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Milnes-Daimler chassis and body put on at Newton Heath.

1904 worked alongside B-2085 on the Blundell Sands - Crosby and Thornton route as seen here.

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On the Holmfirth Branch off the Penistone Line. It opened in 1850 and closed in 1959 and the track was dismantled in 1966.

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Looking up the line in the Todmorden direction. Land for the line through Hebden Bridge was purchased from the Mytholm Estate of the Rev. Armytage Rhodes which included Weasel Hall on the site of the tunnel. Although the Hall was tenanted Armytage…

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Commer chassis. Replaced B-2085 working the Chorley - Bamber Bridge route as seen here.

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The big warehouse under construction is the Orchard Business Park. Mytholmroyd Farm is to the left of the picture. The buildings to the top left were part of Thornber Chicks.

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Goods facilities at the station were withdrawn in 1966 and the warehouse was let for general storage including by Moderna Blankets were. It was badly damaged by fire in 1969 as seen here and subsequently demolished. The site is now the station car…

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The railway crossing keeper's cottage is at the bottom of the lane. Taken in the 1920s. Fielden Bros warehouses are on the right with Rose Bank in the distance.

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In the foreground is the railway line curving to the goods yard, with the station in the distance. Centre right is Fielden’s Waterside Mill next to the Rochdale Canal. To the right is the spire of the Unitarian Church, which was also built by the…

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Callis Mill and dam looking down the valley. The mill was partially demolished in the 1970s. For further information see: www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk/charlestown/mills.

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Pictured in the waiting room at Hebden Bridge Station. c.2009

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Pictured at Hebden Bridge Railway Station. c.2009

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The former LMS Black Five was withdrawn from BR service on 31 December 1967. The preserved loco is seen here at an unknown motive power depot sometime after having been named 'George Stephenson' in 1975.

For more information see…

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Seen here at an unknown location sometime after restoration to its LNER livery and number. In the foreground an engine turn table.

The iconic Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 in Doncaster for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), and was …

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Seen here at an unknown location sometime after restoration to its LNER livery and number.

The iconic Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 in Doncaster for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), and was one of Sir Nigel Gresley’s powerful A1…
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