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Todmorden Station - LYR00253
LYRS 2798 - The north east end of the station and water tank in L&YR days.
Todmorden Station - general view of platforms - LYR00263
LYRS 8649 - General view of the station in the late 1960s looking across to the Manchester platform with the station master’s house behind the fence. The building on the eastbound platform has now gone as well as all canopy .
Todmorden Station - Cottages and the viaduct - LYR00279
LYRS 3825 - c.1890. On the carriage drive to Dobroyd Castle. "The level crossing at Dobroyd was controlled from this quaint, doll's house-style structure, first erected in 1872, and replaced in 1901. The job of crossing keeper was an occupational…
Todmorden Station - Coal Drops. - LYR00275
LYRS 8675 - Coal drops shute about 1967.
Todmorden Station - Coal Drops - LYR00276
LYRS 8676 - Coal drops mechanism about 1967.
Todmorden Station - Booking Hall interior - LYR00271
LYRS 6031 - 1967. The Booking Hall seen here is no longer in use but there is still a staffed Booking Office accessed from the Manchester Platform.
Very much a sign of the times for the railways the notice on the wall reads "Withdrawal of Railway…
Very much a sign of the times for the railways the notice on the wall reads "Withdrawal of Railway…
Todmorden Station c.1900. - LYR00257
LYRS 3511 - The platforms and buildings with Hirst (rebuilt Aspinall) 0-6-0 No 715, formerly named 'Medusa', heading an eastbound or Burnley train.
Todmorden Panorama. - LYR00249
LYRS2797a. Looking east over the station and the town. The goods yard is now the station car park and most of the station buildings have now gone. The Stansfield or Todmorden Curve can just be seen on the far left going off beyond the signal box.
Todmorden Goods Yard. - LYR00273
LYRS 0467 - Aspinall 0-6-0ST No. unknown at the Goods Yard, including wagons for a Burnley based colliery. The yard closed to general goods in 1964 and to coal in 1972; it is now the station car park.
Todmorden East Junction Signal Box - LYR00277
LYRS 8706 - The Stansfield Curve left the Manchester - Leeds line on the left after the box.
Todmorden - Stansfield Hall Signal Box. - LYR00240
LYRS 8707 - The Box at the Junction of the Stansfield or Todmorden Curve on the Todmorden - Burnley line with the spur up from Hall Royd Junction on the Leeds - Manchester line.
Passenger traffic over the Stansfield Curve ceased in 1965 and the…
Passenger traffic over the Stansfield Curve ceased in 1965 and the…
Todmorden - Gauxholme Bridge 1965 - LYR00283
LYRS 6010 - The handsome cast iron skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal near Todmorden with castellated Gothic abutments, viewed from the hillside. When built in 1839/40 this was one of the first bow-string bridges in the country.
Todmorden - Gauxholme 1965 - LYR00284
LYRS 6011 - The handsome cast iron skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal near Todmorden with castellated Gothic abutments, viewed from the hillside. When built in 1839/40 this was one of the first bow-string bridges in the country.
Todmorden - Dobroyd Crossing. - LYR00281
LYRS 8691 - The Level Crossing, Cottage & Warehouse probably late 1960s. The structural outline on the cottage end wall was where the tiny Single Box was situated. The crossing is now pedestrian only and the buildings have gone.
Todmorden - Dobroyd Crossing Signal Box - LYR00280
LYRS 3825 - c.1890. On the carriage drive to Dobroyd Castle. "The level crossing at Dobroyd was controlled from this quaint, doll's house-style structure, first erected in 1872, and replaced in 1901. The job of crossing keeper was an occupational…
Todmorden - Dobroyd Crossing - LYR00282
LYRS 8692 - Level Crossing gates from the east side probably in the late 1960s. Once on the carriage drive to Dobroyd Castle it is now a pedestrian crossing only and the cottage on the far right has gone.
Todmorden - General View Over Centre Vale - LYR00278
LYRS 2790 - General view across Centre Vale to Stansfield Hall Station in far the distance. In the top right Cross Stone Church and below Christ Church, now converted into apartments, and to its left the national School..
Summit Tunnel - LYR00285
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…
Stainland Branch - West Vale Station. - LYR00151
LYRS 2596 - West Vale Station in LMS days with a Halifax bound Railmotor. Unusually for a small station it had stone buildings on both platforms. This Railmotor LMS No. 10614 has a double bogie in addition to its articulated coach, quite a load to…
Stainland Branch - West Vale Station. - LYR00150
LYRS 2595 - Hughes 0-4-0RM No 4 at West Vale Station. An intermediate Station on the Stainland Branch.
The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners,…
The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners,…
Stainland Branch - Stainland & Holywell Green Station. - LYR00147
LYRS 2597 - Stainland Station general view. The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners, the Shaws, had influenced the line’s construction. Although…
Stainland & Holywell Green Station. - LYR00149
LYRS 2599 - Stainland Station & Goods Shed with Railmotor No 10614 (LMS) in the later 1920s.
The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners, the…
The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners, the…
Sowerby Bridge West Signal Box. - LYR00143
LYRS 8622 - 1967. Sowerby Bridge West Signal Box (front & door gable) and the east portal of Sowerby Tunnel. The box and the Goods and Loco Depots it controlled have all gone.
Sowerby Bridge West Signal Box - LYR00142
LYRS 4947 - Sowerby Bridge West Signal Box (front & door gable) and east portal of Sowerby Tunnel. The box controlled the Goods Yard and Loco Depot and all have now gone. Note two disc type ground signals in the foreground. The main signal in the…
Sowerby Bridge Station. - LYR00137
LYRS 6098 - Water tank and gents toilets in 1963. Now demolished they were situated on the 'up' platform immediately to the west of, and abutting, the single storey station building which is now the Jubilee Refreshment Rooms.