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Sowerby Bridge - LYR00119
LYRS 3501 - Sowerby Bridge - view in town before widening of the railway bridge for the new station c1870. The Town Hall tower visible above the bridge.
Sowerby Bridge - Panorama of Rail Track. - LYR00131
LYRS 3500 - Sowerby Bridge - panorama of trackwork. Note the unusual signals hanging from the gantry. The Goods Yards and Sidings were all lifted and the locomotive depot demolished in 1965 although the base of the water tower and coaling stage has…
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Sowerby Bridge - Ripponden Tunnel. - LYR00115
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…
Sowerby Bridge - Rishworth Branch. - LYR00114
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…
Sowerby Bridge - Rishworth Branch. - LYR00116
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…
Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00111
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…
Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00112
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…
Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing. - LYR00110
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…
Sowerby Bridge First Railway Station 1856 - LYR00118
LYRS 2781 - Sowerby Bridge - old station. The first station at Sowerby Bridge opened in October 1840 with the opening of the Manchester & Leeds Railway between Hebden bridge and Normanton. It was situated between Sowerby Tunnel and Rochdale Road and…
Sowerby Bridge General View. - LYR00121
LYRS 2786 - Sowerby Bridge - general view of the town looking east across the station & coal yard and drops.
This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with…
This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with…
Sowerby Bridge Panorama. - LYR00120
LYRS 2783n - Sowerby Bridge - panorama of town with the station in the foreground. This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with canopies and a large imposing…
Sowerby Bridge Station - Grain Warehouse. - LYR00140
LYRS 4986 - River Bridge Ground Frame Box (front & door gable) with the CWS Grain Warehouse. The warehouse with its own siding belonged to the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) who had a large flour mill adjacent to it. The mill was badly damaged…
Sowerby Bridge Station - Coal Drops. - LYR00136
LYRS 8625 - Coal drops in 1967. The coal drops seen here with wagons on the coal siding above are west of the station off the 'up' line. Dating from about 1875 coal was 'dropped' from railway wagons on the sidings down the shoots into road wagons…
Sowerby Bridge Station - Coal Sidings - LYR00135
LYRS 5057 - 1956. Coal Sidings & Ground Frame Box (front & non-door gable). The coal sidings with 'drops' beneath were west of the station off the 'up' line.
Sowerby Bridge Station - Forecourt c1900. - LYR00124
LYRS 4130 - Horse-drawn Parcels Delivery Van No 120, 2-wheel, & horse-drawn Cab in front of Sowerby Bridge Station.
The imposing Tudor style station building looked down Station Road but was demolished following fire damage in 1978 although the…
The imposing Tudor style station building looked down Station Road but was demolished following fire damage in 1978 although the…
Sowerby Bridge Station - Grain Warehouse. - LYR00134
LYRS 8623 - Sowerby Bridge Station 1967 - Grain Warehouse and Ground Frame Box (front & door gable). The warehouse with its own siding belonged to the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) who had a large flour mill adjacent to it. The mill was badly…
Sowerby Bridge Station - Rishworth Branch. - LYR00113
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…
Sowerby Bridge Station - Signal and Water Turret. - LYR00138
LYRS 3907 - Platform Bracket Signal with subsidiary arms and water turret at the east end of the former island platform. All now gone and the six platforms reduced to two. The tracks going off to the right, which include the Rishworth Branch, have…
Sowerby Bridge Station - Water Column. - LYR00139
LYRS 6099 - 1963. Water column and fire devil at the west end of the former island platform, now gone. Originally six platforms but now reduced to two and the two tracks seen here are the only ones to have survived. The fire devil is to prevent the…
Sowerby Bridge Station - West Signal Box. - LYR00141
LYRS 3801 - West Signal Box on the Goods Yard and Loco Depot was situated near the east portal of Sowerby Tunnel. The ground floor contains the mechanism for connecting the levers to their respective points or signals. The Box and the depots have…
Sowerby Bridge Station 1910. - LYR00123
LYRS 4330 - Sowerby Bridge Station - general view looking east in 1910 with unidentified Aspinall. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with canopies which were taken down after the Second World War.
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Sowerby Bridge Station 1951. - LYR00126
LYRS 4331 - 1951. Sowerby Bridge Station - general view of platforms, buildings and canopies looking east. The canopies are already in a dilapidated condition and were soon to be demolished and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The…
Sowerby Bridge Station 1951. - LYR00127
LYRS 4332 - 1951. Sowerby Bridge Station - general view of platforms, buildings and canopies looking west. The canopies are already in a dilapidated condition and were soon to be demolished and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The…
Sowerby Bridge Station 1963. - LYR00130
LYRS 6096 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Building and Concourse in poor condition. The platform canopies have gone and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The main building and concourse were hastily demolished following fire damage in…
Sowerby Bridge Station Building 1963. - LYR00129
LYRS 6095 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Building and Concourse all in an unkept and dilapidated condition. The platform canopies have gone and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The main building and concourse were hastily demolished…