Mytholmroyd Flood, 1946 - RCF00145
Floods, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railways
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - Roy Collinge Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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English (U.K.)
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RCF00145.jpg
Railway Accident at Cornholme - TAS001142
Accident, Chimney, Chimneys, Disaster, Event, Events, Mill, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway line, Railways, Steam loco, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-29T19:15:09
PHDA - Todmorden Antiquarian Society
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TAS001142.jpg
Penistone Station - DNT00301
Chimneys, Factory Chimney, Foot Crossing, GCR, Gas Lamps, Goods Wagons, Great Central, Metaphore Signal, Passenger Train, Penistone Line, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway signage, Railway station, Railway track, Signal, Signal Gantry, Steam engine, Steam locomotive, Train
The first station at Penistone on the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway’s (later Great Central) Sheffield – Manchester Woodhead line opened in 1845. When the L&YR line from Huddersfield to Penistone opened in 1850 it joined the Woodhead line at a junction east of the station with the result that L&YR trains had to reverse into the station. This persisted until 1874 when a new joint station was built with GCR and L&YR having their own platforms.
Penistone was also the terminus for trains from Doncaster via Barnsley connecting to the Woodhead line.
The GCR platforms closed in 1970 together with the Woodhead line to passenger and the line closed fully in 1981 and the tracks were subsequently lifted. The two remaining platforms for the Huddersfield – Sheffield line now sport just simple shelters for passengers.
The end of the GCR platforms are seen here in this image with GCR locos and carriages and in the background the Yorkshire Iron & Steel Works.
Any further details on the image will be gratefully received.
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PHDA _ David Taylor Collection
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DNT00301.jpg
Meltham Station. L&YR Meltham Branch - DNT00292
Chimneys, Crossover Line, Double Track, Fence, Gas Lamps, L&YR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Passenger Train, Passengers, Penistone Line, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railway track, Station Buildings, Station Notices, Steam engine, Train
The station, seen here in 1910, was the terminus of the 31/2 mile Branch. The Branch opened to goods traffic in 1868 and to passengers in 1869. Passenger services were withdrawn from the Branch in 1949 and it closed fully in 1965. The site is now occupied by housing and a supermarket and much of the trackbed is now a greenway.
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PHDA _ David Taylor Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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DNT00292.jpg
Huddersfield Station Interior pre-1910 - DNT00277
Carriages, Gas Lamp, Huddersfield, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, Island Platform, LNWR, Lamp, Locomotive, London & North Western Railway, Newspaper Stall, Passenger Train, Passengers, Platform, Railway Carriages, Railway Notice, Station, Station Clock, Station Platform, Station Signage, Steam engine, Steam loco, Train Shed, pillars
The image is taken from a postcard with August 1910 postmark.
When built in 1846/50 there was only one platform behind the magnificent station frontage and the station was not enlarged until 1886; in August 1885 during the enlargement construction the roof had collapsed killing four men. The extended station included an island platform seen here with trains on both platform sides.
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PHDA _ David Taylor Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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DNT00277.jpg
Kirkheaton Station, Nr. Huddersfield - DNT00274
Carriages, Chimneys, Foot Crossing, Goods Shed, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, Kirkheaton, LNWR, Lamp, Locomotive, London & North Western Railway, Passenger Train, Platform, Porter, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Station Building, Station Staff, Steam engine, Steam loco, Telegraph Pole
Kirkheaton Station was an intermediate station on the LNWR’s Kirkburton Branch. The station opened about the same time as the Branch in 1867. The line and station closed to passenger traffic in 1930 when the LNWR’s successor, the LMS, obtained a half share in the Huddersfield Corporation’s bus service. The line remained open for goods traffic until 1965 when it closed fully.
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PHDA _ David Taylor Collection
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DNT00274.jpg
Laisterdyke Station, Bradford - DNT00231
Bradford, Bridge, Carriages, Cutting, Footbridge, GNR, Great Northern Railway, Island Platform, Passenger Train, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway junction, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Steam Loco, Steam engine, Train, Water Crane
On the ‘short line’ between Bradford & Leeds, built by the Leeds Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway, which opened in 1854 and was operated from the start by the Great Northern Railway who subsequently acquired it. The station opened with the line 1854 and was closed in 1966. It was a junction station as Leeds traffic from Halifax and the west avoiding Bradford on the Bowling curve joined the Bradford- Leeds line here and also just east of the station the Bradford-Wakefield Westgate line branched off, both those lines now long closed.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Horton Junction, Bradford - DNT00228
Bradford, Bridges, Embankment, GNR, Great Northern Railway, Houses, Passenger Train, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway junction, Railway station, Railways, Signal box, Station, Steam Loco, Steam engine, Telegraph Pole, Train
A passenger service approaching Bradford on the GNR’s Queensbury line with the branch to City Roads Goods which had opened in 1876 joining on the right. Horton Park Station is just visible beyond the last carriage, this had opened in 1880 and was closed in 1952. The junction and the City Road Branch were closed in 1972.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Shipley & Windhill Station - DNT00224
Bradford, Crossover Line, GNR, Gas Lamp, Great Northern Railway, Passenger Train, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Signage, Station Staff, Steam Loco, Steam engine, Tank Engine
The station, which had been known as Shipley Bridge Street, was the terminus of a loop line built by the GNR from Laisterdyke opening in 1875 with intermediate stations at Eccleshill, Idle and Thackley The station closed to passengers in 1931 and to goods in 1964 and the line finally closed over its whole length in1968.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Bradford Exchange Station - DNT00219
Bradford, Exchange Station, Passenger Train, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Signals, Station, Train Shed, Water Crane, Water Tank
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 rebuilt to accommodate both the L&YR and the GNR. There were 10 platforms, five for the L&YR and five for the GNR. The station was demolished in 1972 and replaced some 50 metres to the south with an integrated bus/rail interchange. The main services today are between Leeds and Manchester Victoria with York and Blackpool North plus a Grand Central London service.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Bradford Forster Square Station Approach Roads c.1950s - DNT00217
Bradford, Forster Square, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway Wagons, Railway station, Railways, Semaphore Signals, Signal box, Signals, Station, Steam Loco, Steam engine
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.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Bradford Market Street Midland Station Train Shed c.1915 - DNT00216
Bradford, Forster Square, MR, Market Street, Midland Railway, Newspaper Stall, Passenger Train, Passengers, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railways, Station, Street Names, Train Shed
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 the L&YR line was completed from Halifax to Bradford in 1850 it would extend across Bradford to join up with the Midland Station but this never came about thus leaving Bradford to this day with two disconnected terminus stations only a few hundred metres apart. The station was re- built in 1890 to accommodate the MR’s Anglo-Scottish traffic resulting from construction of their Settle-Carlisle line; the train shed, seen here, covered six platforms. The station was also used by the NER primarily for their Harrogate services.
The station became known as Market Street Station and then in 1924 it was officially named Forster Square Station. In 1967 services were reduced to serving just Ilkley and Skipton with Leeds services discontinued but an hourly service has been restored. The station seen here has been demolished and replaced with a much truncated and utilitarian structure a little further west.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Bradford Market Street Midland Station Train Shed c.1915. - DNT00215
Bradford, Forster Square, MR, Market Street, Midland Railway, Newspaper Stall, Passenger Train, Passengers, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railways, Station, Steam Loco, Steam engine, Street Names, Train Shed
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 the L&YR line was completed from Halifax to Bradford in 1850 it would extend across Bradford to join up with the Midland Station but this never came about thus leaving Bradford to this day with two disconnected terminus stations only a few hundred metres apart. The station was re- built in 1890 to accommodate the MR’s Anglo-Scottish traffic resulting from construction of their Settle-Carlisle line; the train shed, seen here, covered six platforms. The station was also used by the NER primarily for their Harrogate services.
The station became known as Market Street Station and then in 1924 it was officially named Forster Square Station. In 1967 services were reduced to serving just Ilkley and Skipton with Leeds services discontinued but an hourly service has been restored. The station seen here has been demolished and replaced with a much truncated and utilitarian structure a little further west.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Morley Feast Blackpool Special, c.1900 - DNT00167
Bridge, Excursion Train, Footbridge, Leeds, London & North Western Railway, Morley, Passenger Train, Passengers, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Platform
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' was used for the local the annual holiday of textile and other workers and the accompanying fair. All the mills in a town closed at the same time for the local holiday which differed between neighbouring textile towns and the fairs travelled to different towns at different feasts. Historically the only holiday in the year had been on the feast day of the patronal saint of the Parish Church hence the use of the term ‘feast’ for the much later annual fair and holiday.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Wellington Station Leeds - DNT00129
Buffer Stop, Carriages, Concourse, Island Platform, Lamp, Leeds, MR, Midland Railway, Passenger Train, Platform, Porters Barrow, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Clock, Station Platform, Train Shed, Wellington Station
Built by the Midland Railway in 1846, with subsequent re-builds, it was the first station in Leeds centre. Up until the building of New Station in 1869 it was shared by the London & North Western Railway but thereafter it was used exclusively by the Midland. Seen here late 19th or early 20th century and at the end of the platforms is the Booking Hall which was replaced in 1938 with the great art deco concourse we still see today. The station closed in 1967 and today the site is the station car park.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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DNT00263.tif
Greetland Station. - NGH00115
Bridge, Footbridge, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway junction, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Signal box, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Steam Loco, Steam engine
Viewed looking up the line probably in October 1962 just over a month after closure. The footbridge connected the two platforms with the small Booking Office, off the photo far right, as well as with one another. Between the two signal gantries is the junction with the Halifax Branch going off to the right and beyond that the Goods Yard. To the left a down train passing stored carriages on a siding. The line on the right behind the platform ran to a Goods Shed separated from the main Goods Yard by the Halifax Branch.
Jim Hargreaves
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1962, 1960s
PHDA - Nigel Hargreaves
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NGH00115.tif
Charlestown Curve Rail Disaster 1912 - HCC00258
Accident, Charlestown, Event, Events, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Passenger Train, Places, Railway, Railway Accident, Railway Carriages, Railways
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden killing four people. Picture donated by Charlie Greenwood.
E.H. Lord
Charlie Greenwood
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1912, 1910s
Charlie Greenwood
PHDA - Horizons Community Collection
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HCC
Railway at Mytholmroyd - WAO00175
Chimneys, Mytholmroyd, Places, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railways, Semaphore Signal, Steam Loco, Steam engine, Telegraph Pole
Unknown locomotive heading from Mytholmroyd towards Hebden Bridge. The line had been increased to four tracks between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd in 1906 but reverted to two tracks in the 1980s.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1900s
Wayne Ogden
PHDA - Wayne Ogden Collection
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WAO00175.tif
Railway at Mytholmroyd - WAO00174
Houses, Mytholmroyd, Places, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railways, Semaphore Signal, Steam Loco, Steam engine, Telegraph Pole
The York-Liverpool express double headed by Stanier Class 'Black 5' 44782 and 44987 passing through Mytholmroyd 30th September 1961. The line had been increased to four tracks between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd in 1906 but reverted to two tracks in the 1980s.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1900s
Wayne Ogden
PHDA - Wayne Ogden Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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WAO00174.tif
Railway at Mytholmroyd - WAO00172
Mytholmroyd, Places, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railways, Steam Loco, Steam engine
The York-Liverpool express double headed by Stanier Class 'Black 5' 44782 and 44987 passing through Mytholmroyd 30th September 1961. The line had been increased to four tracks between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd in 1906 but reverted to two tracks in the 1980s.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1900s
Wayne Ogden
PHDA - Wayne Ogden Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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WAO00172.tif
Charlestown Rail Disaster - ALC00617
Accident, Charlestown, Event, Events, Hebden Bridge, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Locomotive, Places, Railway, Railway Accident, Railway Carriages, Railways, Todmorden
Clearing the wreckage following the rail disaster on 21 June 1912 on the notorious Charlestown Curve between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden in which four people died. For further information: http://www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk/charlestown/events.html
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2011-11-05T16:56:01Z
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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ALC00617.tif
Charlestown Rail Disaster - ALC00616
Charlestown, Hebden Bridge, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Places, Railway, Railway Accident, Railway Carriages, Railways, Todmorden
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden killing four people. Postcard.
E.H. Lord
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2011-11-05T16:50:41Z
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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ALC00616.tif
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - ALC00467
Bow String Bridge, Buildings, Calderside Mill, Canal, Canals, Carriages, Charlestown, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Locomotive, Mill, Mills, Passenger Train, Places, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railways, Rochdale Canal, Steam engine, Steam loco, Train, Transport, Viaduct, Whiteley Arches
Whiteley Arches prior to the replacement of the Bow String Bridge in 1939.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1930s
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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Charlestown Curve Accident 1912. - ALC00463
Accident, Aspinall 2-4-2T, Charlestown, Event, Events, Places, Railway, Railway Accident, Railway Carriages, Railways
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge killing four passengers and injuring many more. Seen here the wrecked carriages, the second carriage reduced to 'matchwood.
E.H. Lord
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1910s
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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ALC00463.tif
Charlestown Railway Accident 1912 - ALC00462
Aspinall 2-4-2T, Charlestown, Places, Railway, Railway Accident, Railway Carriages, Railways, Steam engine, Steam loco, Tank Engine
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge killing four passengers and injuring many more. Seen here the derailed Aspinall 2-4-2T and the wrecked carriages, the second carriage reduced to 'matchwood.
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1910s
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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ALC00462.tif