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Bardsey Station - DNT00150
Looking down on the station early 20th century which was on the NER's Cross Gates – Wetherby line; opened 1876 and closed 1964.
Beeston Station, Leeds, 1961 - DNT00157
On the GNR Leeds - King Cross main line only a few miles out of Leeds centre it opened in 1860 and closed 1953.
Beneath Halifax Station. c.2006 - DNT00239
Originally this dark and insalubrious looking tunnel beneath the station had been for vehicular access to the goods yard at the station’s front and it also it provided a pedestrian access up until the early 2000s to steps up to the station approach,…
Berry Brow Station Sculptures. L&YR Huddersfield – Penistone Line - DNT00294
The two sculptures, seen here early 1900s, both show trains leaving a tunnel. The first sculpture, seen here in the top right hand corner, was carved by local sculptor Thomas Stocks in about 1866 depicting a train of four wheeled coaches. The second…
Berry Brow Station. L&YR Huddersfield – Penistone Line - DNT00293
The station, south of the impressive Lockwood Viaduct, opened at the same time as the line in 1850. A small goods yard can just be made out on the far side of the road bridge.
Unusual features of the station were two stone carvings of trains…
Unusual features of the station were two stone carvings of trains…
Berry Lane Bridge, Halifax - TWA00155
This is Berry Lane as it passes under the Charlestown Viaduct. The buildings seen on the left on the other side of the viaduct are part of Riding Hall Carpet Mill. To the right of the photographer will be the coal yard associated with the coal drops,…
Tags: Berry Lane, Halifax, Railway, Railway Viaduct, Railways
Bingley First Station - DNT00179
The station on the Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway between Shipley and Colne opened at the same time as the section of the line between Shipley and Keighley in March 1847. The station on its last day as seen here was near the Bingley Three Rise…
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.
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - ALC00985
The rail or tramway was used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall, to the construction site of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the early 1900s.
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - ALC00991
The rail or tramway was used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook to the construction site of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs.
Tags: Railway, Railways, Transport, Trestle Bridge
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - EIL00118
This Post Card, one in the Valentine's Series, is quite a well known photo. In the 1950's local teenagers would gather to swim in the Green Lady pool which formed around the remains of the stone foundations used to support the structure (which was…
Tags: Blake Dean, Buildings, Construction, hut, People, People at Work, Places, Railway, Railway track, Railways, Trestle Bridge
Bolon Abbey Station - DNT00196
An intermediate station on the MR’s Ilkley – Skipton line it opened with the line in 1888. The great popularity of Bolton Abbey made it a very busy station particularly in summer with excursion trains of several railway companies; it was also the…
Bolton Trinity Street Station West End. - JCA00322
Wigan and Preston lines to the left and the Blackburn Branch curving away to the right.
Bolton Trinity Street Station. - JCA00323
Blackburn line to the right; Wigan and Preston straight on.
Bowling Junction and Site of Station - DNT00230
Looking in the Halifax direction with the north portal of Bowling Tunnel all but hidden by smoke. The line in the centre continues to Bradford Exchange and the line going off to the left is the Bowling Curve to Laisterdyke where it joined the…
Bradford Exchange Station - DNT00219
A terminus station seen here after the introduction of DMUs so probably about 1960. The first station on the site was built in 1850 and operated by the L&YR but the impressive double vaulted train shed seen here dates from 1888 when the station was…
Bradford Exchange Station - DNT00220
Looking out from the double vaulted train shed along the tracks which carried all of the terminus stations passenger traffic. As a result of line and station closures in the mid-1960s the traffic was considerably reduced and the station was…
Bradford Forster Square c.1914 - DNT00214
In the centre the single storey entrance to the Midland Market Street Station which had been rebuilt and enlarged in 1890 largely to accommodate the increased traffic from the MR’s recently completed independent Anglo Scottish line, the…
Bradford Forster Square Station 1984 - DNT00218
In the 1960s the Victorian glazed roof was dismantled and replaced with the butterfly awnings seen here and about the same time services from the station were drastically reduced following closure of lines and stations. In 1990 a new truncated…
Tags: Bradford, Bridges, Canopies, DMU, Forster Square, Midland Railway, MR, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Signage
Bradford Forster Square Station Approach Roads c.1950s - DNT00217
The approach to Forster Square Station in BR days. Date unknown but seemingly prior to dieselisation in the late ‘50s/early’60s. In the centre of the photo is Valley Road Power Station which closed in 1975 and was demolished in 1978.
Bradford Market Street Midland Station Train Shed c.1915 - DNT00216
The station here was originally built in 1846 by the Leeds & Bradford Railway which had been formed to connect the two towns with a railway along the Aire Valley; it was acquired by the MR in 1853 who rebuilt the station. It was intended that when…