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Title: Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00112
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Title
Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00112
Description
LYRS 2577 - Watson Crossing Halt - general view circa 1957 looking towards Sowerby Bridge and the west portal of Ripponden Tunnel under Scarr Head. The Branch 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 but this was abandoned. Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, seen here, were introduced on the Rishworth Branch in 1907 in response to competition from electric trams. As a result of further competition from motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958. Although built double track only one was ever used. Note Fixed distance signal protecting tunnel entrance.
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Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
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PHDA - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
LYR00112.tif
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Citation
Unknown, “Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00112,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.penninehorizons.org/items/show/12763.
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