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Triangle Station. - LYR00105
LYRS 0671 - Hughes 0-4-0RM No 10 at Triangle Station. The carriages to the right were just stored and only one track had been used. Railmotors, short tank engines with a carriage attached, seen here, were introduced on the Rishworth Branch in 1907…
Triangle Station. - LYR00104
LYRS 0656 - Hughes 0-4-0RM at Triangle Station. 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…
Rishworth Station Approach. - LYR00103
LYRS 3534. Rishworth Trestle Bridge - carrying station approach. 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…
Rishworth Station. - LYR00102
LYRS 2590. Rishworth Station - general view along platform with Railmotor. 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…
Rishworth Station. - LYR00101
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…
Sowerby Bridge Loco Depot. - GEE00109
Mechanics and engine staff at Sowerby Bridge loco depot on an Aspinall 0-6-0 tender loco built in 1894. Post 1923, possibly late 1920s.
Sowerby Bridge Goods Depot. - GEE00108
L&YR Goods Wagon No. 026.
Sowerby Bridge Carriage Cleaners. - GEE00107
Following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 women were recruited to do many jobs previously done by men. Seen here a team of carriage cleaners posing for the camera at Sowerby Bridge Depot.
Luddendenfoot Goods Yard - GEE00106
The Goods Yard about 1900. The small town was dominated by its mills with the all important and well equipped goods yard between the main line and the river. The yard closed in 1965 and the site is now an industrial estate.
Photo courtesy Stephen Gee…
Photo courtesy Stephen Gee…
Luddendenfoot - Station Road. - GEE00105
Station Road from the hillside. The goods yard was later extended over the open land. The main line is hidden from view at the bottom but the footbridge connecting the two platforms is just visible next to the Booking Office. The station closed in…
Heben Bridge - L&YR Parcels Van. - GEE00104
‘L&YR Parcels & Luggage Collection & Delivery Van N0. 130’ at the junction of Albert Street and New Road, Hebden Bridge. The man by the horse and the boy on the wagon are wearing L&YR porter’s cap badges and the policeman is holding his white point…
Halifax Station Approach - GEE00103
The 1855 station was considerably enlarged in the mid-1880s with this high level approach road over the new lines and sidings. It was operated jointly by the L&YR and the GNR but each had their own platforms, refreshment facilities, waiting rooms and…
Halifax Station Approach - GEE00102
The 1855 station was considerably enlarged in the mid-1880s with this high level approach road over the new lines and sidings. It was operated jointly by the L&YR and the GNR but each had their own platforms, refreshment facilities, waiting rooms and…
Copley Station - GEE00101
From Milner Royd Junction the line to Halifax climbs steeply and over the magnificent Copley Viaduct leaving the Calder Valley line way below. A station was opened at Copley in 1855 to serve Akroyd’s model factory village, which pre-dated the much…
Copley School and Station. - GEE00100
From Milner Royd Junction the line to Halifax climbs steeply and over the magnificent Copley Viaduct leaving the Calder Valley line way below. A station was opened at Copley in 1855 to serve Akroyd’s model factory village, which pre-dated the much…
Hebden Bridge Station, Lighting the Gas Lamps. - LLG00133
1973. Porter Mrs Blakey lighting the platform gas lamps with the derelict siding for the former Goods Warehouse behind her. The unusual hydraulic lift still then in use. The station name board and signs are in British Rail’s North Eastern Region’s…
Mytholmroyd Station Staff - LLG00132
1960. L to R: David Sutcliffe, Derek Sutcliffe (Lee Farm Eggs), Lesley Crossley (porter) , and Booking Office Clerk Stuart Haigh on the 'down' Leeds Platform. The station has been de-staffed since 1985 and the Grade ll station building is disused and…
Mytholmroyd Station - LLG00117
1960. Eastbound passenger train hauled by a former LMS Stanier Class 'Black 5' approaching the 'down' platform. Both platforms seen here extended over the viaduct.
Mytholmroyd Station Staff. - LLG00113
1962. Booking Office clerk Alan Brooks in the doorway to the Booking Office, the sign in British Railways' North Eastern Region's colour. In the early 1960s in addition to the Station Master there was his clerk, three Booking Office Clerks and three…
Mytholmroyd Station Staff - LLG00106
1965. Booking clerk David Sutcliffe and porter Charlie Green with east bound train approaching. At the time the station staff consisted of the Station Master and his clerk, three Booking Office clerks and three porters. It was fully de-staffed in…
Mytholmroyd Station Staff, 1960 - LLG00105
L to R: Charlie Green (formerly of the Coldstream Guards) and Leslie Crossley, both porters, the Relief Station Master, Gordon Naylor, Stuart Haigh, Alan Brooks, booking clerks.
At the time the station staff consisted of the Station Master and…
At the time the station staff consisted of the Station Master and…
Hebden Bridge - Mayroyd Lock and Lock House. - HLS05110
HLS05110. Looking east along the Rochdale Canal from just past Mayroyd Mill. To the right of the house the gable end of the Crow Nest Gas Works manager's house with some railway wagons. To the left more wagons and a railway signal. Date unknown but…
Hebden Bridge - Rochdale Canal and Man With Donkey. - HLS05109
Man with a donkey on the tow path where it inclines up to the bridge at the top of Holme Street. The river is below the wall which today is replaced by railings around the children's playground. The tow path has now been re-aligned at this point.…
Sowerby Bridge Station - HLS00345
The station approach in BR days. The station was demolished in 1978 following serious fire damage and all that remains is the single storey building on the left now the Jubilee Refreshment Rooms.
Mytholmroyd Station - HLS00344
Mytholmroyd Station around 100 years ago: but the new buildings failed to impress critics. St Michael’s Church, top left, remains but much else has since disappeared including parts of the station and the signal box. The rear of the 'up' Manchester…