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Hebden Bridge - BIM00496
Looking down on Market Street up the valley towards Todmorden. The landmark chimney of Calder Mill in the centre, much of the mill itself was destroyed by fire in November 1964.
Hebden Bridge c1885 - BIM00497
Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.
Hebden Bridge - BIM00496
Looking down on Market Street up the valley towards Todmorden. The landmark chimney of Calder Mill in the centre, much of the mill itself was destroyed by fire in November 1964.
View Over Todmorden - TAL00533
From R A Priestley
Braithwaite Station 1948 - TAL00289
Roomfield School outing. AN 34131789
Railway Arch, Stoney Royd Lane - TAL00278
AN 70083505
Halifax Station and Mackintosh Factory, c 1970s - CBC06211
Halifax Station is at the bottom and the Mackintosh sweet factory is just beyond. The company was subsequently bought by Nestle and whilst confectionery is still produced in Halifax the number of buildings have been reduced.
Flying Scotsman. - NGH00125
Seen here at an unknown location sometime after restoration to its LNER livery and number.
The iconic Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 in Doncaster for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), and was one of Sir Nigel Gresley’s powerful A1…
The iconic Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 in Doncaster for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), and was one of Sir Nigel Gresley’s powerful A1…
Preserved Former LMS Black Five. - NGH00124
Believed to be number 44767 which had been named 'George Stephenson' in 1975.
Greetland Station Goods Shed & Yard, October 1962. - NGH00123
The shed was behind the station building and signal box on the down platform and separated from the main goods yard by the Halifax Branch. Rail access was from a westward facing junction off the down line. Following closure in September 1962 the…
Greetland Station. - NGH00122
Probably after the station’s closure in September 1962. Viewed looking down the line and on the right part of the up platform and behind it carriages in a siding. Beyond the carriages is the disconnected junction and track bed of the Stainland Branch…
Greetland Station - NGH00121
29th October 1962. Unknown locomotive passing through the station on the up line. Bottom left part of the down platform and junction with the Halifax line. To its right carriages stored on a siding.
Greetland Station Booking Office. - NGH00120
The small timber Booking Office on the station approach road was opposite the east end of the down platform which is off the photo here to the left. On the left are the steps up to the footbridge which connected the platforms and was the only…
Greetland Station. - NGH00119
The down platform buildings following closure of the station in September 1962. Apart from the signal box seen here which survived until 2009 the station was demolished in 1965.
The Second World War signal box was built by the LMS in 1941…
The Second World War signal box was built by the LMS in 1941…
Greetland Station, 29th October 1962. - NGH00118
Looking from the down platform obliquely up the line in the Sowerby Bridge direction. Off the up line carriages stored on a siding and between the signal gantries on the right the junction with the Halifax Branch. The station had closed the previous…
Greetland Station. - NGH00117
Former LMS Fowler 2-6-4T number 42384 steams through the station which had closed in September 1962 on the down line probably in October 1962 having just rolled over the junction with the Halifax Branch visible centre right. The loco was taken out of…
Greetland Station. - NGH00116
Looking across to the passenger shelter on the up platform probably in October 1962. Centre right carriages stored on a siding and far left a section of steps to the footbridge which connected the platforms with one another and with the Booking…
Greetland Station. - NGH00115
Viewed looking up the line probably in October 1962 just over a month after closure. The footbridge connected the two platforms with the small Booking Office, off the photo far right, as well as with one another. Between the two signal gantries is…