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Title: Rishworth Station. - LYR00101
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Title
Rishworth Station. - LYR00101
Description
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 Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. This did not proceed and the Standedge Line became the preferred direct route between the two cities. Although double track, only one was ever used. To compete with the introduction of electric trams Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, seen here, were introduced in 1907 but couldn't compete with the later additional competition of motor buses and the branch closed to passengers in 1929 and finally to all traffic in 1958.
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Source
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
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PHDA - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
LYR00101.tif
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Rishworth Station. - LYR00101,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 24, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/12752.
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