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Saddle Tanks at Horwich 1961. - JCA00344
Loco Nos. 11304, 11305, 51429, 11324. Photo John Marshall.
Road Overbridge. - LYR00195
LYRS 6066 - 1963. Road overbridge (iron girders on stone abutments) between Mytholmroyd & Luddendenfoot.
The long building seen behind the bridge was formally a mill, but was later occupied by Kenneth Watson, who used it as a hatchery for parent…
The long building seen behind the bridge was formally a mill, but was later occupied by Kenneth Watson, who used it as a hatchery for parent…
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…
Portsmouth Level Crossing Signal Box - LYR00245
LYRS 5062. Date unknown but the station closed to passengers in 1958 and to good in 1963.
On the L&YR Sixty Years Ago'. - JCA00372
An express train on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway at the turn of the century, reproduced from a painting by F. Moore executed for Sir John Aspinall, the General Manager. The locomotive is one of the 4-4-0s built at Horwich while he was Chief…
Mytholmroyd West Signal Box - LYR00206
LYRS6059 - 1963 - The Signal Box and Platelayers Hut which were situated at the east end of the 'up' platform near the sorting sidings. All now long gone.
Mytholmroyd West Signal Box - LYR00205
LYRS 4847 - The front & non-door gable of the Signal Box which was situated at the east end of the 'up' platform near the sorting sidings. The sidings and box now long gone. Far left is Scout Road School.
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.
Mytholmroyd Station. - LYR00196
LYRS 2768 - General view of the platforms looking in the Sowerby direction. The Signal Box near the Sorting Sidings just visible in the mist. The platforms not only straddled the viaduct but overhang it supported by massive brackets.
Mytholmroyd Station Staff. - LLG00113
1962. Booking Office clerk Alan Brooks in the doorway to the Booking Office, the sign in British Railways' North Eastern Region's colour. In the early 1960s in addition to the Station Master there was his clerk, three Booking Office Clerks and three…
Mytholmroyd Station Staff, 1960 - LLG00105
L to R: Charlie Green (formerly of the Coldstream Guards) and Leslie Crossley, both porters, the Relief Station Master, Gordon Naylor, Stuart Haigh, Alan Brooks, booking clerks.
At the time the station staff consisted of the Station Master and…
At the time the station staff consisted of the Station Master and…