Luddendenfoot Station - LYR00183
Bridge, Footbridge, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Luddendenfoot, Luddendenfoot Station, People, People at Work, Railway, Railway Ganger, Railway station, Railways, Signal box, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform
LYRS 2762 - About 1900 with a ‘permanent way ganger’ on the track. The Manchester ‘up’ platform with its timber buildings was accessed by a footbridge from the Leeds ‘down’ platform and it continued under the road bridge at the top of Station Road. The station closed to passengers in 1962 and to goods in 1965.
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Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1900s
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
PHDA - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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English (U.K.)
Documentary photograph
LYR00183.tif
Summit Tunnel - LYR00285
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Manchester & Leeds Railway, People, People at Work, Railway, Railway Ganger, Railways, Summit Tunnel, Tunnel, Tunnel Portal
LYRS 3650 - West portal with tunnel platelayers gang. At the time of its completion in December 1840 at 2885 yards (2663m) it was the longest railway tunnel in the world, but still well short of Standedge canal tunnel at 3.25 miles. As with most early tunnels there were casualties including several fatalities in its construction.
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Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
No date yet
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
PHDA - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
TIFF file 8-bit
English (U.K.)
Documentary photograph
LYR00285.tif
Luddendenfoot Railway Station c.1900. - WAO00250
Luddenden Foot, Railway, Railway Ganger, Railway station, Railways
A permanent way ganger maintaining the track. A station opened at Luddendenfoot at the same time as the line in October 1840 although the buildings seen here are much later. The station was closed in 1962.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1900s
Wayne Ogden
PHDA - Wayne Ogden Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
TIFF file 8-bit
English (U.K.)
Documentary photograph
WAO00250.tif