Algakirk station (c1985) :
Lost
Railways /
Information : Chris Armour
 Algakirk
station on the former line from Boston to Spalding.
I'm not sure when the line closed, but virtually the whole of the
trackbed is now under the A16.
The station building is by a roundabout where the A16 crosses the A17.
In January 2006, the building was being restored, probably to become an
expensive house. |
America
 Illinois
Railway Museum, Union, Illinois, June 2006 : Gareth Beaumont
8500 series Gas Turbine No18
179 ft long, 10,000 HP, 380 tons,
General Electric (Co-Co+Co-Co) Union Pacific. |
 DD
40 Centennial Double Diesel (Do-Do)
98 ft long, 8,000 HP, 244 tons, No, 6930, General Electric, Union Pacific.
Ex southern Pacific Rotary snow plough. |
 Chicago
Burlington & Quincy (Zephyr)
No,9911A E5 (Co-Co) |
Steamtown, Scranton, Pennsylvania,
June 2006 : Gareth Beaumont
   Union
Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" ALCO Class 4884-1 No 4012.
Weight :- 772,000 lbs (engine)
1,198 000 lbs (engine & tender)
535 tons |
 Canadian
National 4-6-4 T No 47 |
 Rahway
Valley Railroad No 15 2-8-0 |
Bideford
  Bideford
Station (23-08-08) : Lost Railways
Took a trip down south last summer. Bideford station
building & signal box.
|
  Bideford
Station (23-08-08) : Lost Railways
On the other side of the road bridge the hotel entrance
opening directly onto the platform. |
Bromyard - Leominster (01-05-06) :
Ralph Rawlinson Website -
www.Railway
Ramblers.org
 These next six shots cover a one mile section west of
Fencote station.
Primroses
at missing bridge (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR586589 |
 Fencote
north hidden semaphore (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson |
 Leaving
Fencote (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR597594 |
 Absent
bridge (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR596593 |
 Trackbed
- west (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR588591 |
 Trackbed
- west (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR587591 |
Claythorpe
 Claythorpe
Aby station (10-07-02) : Patrick Blow
Aby station was closed to passengers on September
11th, 1961.
Served the nearby Claythorpe water mill (next photo) |
 Claythorpe
water mill (10-07-02) : Patrick Blow
http://www.claythorpewatermill.co.uk/
Near Aby, Alford, Lincolnshire. The watermill at
Claythorpe, built during the 1700s, was recorded in the Doomsday Book.
During the 1800s the original water wheel was destroyed and replaced with
a turbine, a modern piece of technology in that era. |
Clayton West
 Clayton
West (c1980) :
Bill Harland
I took these on a Day Rover trip when I knew that it was possible the
Clayton West branch might close.
I just wish digital cameras had been invented earlier, what a wealth of
pictures we would have now. |
 Clayton
West Park Mill colliery (c1980) : Bill Harland |
Combe Colliery
 Calder
& Hebble crossing (10-08-08) : Luke Senior
A short mineral line ran from the Calder Valley Main line to Combe
Colliery.
This photo as it passes over the Calder & Hebble Navigation. |
 Midland
Railway crossing (10-08-08) : Luke Senior
This second photo as it is passed over by the MR line to
Dewsbury. With such a steep incline, was this rope worked? |
Cononley
 Cononley
(1975) : Keith Rose
Cononley Station in 1975. |
Copy Pit
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
After banking a heavy freight up from Todmorden loco class 8F takes a
break along side Copy Pit box. |
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
Summer of '68, class 8F banking engine crew take a well earned break and
a few words with the signalman at Copy Pit box. |
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
4th Aug.1968 2 black 5's storming Copy Pit. |
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
4th Aug. 1968 double-headed black 5's on Copy Pit bank, commemorating
the end of steam on BR. |
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
4th Aug. 1968 double-headed black 5's on Copy Pit bank, commemorating
the end of steam on BR. |
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
Summer of '68 2 8F's give a helping hand banking a freight up Copy Pit. |
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
Summer of '68 3 8F's 1 leading, 2 banking, get to grips with Copy Pit. |
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
Summer of '68 8F Copy Pit banker returns downhill to Todmorden. |
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
Summer of '68 8F on freight storms Copy Pit bank. |
 Copy
Pit : Bernard Coomber
Summer of '68 8F on freight storms up Copy Pit bank. |
Doncaster
 Doncaster
1960 Paper negatives : Steven Stott
Had these old paper negatives handed to me
by Stephen Stott ages ago. They've been on the site for a while.
I've re-scanned them to try & improve the images a bit, see below.
It's also been pointed out I had them in reverse last time. |
    Doncaster
1960 : Steven Stott |
    Doncaster
1960 : Steven Stott |
   Doncaster
1960 : Steven Stott |
 Doncaster
c1960s : AVASKEG
Taken mid 60's and loaned to me. Photo taken at Doncaster, South
Yorkshire, England.
See Flickr -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avaskeg/4672564834/in/photostream/ |
 Doncaster
1964 : Roy Lambeth
Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
A lost traffic. A train of Iron Ore empties pass through Doncaster
D5845 Doncaster 1964 |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Couple of class 20s |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
2 class 31s towing a DMU with an 08 shunter at the back. Allsorts
going on there. |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Clas37 & mail vans |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Silver roof 47170 with full height BR logo. |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Silver roof 47170 with full height BR logo. |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Silver roof 47. |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Deltic |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Deltic |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Deltic |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Deltic, cough cough. |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
HST |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
HST |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
General view |
 Doncaster
c1980 : Lost Railways
Parked up DMU & Shunter. |
Embsay
 Embsay
Station (c1971) : Keith Rose
Embsay Station in 1971. |
Gargrave
 Gargrave
(c1971) : Keith Rose
Gargrave Signal Box in 1973. |
Goyden Pot tunnel
Goyden Pot tunnel interior (12-06-11) : Phill Davison
See the full set here -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/sets/
 A
nice green glow of daylight radiates down the tunnel through a small gap in
the portal stonework here, from this view it's pretty evident to see just
how steep the climb, and curve of this tunnel is. At times the
gradient ranged from 1 in 40 to 1 in 70, no wonder four engines were needed
to get the trains up here. The tunnel is relatively dry, and in good
condition at this point. Sections of patched brickwork has been used to
build up the uneven rockface. |
Goyden Pot tunnel interior (12-06-11) : Phill Davison
 This is not the end It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is,
perhaps, the end of the beginning! Well actually Goyden Pot isn't a very
long tunnel, but you can't beat a good Churchillian quote now and again. The
tunnel measures in at 180 yards (540 feet) long. What strikes me about this
tunnel is how confined and narrow it feels for a standard gauge track, there
certainly isn't much clearance between train and tunnel. |
 Goyden
Pot tunnel interior (12-06-11) : Phill Davison
It always feels a little bit strange stood
on the wrong side of a tunnel portal.
This is the view of the South portal from inside the tunnel, occasionally we
could here some passing hill walkers go by oblivious to us being down here. |
 Goyden
Pot tunnel interior (12-06-11) : Phill Davison
Close up detail of the South portal of
Goydon pot. This railway tunnel is quite unique, there aren't many concrete
railway tunnels about in the U.K. |
Grassington
 Grassington
(1972) : Keith Rose
Grassington Station in 1972. |
Guide Bridge
 Guide
Bridge c1980 : Lost Railways
This building long gone now. |
 Guide
Bridge c1980 : Lost Railways |
Harrogate Barber narrow gauge gasworks tunnel
 The
Harrogate gasworks 1907-1956 (18-07-08) : Phill Davison
How cool is having a piece of railway
history at the bottom of your back garden?
Loads more information & links here -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/ |
 The
secret railway garden : Phill Davison
All is not what it first seems!! Looking at this
well tended garden, who would imagine there was an 800 yard long
railway tunnel lurking at the bottom of the flower beds?. The trackbed
was cut out of rock and has made a perfect rockery down the
embankement. The portal can just be seen poking out of the greenery. |
Mr Tickles tunnel : Phill Davison
 Somewhere
in Harrogate hides away one of the most unusual garden features you
can find. The portal to the 800 yard long tunnel of the closed
Harrogate gas works narrow gauge railway stands at the bottom of a
well tended back garden in Bilton.
The Gasworks line ran from 1907 until 1956, These days there is very
little trace of the line, housing and industrial units have been built
on the trackbed. |
The Harrogate Barber narrow gauge
gasworks tunnel : Phill Davison
 The
portal and air shaft in a garden further down are the only clues the
railway ever ran here. With old maps, google earth and deduction
skills, the intrepid investigators of the L.H.E.S pin pointed exactly
were the portal should be. With tongue in cheek we approached the
owner to see if we could trample all over his immaculate back garden
to take a look. Luckily George had seen the groups previous Harrogate
investigations, and was suitably impressed enough to give us a big
welcome. |
Hartley bank colliery
(26-08-08) Jonathan Armitage
 These
photo's are from a couple of places on the former line from Horbury and
ossett to Hartley bank colliery.
Hartley bank river bridge: this is the span over the river calder
at Addingford, Horbury. Now boarded over for pedestrians, this is where
the pit train used to pass over, a now removed footpath was on the side
of the bridge.
Canal bridge: This is where the railway passed over the calder
and hebble navigation |
 Howden
Howden
Signal box (08-04-07) :
Lost
Railways
Situated next to Howden station on Station road
level crossing.
Driven past loads of times, the building is becoming more derelict each
time I see it. |
 Howden
Signal box (08-04-07) : Lost
Railways |
 Howden
Signal box (08-04-07) : Lost
Railways |
Ilkley to Skipton
Lob Ghyll viaduct (27-04-07) : David
Taylor
 The
Midland opened the Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway from Shipley to
Skipton in 1847, and on from Skipton to Colne in 1848, and their line from
Apperley Bridge to Ilkley opened in 1865. However Ilkley and Skipton were
not connected by rail until 1888 by a reluctant MR. The line between
Ilkley and Embsay Junction was closed in 1965 and in Ilkley a large girder
bridge over Brook Street together with a 25 arch masonry viaduct over the
town centre were demolished as was another over Addingham. Between Ilkley
and the far side of Addingham virtually no evidence of the line remains
but a 5 stone arch viaduct over Lob Ghyll (OK a hundred yards into North
Yorkshire but definitely West Riding) near Bolton Bridge has survived
although obscured by trees. .
The ‘Yorkshire Dales Railway’, operated by the MR, opened between Embsay
Junction and Grassington in 1902 and remains open from Embsay Junction to
Swinden Quarry near Linton for mineral traffic as does the line from
Embsay Jnct to Skipton.
The line between Embsay Junction and Bolton Abbey has been re-opened by
the ‘Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway’ and they have run one or two
trains to Swinden works. For more on the line and its few remaining relics
see
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk/addilk.html
|
 Isle
of Man
Maitland tank engine (2005) : Patrick Martin
Nothing much to do with this site, just a nice bit of engineering we
thought. |
Keighley
 Keighley
Station (April 1987) : Michael Kaye
Keighley station yard. |
 Keighley
Station (1981) : Andrew Ripley
A view of Keighley, I think from 1981, before
they messed about with it. |
 Keighley
sheds (n.d) : Dave Walbank
Keighley shed as it was starting to be demolished. |
 Keighley
sheds (1952) : Dave Walbank
I've found the picture of keighley sheds taken in 1952 |
Keighley
memories : Dave Walbank
Maybe my friend maybe out there somewhere and he might
read this , I have'nt seen him since the mid
sixties now we grew up together in a village near Keighley called Oakworth.
We used to go all over as kids collecting engine numbers we were nuts on
steam engines Peter Carmen his name was.
He moved away in 1966 to Preston
with his folks to work on the Railways and I hav'nt seen him since.
He might
still work on the Railways, even my wife used to enjoy steam engines as a
child she used to go down the Worth Valley Railway and help paint stations
and clean engines.
Every Saturday my friend Peter and I would go to Leeds as
I said before, after school each day we used to run down to Keighley station
in time for the 4:10 pm train to come in the mail train, that always was a
Jubilee class engine they were special engines because they had names as
were the A1s',A3's,A4's Brittania,Clan,Royal Scot classes anything with
names.
In the school holidays we'd go down and spend the day trainspotting
in Keighley we'd have a term called cabbing where we used to stand on the
footplate if the driver let us, in our books we used to put a line under the
number and a little c at the side to say we had cabbed it. We went all over
Crewe Works, Doncaster Works, Lancaster station, Leeds,Keighley station and
Skipton.
I remember Dr Beeching, my friend and I used to hate him we used to
blame him for all the engines getting scrapped that was a sad site seeing
engines in shed sidings all rusty no running gear on waiting to be scrapped.
Diesels were'nt the same although we collected their numbers too I remember
visiting Toton just after it was built it was posh not like the smelly steam
sheds. I remember we could tell the class of engines by hearing their
whistles, the best Diesels at the time were the Deltics they had a wonderful
sound those and the whistlers the D200 class.
Even those have sadly gone now
those where brand new at the time along with the Peaks and the class47's.
 I
visit preserved railways when I get the time well I lived for a time near
the Keighley Worth Valley Railway, my saddest site of all was when my family
and I went to Wales and I tracked down Barry Island the big scrapyard there
back in 1980, as I stood there reading some of the messages people had
written on the engines like "Gone But Not Forgotten" and "Save Me" I got a
lump in my throat and a tear in my eye I can tell you.
Photo - Barry Island 1980
I had a uncle Jack
his name was he worked all his life on the railway started off as a engine
cleaner worked his way up fireman and then to engine driver sadly he is
dead now has been for some 18 yrs he died in the cab of his Diesel engine as he
had parked it up at his depot.
When we'd meet we used to spend hours talkin'
about engines askin him what he had been drivin' and where he'd been.
I even
find your pictures on your site sad even though I am not familiar with the
area's you can imagine what they were once like. I think all that remains in
Leeds of Central Station is the water tower that might have gone now because
it is some years since I was there last because I live in Hartlepool now and
have for some 20 yrs with my wife and children.
The shed at Holbeck has gone
too and Farnley Junction is just weeds.
On the Saturday 30th Oct I took a trip in my car up to Carnforth to have a look around Steam
Town and show the lad some engines only to find it had gone been bought out
by some buisness man I was told and is now a carriage works or something I
was told so no engines and you can't walk round anymore.
So Steam Town is a
part of history now must have been 14yrs since I was last there. Anyway I
went up to Hest Bank and stopped there for a hour or so to see the Virgin
Pendelino as I do have a interest in modern aswell as old. While I was there
I discovered a steam special was due so it made my trip worthwile and I saw
a Pendelino a few infact, while I was at Hest Bank I got talking to a couple
of blokes who where there for the train, and we had a good chat about the
old steam days.
One a pensioner used to live in Leeds years ago and started
spotting around 1947 bit earlier than me I started late 50's and we
discussed Leeds as I used to go regular as you know and the other bloke a
bit younger than me he used to train spot in Leeds too but towards the end of
steam about 1966/67. We chatted about Holbeck and the Central Station and
Farnley Junction, he told me it was a wagon hoist but I seemed to remember a
large tank on top but must be wrong.
 Anyway apparantly it is still there he
said because it is a listed building, we went on to talk about the station
too which compared to the City Station was dead scruffy.
He also told me he is
a fireman on a preserved railway and often fires on a old 8f so I had a
very interesting day.
The special by the way was pulled by Black Five No
45407 with 10 carriages and Brush Sulzer 57601 running light on the rear,
 Crewe Carlilse steam special it came roaring through Hest Bank at full bore
looking a little scruffy but doing the job well. I have enclosed a couple of photos
taken on that day I found on the net, I took a couple but did'nt turn
out too good because I have just got this new digital camera and am not very
 used to it yet but i'll enclose mine also lol. |
 Little Weighton (Hull & Barnsley)
Little Weighton cutting : Graeme Bickerdike website - http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/
This
1-mile, 83-foot deep cutting at Little Weighton on the old Hull &
Barnsley
is being filled with 500,000 cubic metres of household waste. |
Liverpool Lime Street
 Liverpool
Lime Street (c1980) : Lost Railways |
 Lockwood
Lockwood
station subway (07-04-07) :
Lost
Railways
The disused subway leading to the disused platform,
see next photo. |
 Lockwood
station platform (07-04-07) :
Lost
Railways
The disused platform, originally for trains to
Penistone.
The 200 yard Yew Tree tunnel in the distance. |
 L
& Y boundary stone (07-04-07) :
Lost
Railways
Found by accident close to the station at the top of
Burbeary road. |
Lofthouse north junction to Robin Hood & Rothwell
Leeds road Bridge (11-09-08) Luke Bennett
/ Ben Wildey
 Old
railway Bridge under Leeds road on the Line from Lofthouse North to
Rothwell next to the Gardeners arms pub.
This is the section of line between Lofthouse North to Rothwell. There
is very little of interest to photograph it is a nice walk but the
Rothwell end now totally gone with no trace only a short section
between a estate which was not worth looking at as it just acts as a
ginnel, the bridges are the only thing to look at really as most of the
embankments have overgrown. |
 A654
road Bridge (11-09-08) Luke Bennett
/ Ben Wildey
Old Bridge Abutment on the A654 this is the only one out of the two
still standing.
This line links up with the Robin Hood to Patrick Green & River Calder
Colliery line (see below) near Leeds road,
just south of some old pit stacks you can see the adjoining line and pit
stacks on Google earth. |
 Occupation Bridge (11-09-08) Luke Bennett
/ Ben Wildey
This old Bridge is a ocupation bridge crossing the line just short of
Rothwell and is not far away from the triangle that use to take trains
to Leeds and in this direction towards Rothwell.
|
 Occupation Bridge (11-09-08) Luke Bennett
/ Ben Wildey
This is taken from the other side to say it looks like nothing has been
a cross since the lines closure in the 60,s.
Farm vehicles still use it now and then all though it be very slowly as
the metal decks on the bridge are in poor shape. |
London
Blackfriars rail bridge (05-03-09) :
Lost Railways
 Blackfriars
bridge was opened in 1864 by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway.
The deck was removed in 1985, having become too weak for modern trains,
leaving these bridge supports.
The grade II listed southern abutment is visible over there on the south
bank. The remaining bridge along side
was originally called St Paul's Railway Bridge, opened in 1886. St
Paul's station & the bridge were renamed Blackfriars in 1937. |
 Methley Junction to Pontefract
Aire Viaduct facing east (08-05-08) :
Andrew Stopford
Disused L&Yviaduct over the Aire near Castleford, shot from a northbound
Castleford - Leeds train. |
Manchester Victoria Station
 L&Y
Map (16-02-08) : Lost Railways
Went to have a butchers at Man Vic, 20 years since
my last visit, some changes, at least this tasty L&Y map is still here. |
 Manchester
Victoria station facing west (1980 & 2008) : Lost Railways
Before & after, same spot 20 odd years apart.
Preferred the old station I think. |
  Manchester
Victoria station (1980) : Lost Railways
Shots from 1980s BR days. |
  Manchester
Victoria station (1980) : Lost Railways
Peaks, facing east. |
  Manchester
Victoria station (1983) : Mark Damon Heeley
Facing east. |
 Manchester
Victoria station (1983) : Mark Damon Heeley
Facing west. |
 Manchester
Victoria station (1980) : Lost Railways
Class 25 pilot. |
 Manchester
Victoria station (1983) : Mark Damon Heeley
25309 pilot. This loco is now preserved & was the
last to be built at Beyer Peacocks of Gorton Manchester 1966.
See website - www.beyerpeacock.co.uk |
 Manchester
Victoria station (1983) : Mark Damon Heeley
Multiple unit & 25309 pilot on the right. |
 Manchester
Victoria station (1983) : Mark Damon Heeley
Nice old building & clock, don't know if its still
there. |
 Manchester
Victoria station (1980) : Lost Railways
Green 40 106 parked up. |
Manchester Exchange Station
 L&N.W.R
Exchange (16-02-08) : Lost Railways
The view from the footbridge on the western end of
Manchester Victoria facing west.
Remnants of happier times with the old Manchester Exchange station
footbridge over on the left there.
Loads more choice photo's here -
Disused Stations.org.uk |
Manchester Mayfield Station
  Mayfield
(14-06-09) : Phill Davison
See Phills Blog
The derelict facade of Mayfield station &
overgrown platforms & canopy.
The station sits high on a viaduct above the city centre. |
  Mayfield
(14-06-09) : Phill Davison
Platforms & heavy duty buffer stops |
  Mayfield
(14-06-09) : Phill Davison
Interior view & Looking down the stairs that lead
you down to street level. Some of the offices suffered an arson attack
in 2005. There doesn't appear to be much damage to the walls and floors,
but the roof has gone in places. |
  Mayfield
(14-06-09) : Phill Davison
The doorway on the right is the main entrance from
Fairfield street & the ornate tiles covered in years of grime.
Make sure to see the full set on Phills Blog |
 Mayfield
station clock (July 1967) :
Paul Holroyd
website
- www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Clock from Mayfield Station.
Now displayed at the Ingrow Museum of Rail Travel. |
Manchester Piccadilly
 Manchester
Piccadilly station (1980) : Lost Railways
56 065 loitering. |
 Manchester
Piccadilly station (1980) : Lost Railways
Class 86 under the wires. |
Moorhouse & South Elmsall
Halt
Moorhouse & South Emsall Halt (nd) :
Jonathan Armitage
 A
long lost station, the remains of Moorhouse and south Elmsall halt. Just
within west Yorkshire...the welcome to Doncaster sign is about 50 feet
down the road. We used to drive our van thro' the middle of the
platforms to gain access to the GN about 20 years ago until they
demolished the bridge over the road. Situated between Hickleton and
Wrangbrook jcn on the former Hull and Barnsley railway it closed on the
6th of April 1929. The station house is still in situ at road level. |
Newmarket Colliery
 Newmarket
Lane (04-10-10) : Philip Myers
The Remaining track Newmarket Colliery. |
Northallerton
 Northallerton
(1960) : Roy Lambeth
Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
V2 60828 in the Wensleydale Bay at the North end of Northallerton Island
Platform picking up a parcels van to attach to its train in the back
road of the island. |
 Northallerton
(1960) : Roy Lambeth
Brand new D8052 with a 12 coach train of empty stock on running in
trials from Robert Stephensons at Darlington. It is waiting for the road
accross the ECML onto The Leeds Northern line.
The normal route was Darlington - Northallerton - Ripon - Harrogate -
York - Darlington. Taken in 1960. |
Ossett
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) Lost Railways
Nothing to do with railways but a sad loss none
the less.
Driven past this impressive brick built tram shed a few times, just
noticed the demolition signs took some photo's.
This is the view from Sowood lane on the way to Ossett, just
Before Sowood Lane & Horbury Avenue. |
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) Lost Railways
Looking back the other way, the main entrance to
the long shed.
Judging by the sign next to the door, the buildings look to have been
used as a materials laboratory. |
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) Lost Railways
Points & rails leading into the doorway. |
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) Lost Railways
The long shed showing evidence of some sort of
roof vent |
   Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) Lost Railways
Canteen window, various outbuildings & a solid
white coloured house in the middle.
|
Peterborough
Peterborough East engine shed (07-05-09) Ralph Rawlinson Website -
www.Railway
Ramblers.org
Note : The June edition of the Railway Magazine reports
that Peterborough Civic Society has placed a plaque on the Peterborough
East engine shed. They add that the 1848 shed has been boarded up since
2003 and faces an uncertain future.
This appears to contradict a report two years ago that the listed
building, which stood in the way of a £150m redevelopment scheme,
was conveniently wrecked in a huge fire on 4 April 2007.
Could the explanation be that there were two adjoining three-track sheds
and it was the Eastern Counties (later GER/LNER) 1845 shed that was
destroyed whilst the 1848 Midland Counties (later MR/LMS) building
survived and now has the plaque?
The combined sheds were located on the north side of the line at east
end of Peterborough East station (TL195979). and although officially
closed in 1939 continued to be used into the 1960s. |
Pontefract
 Knottingley road viaduct (30-05-08) :
Andrew Stopford
Viaduct
over the Knottingley road out of Pontefract - note no parapet and check
out the greenery growing on top! |
Poppleton
  Poppleton railway garden and little
trains : Phill Davison
Next to Poppleton railway station at the side of
the Leeds-Harrogate-York line is an overgrown unique relic of Britain's
once grand railway system. Britain’s last surviving railway nursery was
established during World War II to provide good quality vegetables for
railway canteens.
See the full set on Flickr |
  Poppleton railway garden and little
trains : Phill Davison
After the war it served railway hotels and
provided the hundreds of stations across Yorkshire and the North East
with the floral displays. It had a railway with a narrow gauge of two
feet, which brought the plants from the greenhouses to the distribution
point next to Poppleton station. |
Retford
  Retford (c1980) : Lost Railways
HSTs heading south through Retford. |
 Retford (c1980) : Lost Railways
Deltic heading south through Retford. |
 Retford (c1980) : Lost Railways
Deltic pulls away northward. |
Robin Hood to Patrick Green & River Calder (Colliery line)
 Track
bed (27-08-08) Luke Bennett / Ben Wildey
Looking North from the Lofthouse and Methley joint line looking
at the over bridge now filled in as you can see this is canal lane
bridge with Baker lane running down to the right hand side of the photo
and Anerhine drive behind me. |
 Canal
lane Bridge (27-08-08) Luke Bennett
/ Ben Wildey
Canal lane Bridge with the line heading straight
onto Lofthouse colliery as a second route and the line i have
photographed heading on right from the bridge this been the reason why
the bridge is so long in length so it can handle the lines or so what i
can make out. |
 Track
bed (27-08-08) Luke Bennett / Ben
Wildey
Track bed North of Canal lane looking towards the
Rothwell direction. |
 Tunnel
(27-08-08) Luke Bennett / Ben
Wildey
Tunnel under track bed carrying a small river the
tunnel being two brick thick lining and stone walls to the bottom. |
 Cutting
(27-08-08) Luke Bennett / Ben
Wildey
Part infilled cutting with lots of industrial
tipping this been the only part of the cutting that looks somewhat of a
railway as most of the cuttings indeed the line has been subject to
industrial infill or movement. |
 Gate
posts (27-08-08) Luke Bennett /
Ben Wildey
Two old stone gate posts over the railway which
are hidden well away from view in the summer months. |
 Tunnel
(27-08-08) Luke Bennett / Ben
Wildey
Entrance to the tunnel and to get a idea of the
size and shape of the thing me and friends had to dig a bit away to get
a fair idea of things and for photos we have named it Lofthouse hill as
there is no information as this is a tunnel or a over bridge. |
 Tunnel
(27-08-08) Luke Bennett / Ben
Wildey
The tunnel interior and it is well and truly
blocked and is used by a family of foxes by the looks of things. |
 Embankment
(27-08-08) Luke Bennett / Ben
Wildey
Old railway embankment north of the tunnel which
just falls short of the M62 Motorway and would appear to have carried on
here and joined up to a line on a triangle at Rothwell this line can be
followed on google earth from canal lane north over the fields and over
M62 you just have to follow the line of trees and bushes that can be
seen from the birds eye view on google earth. |
Scotland
 Lochearnhead
(29-05-09) : Lost Railways
Bridge Remnant over the A85 at Lochearnhead.
As far as I can work out part of the Caledonian Railways Lochearnhead to
Perth section. |
 Glen
Ogle Viaduct
(26-05-09) : Lost Railways
The Callander and Oban Railway Glen Ogle viaduct clinging to the side of
the hill, situated between Killin Junction & Dunblane.
Photographed by my eagle eyed missus from a moving car on the A85 north
of Loch Earn. |
 Strathpeffer
station (nd) : Dave Watson
Three photos I took of Strathpeffer station a few years ago when I
visited Scotland.
The station buildings are now a mixture of small shops. As you will see
the track bed is still there.
Apparently Queen Victoria used the station when visiting the highlands. |
 Strathpeffer
station (nd) : Dave Watson |
 Strathpeffer
station (nd) : Dave Watson |
Sharlston Station
 Sharlston
Streethouse
(n.d) : David Ambler
I cant tell you when the date is but this photo belonged to my wife's
grandfather who is the man on the left. |
 Cottage
(n.d) : David Ambler
Crossing Keepers cottage Red Lane Streethouse. Now demolished. |
 Signal
Box (n.d) : David Ambler
Either east or west of Streethouse near
Pontefract. I cannot be sure. |
Sharlston Colliery
 Sharleston
Colliery (c1980) : C/O Michael Kaye with permission from Paul Corrie
Class 56 at Sharleston Colliery. |
Sheffield
 Blue
Plaque (19-04-11) : MD
The blue plaque on the Station Tap on Sheffield station platform 1.
I got done by a guard for “using flash photography on the platform”.
|
   Sheffield
(c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 08s. |
 Sheffield
(c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 40 passenger. |
 Sheffield
(c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 40 Shoulder of Lune & Parkhas. |
 Sheffield
(c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 40 loitering while a car transporter heads out on the left. |
 Sheffield
(c1980) : Lost Railways
Class 31 loitering. |
 Sheffield
(c1980) : Lost Railways
Peak passenger with some fancy new rolling stock. |
 Sheffield
(c1980) : Lost Railways
Peak passenger & massive British Rail building behind, happy days. |
 Sheffield
(c1980) : Lost Railways
Very short Peak passenger. |
 Sheffield
(c1980) : Lost Railways
Silver roof 47 coupling up by the looks of things. |
 Meadow
Hall works Shunting loco's advertisment
From the 1952 edition of the British Engineers
Association, classified handbook of members & their manufacturers.
Them were the days. |
Shipley
 Shipley. Crossleys scrap yard (c1980) : Bill Harland
The Class 040 shunter at Crossleys scrapyard. |
 Shipley. Crossleys scrap yard (c1980) : Bill Harland
The Class 31 arrives at Crossleys scrapyard. |
Streethouse
 Streethouse
signal box (c1980) : K.H.Owen |
_small.jpg) Streethouse (nd) : David Rush c/o David Ambler
Photographed by David Rush see more here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avaskeg/6381743543/in/photostream
see also 'pontefract heritage group' on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=60879856@N05&q=streethouse |
Silkstone
 Silkstone
No.1 tunnel (04-02-07) : Graeme Bickerdike
An Interior shot of Silkstone No.1 tunnel, between Penistone and
Barnsley. The sharp winter sunshine was pouring into it, lighting up the
stonework and revealing some wonderful colours. And we normally think of
tunnels being black! The shadows on the floor are created by
substantial, permanent bars welded across the portal. Although it’s only
289 yards long, the eastern end has been infilled, hence the distant
gloom. |
Skipton
 Class
144 DMU (October 94) : Paul Holroyd website -
www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Alexander Class 144 DMU in Regional Railways livery at Skipton, October
1994. |
 Class
144 DMU (October 94) : Paul Holroyd
Alexander Class 144 DMU at Skipton, October 1994. Note the maginifcently
restored platform canopies. |
 Class
144 DMU (October 94) : Paul Holroyd
Alexander Class 144 DMU at Skipton, October 1994. View taken looking south
towards Cononley. |
 Skipton
station (October 94) : Paul Holroyd
Platform 4 of Skipton station, looking north. October 1994. |
 Skipton
station (October 94) : Paul Holroyd
View taken from the top of the subway on platforms 3 and 4 at Skipton,
showing the immaculately restored platform canopy.
Note the signalbox |
 Staincliffe
& Batley Carr
Station (02-07-06) : Andrew Stopford
Station Buildings at Staincliffe & Batley Carr on the LNWR
Dewsbury to Batley section of line. |
Stockport
  Stockport
Viaduct (13-12-08 & 15-04-81) : MD / Lost Railways
Viaduct & pub. I like both.
85 023 at 13:35 15-04 1981 by the way. |
 Stockport (15/04/81) : Lost Railways
87 016 at 12:50 15/04/81. |
 Stockport (15/04/81) : Lost Railways
86 234 at 14:30 15/04/81. |
 Stockport (15/04/81) : Lost Railways
87 016 at 15:20 15/04/81 |
 Stockport (15/04/81) : Lost Railways
Unidentified 86. |
Tadcaster
 Tadcaster
viaduct facing north (24-02-08) : Lost Railways
In 1846 trains between York & Leeds traveled via
Methley. The York & North Midland Railway planned a more direct link.
The route was to be in 3 sections. First a new line would link
Copmanthorpe to Tadcaster. The existing Church Fenton line
would be used between Tadcaster & Sutton. Finally a new line would be
built between Sutton & Cross Gates. |
Tadcaster
viaduct facing east (24-02-08) : Lost Railways
 Work started on the project & by 1848 this tasty
eleven arch viaduct, now grade 2 listed, had been built across the river Wharfe.
Financial difficulties forced the company to abandon the project shortly
after & work never resumed.
Later on, in 1863, a less ambitious link was made between Church Fenton &
Micklefield. Eventually by 1882 the viaduct was used for goods traffic by
a nearby mill on the east side, now demolished. Freight continued up until
1955. |
 Tadcaster
viaduct facing west (24-02-08) : Lost Railways
The structure consists of a viaduct of nine arches & a bridge of two spans
with a central pier & triangular cutwater.
The inside of each arch is brick & the walling is rusticated limestone.
The quoins & voussoirs are of finely cut magnesian limestone.
The designer was possibly the Leeds engineer J.T Leather & that's my dad blowing his nose. |
Thackley Old Tunnel
 East
Portal : Phill Davison
See the full set on Flickr -
www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/sets/72157620012526176/
Thackley old tunnel was built in 1848 on the Airedale line between
Leeds, Bradford and Kieghley & is 1496 yds long.
|
 The
Long Walk : Phill Davison
This is the view looking down the tunnel from the Leeds end.
A bright day outside let plenty of sunlight into the tunnel. Long shadows
of two explorers stretch far into the tunnel. |
 Starlight
Express : Phill Davison
There are four open air shafts in Thackley, this shot was taken under
the first shaft in the Leeds end of the tunnel.
There are two shafts in each 'split section'. |
 Air
Shaft : Phill Davison
Water pours down the air shafts continually. |
 The
Other Side : Phill Davison
This is the other side of the dreaded 'Berlin wall' in the Shipley end..
The retaining wall is roughly under Ainsbury Avenue. It was built by B.R
in the 1970's/80's
There are two large pipes through the blockwork to allow a good flow of
air through the tunnel. |
 Thackley
Tunnel : Phill Davison
The tunnel next door is still live, you can hear the eerie rumble of
trains as they pass by.
The Airedale line is very busy with trains running through every 10
minutes. |
 West
Portal : Phill Davison
The last train to run through here was 41 years ago. The silence is
shattered occasionally when a train emerges from the next door tunnel. The
tunnel is out of sight but still only feet away.
See the full set on Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/sets/72157620012526176/ |
Thetford
 1
(21-07 -04) : Lost
Railways
Found
this disused station near to where I was working.
Got myself one of those throw away cameras & took a few snaps.
The building to the right hand side looks like a parcels office. |
 2
(21-07 -04) : Lost
Railways
Platforms
are missing but the rest of it looks in good nick.
Someone told me the pebbles set within the brickwork came from the
seaside.
|
 3
(21-07 -04) : Lost
Railways
View
inside that open window. |
 4
(21-07 -04) : Lost
Railways
Disused
sidings behind the station, originally used for tankers. |
Trains Illustrated 1957 (A Selection of pages from
Trains Illustrated)
    Trains
Illustrated 1957 : Simon Edgerton
The History of Railways between Leeds & Bradford
Rail tour of the West Riding 1 to 4 |
    Trains
Illustrated 1957 : Simon Edgerton
The History of Railways between Leeds & Bradford
Rail tour of the West Riding 5 to 8 |
     Trains
Illustrated 1957 : Simon Edgerton
The History of Railways between Leeds & Bradford
Rail tour of the West Riding 9 to 13 |
Unidentified Locations
 Old
family photo : Penny Broadway
I attach an old family photo of a small station
probably in west Yorkshire. My family (Briggs) started working on the
Hebden bridge & Sowerby bridge stations and my grandfather ended up as
station master at Doncaster Railway. The attached photo is probably of my
great grandfather, someone might be able to identify the station. |
Glass Negatives : Roy Lambeth Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
    Selection
of very old glass negatives, all unidentified locations. |
    Glass
Negatives : Roy Lambeth |
    Glass
Negatives : Roy Lambeth |
    Glass
Negatives : Roy Lambeth |
 Glass
Negatives : Roy Lambeth
This last one shows just a station with passengers
probably in the 1920s.
Maybe someone can identify it. |
Wennington
 Wennington
(11-1983) : Roy Lambeth
Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
November 1983 and a shortened Trans-pennine set approaches Wennington.
1183 Trans-pennine DMU. |
Woodhead
 Woodhead : Bernard Coomber
A Manchester E.M.U. heads for Glossop on the Woodhead line. circa summer
of '65. |
 Woodhead : Bernard Coomber
A mixed freight at Dunford Bridge about to enter Woodhead tunnel
Manchester bound_ circa summer of '65. |
 Woodhead : Bernard Coomber
Class EM2 Electric Co-co locomotive at Guide Bridge. |
Woodhead
(c1980s) : Lost Railways
Guide Bridge. |
Woodhead
(c1980s) : Lost Railways
Guide Bridge. This building long gone now. |
 Woodhead : Bernard Coomber
Class EM2 Electric Co-co locomotive heading for Manchester with coal
from South Yorkshire,
Woodhead line circa summer of '65. |
 Woodhead : Bernard Coomber
Class EM2 Electric Co-co locomotive in the Longdendale valley with a
Sheffield to Manchester express passenger,
Woodhead line circa summer of '65. |
 Woodhead : Bernard Coomber
Class EM2 Electric Co-co locomotive passing Dinting with a coal train
for Lancashire,
Woodhead line circa summer of '65 |
 Woodhead : Bernard Coomber
Dunford Bridge on the Woodhead line, with a Manchester bound passenger
express having just left Woodhead tunnel. |
 Woodhead
: Mark Damon Heeley
Sign recovered from Dunford Bridge summer 1988 sold 2007. (see above
photo). |
Yeadon
Branch
 Henshaw
Lane (15-07-06) : Gary Jones
See
Railway Ramblers gazetteer Leeds : GNR Yeadon branch
Bridge remains over Henshaw Lane Yeadon, at the entrance to Yeadon
station, the white building is the
Station pub.
This branch line between Guiseley & Yeadon opened 26th Feb
1894.
The line was only ever used for goods traffic & was closed in 1964. |
 Yeadon
Branch opening : D Downs, M Neale collection.
Yeadon never saw a timetabled train, but did see some excursions.
|
 Yeadon
Branch glass plate : D Downs, M
Neale collection.
Old photo from a cracked and scratched glass plate is very rare.
It shows a MR Excursion from Yeadon to Heysham leaving Yeadon in 1924.
|
  Yeadon
Branch : D Downs, M Neale collection.
Very rare views of Yeadon. |
York
 York
station Pre 1908 : Roy Lambeth
Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm |
 York
(14-05-67) : Roy Lambeth
61030 |
 York
(18-02-67) : Roy Lambeth
61337 |
 York
(18-02-67) : Roy Lambeth
61337 & 61021 |
 York
(14-05-67) : Roy Lambeth
62046 |
 York
MPD (18-02-67) : Roy Lambeth
62001 at York MPD |
 York
MPD (18-02-67) : Roy Lambeth
62028 at York MPD |
 York
MPD (1965) : Roy Lambeth
York MPD 1965 |
  York
station c1980 : Lost Railways
55s aplenty in those days. |
  York
station c1980 : Lost Railways |
  York
station c1980 : Lost Railways |
 York
station c1980 : Lost Railways
47 looking all purpose like. |
  York
station c1980 : Lost Railways
Class 08s |
  York
c1980 : Lost Railways
Newcastle bound Passenger trains taken from Water End road bridge facing
York. |
  York
c1980 : Lost Railways
Newcastle bound Passenger trains taken from Water End road bridge facing
York.
A good gricing spot as the driver often gave the engines a handfull as they
approached the straight. |
 York
c1980 : Lost Railways
York bound 55 trundles under Water End road bridge. |
 Between
York & Leeds c1980 : Lost Railways
Fun with trains. Racing on the 4 track section between York & Church
Fenton. I liked those days. |
Old York Station
Old
York Station (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
 Taken from the city wall next to Station road. The
buildings which bridged from one side to the other have been
demolished allowing a view into the terminus, the remnants of which
can be seen on the second & third storey levels. This original station
was opened on the 4th of January 1841. The architect was George
Townsend Andrews. The original train shed was made of iron & was
demolished in 1965. The fancy building in the
background is the original NER head office, see photo's below. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
Closer view shows where the glass canopies butted up
to the end buildings.
The obvious later additions going across the window.
The tracks into the old station remained in use up until 1965 for
carriage storage & the railway buildings were converted into
offices. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
View of the Buildings on Tanner Row. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
Taken from the city wall next to Station Rise. The
war memorial, built by the NER & the station behind.
George Hudson House visible in the background. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
Taken from the city wall next to Station Rise, NER head
office on the left. The building on the right, clad in sheeting, is
the hotel part of the station, designed by G.T Andrews. This was
completed in 1853 and was the first hotel to be incorporated into a
railway station. After a visit by Queen Victoria, it was named The
Royal Station Hotel. |
 NER
head office (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
Taken from Station Rise. The grand headquarters of
the North Eastern Railway. It took 6 years to build & was completed in
1906.
The architect was Horace Field who worked along side NER's company
architect William Bell. Inside there are marble floors and
Roman style mosaics. The main doorway, visible on the right of photo,
faces the old station. |
  NER
head Office (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
The doorway facing the old station. After
nationalisation this building was used as British Rail's northern
headquarters, later to be used by private rail operators. The
Strategic Rail Authority sold the building in 2005 ending 100 years of
railway ownership.
The Strategic Rail Authority was abolished on the 1st December 2006. |
Old
York Station (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
 Taken from the city wall
above the 1839 archways & facing back towards Holgate Bridge junction. The railway alignment passing under Queen street clearly visible from
this angle. The new 1877 York station on the right & the Queen street
locomotive works on the left. The whole area around the George Hudson
house & George Stephenson House (behind me here) seems to be fenced
off from every angle, only Network Rail vehicles are visible. |
 Queen
street locomotive works (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
Taken from the city wall.
This was the original York railway museum up until 1975 when the
National Railway Museum was opened at Leeman Road. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
View from the other side of Queen street, next to the locomotive works.
Visible beyond Queen street is the city wall. |
 Old
York Station (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
Close up of the arches under Queen street. |
  Old
York Station city wall (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
With the approval of the Yorkshire philosophical Society, G.T Andrews,
designer of the old station, designed these 70ft neo- Tudor archways through the city
wall. In 1839 it was decided the work should be carried out by direct
labour under the supervision of Andrews at a cost of £1960. George Stephenson House on the right. |
  Old
York Station city wall (25-04-11) : Lost Railways
Small hut next to the wall, looks a bit railwayesque to me. |
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