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Title
- LYR00148
Description
LYRS 1818 - Railmotor Coach No 3 at Stainland & Holywell Green Station. The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners, the Shaws, had influenced the line’s construction. Although less than two miles long it was heavily engineered with two substantial stone viaducts; West Vale 13 arches and Holywell Green 14 arches. The single platform station at Holywell Green was poorly placed down a steep hill well below Stainland.
Despite in 1907 the introduction of railmotors the Branch was unable to cope first with competition from electric trams and then from motor buses and closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1959. This picture shows how the Railmotor coach is articulated to the loco and driver's position when running coach first.
Despite in 1907 the introduction of railmotors the Branch was unable to cope first with competition from electric trams and then from motor buses and closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1959. This picture shows how the Railmotor coach is articulated to the loco and driver's position when running coach first.
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Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
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PHDA - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
LYR00148.tif
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Citation
Unknown, “- LYR00148,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 23, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/12799.
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