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Charlestown Railway Accident 1912 - ALC00462
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge killing four passengers and injuring many more. Seen here the derailed Aspinall 2-4-2T…
Todmorden Station. - ALC00458
The station looking east in L&YR days. The canopies have all now gone along with the platform building on the left and the goods siding which is now the station car park.
Mytholmroyd - West bound train c1908 - ALC00457
A westbound train, headed by an Aspinall 4-4-2, departing from Mytholmroyd Station pre-First World War. It is running on the 'slow' lines which would have been unusual for an express train, possibly due to the 'fast' line being recently…
Eastwood c.1960 - ALC00451
Pair of B1Class locos double heading a westbound passenger train.
Train leaving Mytholmroyd Station, c1908 - ALC00214
An Aspinall 4-4-2 'High-Flyer' heading a passenger train towards Hebden Bridge. This section of track had been quadrupled in 1906.
- LLG00326
Possibly either Manchester Science and Technology Museum or York Railway Museum.
- LLG00325
Possibly either Manchester Science and Technology Museum or York Railway Museum.
Charlestown - Train at Thistle Bottom. - LLG00134
The track to left of train is the site of the infamous curve. It was the cause of many accidents over the years including a serious derailment in 1912 with several casualities including three fatalities. The detached house in the foreground is called…
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 - 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…
Hebden Bridge Station - Extract from A. F. Tait's Lithograph - HLS05027
Enlarged extract from one of a series of Lithographs by A. F. Tait published in 1845 entitled "Views on the Manchester and Leeds Railway". The station opened in October 1840. Seen here the small station building on the 'Leeds line' is almost hidden…
Hebden Bridge Station by A. F. Tait - HLS05026
One of a series of Lithographs by A. F. Tait published in 1845 entitled "Views on the Manchester and Leeds Railway". The station opened in October 1840. To the left of the station the trestle bridge carrying the station road over the Calder and left…
Hebden Bridge Railway Station - HLS01215
A. F. Tait print photographed by Westerman's, Hebden Bridge
Hebden Bridge Eastbound Train - HLS00343
An east bound train leaving the town. Date unknown but before the track was quadrupled in 1906. Victoria Mill can be seen above the smoke.
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…
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.
Cheetham Hill Junction, Manchester, June 1960 - JCA00345
Former L&YR 0-4-4T and 0-6-27.
Saddle Tanks at Horwich 1961. - JCA00344
Loco Nos. 11304, 11305, 51429, 11324. Photo John Marshall.
L&YR No. 740. - JCA00343
Turntable at unknown location.
LMS Loco formerly L&YR No. 1674. - JCA00339
Hauling a Euston Scottish Express near Kenton.
