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  • Tags: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

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LYRS 3523 - Road overbridge on the 'Copy Pit' line with a newly-built extension arch to accommodate a loop line; the contractor's wagons still there. The bridge near the Lancashire and Yorkshire county boundary is also known as Dean Farm Bridge as…

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LYRS 5063 - The front & non-door gable of the Box and part of the level crossing.

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LYRS 5062. Date unknown but the station closed to passengers in 1958 and to good in 1963.

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LYRS 2955b - General view from the hill side. The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only indicator to its once existence but the level crossing is still there.

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LYRS 2954 - Postcard view of the station, level crossing and signal box.

The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only indicator to its once existence but the level…

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LYRS 2953 - General view of the station building, level crossing and signal box looking north west towards Burnley.

The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only…

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LYRS 3810 - The railway siding off the Todmorden - Burnley line behind Jobling Terrace was the coal depot for Cornholme and a collecting point for coal merchants but it was closed after the First World War.

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LYRS6018. A confusing photo! The tracks in the centre curving off to the right form the Stansfield or Todmorden Curve heading to Stansfield Hall Junction on the 'Copy Pit' line to Burnley. The line in the foreground is the spur from Hall Royd…

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LYRS 6039 - 1967. The goods and coal facilities had been withdrawn in 1964. The drops to the west of the steep ramp up to the station are right up to the A646 as seen here with barely room for a car to park. The drops are still there.

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LYRS 8410 - 1967. The disused and derelict station buildings on the 'down' line looking towards Todmorden. The passenger station had closed in 1951 and goods and coal facilities had been withdrawn in 1964. The buildings built into the hillside…

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LYRS 8407 - Mid-1960s- The Station Buildings, Level Crossing and the line looking towards Hebden Bridge. The Signal Box had controlled the crossing gates and also a goods siding and the siding over the coal drops. All the buildings have been…

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LYRS8406. - The Level Crossing and derelict Station Buildings several years after the passenger station had closed in 1951. The buildings seen here were built into the hillside behind. The crossing was accessed by a steep double sided ramp from the…

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LYRS 6036 -- The Level Crossing and Station Buildings in August 1963 some 12 years after the passenger station closed. The station half way between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden was opened by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in December 1840. The valley…

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LYRS 6034 - General view from above station looking north east towards Hebden Bridge. The passenger station had closed 12 years earlier and goods facilities were to be shortly withdrawn when this photo was taken in August 1963.

The station half way…

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LYRS 2680 - 1880s. Station staff and maintenance ganger's at the station. The station half way between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden was opened by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in December 1840. The valley is so narrow that the track had to be built…

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LYRS 6008 -1963. Iron footbridge on the Hebden Bridge side of Eastwood. Straight off the A646 it is still in use.

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LYRS 4221 - 'Milking Brig, Colden Valley', as featured on a coloured postcards featured on a B&W postcards featured on a B&W postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway promoting days out to Hebden Bridge by train.

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LYRS 4206 - Walshaw Waterfall, near Hardcastle Crags, as featured on a B&W postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway promoting days out to Hebden Bridge by train.

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LYRS 4205 - Fishermans Hut, Hardcastle Crags as featured on a B&W postcards featured on a B&W postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway promoting days out to Hebden Bridge by train.

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LYRS 4204 - Lumb Waterfall, Grimsworth Dean, nr Hardcastle Crags,( note the incorrect spelling Grimsworth not Crimsworth) as featured on a B&W postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway promoting days out to Hebden Bridge by train.

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LYRS4203 - 'River Hebden' at Hardcastle Crags as featured on a B&W postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway promoting days out to Hebden Bridge by train.

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LYRS 4202 - 'River Hebden' at Hardcastle Crags as featured on a B&W postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway promoting days out to Hebden Bridge by train.

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LYRS 4201 - 'River Hebden' as featured on a B&W postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway promoting days out to Hebden Bridge by train.

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LYRS 2718 - 1976. The mechanism of the unusual hydraulic lift down to the subway; used by porters to barrow parcels etc between the platforms. The mechanisms still there but the lift is no longer in use.

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LYRS 2717 - The unusual hydraulic lift on Platform 2 down to the subway used by porters to barrow parcels etc between the platforms. The lift is still there but no longer in use. The wooden wheelbarrow weighs 3 qr and 26 lb (totalling 82 lb) and…
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