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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 - 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…
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 - Goods Yard and Locomotive Depot. - LYR00122
LYRS 2777n -1937. Sowerby Bridge - general view of track formation, loco depot, Goods Yard and West Signal Box taken from the top of Sowerby Tunnel.
Sowerby Bridge was the main operating centre for the Upper Calder Valley with a large engine and…
Sowerby Bridge was the main operating centre for the Upper Calder Valley with a large engine and…
Sound and Fury' Painting. - JCA00371
"SOUND AND FURY - Atlantic No. 1419 storms away from Poulton-le-Fylde with a Blackpool-Manchester express."
[From a painting by H. M. Le Fleming, based on a photograph by J. M. Tomlinson.
[From a painting by H. M. Le Fleming, based on a photograph by J. M. Tomlinson.
Smithy Bridge Signal Box 1965. - LYR00298
LYRS 6694 - The front and non-door gable of the Box.
Site of L&YR Goods Depot - DNT00261
On the south side of Water Lane the depot consisted of two sizeable Goods Sheds and sidings; goods facilities were finally fully withdrawn in 1981. The original 1844 terminus station which became the Goods Office early 1850s was situate at the far…
Site of Eastwood Station in May 2013 - DNT00101
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.
Photo David N…
Photo David N…
Shaw Lane Bridge, Halifax - JCA00314
This is the Simmons Lane / Shaw Lane bridge near the Holdsworth Bridge Signal Box just south of Halifax Station and the entrance into the goods reception sidings.
Saddle Tanks at Horwich 1961. - JCA00344
Loco Nos. 11304, 11305, 51429, 11324. Photo John Marshall.
Rishworth Station. - LYR00102
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…
Rishworth Station. - LYR00101
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…
Rishworth Station Approach. - LYR00103
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…
Rishworth Branch Railway. - LYR00106
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.
Rishworth Branch - Ripponden. - LYR00117
LYRS 6111 - 1965. Ripponden - iron girder overbridge. The branch had closed to all traffic in 1958.
Ripponden Station. - LYR00109
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…
Ripponden Station. - LYR00108
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…
Ripponden Station. - LYR00107
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…
Preserved L&YR Tank Loco No. 1008. - JCA00369
Tank Locomotive No. 1008, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Designed by John Aspinall, this locomotive was placed in service in 1889. No. 1008 was the first locomotive to be built at Horwich Works, and was designed to operate the numerous busy…
Designed by John Aspinall, this locomotive was placed in service in 1889. No. 1008 was the first locomotive to be built at Horwich Works, and was designed to operate the numerous busy…
Portsmouth Station 1910 - LYR00242
LYRS 2953 - General view of the station building, level crossing and signal box looking north west towards Burnley.
The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only…
The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only…
Portsmouth Station - LYR00244
LYRS 2955b - General view from the hill side. The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only indicator to its once existence but the level crossing is still there.
Portsmouth Station - LYR00243
LYRS 2954 - Postcard view of the station, level crossing and signal box.
The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only indicator to its once existence but the level…
The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only indicator to its once existence but the level…