Looking towards Todmorden from above the picnic site. The railway line goes over Horsfall Arches (Lobb Mill viaduct) before entering Castle Hill Tunnel. Todmorden Town Hall is in the centre in the distance.
The station opened here when the section of the Manchester and Leeds Railway between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge was inaugurated in December 1840. The station closed in 1951 but the coal drops remained in use until the mid-1960s.
On the 21st of June the 2.45 from Rochdale and Liverpool approached the infamous Charlestown curve at about 40 miles per hour and left the line, killing four passengers.
Although off the rails, the train was carried for a further 100 yards "tearing…
On the 21st of June the 2.45 from Rochdale and Liverpool approached the infamous Charlestown curve at about 40 miles per hour and left the line, killing four passengers.
Although off the rails, the train was carried for a further 100 yards "tearing…
On the 21st of June the 2.45 from Rochdale and Liverpool approached the infamous Charlestown curve at about 40 miles per hour and left the line, killing four passengers.
Although off the rails, the train was carried for a further 100 yards "tearing…
The big warehouse under construction is the Orchard Business Park. Mytholmroyd Farm is to the left of the picture. The buildings to the top left were part of Thornber Chicks.