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Title: Stainland Branch - West Vale Station. - LYR00150
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Stainland Branch - West Vale Station. - LYR00150
Description
LYRS 2595 - Hughes 0-4-0RM No 4 at West Vale Station. An intermediate Station on the Stainland Branch.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
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PHDA - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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LYR00150.tif
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Unknown, “Stainland Branch - West Vale Station. - LYR00150,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/12801.
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