Calder Valley

Calder Valley Main Line (Manchester to Normanton)
1840 - Present
Lancashire & Yorkshire railway

Contributors: © Reproduction prohibited / Alan S Bagot / Paul Holroyd / David Hey / Stephanie Penny / David Taylor / Jonathan Armitage / MD / Roy Lambeth
Michael Kaye / Andrew Stopford / Dave Heatley / Martin Wilson / Bernard Coomber / Phill Davison / Chris Newsome / Keith Rose / Lost Railways

Calder Valley Main Line

9 Elland
10 Brighouse

Gauxholme Viaduct

Gauxholme Viaduct (19-04-11) : MD
The Gauxholme viaduct, near Todmorden.

Gauxholme Viaduct (19-04-11) : MD
The Gauxholme viaduct, near Todmorden.
This type of bridge uses an arch with hangers supporting the deck. It was introduced into Britain by George Leather,
a Leeds engineer who may also be responsible for the Wharfe viaduct at Tadcaster. see Homeless section

Todmorden
Opened 03-1841.

Todmorden Gresley L.N.E.R. pacific (03-05-08) : Paul Holroyd
A Gresley L.N.E.R. pacific on the L. & Y. main line.
Charles Shepard's stylized class A4 loco design was used by the L.N.E.R. in publicity material for the "West Riding Limited" streamlined train, which entered service between Leeds and London on 27 September 1937. This copy of the design is on the door of the Platform One Gallery, run by the Todmorden Art Group on platform one of the ex Lancashire. & Yorkshire Railway station at Todmorden, on the Calder Valley main line.

Todmorden Blue Plaque (03-05-08) : Paul Holroyd
Blue Plaque at Todmorden. Todmorden Town Council has erected this memorial to John Ramsbottom of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, who was born in Todmorden in 1814.

Todmorden Viaduct (19-04-11) : MD
The viaduct in Todmorden

Hebden Bridge
Opened 10-1840.
Hebden Bridge Times 22/01/09 : David Taylor
David Taylor is organising a permanent photographic exibition.

Hebden Bridge Times 01/10/09 : David Taylor
The first stage of our photo exhibition on the history of the railway in and around the Upper Calder Valley has now been mounted.

Hebden Bridge station : David Taylor

Hebden Bridge station is Grade II Listed and very unusual for a working main line station restored and preserved in the L&YR style and colours. Almost as unusual it has two functioning and heated waiting rooms (not alas roaring coal fires the nearest of those is at Oxenhope station) although one room is currently closed for much needed remedial work by Network Rail. The station also has an independent cafe in the former Parcels Office which won a national award last year.

Mytholmroyd station
Opened 05-10-1840.

Mytholmroyd station (02-01-09) : Lost Railways
Station building from street level. Big square 3 story building with the top floor at platform level. Ground floor starting with square doors & windows, growing progressively more Italianate on the way up. Listed as an historical structure, home only to loads of pigeons at the moment. The station was de-staffed in1985. The wooden buildings on the opposite platform disappeared in the 80s.

Mytholmroyd station (02-01-09) : Lost Railways
Close up of the hefty cast iron support, I assume for the original platform.

Mytholmroyd station (02-01-09) : Lost Railways

Station building at platform level sports this heavy duty slated canopy supported on cast iron pillars. Platform originally at a lower level. Also evidence of a wall mounted clock. The station used to have an elevated subway which had fallen apart by the late 1980s & passengers had to cross using scaffolding & planks. After a public meeting The new platforms were added to the eastern end of the station at a cost of £400,000 click here for some more info on the building

Mytholmroyd station (02-01-09) : Lost Railways
Evidence of freight handling on the eastern end of the station with a platform & siding. I think that may have be a crane on the left of photo.

Luddenden Foot
Opened 05-10-1840. Closed 1962.

Luddenden Foot suicide (c2005) : Stephanie Penny
A small memorial to a local character who often dressed up as Captain Hellowell an actual person who was stationed in Heptonstall in the English Civil War, David rode around the district on his horse dressed as a Roundhead. He, unfortunately, committed suicide on this spot by stepping in front of an oncoming train. (Luddenden Foot)

Sowerby Bridge
Opened 05-10-1840.

Sowerby Bridge sign (04-05-08) : Paul Holroyd See also Sowerby Bridge to Rishworth
Sign from Sowerby Bridge, currently on loan to the Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow near Keighley. See Vintage Carriages

Sowerby Bridge West Box (09-85) : Dave Heatley
Unfortunately the camera was letting light in but this is the last time the signal box was intact. Fire damage has left the structure in an unsafe condition and would be demolished soon after this picture was taken in September 1985.

Sowerby Bridge Station Bar 2008
Halifax Courier 02-08.

Sowerby Bridge Station (16-08-08) : Lost Railways
The old station building looks stranded in the middle of the car park.
The original station was severely damaged by fire in October 1978 and demolished by British Rail in 1980.
The existing station (not in the original place) was built in 1981.

Sowerby Bridge Station subway (16-08-08) : Lost Railways
Photographed from entrance to station on Holmes road & close up of bricked up section. I'm guessing the existing platform on the far side was once an island

Sowerby Bridge river footbridge (16-08-08) : Lost Railways
This little bridge carries a footpath over the river Calder. Don't know if it was built by the railway.
The path runs between Holmes road near the station & the main road through Sowerby Bridge.
The passageway up ahead leads through to the main road.

Lancashire Fusilier (2006) : Stephanie Penny
The Lancashire Fusilier was taken on the main line in Sowerby Bridge,
emerging from the tunnel towards Sowerby Bridge station in 2006.

Greetland
Opened 07-1844. Closed 08-09-1962.

Greetland : Bernard Coomber See North Dean branch
Class 8F at Greetland with coal empties for Healey Mills flat top Greetland signal box in the background.
Greetland station was originally opened as North Dean in July 1844. It was changed to North Dean & Greetland and then to Greetland in 1897.

Greetland (07-10-06) : Andrew Stopford
Bayford's Oil Depot at site of Greetland Station/Yard - still rail connected but connection not used for many years.

Greetland (07-10-06) : Andrew Stopford
As this shot shows!

Milner Royd Junction
Milner Royd Junction (23-04-85) : Michael Kaye
We are approaching Milner Royd Junction on the 'Up line' from Halifax, the lines coming in from the left are from Elland & Greetland, 23rd April 1985.

Calder valley Milner Royd junction signal box 18-03-06 : Alan S Bagot
Happily, not yet lost. Situated near Sowerby Bridge on the junction of the L & Y Halifax line.

Calder valley Milner Royd junction signal box 18-03-06 : Alan S Bagot
Interior.

Elland Tunnel: Bernard Coomber
2-6-4 tank loco exits Elland tunnel, Brighouse bound on local passenger train.

Elland Station
Opened 05-10-1840. Closed 10-09-1962.

Elland Station : Bernard Coomber
2-6-4 tank loco with Halifax bound local parcels passing the site of old Elland station.
The water tower is now situated on Oxenhope station platform on the K.W.V.R.

Elland Station (10-10-09) : Lost Railways
The site of Elland Station facing west toward Elland tunnel. Consisted of an island platform & goods depot on the left which closed on 28th June 1962.

Elland Station (10-10-09) : Lost Railways
Elland Signal box. This box replaced Waterhouse siding & Elland east & west boxes in 1958.
The box was demolished along with Greetland box shortly after this photo.

Elland Station (10-10-09) : Lost Railways
The view from road level at the junction of Exley lane & the A6025 Park road. Looks like some sort of bricked up station access beneath the signal box.

Elland Station (10-10-09) : Lost Railways
At the other side of the track, access road from the A6025.

Elland Station (10-10-09) : Lost Railways
Close up of what look like coal drops.

Brighouse : (04-08-68) : Bernard Coomber
04 Aug.1968 Black 5's no.'s 44871 & 44894 on SLS Farewell to Steam no.1_ approaching Bradley on route to Brighouse.

Brighouse Station
Opened 05-10-1840. Closed 1970. Reopened 28-05-2000.

Brighouse station : (08-1968) : Bernard Coomber
August 1968 S.L.S Special passing through the old Brighouse station heading west.
The station was initially known as Brighouse for Bradford. Closed by British Rail in January 1970 & re-opened to passengers on Sunday 28 May 2000.

Brighouse (29-07-67) : Chris Newsome
73141 passing though Brighouse (looking east) on 29 July 1967 on a Saturday's only service to Blackpool.
The bridge is Huddersfield Rd Bridge, and the unused recessed platform is the old Fish Dock bay. The new Brighouse station is built in this location.

Brighouse (1960s) : Chris Newsome

Brighouse Station signalbox late 1960's. The signalbox had 2x 40 L&Y lever frames (well over half were still in use at this time) end to end with a gap in the middle to give access to an opening window in the middle of the front of the box. The box was manned by
1 Signalman and a Train Booking Lad. the Signalmen worked 8 hour shifts starting at 0600, 1400 & 2200 hours.
The Train Booking Lads worked 0700 to 1400 & 1400 to 2100 - 6 days a week.

Woodhouse Lane bridge Brighouse : Bernard Coomber
A westbound Austerity with a coal train for Lancashire passes under Woodhouse Lane bridge Brighouse.

8F Brighouse : Bernard Coomber
An eastbound 8F leaving Brighouse with empty wagons back to the Yorkshire coal fields.
Michael Kaye Note :
It is at Anchor Pit Junction (the line from Wyke near Bradford came in, in which you can see to the back -right of the photograph)

Anchor Pit Junction

Anchor Pit Junction facing East (25-10-03) See Pickle Bridge section
Taken from Woodhouse lane. (M62 in background) Anchor pit junction signal box was situated to the right of the multiple unit. The Pickle bridge line veered off to the left. From Anchor Pit junction the gradient over the first mile is about 1 in 60.

Anchor Pit signal box (12-03-08) : David Bradley c/o Graeme Bickerdike
The old and rather ramshackle signal box from Anchor Pit Junction.
The remains are on private property, just a short distance from the box's original location.

Bradley Wood Junction
Bradley Curve LNWR Boundary Marker : Andrew Stopford See also Heaton Lodge to Stalybridge section

Bradley Curve: (04-08-68) : Bernard Coomber
04 Aug.1968 Black 5's no.'s 44871 & 44894 on SLS Farewell to Steam No.1 approaching Bradley curve on route to Copy Pit.

Cooper Bridge station
Opened 05-10-1840. Closed 02-1950.
Cooper Bridge station entrance (25-04-04) : Lost Railways

Photographed from Cooper Bridge Road. Built by the L & Y on the Calder Valley main line.
The station was opened on 5th October 1840, closed in February 1950. Consisted of an island platform was accessed via this doorway.
Cooper Bridge was Huddersfields first station. Rumoured originally to be a private station for the Armytage family of Kirklees Hall.

River Calder facing east (29-08-05)

Photographed from my mates barge on the river Calder. To the right, Heaton Lodge junction. To the Left, Cooper bridge station.
To the centre, skipper & beer. The old stone skew arched bridge dates from around 1840.
The girder bridge the result of track widening between 1890 - 1911, as the L&Y increased tracks from 2 to 4 between Wakefield & Brighouse.

River Calder girder bridge (10-07-08) : Martin Wilson
View from on top. See loads more of Martin's choice photo's - www.flickr.com/photos/ravensthorpe/

Heaton Lodge Junction

Heaton lodge junction map 1908 See Leeds New Line
Two short single bore tunnels, take the Leeds New Line under the L & Y Calder Valley main line, forming a flying junction.

Mirfield Junction

Mirfield junction facing West (07-06-03) See Newtown Goods
The site of Mirfield junction for the Newtown Goods Midland Railway branch. Woodend road is to the left of picture.

Mirfield
Opened 04-1845.

Mirfield totem : Paul Holroyd 18-03-06 See Also Mirfield to Low Moor section
Totem from Mirfield station, currently on display in the Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow near Keighley.
Click here to see selection of railway tickets & handbills. website - www.vintagecarriagestrust.org

Steam World : Paul Holroyd website - www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
On Friday 4 January 1962, V2 class locomotive no. 60954, hauling a Walton (Liverpool) – York freight train derailed at Mirfield.
A four-page photo feature about the accident appears in Steam World issue 207, September 2004.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
An 8F approaching Sands Lane Mirfield with a westbound mixed freight train.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
A westbound coal train passes a local DMU looking west from Woodend Lane bridge Mirfield.
Michael Kaye Note : The Ground Frame to the right of the DMU (you can make out a pair of points) was the entrance to
Sutcliffes Malt Sidings and the bridge in the background was called Battyford on the Leeds New Line.

Mirfield c1980 : Lost Railways
Same spot as above 20 years later, Class 37 & tankers heading toward Mirfield. Heaton lodge junction just visible in distance.

Mirfield c1980 : Lost Railways
Same location as above with a class 40 & tankers.

Mirfield facing Huddersfield c1980 : Lost Railways
Taken by surprise, not many Deltics on this route, although they became more frequent in later years as their usual stomping grounds were taken over by the HSTs. The old station building on the left now gone.

Mirfield facing Huddersfield c1980 : Lost Railways
Class 40 on its way to the sidings, all gone now, at least the mill is still there.

Mirfield facing Huddersfield c1980 : Lost Railways
Class 40 with a mixed freight.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
A Peak class diesel approaching Sands Lane bridge Mirfield with a Liverpool bound express.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
A Black 5 heads west with a fitted van train on the approach to Mirfield station.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Class 8F no. 48123 passing under Sands Lane road bridge Mirfield with a westbound coal train.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
English electric type 4 (now class 40) with brake tender passes under Sands Lane road bridge Mirfield with empty coal wagons.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Flying Scotsman westbound at Mirfield passing Mirfield No. 1 box with Ledgard Mill behind the box.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Flying Scotsman westbound passed Mirfield MPD_ with the Woodend Lane 'Photters' bridge in the distance.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Jubilee no. 45562 'Alberta' approaching Mirfield station with a Liverpool bound express.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Circa 1967 8F 48666 eastbound at Sands Lane Mirfield with coal empties for Healey Mills yard.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Circa 1967 8F no. 48533 gets a Lancashire bound coal train under way from Mirfield loop.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Circa 1967 tank loco 42149 at Sands Lane Mirfield heading west on a local parcels train.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Circa 1967 8F no. 48666 at Sands Lane Mirfield_ heading east with coal empties from Lancashire.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Calder Valley/B1 westbound at Mirfield.

Mirfield : Bernard Coomber
Early trans-pennine DMU passing under Sands Lane road bridge Mirfield heading East.

Mirfield MPD : Bernard Coomber
Part of the yard in front of Mirfield MPD, showing the drivers 'bothy' in the middle background.

Mirfield MPD : Bernard Coomber
The old L & Y MPD at Mirfield.

Mirfield MPD : Bernard Coomber
A 'crab' in the 'coal ole' as it was known - Mirfield MPD.

Mirfield MPD : Bernard Coomber
An 8F eastbound at Mirfield.

Mirfield MPD : Bernard Coomber
An Austerity alongside the shed at Mirfield.

Mirfield MPD : Bernard Coomber
Class B1 leading a black 5 double heading a Redbank parcels for Manchester passing Mirfield MPD.

Mirfield MPD : Bernard Coomber
An 8F passing Mirfield MPD with loaded coal wagons for Lancashire

Mirfield MPD : Bernard Coomber
A Crosti boilered 9F eastbound passed Mirfield shed (engine drivers bothy on the right) hauling a rake of cattle wagons.

Mirfield MPD : Bernard Coomber
DMU 'Calder Valley' set westbound passed Mirfield MPD_ with the shed to the left_ and the 'coal ole' to the right.

Mirfield Sheds c1960 : Graham Smith

My step-Brother worked at Mirfield sheds for 7 years before he emigrated to Australia (now lives in Cambridge). He used to travel by train to work from Cleckheation (imagine that!). He was a MAD train spotter in the 50's and 60's before I was born. He even once volunteered as a fireman on a Mallard fast run from London to Edinburgh. He said at speed that train could eat more coal than 2 men could shovel and they had to change teams every 20-30 minutes or so through the tender (I believe).

Mirfield Sheds c1960 : Graham Smith

Mirfield shed (1972) : Keith Rose
Mirfield Shed 1972.

Unknown c1960 : Graham Smith
The double-header is a mystery to me although the large building in the background may give you some clues.

Note : Vic Smith
Photo shows the ramped coal stage with water tank above (coal ‘ole, as previously described)
and unusual experimental signalling system. View from opposite direction on;-http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p46015628.html
There is a very good article on this experimental signalling at Mirfield, can be found at http://www.signalbox.org/signals/lmsspeed.htm

Mirfield M.P.D 20 March 1984 : Alan S Bagot
The shed closed to steam on 2nd January 1967 when the new diesel depot at Healey Mills opened.
Last I heard, the surviving sheds are used by Patterson's road tankers.

Mirfield M.P.D 20 March 1984 : Alan S Bagot
Buildings & interior.

Spen Valley Junction
Mirfield - Spen Valley (Cleckheaton branch) junction OS Map 1980 See Mirfield to Low Moor section
Church Lane & Canal Crossing.

Thornhill LNW (Dewsbury) Junction & Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe : Bernard Coomber See also Ravensthorpe Branch
8F at Ravensthorpe heading west with fitted snow plough hurries past Ravensthorpe.
Ravensthorpe station is situated a short distance from Dewsbury junction on the L&NWR line to Dewsbury.
(formerly the Leeds, Dewsbury & Manchester Railway).

Ravensthorpe : Bernard Coomber
A 9F passing Ravensthorpe with empty coal wagons for Healey Mills.

Ravensthorpe : Bernard Coomber
Classes B1 & Black 5 westbound at Ravensthorpe with Red Bank parcels.

Thornhill Junction

Thornhill Junction os Map 1985 See also Ravensthorpe Branch
Single track Thornhill to Liversedge (oil terminal) section still in use in 85.

Thornhill Junction facing East. (31-05-04)
The start of the line at Thornhill junction. Station road crosses in background.

Thornhill Junction facing East (31-05-04)
Same place, different angle. I think this photo says it all.

Thornhill
Opened 05-10-1840. Closed 01-01-1962. (Renamed Thornhill for Dewsbury in 1930)

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
Austerity class no. 90126 westbound at Thornhill. Thornhill station was renamed Thornhill for Dewsbury in 1930.

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
Class 8F loco. no. 48534 with a westbound freight at Thornhill.

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
Class 8F no. 48199 eastbound at Thornhill.

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
Class B1 loco. no. 61115 eastbound at Thornhill. Note in the background bogey bolster wagons loaded with steel for Austins steel.

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
Peak class diesel loco. eastbound at Thornhill junction, admire the beautiful point work.

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
Thornhill/Std class 4 no. 75054 heads east at Thornhill.

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
2-6-4 tank loco eastbound at Thornhill on a local parcels.

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
Seen from inside Thornhill goods shed and under the loading gauge an Austerity class loco heads east.

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
Class 47 with an eastbound cement tanks train on Ravensthorpe junction caught in the low winter sunshine.

Thornhill : Bernard Coomber
Calder Valley/In low winter sun EE type 4 heads east through Thornhill.

Thornhill Midland Junction
Midland connecting line (Thornhill Jn to Middlestown Jn) See Royston to Savile Town section
The short Midland connecting line between Middlestown Junction down to Thornhill Midland Junction on the L&Y Calder Calley main line.

Midland connecting line, Thornhill Midland Junction (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Thornhill Midland Junction.

Midland connecting line, Thornhill Midland Junction (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Thornhill Midland Junction looking up the branch.

Midland connecting line, overbridge (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Photo shows overbridge carrying the line almost at Thornhill Midland Junction (Dewsbury is to the left)

'Dive under' (23-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
'Dive under' at Middlestown Junction. Trains going down the bank to Thornhill Midland Junction went through here.

'Dive under' (23-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Looking along the 'dive under' towards Thornhill Midland Junction - this would have seemed like a very closely confined short tunnel.

Healey Mills goods yard

Healey Mills (30.7.67) : Roy Lambeth Website - www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
On our tour of Normanton/Wakefield/Royston, we called in at Healey Mills but were not allowed access as they had a derailment in the shed.
So all we saw was the breakdown crane.

Healey Mills goods : Phill Davison Click here to see the full photo set on Flickr
C56093 and 56099 head the line up of condemned locomotives.
I'm showing my age here but I can recall the class 56's entering traffic brand spanking new.

Healey Mills goods yard : Phill Davison
It seems strange to see them motionless and life expired 25+ years later. A final trip to the breakers yard now awaits them.

Healey Mills goods yard : Phill Davison
Healey Mills was a natural concentration point for east-west flows of freight, linking the industrial West Riding with the east coast ports of Hull and Goole, the industrial areas of Lancashire and the Merseyside ports. It is also a convenient half-way house between the heavy industrial area of the North East and Lancashire.

Healey Mills goods yard : Phill Davison

Healey Mills worked around the clock. A high standard of artificial lighting during the hours of darkness was essential.
This was taken care of at Healey Mills yard by eight 150ft. high steel lighting towers designed to give lighting intensity throughout the yard of approximately one lumen per sq. ft. The floodlights at the top of the towers contain 1500 watt lamps arranged in banks. On five of the towers, lighting is on all four faces, and on the other three towers, on three faces only.

Healey Mills goods yard : Jonathan Armitage

Healey Mills loco shed : Jonathan Armitage
Interior

Healey Mills loco shed : Jonathan Armitage
Exterior

Horbury & Ossett
Opened 05-10-1840. Closed 05-01-1970.

Horbury & Ossett : Phill Davison
It's hard to believe now, but this was the railway station subway for the now closed Horbury and Osset station. The station closed in 1970 leaving Osset the largest town in Yorkshire without a railway station. Click here to see the full photo set on flickr

Horbury Station Junction (07-03-07) : Graeme Bickerdike
Horbury Station Junction was the line’s connection with the existing Wakefield-Huddersfield route. If my memory serves, the cutting on the left of shot was originally built as a tunnel before the L&Y four-tracked the section and opened it out.
Horbury West Curve joined on the formation to the right.

Horbury & Ossett station (08-02-07) : Graeme Bickerdike
Viewed from the former site of Horbury & Ossett station,
the west curve diverged just beyond the junction of the right-hand two lines.

Horbury Millfield Road
Opened 05-10-1840. Closed 06-11-1961.

Horbury Millfield Road station (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
The site of the station viewed from alongside Millfield road. Access to the island platform was via an enclosed footbridge & stairway. Those protruding bits of stone must have been something to do with the supports. Bridge lengthening & widening in evidence here.

Horbury Millfield Road station (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
The Station entrance on Millfield road. Looks to be used by the electricity board. Only the bottom part the brickwork of the station building remaining.

Horbury Millfield Road station (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
The view from Millfield road bridge facing west towards Horbury & Ossett. There used to be 4 tracks on this busy section.
The station consisted of a single island platform with 2 tracks on either side.

Horbury Millfield Road station (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
The view from Millfield road bridge facing east towards Horbury junction. Some evidence of sidings in front of those houses.

Horbury Millfield Road station (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
Millfield road bridge bridge. MVN2/225. Just in case you decide to crash into it.

Horbury Millfield Road station (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
The view from Dudfleet lane facing east towards Millfield road.
From what I've seen in old photo's, the platform was quite long & reached virtually all the way down here.

Horbury Millfield Road station (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
A small shed sat in this cut out in the embankment on the right.

Charles Roberts

Forge lane level crossing (c1985/86) : Jonathan Armitage
A class 08 passing over forge lane level x-ing at Horbury,
having dropped off various wagons at Procor/Charles Roberts for repair and returning to Healey mills taken circa 1985/86.

Forge lane level crossing (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
Same view as above in 2011. The live railway just behind, obscured by trees, is the L&Y from Horbury junction to Barnsley.
During World War II, Charles Roberts made Churchill tanks & apparently made England's one millionth bomb.
Charles Roberts was taken over by the Canadian firm Procor, who continued to build trains on the site.

Forge lane level crossing facing east (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
The firm was acquired by Bombardier in 1990, and renamed Bombardier Prorail.
They built the Class 220, Class 221, Class 222 & bodyshells for Class 60 and Class 92 loco's.
The Bombardier plant closed in 2005. The crossing probably hasn't seen any action since then.

Forge lane level crossing facing east (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
Looking through the gate, the rusty tracks leading back to Horbury Junction.

Forge lane level crossing (01-05-11) : Lost Railways
The second crossing further back up Forge lane.

Class 37 Railtour (1986) : Jonathan Armitage
Unidentified and in British railways green class 37 heading towards Crigglestone from Horbury station jcn
on a railtour (if I remember correctly ?) Taken around late 1986 the quality isn't exceptional...I only had a Pentax Pino at the time !

Wakefield Kirgate
Opened 05-10-1840.

Wakefield (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth Website - www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
42149

Wakefield (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth
42267

Wakefield (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth
42269

Wakefield (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth
42650

Wakefield (16-04-67) : Roy Lambeth
44857a

Wakefield (30.7.67) : Roy Lambeth
48157

Wakefield (30.7.67) : Roy Lambeth
77002

Wakefield (30.7.67) : Roy Lambeth
92211 crunch.

Wakefield (30.7.67) : Roy Lambeth
92215.11.05

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 37 tankers.
Station building in the background.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 37 with hoppers.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
Heavy load for a class 31.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
40 with mixed.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
40 with van.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
31 with van.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
08 with hoppers & van.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 20 with vans.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
47s with hoppers.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
37 loitering.

Wakefield Kirgate facing west (c1980) : Lost Railways
40 with mixed follows a 47 with hoppers. This kind of shenanigans went on all day.

Wakefield Kirgate facing east (c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 25 & hoppers.

Wakefield Kirgate facing east (c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 40 freight from Normanton.

Wakefield Kirgate facing east (c1980) : Lost Railways
Peak with parcels from Normanton.

Wakefield Kirgate facing east (c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 31 & guards van on the Pontefract line.

Wakefield Kirgate facing east (c1980) : Lost Railways
Semaphores & signal box.

Normanton
Opened 05-10-1840.

Normanton Station (30-05-08) : Andrew Stopford
Normanton: buffer stop at abandoned bay platform, Normanton Station.

Normanton (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth Website - www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
42138

Normanton (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth
43125 & 42093

Normanton (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth
61012

Normanton (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth
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Normanton (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth
The only Crosti I ever photographed, 92020 at Normanton.

Normanton (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth
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Normanton (30-07-67) : Roy Lambeth
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