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L&YR passenger train at the station. The line here opened in 1852 on completion of the massive Copley Viaduct and the station was opened in 1856 and closed 1931.

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LYRS 2674 - Copley Station - general view. The station, mid-way between Halifax and Milner Royd Junction on the Calder Valley Main Line, opened in 1855 to serve Akroyd's model village which pre-dated Titus Salts much more famous Saltaire. The station…

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LYRS 4768 - Copley Station - general view of platforms, signal box and unidentified loco and train. The station, mid-way between Halifax and Milner Royd Junction on the Calder Valley Main Line, opened in 1855 to serve Akroyd's model village which…

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LYRS 3561 - Copley Viaduct climbing up to Copley Station and Halifax with bridge over the River Calder on the Calder Valley Main Line in LMS period with a goods or coal train heading west towards Milner Royd Junction.

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In the foreground the three arch viaduct on the original M&LR Calder Valley Main Line. Behind it the impressive 23 arch viaduct completed 1851 on the WRU line from Milner Royd Junction up to Dryclough Junction south of Halifax Station.

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Original postcard. In the foreground the three arch viaduct on the original M&LR Calder Valley Main Line. Behind it the impressive 23 arch viaduct completed 1851 on the WRU line from Milner Royd up to Dryclough Junction south of Halifax Station.

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Copperashouse area, Walsden. Rochdale Road and the railway line can be seen in this shot.

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The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Copy Pit' Line between Todmorden and Burnley passing Wilson’s ‘bobbin mill'.

"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…

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A good view of Cornholme with Bobbin Mill Close in the bottom centre, and Stoodley Pike on the far horizon. The railwayis the Burbley Branch from Todmorden or the Copy Pit Line as it is usually known.

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Looking up the valley over the small mill town towards Burnley with the station more or less in the centre. The station had opened in 1878 and closed in 1938. The chimney to the left of the big chimney was for Law Mill.

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The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Copy Pit' Line between Todmorden and Burnley passing Wilson's 'Bobbin Mill'.
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…

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The station on the 'Copy Pit Line' from Todmorden to Burnley opened in 1878 some 30 years after the line and the station closed in 1938.

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A good view with the Todmorden - Burnley railway line and road in close proximity in the valley bottom. The spire of St Michael's and All Angels Church can be seen left of centre of the shot.

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c1966, this was one of Calder Civic Trust's first projects - creating a small garden on a piece of long derelict land in the ownership of British Rail. The relic of this garden remains (2014) in front of the Catholic Church, which has replaced the…

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On 5th September 1905, this engine was involved in a tragic accident at Walshaw Dean where the stoker, James Taylor was scalded by steam from the boiler and later died. The engine, driven by John Leech had left the rails and fallen on its side whilst…

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Station staff posing for the camera on the ramp from the entrance building down to the eastbound platform with the footbridge to the westbound platform to the right.

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Originally on the Leeds & Selby Railway which opened in 1834 from Marsh Lane which was the first station in Leeds. However due to the machinations of George Hudson, the ‘Railway King’, it fell into disuse between 1840 and 1850 and the line was not…

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The attractively decorated interior of the entrance porch to the station with staff posing for the camera in NER days.
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