Sowerby Bridge Station Signal Box. - LYR00146
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LYRS 6103 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Signal Box - 'stove' side and door gable looking west. The tracks going off left were the Rishworth Branch although that had completely closed by the time this photo was taken. The Box has now gone and all the tracks and platforms in this photo have been lifted and the station building was demolished fallowing a fire in 1978. In short nothing in this photo remains apart from the hillside. The gabled extension beside the steps was usually the signal man's toilet facility.
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Sowerby Bridge Station Signal Box - LYR00145
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LYRS 6101 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Signal Box - 'stove' side and window gable. At the junction with the Rishworth Branch although that had completely closed by the time this photo was taken. The box has now gone and the tracks visible in this photo have all been lifted as has the platform slope on the right.
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Sowerby Bridge Station Signal Box - LYR00144
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LYRS 4945 - Station Signal Box ( 'chimney' side & non-door gable) at the junction with the Rishworth Branch. The box has now gone and the tracks visible in this photo have all been lifted.
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Rishworth Branch - Ripponden. - LYR00117
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LYRS 6111 - 1965. Ripponden - iron girder overbridge. The branch had closed to all traffic in 1958.
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Sowerby Bridge - Rishworth Branch. - LYR00116
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LYRS 6094 - 1963. Ripponden Tunnel - east portal behind Sowerby Bridge Station (bricked up). The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. This did not proceed and the Standedge Line became the preferred direct route between the two cities. The Branch couldn't compete first with electric trams and then later with the addition of motor buses and it closed to passengers in 1929 and finally to all traffic in 1958.
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Sowerby Bridge - Ripponden Tunnel. - LYR00115
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LYRS 3615 - Ripponden Tunnel under Scarr Head - West portal viewed from Watson Crossing. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds but this was abandoned. 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 from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958. Although built double track only one was ever used.
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Sowerby Bridge - Rishworth Branch. - LYR00114
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LYRS 0663 - Railmotor No 8 on Ripponden Branch at Sowerby Bridge. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. 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 from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958. Although built double track only one was ever used.
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Sowerby Bridge Station - Rishworth Branch. - LYR00113
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LYRS 0657a - Hughes 0-4-0RM No 11 at Sowerby Bridge. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. 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 from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958. Although built double track only one was ever used.
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Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00112
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LYRS 2577 - Watson Crossing Halt - general view circa 1957 looking towards Sowerby Bridge and the west portal of Ripponden Tunnel under Scarr Head. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds but this was abandoned. 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 from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958. Although built double track only one was ever used. Note Fixed distance signal protecting tunnel entrance.
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Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00111
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LYRS 2576a - Watson Crossing Halt - general view looking towards Ripponden. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds but this was abandoned. 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 from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958. Although built double track only one was ever used. Note the "Catch Point" on left of track, for derailing runaway wagons.
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Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing. - LYR00110
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LYRS 1391 - Hughes 0-4-0RM No 1 heading west at Watson's Crossing, a Halt on the Rishworth Branch. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds but this was abandoned. 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 from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958. Although built double track, only one was ever used.
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Ripponden Station. - LYR00109
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LYRS 2584 - Ripponden Station - general view of Goods Shed & Yard. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and then on to Rishworth in 1881. Although double track only one had ever been commercially used. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. This did not proceed and the Standedge Line became the preferred direct route between the two cities. Not being able to compete first with trams and then with motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and finally to all traffic in 1958.
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Ripponden Station. - LYR00108
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LYRS 2583 - Ripponden Station - general view looking towards Sowerby Bridge. Although double track only one had ever been commercially used. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and then on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. This did not proceed and the Standedge Line became the preferred direct route between the two cities. Not being able to compete first with trams and then with motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and finally to all traffic in 1958.
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Ripponden Station. - LYR00107
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LYRS 2581 - Railmotor Hughes 0-4-0RM at Ripponden Station looking towards Rishworth. Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, were introduced on the Rishworth Branch in 1907 in response to competition from electric trams. As a result of further competition from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958. The original intention had been to extend on under Blackstone Edge to re-join the main line near Smithy Bridge but this was abandoned.
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Rishworth Branch Railway. - LYR00106
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LYRS 1470a - 1911. Aspinall 0-6-0ST, re-built Saddle Tank, No. 541 on the Rishworth Branch at Watsons Crossing with an engineers' ballast train working "the wrong line". Although built double track only one had been used commercially.
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Triangle Station. - LYR00105
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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 in response to competition from electric trams. As a result of further competition from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958.
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Triangle Station. - LYR00104
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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 from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958. Although double track only one was ever used and the carriages seen here are just stored.
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Rishworth Station Approach. - LYR00103
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LYRS 3534. Rishworth Trestle Bridge - carrying station approach. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. This did not proceed and the Standedge Line became the preferred direct route between the two cities. The branch closed to passengers in 1929 and finally to all traffic in 1958.
In 1953 the bridge, the only access for freight traffic to the station, was in need of repair, but British Railways did not see this as being cost effective. As a result the line between Rishworth and Ripponden was then closed, with the rest of the branch only remaining open until 1958.
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Rishworth Station. - LYR00102
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LYRS 2590. Rishworth Station - general view along platform with Railmotor. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. This did not proceed and the Standedge Line became the preferred direct route between the two cities. Although double track, only one was ever used. To compete with the introduction of electric trams Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, seen here, were introduced in 1907 but couldn't compete with the later additional competition of motor buses and the branch closed to passengers in 1929 and finally to all traffic in 1958.
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Rishworth Station. - LYR00101
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LYRS 0654. Hughes 0-4-0RM No 3 at Rishworth. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. This did not proceed and the Standedge Line became the preferred direct route between the two cities. Although double track, only one was ever used. To compete with the introduction of electric trams Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, seen here, were introduced in 1907 but couldn't compete with the later additional competition of motor buses and the branch closed to passengers in 1929 and finally to all traffic in 1958.
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