 Railway Ramblers gazetteer
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Wakefield : L&YR Methley Junction - Cutsyke Junction |
 Cutsyke
Junction (23-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Cutsyke Junction. Line to Methley branched left
after the crossing. Existing line is Pontefract - Castleford |
 Cutsyke
Junction (27-05-85) : Michael Kaye
Cutsyke Junction, 27.5 1985....we are heading towards
Pontefract. the line from Methley came in from the right, this is not
the original signal box, I believe the original was burnt down prior to
1980, in the distance you can see the loading bunkers from Glasshoughton
Collery which now is the site of the Glasshoughton Shopping Mall..... |
 Overbridge
(23-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
B6421 overbridge, Aketon Road, Castleford. |
Castleford Cutsyke station
L&Y
Opened 01-12-1849. Closed 07-10-1968.
 Castleford
L&Y Station (23-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Castleford L&Y Station - platform remains. |
 Castleford
L&Y Station (23-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Castleford L&Y Station - platform remains. |
 Cable
troughing (23-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Cable troughing. |
 Sand
box (23-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Sand box. |
 Lumley
Street bridge (23-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
A639 Lumley Street bridge. |
 Distance
marker (23-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Distance marker. |
 Lumley
Hill bridge (23-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
A639 Lumley Hill bridge. |
 Whitwood
Junction (24-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Near Whitwood Junction, Castleford - Wakefield/Leeds
line.
Methley Line crossed on overbridge - abutement just visible above the
DMU. |
 Whitwood
Junction (26-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Site of bridge over Castleford-Leeds/Normanton line at
Whitwood Junction. |
 Whitwood
Junction (01-04-85) : Michael Kaye
Whitwood Junction Signalbox taken on 1st April 1985, the
line to left is towards Altofts and Normantion and the line to the right
is towards Woodlesford, where the 'home signal is, just beyond that once
stood West Riding & Whitwood colleries.... |
 Whitwood
Junction (01-04-85) : Michael Kaye
Looking towards Lofthouse Junction. Panning the camera
just to right of Whitwood Junction Signalbox, we stand on the old track
bed of the Methley to Cutsyke railway, the outer distant signal on the
other side of the bridge once belonged to Lofthouse Junction Signalbox,
above the distant would have been Whitwoods sectional signal. The actual
railway closed 1st March 1983. |
 Trackbed
(01-04-85) : Michael Kaye
Looking Looking towards Cutsyke. Panning the camera round
from the previous photograph, we are now looking towards Castleford
Cutsyke & Cutsyke Junction. |
 Trackbed (01-04-85)
: Michael Kaye
Looking towards Cutsyke. Looking on from the previous
bridge, in the archway you can make out Glasshoughton Collery,
and just beyond the bridge was Castleford Central. |
 Merewood
Road (27-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Gardens at Merewood Road encroaching on the trackbed! |
 Occupation
bridge (27-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Decaying occupation bridge near Merewood Road, Methley
Bridge |
 Calder
bridge (25-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Bridge over the River Calder. |
 Calder
bridge (25-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Access available! Looking north. |
 Occupation
bridge (25-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Occupation bridge north side of viaduct. |
 Overbridge (24-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Methley Junction - overbridge on short connecting spur
from L&Y line to the Castleford/Normanton - Leeds via Woodlesford. This
spur had a station on it (Methley L&Y). |
Methley
Junction station L&Y
Opened 01-12-1849. Closed 1943.
 Methley
Junction station L&Y (24-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Methley Junction station. |
 Methley
L&Y station house (27-06-08) : Andrew Stopford |
 Methley
South joint station L&Y GNR NER
Opened 01-05-1869 . Closed 02-11-1964 .
Methley South Joint Station L&Y GNR
NER (27-06-08) : Andrew Stopford
Methley Station viewed from track coming in from the
south. see Lofthouse & Outwood |
