response to competition from electric trams. As a result…
Ripponden Station. - LYR00108
LYRS 2583 - Ripponden Station - general view looking towards Sowerby Bridge. Although double track only one had ever been commercially used. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and then on to Rishworth in 1881. The original…
Ripponden Station. - LYR00109
LYRS 2584 - Ripponden Station - general view of Goods Shed & Yard. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and then on to Rishworth in 1881. Although double track only one had ever been commercially used. The original intention…
Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing. - LYR00110
LYRS 1391 - Hughes 0-4-0RM No 1 heading west at Watson's Crossing, a Halt on the Rishworth Branch. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge…
Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00111
LYRS 2576a - Watson Crossing Halt - general view looking towards Ripponden. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the…
Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00112
LYRS 2577 - Watson Crossing Halt - general view circa 1957 looking towards Sowerby Bridge and the west portal of Ripponden Tunnel under Scarr Head. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original…