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Whiteley Arches - ALC00423
1933. The bowstring bridge over the Rochdale Canal; when built in 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway it was one of the first such in the country. It was replaced in 1939 with the metal trough bridge we see today. To the left Canalside Mill…
West Vale Station, Stainland Branch, Halifax. - JCA00348
The small intermediate station between Greetland on the Calder Valley Main Line and the Branch terminus at Holywell Green. Whilst the terminus station had only one platform West Vale has two both with stone buildings unlike some on the Main Line…
Weasel Hall Tunnel, Hebden Bridge. - JCA00329
Looking up the line in the Todmorden direction. Land for the line through Hebden Bridge was purchased from the Mytholm Estate of the Rev. Armytage Rhodes which included Weasel Hall on the site of the tunnel. Although the Hall was tenanted Armytage…
Weasel Hall Tunnel, Hebden Bridge - JCA00328
Looking down the line towards Hebden Bridge Station. Land for the line through Hebden Bridge was purchased from the Mytholm Estate of the Rev. Armytage Rhodes which included Weasel Hall on the site of the tunnel. Although the Hall was tenanted…
Walsden Signal Box - LYR00288
LYRS 3862 - Summit Tunnel East Box Interior.
Walsden Signal Box - LYR00287
LYRS 3861 - Summit Tunnel East Signal Box (post-1895) - Walsden
Walsden Signal Box - LYR00286
LYRS 3788 - Summit Tunnel East Signal Box (pre-1895) at Walsden.
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…
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…
Train leaving Mytholmroyd Station, c1908 - ALC00214
An Aspinall 4-4-2 'High-Flyer' heading a passenger train towards Hebden Bridge. This section of track had been quadrupled in 1906.
Train between Luddendenfoot and Sowerby Tunnel. - LYR00181
LYRS 1157 - Aspinall 4-4-2, Highflyer, No 737 heading a Leeds express with bogie stock carriages, as opposed to rigidly-mounted axles, on the embankment between Luddendenfoot and Sowerby Tunnel. Above the smoke the tower of the former…
Tormorden Aerial View of town and Viaduct. - LYR00274
LYRS 3567 – Date unknown.
Todmorden Viaduct and General View. - LYR00264
LYRS 8705 - Late 1960s. General view across the viaduct looking north east towards the junction with the Stansfield Curve beyond the signal box.
Todmorden Triangle 1963. - LYR00239
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…
Todmorden Station. - ALC00458
The station looking east in L&YR days. The canopies have all now gone along with the platform building on the left and the goods siding which is now the station car park.
Todmorden Station Warehouse - LYR00269
LYRS 2805 - The now demolished warehouse viewed from across the track.
Todmorden Station Warehouse - LYR00267
LYRS 2804 - the disused and now demolished ‘up’ side Station Warehouse on Station Approach, opposite the rear of the ‘White Hart'.
Todmorden Station Up platform - LYR00261
LYRS 8647 - The station in the late 1960s.
Todmorden Station Up Platform - LYR00254
LYRS 2800 - Looking across to the Manchester 'up' platform in about 1950 with the station master’s house behind the fence, that and the warehouse to its left have been demolished.
Todmorden Station looking towards Up platform (2) - LYR00262
LYRS 8643 – The station in the late 1960s.
Todmorden Station Looking South West 1950. - LYR00259
LYRS 4340 - General view of platforms, buildings and canopies with an additional platform and line behind the 'down' platform on the right. The station is now reduced to two through platforms and the buildings on the right have gone as have the…
Todmorden Station Looking North East 1950. - LYR00258
LYRS 4339 - General view of the platforms, buildings and canopies with a siding behind the 'down' platform. The siding has gone as have the canopies, most of the buildings and the water tank.
Todmorden Station General View - LYR00250
LYRS 2793n - Date unknown but in LYR days pre-1922 The Goods Yard is now the Station Car Park and the canopies and signals as well as the buildings on the left hand platform have now all gone. Cross Stone Church on the skyline
Todmorden Station frontage - LYR00265
LYRS 2803 - The run-down station entrance and approach road in British Railway days with the now demolished station master’s house to the right.