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View over Mytholmroyd - BIM00523
March 1994
Mytholmroyd from Scout Road - PNH01563
The sorting sidings c.1950. Constructed in 1919 they were used to divide coal trains from the Yorkshire coalfields between those for the Manchester direction and those for the Burnley and north west. They operated 24 hours a day until closure in…
Mytholmroyd Station c. 1910 - DNT00116
Repairing the fence on the unusual viaduct platform. The station is well above the valley floor resulting in the platforms running along the length of the viaduct but they also overhung it supported by massive brackets. The now disused station…
The Footbridge and Railway Viaduct at Mytholmroyd - KEC00105
1960. Rear of the 'up' Manchester Platform across the viaduct. The platforms not only extended across the viaduct but overhung it supported by massive brackets as seen here. This was not without incident and on more than one occasion flags and and…
Mytholmroyd Station and Signal Box - LYR00207
LYRS 8556 - The West Signal Box and 'up' platform looking west. All the buildings seen here, the sidings and the signal are all now long gone. Both platforms are now provided with bus-stop shelters.
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 Station - Viaduct Platform . - LYR00204
LYRS 6064 - 1963.- Viaduct carrying the 'up' platform with its massive iron supports viewed from ground level. The viaduct platforms are no longer used and the overhang has been dismantled.
Mytholmroyd Station - Buildings on Up platform - LYR00203
LYRS 6062 - 1963.The 'up' platform was accessed by a covered walk way from the first floor of the three storey station building on the 'down' platform and under the viaduct before climbing to the 'up' platform seen here.
Mytholmroyd Station - Platform support brackets - LYR00202
LYRS 6063 - 1962. The platforms not only ran the length of the viaduct but also overhung it supported by these massive iron brackets. Not entirely without incidents:
"A few months ago a large flagstone dropped out of the platform at Mytholmroyd…
"A few months ago a large flagstone dropped out of the platform at Mytholmroyd…
Mytholmroyd Station looking north. - LYR00201
LYRS 2769 - Rear view of the 'up' platform Because the station was built on an embankment the buildings, including signal box, were supported on stilts. The 'up' platform was accessed by a covered walk way from the first floor of the three storey…
Mytholmroyd Station - LYR00200
LYRS 6061 - 1963. Buildings on Down side looking eastwards towards the sorting sidings beyond the signal box. The sidings and box have gone and the station has been unstaffed since 1985 and the unusual three storey Grade II listed station building…
Mytholmroyd Station - LYR00199
LYRS 6056 - 1963. General view of the 'Down' platform, building and canopy looking west. The station was de-staffed in 1985 and the Grade II listed building is now disused. The platforms have been extended eastwards and provided with bus-stop…
Mytholmroyd Station - LYR00198
LYRS 4578 - 1951. General view of the platforms, buildings and canopy looking east. Only the canopy and adjacent building now survive but disused and passenger facilities are bus-stop style shelters on each platform. The station was de-staffed in…
Mytholmroyd Station - LYR00197
LYRS 4577 - 1964. General view of the platforms, buildings and canopy looking west. The buildings on the left have all now been demolished as have the signals in the distance and the siding on the right. The station has been unstaffed since 1985.
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 - LLG00132
1960. L to R: David Sutcliffe, Derek Sutcliffe (Lee Farm Eggs), Lesley Crossley (porter) , and Booking Office Clerk Stuart Haigh on the 'down' Leeds Platform. The station has been de-staffed since 1985 and the Grade ll station building is disused and…
Mytholmroyd Station - LLG00117
1960. Eastbound passenger train hauled by a former LMS Stanier Class 'Black 5' approaching the 'down' platform. Both platforms seen here extended over the viaduct.
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 - LLG00106
1965. Booking clerk David Sutcliffe and porter Charlie Green with east bound train approaching. At the time the station staff consisted of the Station Master and his clerk, three Booking Office clerks and three porters. It was fully de-staffed in…
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…
Mytholmroyd Station - HLS00344
Mytholmroyd Station around 100 years ago: but the new buildings failed to impress critics. St Michael’s Church, top left, remains but much else has since disappeared including parts of the station and the signal box. The rear of the 'up' Manchester…
Bridges at Mytholmroyd, 1960 - HLS00159
Showing the rear of the 'up' Manchester Platform across the viaduct. The platforms not only extended across the viaduct but overhung it supported by massive brackets as seen here. This was not without incident and on more than one occasion flags and…
View of Mytholmroyd showing Scarbottom Mill. - GMA00103
View of Mythomroyd showing Scarbottom Mill. Used as an illustration in Gertrude Attwood's book "A Village Childhood" c1937. Also a good view of the railway parcels shed and sorting sidings to the right of the station, both dismantled following…