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Charlestown Rail Disaster - ALC00617
Clearing the wreckage following the rail disaster on 21 June 1912 on the notorious Charlestown Curve between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden in which four people died. For further information: http://www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk/charlestown/events.html
Charlestown Rail Disaster - ALC00616
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden killing four people. Postcard.
Walshaw Reservoir Engine - ALC00607
ESAU was one of 15 Bagnall locos used on the works line during construction of Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. On the footplate is Enoch Tempest the construction contractor and next to him,sitting on the coal, his nephew or grandson George Tempest. On the…
Holme Station - ALC00606
Holme Station, Cliviger on the Todmorden-Burnley 'Copy Pit' line. On 27th October 1907 some wagons on a coal train became detached at Copy Pit and rolled back down and leaving the track demolished the Booking Office killing the Booking Clerk.
Gauxholme Bridge - ALC00602
Postcard. The cast iron Gauxholme Bridge over the Rochdale Canal was built by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and was described at the time as "a costly and beautiful structure possessing a most graceful appearance". Postcard.
Luddendenfoot Station Staff, 1938 - ALC00468
Lloyd Greenwood is on the right with two platform staff in LMS days outside the small Booking Office.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - ALC00467
Whiteley Arches prior to the replacement of the Bow String Bridge in 1939.
Mytholmroyd Viaduct and 'up' Platform. - ALC00466
c.1960. The station platforms not only straddled the viaduct but also overhung it supported by massive brackets seen here looking towards Burnley Road. Both vehicles have Halifax registration plates.
View over Hebden Bridge Station and Canal - ALC00465
Probably about 1900. Bottom right the 'new' station built in 1891/2 and to its left the large station goods warehouse. Across Calder Holmes from it the extensive Crossley's mill.
Charlestown Curve Accident 1912. - ALC00463
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge killing four passengers and injuring many more. Seen here the wrecked carriages, the…
Charlestown Railway Accident 1912 - ALC00462
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge killing four passengers and injuring many more. Seen here the derailed Aspinall 2-4-2T…
Charlestown General View. - ALC00461
Re-aligned tracks and line of the notorious Charlestown Curve to its left. The curve was built as a temporary detour in 1840 and remained for over 80 years and was the cause of several derailments including a serious accident in 1912 killing four…
Mytholmroyd - General View c.1920 - ALC00460
Looking down on the town and station from the south hillside. This shows how the station platforms are above the valley floor built on an embankment. The single box and buildings on the 'up' Manchester platform are supported on stilts. All now…
Todmorden Viaduct. - ALC00459
Viaduct over Burnley Road and market early 20th century. .
Todmorden Station. - ALC00458
The station looking east in L&YR days. The canopies have all now gone along with the platform building on the left and the goods siding which is now the station car park.
Mytholmroyd - West bound train c1908 - ALC00457
A westbound train, headed by an Aspinall 4-4-2, departing from Mytholmroyd Station pre-First World War. It is running on the 'slow' lines which would have been unusual for an express train, possibly due to the 'fast' line being recently…
Luddendenfoot General View - ALC00456
View from the north hillside across Station Road to the coal drops and the goods yard. Date unknown but the station closed in 1962 and the goods yard in 1965. The only evidence there once was a station here is in the name 'Station Road'.
The parish…
The parish…
Lydgate Viaduct c. 1908 - ALC00455
The 13 stone arch Lydgate, or Nott Wood Viaduct on the 1849 Todmorden to Burnley 'Copy Pit' line.
The viaduct towers over the village, once a bustling, densely-populated area centred around the cotton mills at Robinwood and Lineholme. Old code No.…
The viaduct towers over the village, once a bustling, densely-populated area centred around the cotton mills at Robinwood and Lineholme. Old code No.…
Hebden Bridge, Station Road c.1960 - ALC00454
Looking up towards the station. The large station warehouse is still there at the top but Local Authority housing not yet built on the land between Palace House Road and the line.
Hebden Bridge - Station Warehouse - ALC00453
1920s or '30s. By this time carting had been contracted out by the LMS and here to Robertshaw Bros. A mixture of vehicles and registration plates; with the exception of the second from the right which is a Huddersfield number the rest are all…
Eastwood Station prior to demolition - ALC00452
The derelict station building after closure in 1951. Now demolished although the rear wall built into the hillside remains as does the level crossing.
Eastwood c.1960 - ALC00451
Pair of B1Class locos double heading a westbound passenger train.
Hebden Bridge - Footbridge over the Canal. - ALC00450
c1937/8. Constructing the footbridge over the canal from the Memorial Garden to Calder Holmes Park. In the distance beneath the bridge can be seen Victoria Bridge on Station Road over the Calder and centre right semaphore signal on the railway near…
Mytholmroyd - General View. - ALC00431
ALC00431. Date unknown but the land in the foreground not yet levelled for the construction of the railway siding in 1919. Centre right