 Railway Ramblers gazetteer
See also the Railway Ramblers gazetteer - L&YR Mirfield - Low Moor |
London King's Cross express trains in the Spen Valley :
Alan S Bagot / Paul Holroyd
On Sunday 12 April 1959 Class A1 4-6-2 pacific locomotive no. 60123
H.A.Ivatt hauled the northbound Harrogate Sunday Pullman through the
Spen Valley.
During Autumn 1961 the Heckmondwike-Low Moor route was regularly used by
London to Leeds and Harrogate trains,
which were diverted because of
engineering work.
Sunday 8 October 1961, Class A1 4-6-2 pacific
locomotive no. 60118 Archibald Sturrock hauled one southbound train,
whilst another southbound train was hauled by Class A4 4-6-2 pacific
locomotive no 60026 Miles Beevor.
Class A3 4-6-2 pacific locomotive
no. 60044 Melton hauled a northbound train.
8th October 1961 Deltic diesel no. D 9009 Alycidon
worked the 10.10 Leeds – King’s Cross over the route.
29th October 1961 saw Deltic diesel no. D 9012
Crepello, class A4 pacific no. 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower,
B1 no 61016
Inyala and B1 no 61135 traverse the route.
On Sunday 26 November 1961,
class A4 pacific no. 60026 Miles Beevor hauled a London-bound express.
In April 1959 Class A1 4-6-2
pacific locomotive no. 60130 Kestrel was photographed by Peter
Sunderland hauling a Bradford to London King's Cross service.
On Sunday 12
April 1959 Class A3 4-6-2 pacific locomotive no. 60103 Flying Scotsman
hauled a Bradford-King's Cross service.
On Sunday 17 September
1961 Class A4 4-6-2 pacific locomotive no. 60014 Silver Link hauled
the 12.25 p.m. London King's Cross to Bradford service.
On the
same day Deltic diesel D9007 Pinza hauled a Bradford to London King's
Cross service.
|
Holiday excursion trains in the Spen Valley : Paul Holroyd
On 18 May 1964 B1 class 4-6-0 steam locomotive no 61115 hauled a
service from Cleckheaton to Blackpool.
|
Saturday 12 June 1965 – the last day of
regular stopping passenger trains in the Spen Valley
On
this date B1 class 4-6-0 steam locomotive no. 61016 hauled southbound
train 1Z02 from Cleckheaton Central
On the same date, B1 class
4-6-0 no 61189 hauled southbound train 1X34 (destined for Blackpool)
from Cleckheaton Central.
|
Post-closure trains running via the Cleckheaton-Heckmondwike Spen
Valley line
On 23 October 1965 8F Class 2-8-0 steam
locomotive no 48202 hauled the Railway Correspondence and Travel
Society’s “South Yorkshire No. 5” Tour southbound through the Spen
Valley.
On 11 June 1966 Millbridge W.M.C. organised an
excursion from Cleckheaton, Liversedge and Heckmondwike to
Bridlington.
On 6th May 1967 the Railway Correspondence and
Travel Society organised a railtour from Bradford Exchange via
Cleckheaton to York, Northalleton, Middlesbrough and Whitby.
At
04.00 on 13th January 1968 a derailed parcels van was responsible for
the fracture of a compressed air pipe controlling all points at Leeds
City station. The Bradford Exchange-King’s Cross service ran via the
closed Cleckheaton Branch to Wakefield Kirkgate.
The April 1968
issue of The Railway Observer reported:
“ Although the Cleckheaton
branch between Mirfield and Heckmondwike Jct. was closed to all
traffic on 14th June 1965 the line has survived complete demolition,
as a single line of rails remains in situ.
At Northrorpe North
Road, the station woodwork was recently extensively damaged by fire,
although the fabric of the building remains unscathed”
The
goods yards at Heckmondwike and Cleckheaton on the line from Thornhill
closed from 5th May 1969
The July 1969 issue of The Railway
Observer reported:
“On the Cleckheaton branch, the route between
Thornhill and Low Moor continues to be used by about three freight
services daily despite the closure of intermediate goods yards. All
buildings have been demolished at Cleckheaton, while at Heckmondwike
the warehouse and offices (an old station building) still stand and
Heckmondwike Jct. box is still manned. At Liversedge the station
buildings on the down side have been let. The ornate iron bridge over
the Calder (between Northorpe and Mirfield) has recently been
demolished”.
|
  Timetable
1962 : Paul Holroyd
website - www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Click here to see selection of
railway tickets & handbills.
|
  Railway
luggage label 1899 : Paul Holroyd
website -
www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway luggage label, 1899. The reverse of the
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway luggage label reads: “ 9/12/99 From
Church to Skipton via Colne Mid No. 25 “ |
 June
1966 post-closure ticket : Paul Holroyd
website -
www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Although the stations at Cleckheaton Central, Liversedge Central and
Heckmondwike Central had officially closed on 14 June 1965,
they continued to be used for occasional excursion trains and the
platform signs were left in place for several years.
This ticket was for a special excursion on 11th June 1966 organised by
Millbridge Working Mens Club. |
 Trains
For Heckmondwike Sign : John Stephenson
Sign at the National Railway Museum, York. |
Mirfield
 Opened
04-1845.
Mirfield
totem : Paul Holroyd 18-03-06
See also Calder
Valley line
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 |
 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.
Note the girder bridge for the Leeds New Line. |
 Mirfield
c1980 : David Webdale
Same spot as above 20 years later, Class 37 & tankers heading toward Mirfield.
Heaton lodge junction just visible in distance. |
 Mirfield
facing Huddersfield c1980 : David Webdale
Taken by surprise, not many Deltics on this route, always worth a photo.
The old station building on the left now gone. |
 Mirfield
facing Huddersfield c1980 : David Webdale
Class 40 on its way to the sidings, all gone now, at least the mill is
still there. |
 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
Sheds c1960
: Graham Smith
|
 Mirfield
Sheds c1960
: Graham Smith
|
 Mirfield
shed (1972) : Keith Rose
Mirfield Shed 1972. |
 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
Church Lane & Canal Crossing. |
 Church
lane facing south (06-06-04) : David Webdale
This boring photo shows bridge parapet at the
bottom of Church lane, see map.
The line ran under the road at this point.
The new section of wall in
the middle crosses the deepest part of the cutting. |
 Canal
crossing facing north east (06-06-04) : David Webdale
Taken from the south side of the canal.
I assume an iron deck bridge crossed here, supported on these tasty
rusticated stone pillars. |
 Canal crossing
facing north west (06-06-04) :
David Webdale
Same thing, different angle. |
 Ravensthorpe
Branch : David Webdale
Seen here running along side the L&Y
Ravensthorpe branch & the
Leeds New Line. |
Northorpe Lower station
(North Road)
Opened 1847. Closed 14-06-1965.
 O
S Map 1902
Both Northorpe LNWR & L&Y stations shown on this map. The LNWR
station not labelled is on the
Leeds New Line |
Station (24-08-14) : Colinne Terry
 This
is a picture of where the actual station was and not where mark Wilcock
picture shows. His pic is of a retaining wall for the housing estate.
The entrance was up some steps and can still be seen by the different
stonework. The island platform as was constructed extended over north
road . His picture of the access facing Heckmondwike is of a lane that
did not go anywhere as I grew up by this station. The remains of the
bridge as said is a retaining wall and the pic of the wall facing
northorpe upper is of where the entrance was and also the bridge was, as
can be seen in next photos. |
 Station
(24-08-14) : Colinne Terry
Where the entrance was. |
 Station
(24-08-14) : Colinne Terry
Boundary wall of station. |
 Bridge
(23-03-08) : Mark Wilcock
Remains of bridge spanning North road looking back in direction of
Ravensthorpe. |
 Bridge
(23-03-08) : Mark Wilcock
Remains of bridge spanning North road looking back in direction of
Ravensthorpe. |
 Station
access (23-03-08) : Mark Wilcock
Access to station facing direction of Heckmondwike/Low Moor. |
 Station
access (23-03-08) : Mark Wilcock
Access to station facing direction of Heckmondwike/Low Moor. |
 Wall
(23-03-08) : Mark Wilcock
Wall in direction of Northorpe Higher. |
 Bridge
(23-03-08) : Mark Wilcock
Remains of bridge span looking in direction of Ravensthorpe. |
 Wall
(23-03-08) : Mark Wilcock
Wall at side of above photo |
 Facing
Ravensthorpe (23-03-08) : Mark Wilcock
View in direction of Ravensthorpe. |
 Trackbed
(23-03-08) : Mark Wilcock
Track line looking in direction of Heckmondwike/Low Moor. |
Heckmondwike Junction
 Heckmondwike Central station & B.R Charrington Hargreaves oil
terminal spur (o.s 1985)
|
 Heckmondwike
L&Y junction & LNWR Leeds New Line (1930)
See Also
Leeds New Line page 2 |
 Heckmondwike
Junction : Christopher Franz |
 Heckmondwike Central
1966 B.R spur Facing back towards Ravensthorpe
1987 (K Evans)
(Liversedge Charrington Hargreaves Oil Terminal) In 1966 a new connection was made at Heckmondwike Spen Goods yard,
see Leeds New Line page 3
between the L & Y Ravensthorpe branch & The Leeds New Line to Liversedge
Spen.
This was to supply the Charrington Hargreaves oil terminal at the former
Liversedge Spen Goods Yard.
This enabled the closure of the Heaton Lodge
to Liversedge Spen Goods section of the Leeds New Line.
The yard was sold to Charrington Hargreaves in 1967. The terminal was mothballed in 1986. |
 Heckmondwike
junction (nd) : Michael Ramsden
Heckmondwike Junction box from the Cater Lane footbridge, showing the
line towards Mirfield reduced to single track. |
 Heckmondwike
junction (09-1971) :
Bob Cockcroft
Heckmondwike junction signal box in 1971. This signal box is to an early
design. |
 Footbridge
Heckmondwike : Bernard Coomber
Footbridge at Walkley lane Heckmondwike crossing
the old L&Y line, view looking towards Dewsbury.
Now part of the Spen Valley Greenway. |
 Heckmondwike
Central junction 3rd August 1983 : Alan S Bagot
Heckmondwike L & Y junction & footbridge. |
 Heckmondwike
Central footbridge 1986 : K Evans |
 Heckmondwike
Central 1986 (K Evans) |
 Heckmondwike
Central 3rd August 1983 : Alan S Bagot
Heckmondwike L & Y boundary stone. |
 Heckmondwike
Central 1985 (K Evans)
4 Mile marker post near Heckmondwike Central 1985. |
 Heckmondwike
Central goods 3rd August 1983 : Alan S Bagot
Heckmondwike L & Y goods depot.
Tacky new houses now built on the whole of this area. |
Heckmondwike Central
station
 Opened
1848. Closed 14-06-1965.
Freight 05-1969.
Totem
from Heckmondwike Central (18-11-07) Paul Holroyd
On display at the National Railway Museum, York.
Click here to see selection of railway tickets & handbills. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (09-1971) :
Bob Cockcroft
Heckmondwike old station in 1971 from street level.
The station was rebuilt in 1889 & renamed Heckmondwike Central from 1924 to 1961.
The original LYR station at Heckmondwike had been serving as a goods
depot & is quite a grand building. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (09-1971) :
Bob Cockcroft
Heckmondwike old station in 1971 looking towards Mirfield. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (09-1971) :
Bob Cockcroft
Heckmondwike old station in 1971 looking towards Low Moor. |
 Heckmondwike
(c1911) : Christopher Franz
Heckmondwike Panorama photo, using iPhone
panoramic setting. |
 Heckmondwike
(c1911) : Christopher Franz
Heckmondwike Central station visible in the
distance.
Note : I'm looking for a home for these
pictures, as I don't have space for them here. I've actually only
scanned 1/3 of each image. |
 Heckmondwike
(c1911) : Christopher Franz
Heckmondwike Central station closer view, cleaned
& high res scan. |
 Heckmondwike
(c1911) : Christopher Franz
Heckmondwike Central station, view from Norris
Hill - written on the back of the photo. |
 Heckmondwike
(c1945) : Graham Smith
Heckmondwike L&YR station taken from the from the
location of the Beck Lane football pitch which is off Milton Road just
where it meets Cornmill Lane. A neighbour brought this photo to me, as
it was from a friend of his and had 3 ladies in the foreground (They are
removed).
His friend was one of the
ladies and it was taken just after the war I think given her age. There
are photos from Christopher Franz of Heckmondwike in 1911 (see above)
showing some similar location shots taken from further away. These
photos show rows of bushes planted on the embankment, but it looks like
these didn’t survive
as they are not seen in the attached photo. |
Heckmondwike
(c1911) : Christopher Franz
 Heckmondwike general view.
(view from top left of the map).
To the extreme left of the photo is the Heckmondwike goods yard.
To the right of the photo the tracks nearest to us are the L&Y Mirfield
to Low Moor line.
The tracks behind, passing under the iron bridge (Bridge 21), are the
L&Y Ravensthorpe branch.
The Tracks on top of the iron bridge are the
Leeds New Line. |
 Spenborough
(c1915) : Thomas Castle c/o Christopher Franz
The view from Stanley Colliery seems to be behind
Spenborough Baths.
Liversedge Spen station on the
Leeds New Line visible in the background on the left hand photo. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (nd) : Cedric Rowland
Heckmondwike Central station island platform, viewed from Station lane. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (c1960) : c/o Carbootnut
See Carbootnut photo's on Flickr
Heckmondwike Central, 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (c1960) : c/o Carbootnut
Heckmondwike Central.60004 William Whitelaw.
Note : Bill McKelvie
It is great to see that at Heckmondwike Central Station mighty A4
pacifics flying through the station I am grateful to the contributor for
their submission
however I am delighted to say it is a bit more famous engine than
William Whitelaw it is actually 'Silver Link' 60014.
The name plate is too short and the end letter looks like a K although
the speed it is going at it is a delight that the contributor got this
mighty engine at all with the detail that he has. The confirmation
of above is if you look at the following picture of 60004 At Ferryhill
the nameplate complete goes beyond a bulge on its side, where as on
60014 it doesn't.
http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/3826/William-Whitelaw-at-Ferryhill
|
 Heckmondwike
Central station (c1960) : c/o Carbootnut
Heckmondwike Central, class 40. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (c1960) : c/o Carbootnut
Heckmondwike Central, 60115 Meg Merrilies. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (c1960) : c/o Carbootnut
Heckmondwike Central, 60034 Lord Faringdon. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (c1960) : c/o Carbootnut
Heckmondwike Central. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (09-1971) : Bob Cockcroft
Heckmondwike Central station in 1971 looking towards Low Moor. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (c1980) : Bill McKelvie
Looking south 'UP' to Mirfield from where the island platform would be,
with the 'DOWN' to Bradford rail still intact.
Passengers would descend down a ramp to the lower street level This
photo was taken in the eighties.
The nearby Station pub used to have a
wooden platform built and had excursions to Blackpool after the station
had closed every year. |
 Railway
street bridge facing west (02-07-06) : David Webdale
Stood on the site of the goods yard, just beyond
Heckmondwike junction.
The double bridge crossing Railway street.
Heckmondwike central platform
was just at the other side of the bridge.
The platform over grown with trees now.
The Railway pub was just to the right but has been replaced by some modern
residential buildings. |
  Heckmondwike
Central (25-10-20) : Paul Holroyd
Similar views in 2020. |
  Heckmondwike
Central (25-10-20) : Paul Holroyd |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (c1980) : Bill McKelvie
Back of the station office parapet. |
 Railway
street bridge (28-07-06) : Paul B
The view from street level facing towards Heckmondwike
town centre. |
 Heckmondwike
Central (25-10-20) : Paul Holroyd
Closer view of the bridge. |
 Heckmondwike
Central entrance facing west (02-07-06) : David Webdale
The view from under the bridge. Passenger access
to the island platform was via a covered stairway leading down to street
level,
I assume through this strange bricked up doorway. The steps on the right
lead to a cobbled yard. |
   Heckmondwike
Central (25-10-20) : Paul Holroyd
Closer view of the steps & information sign. |
 Heckmondwike
Central (25-10-20) : Paul Holroyd
Closer view of alcove at the top of the steps. |
 Heckmondwike Central station facing east (c1960) : Mark Anthony Astley
collection
website - www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Heckmondwike Central in the early 1960s,
with a Metropolitan- Cammell diesel multiple unit operating a local
service along the Spen Valley |
  Heckmondwike
Central (25-10-20) : Paul Holroyd
Facing back towards Northorpe & Thornhill. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station facing east (02-07-06) : David Webdale
Facing back towards Railway street, platform
remnants.
Tacky new housing, built on the site of the goods yard, visible in the
distance. |
 Heckmondwike
Central (25-10-20) : Paul Holroyd
Platform remnants |
 Heckmondwike
Central station facing east (c1960) : Mark Anthony Astley collection
Heckmondwike Central in the 1960s.
|
Heckmondwike
Central station facing east (c1980) : Greame Walton
 Taken on the Spen Valley greenway just after the
old platform of the old station in Station Lane.
The photos are from the early eighties, when freight trains used to use
the lines. I remember the old Charrington Hargreaves line quite well.
Full tankers would come along early in the morning and in the evening
they would come to take them away when they were empty. |
 Heckmondwike
Central station (c1980) : Bill McKelvie
Former British Rail gate leading to Goods Yard which has now being built
upon. |
Heckmondwike Central station (c1980) : Bill McKelvie
 Stone
Loading stage. Also according to the L.M.S plans for this site at the
start of the loading stage was Shell distribution fuel tanks. The yard
on this side was predominately Goods Vans and house a four/five bay
goods shed. Out of shot and to the left of the mainline where the
sidings for the 16ton coal wagons.
From the 1960's BR op manual, the majority of the trains on the up side
would be for Mirfield, Huddersfield, Clayton West and Penistone, On a
Saturday there would be a through train direct to London Kings Cross and
a return from the majestic
Blackpool Central (why they closed that down and kept North and South
open baffles me) through to Wakefield Kirkgate.
The DOWN side would be the reverse of above and all going to Bradford
Exchange. |
Spenborough (1957) : Roman Soroka
 I
just found the Lost Railways of West Yorkshire web site and saw a
photograph of the railway at Stanley Colliery, Liversedge (above). When
I was about four I lived at Stanley Pit Cottages which were only a
stones throw from the railway. I have attached a photograph taken about
1957 that includes a short section of track somewhere close to the
photograph. I have a vague memory of being with some older boys when
they put a penny on the track to have it squashed by a passing steam
train. Happy days! |
 Heckmondwike
Central 3rd August 1983 / Feb 1984: Alan S Bagot
Site of goods yard & forecourt. |
 Heckmondwike
Central (25-10-20) : Paul Holroyd
Trackbead facing toward Liversedge &
Cleckheaton. |
 Beck
lane facing east (16-07-06) : David Webdale
Under the tracks a few yards west of
Heckmondwike station platform. |
 Wormald
street facing east (16-07-06) : David Webdale
200 yards further west, fence post sleepers on the
corner of Cornmill lane & Wormald street. |
 Wormald
street facing east (08-08-21) :
Paul Holroyd
A pic of the other side of the bridge at Wormald Street,
Liversedge. |
 Huddersfield
road facing west (16-07-06) : David Webdale
Facing towards Liversedge the A62 Huddersfield
road crossing. |
 Huddersfield
road facing east (16-07-06) : David Webdale
View from the other side, the bridge looks to have
been widened at some stage. |
 Strawberry
Bank Colliery facing west (16-07-06) : David Webdale
100 yards beyond Huddersfield road the site of
Strawberry Bank colliery Sidings, five or so tracks wide.
Tracks leading to the pit head curved off to the left. |
 Footpath
facing south (16-07-06) : David Webdale
Footpath between Headlands road & Ashton Clough
road. (just beyond the trees in previous photo)
Shot of the entrance from Ashton Clough road end. |
 Footpath
facing north (16-07-06) : David Webdale
View from under the tracks looking towards Ashton
Clough road. |
Liversedge
Central station
 Opened
1847. Closed 14-06-1965.
Liversedge Central 3rd August 1983 : Alan
S Bagot |
 Liversedge
Central (17-07-06) : David Webdale
Similar view to above photo in 2006.
Halifax road bridge & Knowler Hill tunnel in distance |
 Liversedge
Central post card : Mark Hurley
A post card picture of Liversedge Railway Station,
West Yorkshire |
 Liversedge
tunnel (1980) : c/o Paul Holroyd
Rail charter link to -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41294071@N02/8629457056/in/photostream/
|
 Liversedge
Central entrance (17-07-06) : David Webdale
Taken from the corner of Headlands road & Halifax
road.
Stone sets & gate posts. |
 Liversedge
Central 19-08-67 : Paul Holroyd courtesy Alan S Bagot
Bridge demolition. |
 Lancashire
& Yorkshire Railway Society Magazine (2002) : Paul Holroyd
Issue 214 dated June 2002, of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Magazine
includes a 2-page feature on Liversedge in the 1930s. |
 Knowler
Hill tunnel facing west (16-07-06) : David Webdale |
 Knowler
Hill tunnel facing east (16-07-06) : David Webdale
Looking back towards Liversedge station, Halifax
road bridge visible at the other end. |
 Primrose
lane facing north (17-07-06) : David Webdale
Lane between Halifax road & Bradford road.
Still has the old stone sets. (Cleckheaton to the left). |
 Clayborn
playing fields (03-06-1963) : Bernard Coomber
collection
Photo taken 03 June 1963 heading north from Liversedge to Cleckheaton
Central passing close by the Clayborn playing fields site is Royal Scot
class 46115 'Scots Guardsman'. This locomotive is now owned and
preserved by West Coast Railways at Carnforth and can be seen regularly
working on the main line on charter trains. |
 Cleckheaton
Central (09-1962) : Bernard Coomber collection
Photo taken September 1962 showing an English Electric type 4 diesel
(now class 40's) number D346 heading south between Cleckheaton and
Liversedge. Cleckheaton town is to be seen in the background. |
 Rawfolds
footpath facing east (17-07-06) : David Webdale
Path between Quaker Lane & Bradford road
(Cleckheaton to the right). |
 Cleckheaton
Central (nd) : c/o Vic Smith
I have just identified a location showing a train leaving Cleckheaton
station.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/6505037841/
See next photos below. |
 Cleckheaton
Central 11 March 2006 :
Graham Douglas Holroyd
Bridge near junction of Pyenot Gardens and Syke Fold, Cleckheaton.
For many years Eastwoods Taxis operated from Syke Fold, Cleckheaton,
opposite the old Cleckheaton bus station. |
 Cleckheaton
Central 11 March 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
The other side of the underbridge near the junction of
Pyneot Gardens and Syke Fold, Cleckheaton. |
Cleckheaton
Central
station
 Opened
1847. Closed 14-06-1965.
Freight 05-1969.
Cleckheaton Central station
map 1905 |
/Cleckheaton_small.jpg) Cleckheaton
Map (1931) : Malcolm Mallison
From the Six inch map 1931 Survey.
|
 Cleckheaton Central
Youtube from Darren Hosker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y54by74Tbgs
|
Cleckheaton Central : c/o Graham Smith
Aerial shots from Bradford Museums & Galleries website.
http://photos.bradfordmuseums.org/index.php?a=QuickSearch&q=cleckheaton&WINID=1446034986327
|
 Cleckheaton
Central sign c1968 : Harry Naylor Holroyd courtesy Richard Holroyd
Happily, the sign still exists. |
 Cleckheaton
Central sign 03-08-07 : Paul Holroyd
Another view of the sign which advertised the
entrances for the passenger station and the goods depot at Cleckheaton
Central. |
  Vintage
Carriages Trust Museum of Rail Travel
Totem from Cleckheaton
Central is on display
at the Museum
of Rail Travel, Ingrow near Keighley.
website - www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Click here to see
selection of railway tickets & handbills. |
 Spenborough
Guardian newspaper article (08-01-10)
When Spen had trains. |
 Cleckheaton
Central shunting records 1958 : Paul Holroyd
see more
Until the Beeching axe, Cleckheaton Central had a busy goods yard.
Fortunately, a number of Freight train and shunting records survive from
1958, covering the periods February 24-26, April 1-May 30 , August 2-31
and October 2-13.
The example shown is a fascinating historical document, showing the
arrival and the departure times at Cleckheaton,
 the
locomotives involved: nos 52461, 44485, 90397 and 90124 as well as the
origin points and final destinations of the trains,
and the number of wagons detached at Cleckheaton Central. The 06.00 from
Mirfield to Cleckheaton which arrived at 06.40
consisisted of 30 wagons , while 14 wagons were detached from the
Sowerby to Low Moor train which arrived at Cleckheaton at 12.10 |
 Cleckheaton
Central Westgate bridge 11 March 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
The bridge over Westgate, looking towards the site of Cleckheaton
Central station.
The buffer stop is at the other side of the bridge, on
the left. |
 Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
The bridge over Westgate, Cleckheaton, looking towards
the site of Cleckheaton Central station.
Note that the right-hand
stone parapet has been replaced by railings.
Cleckheaton South signal
box stood in the area on the right where the trees are. |
 Cleckheaton
Central 11 March 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
The buffer stops by the bridge over Westgate. |
 Cleckheaton
Central 11 March 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
The buffer stops by the road bridge over Westgate.
Note the surviving pieces of track.
|
 Cleckheaton
Central Westgate bridge 11 March 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
The bridge over Westgate Cleckheaton, looking towards
Liversedge. |
  Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Bridge over Westgate, Cleckheaton, with Tofts
Road on the right immediately after the bridge.
Note that on this side,
the original stone parapet has been replaced by railings. |
   Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Bridge over Westgate, Cleckheaton, showing the
original stone parapet. |
Cleckheaton Central
11 March 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
 The scene of the accident in June 1928, now with
commemorative seat and plaque. This was not the first accident at this
particular set of buffer stops: on 13 July 1905 some wagons fell down
the embankment overlooking Tofts Road. A postcard, originally published
by E.W. Taylor of Cleckheaton, is reproduced in the book: “The
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on old picture postcards”, compiled by
Norman Ellis, published in 2000 by Reflections of a Bygone Age.
Paul Holroyd : Links to the accident :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robsue888/4302911573/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robsue888/4303662566/
|
 Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Plaque commemorating the accident at Cleckheaton
on 22 June 1928. |
 Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Bridge over Westgate, Cleckheaton, looking
towards Liversedge. Note the replacement parapet on the left. |
Cleckheaton Central
approach 11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
 The
bridge over Station Approach & Katy Louise Holroyd. Liversedge
is to the left, Low Moor to the right. There used to be a taxi rank
where the double yellow lines are, and a lamp hung from the bottom of
the bridge to illuminate the pavement on the right. The passenger
entrance to the station was mid-way under the bridge - a set of stone
steps on the right leading to the platforms. |
  Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Station Approach, Cleckheaton, showing new
balustrade installed April 2023. |
 Cleckheaton Central
approach 11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Detail of the underside of the bridge over Station
Approach.
You can just make out the blue pipe for the lamp. |
 Cleckheaton Central
station entrance 11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Underneath the Station Approach bridge, looking towards
the Station Hotel and Cleckheaton town centre. Tofts Road is behind the
Photographer. The bricked up pedestrian entrance to the station is
visible on the left. |
  Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Station Approach, Cleckheaton, looking towards
Tofts Road.
The bricked-up staircase which led to the platforms is on
the right. |
 Cleckheaton Central
station entrance 11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
The bricked up pedestrian entrance from Station Approach.
The steps on the right were more worn than those on the left hand side. |
 Cleckheaton Central
11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
The bricked up Staircase which led from Station Approach
to the platforms.
Looking towards Low Moor. Originally this open area was surrounded by
blue-painted wooden fencing. |
 Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Looking down on Station Approach from the site of the
island platform at Cleckheaton Central, with the site of the former
southbound platform on the right |
 Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Site of the former southbound platform at Cleckheaton
Central, with Station Approach underneath. |
 Cleckheaton Central
11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Detail of the remains of the bridge over Station Approach |
 Cleckheaton Central
approach 11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Underneath the Station Approach bridge. The steps lead to
Tofts Road. The road curves away to join Tofts Road, and there are 3
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway stone boundary posts at the bottom of the
embankment. |
 Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
New balustrade of bridge over Station Approach,
Cleckheaton, looking towards Railway Street. |
 Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
New balustrade of the bridge over Station Approach,
Cleckheaton, looking towards Tofts Road. |
 Cleckheaton Central
11 March 2006 :
Paul Holroyd
All that remains of the platform of Cleckheaton Central.
This set of railings is on top of the bridge over Station Approach. |
   Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Bridge over Station Approach and the site of the island
platform at Cleckheaton Central. Looking towards Low Moor. Tofts Road is
to the left. The railings on the right are over Station Approach. |
 Cleckheaton Central
11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
The staircase linking Tofts Road with Station
Approach, taken from the bridge over Station Approach.
|
 Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Staircase leading from Station Approach to Tofts
Road, Cleckheaton. |
    Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
The first Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway stone boundary
post in Station Approach, Cleckheaton. |
  Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
The second Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway stone boundary
post in Station Approach, Cleckheaton. |
   Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
The third Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway stone boundary
post, located in Tofts Road, Cleckheaton. |
   Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Cleckheaton Central. |
  Cleckheaton Central (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Footpath from the Spen Valley Greenway to Tofts Road,
Cleckheaton.
Tofts Road, Cleckheaton on the left, with Station
Approach on the right. |
 Cleckheaton
Central Goods Yard : Bernard Coomber
Cleckheaton Central goods yard, now the site of a
Tesco supermarket. Note the Seddon coal lorry of WH Sharp. |
 BR
type 2 Cleckheaton (nd) : Michael Ramsden
BR type 2 on diverted train passing Cleck platform from Tofts Road
warehouse.
On the extreme left can be seen the station masters house just by
entrance to goods yard from Railway Street, now the entrance to Tesco
car park. |
 Cleckheaton
Central goods yard (07-1964) : Bernard Coomber
collection
Date taken July 1964 showing jubilee class number 45589 'Gwalior'
passing through Cleckheaton Central goods yard heading for Low Moor with
an excursion train. The two wooden huts directly above the loco cab were
the offices for W H Sharp & Wm Bennett both coal merchants. |
 Cleckheaton
Central goods yard (08-08-1964) : Bernard Coomber
collection
Photo taken 08 August 1964 showing ex LMS 'Black 5' 44951 shunting the
yard at Cleckheaton Central ex L&Y line.
The building in the background is the old L&Y goods warehouse now
completely demolished. |
 Cleckheaton
Central goods yard (08-08-1964) : Bernard Coomber
collection
Photo taken 08 August 1964 view showing part of Cleckheaton Central
goods yard with Cleckheaton Central station behind the signal gantry and
the old L&Y goods warehouse with hoist extreme right of the picture. The
locomotive is ex LMS Jubilee class 45589 'Gwalior' and is heading an
express towards Low Moor. |
 BR
type 4 Cleckheaton yard (nd) : Michael Ramsden
Type 4 no. 392, passing Cleckheaton yard. |
  BR
Type 3 D6866 Cleckheaton (nd) : Michael Ramsden
View from D6866 approaching Cleckheaton on goods train, then same train
leaving platform. |
  B1
Cleckheaton yard (nd) : Michael Ramsden
B1 no 61013 'Topi', in Cleckheaton yard. |
 BR
Type 4 D210 'Empress Of Britain Cleckheaton (nd) : Michael Ramsden
D210 'Empress Of Britain' at Cleckheaton. |
 BR
Type 3 D6870 Cleckheaton (nd) : Michael Ramsden
D6870 on Tar Distillers train at Cleckheaton. |
 Cleckheaton
Central
Multiple unit :
James Cliff
website - www.procast.co.uk
General view of the island platform & sidings.
see also Cleckheaton spen
Leeds new line page 4 |
 Cleckheaton
Central 7F 49618 :
James Cliff |
 Cleckheaton
Central Jubilee : James Cliff / Graham Smith (2010)
Second photo is a then &
now same location in 2010. |
 Cleckheaton
Central station : Bernard Coomber
Cleckheaton Central station facing towards
Heckmondwike. Note the Cleckheaton South signal box in the far distance. |
Cleckheaton
Central
18 Feb 1968 Harry Naylor Holroyd
courtesy Alan S Bagot
 A young Paul Holroyd at Cleckheaton Central.
The last ordinary passenger train called at Cleckheaton Central on
Saturday 12 June 1965 (there was no Sunday service),
however
occasional special trains called at the station after regular passenger
services had been withdrawn.
The passenger station buildings were
demolished in February 1968 - but the stone-built island platform
remained in situ for a few years more.
The station remained opened to
freight traffic until May 1969.
A demolition contractor was accused
of stealing the remains of the station in August 1971
- stone,
timber, track, rail chairs and buffer stops - but he was found not
guilty at a trial held on 25 April 1972 |
 Cleckheaton
Central A3 60109 :
James Cliff
Same vantage point. |
 Cleckheaton Central 18th Feb 1968 : Paul Holroyd courtesy Alan S Bagot
Booking office, platforms & south signal box.
Cleckheaton South signal box closed 1966.
Cleckheaton North signal box closed 1970.
Note that the running-in board proclaiming the station’s name is still
in situ, over two and-a-half years after closure to passengers.
Happily, both running-in boards still exist. |
 Cleckheaton
Central 11 March 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
Think this is the remains of the Loading Gauge which
stood between the goods depot buildings and Cleckheaton South signal box
(see previous photo) |
 Signal
box board 31-10-06 : Paul Holroyd
Signal box board from Cleckheaton South, currently on loan to the Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow.
Click here to see selection of
railway tickets & handbills. |
 Cleckheaton
Central April 1962 : Harry Naylor Holroyd / Rodney Holroyd courtesy Alan
S Bagot
A young Paul Holroyd with a previously unidentified LMS-design
Black Five no 44731
heading from Cleckheaton Central
towards Liversedge Central. Also a couple of shots of WD
Austerity 2-8-0 no 90707 at Cleckheaton Central. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Just after leaving the site of Cleckheaton Central.
Note the two rows of sleepers
|
 Cleckheaton Central
11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
The remains of the loading dock by the former W H Sharpe
coalyard. |
 Cleckheaton Central
11 March 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
Sleepers in the remains of Cleckheaton Central goods yard.
Where once there was a yard full of railway wagons, there is now a
supermarket car park |
 Cleckheaton Central
goods yard 11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
All that is left of the entrance to Cleckheaton Central
goods yard - Some stonework and some ironwork in the pavement. Where
once Scammell mechanical horse lorries operated the collection and
delivery service, now the area is used as a supermarket car park. (Katy
Louise Holroyd taking part, bless) |
  Cleckheaton
Central (02-03-10) : Matthew Padget
Lately Yorkshire water have closed the greenway and started digging it
up.
Took a couple of pictures from my mobile.
You can't really see, but the pile of wood is some old sleepers from the
track. |
  Cleckheaton
Central (09-04-10) : Graham Smith
The work by Yorkshire Water has cleared lots of
trees so the cutting looks a bit more like it would have when trains
were still running rather than the woodland it had become recently. |
  Cleckheaton
Central (09-04-10) : Graham Smith |
 Cleckheaton Central
Whitcliffe Road
11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
The Whitcliffe Road overbridge & Katy Louise Holroyd
looking towards Cleckheaton Central station. |
 Cleckheaton Central
Whitcliffe Road
11 March 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Whitcliffe Road overbridge, looking towards Low Moor. The
slope on the right has been created in the late 1990s by Sustrans to
link the Spen Valley Greenway to a public access point.
In British Railways days all the earth was at the lower trackbed level. |
 Cleckheaton
Central Whitcliffe Road bridge : Bernard Coomber
Whitcliffe Road bridge Cleckheaton crossing the
old L & Y line looking towards Low Moor.
Now part of the Spen Valley Greenway. |
 Cleckheaton
Central Royal Scot : James Cliff
website - www.procast.co.uk
Same bridge back in the old days. |
 Bridge
over Whitechapel Road
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
looking towards Low Moor.
The remaining part of Cleckheaton Gas Works is to the right of the
photographer, on this side of the bridge.
On the far side of the bridge , on the right hand side,
there used to be Ellisons Tar Works, which later became Yorkshire Tar Distillers.
(see later) |
 Cleckheaton
Central (09-04-10) : Graham Smith
I was surprised to find the 2 mile marker post
opposite the old gasworks sidings (other side of the Hunsworth Lane
bridge compared to Ellinson’s) Incredibly, the 2 mile marker post is
also shown on the plans in the L&YR Cleckheaton Branch booklet in
exactly the place I found it. |
 Cleckheaton
Central (09-04-10) : Graham Smith
Sleepers still in place. I couldn’t figure out why
the sleepers were on the opposite side of the embankment from the
gasworks when I though they were the gasworks sidings.
|
 Cleckheaton
Central (09-04-10) : Graham Smith
The main line seems to be in the wrong place here
when looking at the alignment of the Hunsworth Lane bridge so there must
have been quite a kink in the line. Checking my L&YR Cleckheaton Branch
booklet shows that they are actually the original up & down lines which
must have curved around the gasworks sidings. |
 Cleckheaton
Central Class 40
: Michael Ramsden c/o Paul Holroyd
collection / Graham Smith (2010)
English Electric Class 40
diesel no 392 in the cutting immediately north of Cleckheaton Central.
Following the end of main line steam in August 1968, the loco has lost
its D prefix to the fleet number, but has not yet received its 1972 TOPS
fleet number. Second photo is a then & now same location in 2010. |
Cleckheaton
North signalbox (c1966 - 1970) : Nigel Cross c/o
Paul Holroyd
collection
/ Graham Smith (2010)
 Photographed between 1966 - 1970. Following the closure in 1966 of
Cleckheaton South signalbox, the word "North" appears to have been
painted out. Cleckheaton North signalbox was itself closed in 1970, but
happily a signalling instrument from Cleckheaton North is on display at
the Museum of Rail Travel, Ingrow.
(see photo below)
Second photo is a then & now same location in 2010. |
 Cleckheaton
North signal box (nd) : Nigel Cross c/o Michael Ramsden
Photo was taken by Nigel Cross and is a nice view northwards from
Cleckheaton North signal box.
His photo of the box is already on the site and I don't think he'll mind
if I send you this. |
 Cleckheaton
North signal box (nd) : Michael Ramsden
PhB1 No 61131 leaving Cleckheaton with a goods train taken from Vine
Street near Cleckheaton North box. |
 Signalling
Instrument
: Paul Holroyd
From Cleckheaton North signal box, on display at the Museum of Rail
Travel, Ingrow near Keighley.
website - www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Click here to see
selection of railway tickets & handbills. |
Cleckheaton
North signal box train register book
: Paul Holroyd
Happily, at least one train register book from Cleckheaton North signal
box survives.
Covering the period Saturday 12 August 1961 - Thursday
23 May 1963 (with some gaps, as the train register books were sent away
periodically for checking)
The up line ran from north to south (i.e.
Low Moor to Heckmondwike). Of interest are the names of the signallers
and details of the weather.
  Cleckheaton
North signal box train register book
Saturday 12 August 1961 Down & Up - The London King's Cross train. |
    Cleckheaton
North signal box train register book
Monday 14 August 1961.
The sheer number of trains, taking up two
pages in each direction Up & Down. |
  Cleckheaton
North signal box train register book
Saturday 19 August 1961 - The Bridlington trains.
Monday 04 September 1961 - The staff member
carrying our Rule 55 - where. if a signal was not cleared within 3
minutes of the train coming to a stand - or immediately in rain, snow or
fog - the fireman or guard had to go to the signal box to check that the
signaller was aware of the train's presence and taken all safeguards to
protect it - such as placing collars on the signal levers. |
  Cleckheaton
North signal box train register book
Sunday 12 November 1961 Down & Up. |
  Cleckheaton
North signal box train register book
Monday 14 May 1962 Down & Up. |
  Cleckheaton
North signal box train register book
Monday 21 May 1962 Down & Up - The
block failure
|
  Cleckheaton
North signal box train register book
Thursday 23 May 1963 Down & Up.
|
     Accident
report (25-12-1905)
: Paul Holroyd
Accident report.
Goods & passenger train collision at Cleckheaton North signal box. |
  Cleckheaton Central
Whitechapel Road (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Bridge over Whitechapel Road, Cleckheaton, Cleckheaton
North signal box stood on the left hand side next to the gas works,
whilst Yorkshire Tar Distillers - formerly Henry Ellison's - used to be
on the right. |
   Cleckheaton Central
Whitechapel Road (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Bridge over Whitechapel Road, Cleckheaton. Cleckheaton
North signal box used to stand on the right, next to the gas works. |
 Cleckheaton Central
Whitechapel Road (18-05-23) : Paul
Holroyd
Access to the Spen Valley Greenway is by this footpath
from Whitechapel Road. Photographed looking towards Low Moor. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
Bridge over Whitechapel Road. Cleckheaton Gas Works was to the left,
Yorkshire Tar Distillers to the right. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Looking towards Cleckheaton Central.
Katy Louise Holroyd takes a rest
near Cleckheaton Gas Works. |
 Class
B1 gas works : Bernard Coomber
/ Graham Smith (2010)
Class B1 passes Cleckheaton gas works with
Ellisons siding signal box in the distance, heading towards Low Moor.
Ellisons siding signal box was destroyed by fire in 1966.
Second photo is a then & now same location in 2010. |
Ellisons sidings
(Yorkshire Tar Distillers)
  Shunting
Loco Ellisons sidings (Yorkshire Tar Distillers) : Bernard Coomber
Works shunter at Yorkshire Tar Distillers at
Moorend Cleckheaton,
formerly Ellisons sidings off the old L&Y line.
(see below). |
Andrew
Barclay locomotive 1823 Harry : John Down website
http://pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk/
 The last steam locomotive to work at Yorkshire Tar Distillers (Ellisons) was built
in 1924 by Andrew Barclay, of Kilmarknock (works number 1823).It was
originally owned by the Colzium Quarry Co. Ltd.
In 1929 it was sold to
Yorkshire Tar Distillers of Kilnhurst works, Rotherham, moving to Cleckheaton in 1967
and returning to the Rotherham Works of Yorkshire Tar Distillers in 1969. It was moved in 1972 to Embsay, and then in 1975 it
moved to Crossley's Scrap Merchants, adjacent to Shipley Railway station
who reinstated the locomotive to working order. In 1984 it moved to the Peak Railway Society, Buxton.
In December 1989
it moved to the Middleton
Railway, Leeds. In 1992 it moved to the Pontypool and Blaenavon
Railway. In June
2021 the locomotive moved to a private site at Avening in
Gloucestershire.
Dates :
The Loco was at Cleckheaton between 1967 and 1969.
Henry Ellison Ltd 's own private siding at Cleckheaton opened 1910.
Ellisons changed their name to Yorkshire Tar Distillers in 1926.
Ellisons siding signal box destroyed by fire in 1966. |
_small.jpg) DMU
Ellisons sidings (Yorkshire Tar Distillers) : Bernard Coomber
A Bradford bound DMU passes Ellisons sidings
(Yorkshire Tar Distillers) |
 Austerity
Ellisons sidings (Yorkshire Tar Distillers) : Bernard Coomber
/ Graham Smith (2010)
Austerity loco on a Bradford bound freight passes
Ellisons sidings on the old L&Y line.
Second photo is a then &
now same location in 2010. |
 Ellisons
sidings (Yorkshire Tar Distillers) : Bernard Coomber
/ Graham Smith (2010)
Austerity loco passes Ellisons sidings with a
Bradford bound freight .
Second photo is a then & now same location in 2010. |
 Yorkshire
Tar Distillers (13-07-1963) : Bernard Coomber
collection
Photo taken 20 July 1963 showing ex LMS Black 5 no. 44695 heading from
Low Moor to Cleckheaton Central ex L&Y line, with probably an excursion
train to Belle Vue Mncr. The chimneys and factory in the background are
the Yorkshire Tar Distillers works. |
 Yorkshire
Tar Distillers (13-07-1963) : Bernard Coomber
collection
Photo taken 13 July 1963 showing a ex LMS Stanier 'Black 5' pulling away
from Cleckheaton heading toward Low Moor.
Immediately behind the bridge in the background and to the left was
situated Ellison's sidings and the Yorkshire Tar Distillers works. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Looking back towards Cleckheaton Central.
Katy Louise Holroyd has another rest. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Footbridge after Yorkshire Tar Distillers, looking towards Low Moor.
|
 Class
5 Vine street Cleckheaton : Bernard Coomber
/ Graham Smith (2010)
A class 5 on freight passes the bottom of Vine
street Cleckheaton, heading towards Low Moor.
Second photo is a then & now same location in 2010. |
 Double
header Vine street Cleckheaton : Bernard Coomber
A double headed freight train passes the bottom of
Vine street Cleckheaton, heading towards Low Moor. |
 Austerity
Vine street Cleckheaton : Bernard Coomber
/ Graham Smith (2010)
An Austerity passes Vine street with the
Cleckheaton shunt, heading towards Low Moor.
Second photo is a then & now same location in 2010.
|
 Class
B1 Cleckheaton : Bernard Coomber
A Class B1 viewed from Whitechapel road with a
Bradford bound freight. |
 Sleepers
Whitechapel Road (06-09-18): Tom Fincham
Photo of two rows of sleepers on the western side
of Spen Greenway, just before the bridge over Whitechapel Road,
Cleckheaton on way to Low Moor. |
 Deltic
'Meld' Cleckheaton : Bernard Coomber/ Graham Smith (2010)
Deltic 'Meld' heads south from Low Moor at Laithe
Hill Cleckheaton.
The second photo is a then & now from same location in 2010. |
 Austerity
Cleckheaton : Bernard Coomber
/ Graham Smith (2010)
Low Moor bound Austerity passes under Laithe Hill
bridge Cleckheaton.
The second photo is a then & now from same location in 2010. |
 Peak
class Cleckheaton : Bernard Coomber
/ Graham Smith (2010)
Peak class diesel loco, Low Moor bound at Laithe
Hill bridge Cleckheaton.
The second photo is a then & now from same location in 2010. |
 Austerity
M62 Laithe Hill : Bernard Coomber
/ Graham Smith (2010)
An Austerity at Laithe Hill Cleckheaton, heads for
Low Moor.
The M62 motorway now passes under the line just ahead of the loco. The
second photo is a then & now from same location in 2010. |
 Peak
class Laithe Hill : Bernard Coomber
/ Graham Smith (2010)
Peak class southbound from Low Moor at Laithe Hill
Cleckheaton.
The M62 m-way now passes under the line just rear of the train.
The second photo is a then & now from same location in 2010. |
 Austerity
M62 Laithe Hill (10-06-1963) : Bernard Coomber
collection
Photo taken 10 June 1963 showing an Austerity class loco heading away
from Cleckheaton probably the afternoon shunt heading for Low Moor,
the loco is passing directly over where the M62 now passes. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
View from the footbridge, looking towards the M62 motorway and Low Moor.
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  M62
bridge construction (nd) : Michael Ramsden
M62 bridge construction. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Bridge over the M62 motorway, looking towards Low Moor
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 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Bridge over the M 62 Motorway. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Bridge over the A58 Whitehall Road, looking
towards Low Moor. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
Bridge over the A58 Whitehall Road. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
Underbridge by Cleckheaton Golf Course. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
The same underbridge, by Cleckheaton Golf Course |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Another underbridge.
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 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Graham Douglas Holroyd
View from the other side.
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 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Looking towards Low Moor.
Note the milepost |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Milepost.
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 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Overbridge, looking towards Low Moor.
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 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
3/4 milepost. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Overbridge, looking towards Low Moor. |
%20Oakenshaw_small.jpg) Spen
Valley Greenway (18-11-07) : Ralph Rawlinson
Hatchet lane bridge at Oakenshaw. looking towards
Low Moor. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Oakenshaw Tunnel, looking
towards Low Moor. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Oakenshaw Tunnel, looking towards Low Moor.
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 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Inside Oakenshaw Tunnel, looking towards Low Moor. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
Oakenshaw Tunnel looking towards Cleckheaton. |
%20Oakenshaw_small.jpg) Spen
Valley Greenway (18-11-07) : Ralph Rawlinson
Oakenshaw Tunnel looking towards Cleckheaton. |
 Spen
Valley Greenway
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
The end of the Spen Valley Greenway at Low Moor.
In front, behind the trees, lie the remains of the ill-fated
Transperience,
built on the site of Low Moor junction. see
Transperience |
Low
Moor
Opened 18-07-1848. Closed 14-06-1965. Freight 1967. (Re-opened
02-04-2017)
The new Low Moor station (22-03-16) : Paul Holroyd
 The
new Low Moor station taking shape Tuesday 22 March 2016. The new station
is built to the west of the old station site. The new station is built
to the west of the Cleckheaton Road bridge, adjacent to the where top of
the triangular railway junction to Cleckheaton used to be. In this photo
the Cleckheaton Road bridge is just out of shot – to the left of the
photo. You can see the Spen Valley Greenway footpath behind the green
fence, between the blue vehicle and the lift shaft for the new station.
The building with the yellow doors in the centre of the photo used to
house the buses and trolleybuses of the ill-fated Transperience visitor
attraction. |
 The
new Low Moor station (22-03-16) : Paul Holroyd
The new Low Moor station taking shape Tuesday 22
March 2016. |
 The
new Low Moor station (22-03-16) : Paul Holroyd
The new Low Moor station taking shape Tuesday 22
March 2016. |
 The
new Low Moor station (22-03-16) : Paul Holroyd
Looking towards Halifax. You can see the Spen Valley Greenway footpath
in front of the green fence, curving round towards Clecheaton.
The Cleckheaton Road bridge is out of camera shot, just to the right of
the photo. |
 The
new Low Moor station (22-03-16) : Paul Holroyd
A Class 158 DMU passes under the Cleckheaton Road bridge on its way to
Halifax. |
  The
new Low Moor station (22-03-16) : Paul Holroyd
Low Moor leaflets |
Official opening of Low Moor station
(03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
 The
new station at Low Moor opened for business on Sunday 2 April 2017. The
official opening ceremony took place on Monday 3 April 2017, complete
with music provided by the Harrogate-based Tom Roberts Jazz Band. Access
to the station is from New Works Road, which is opposite the George
Hotel on Cleckheaton Road. Unfortunately, the ticket machine was not
operational.
142 096 departs from Low Moor, forming the 08.50 Selby - Huddersfield
service. The Cleckheaton Road overbridge is behind the train. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Looking towards the Cleckheaton Road overbridge. The remains of the
ill-fated Transperience are to the right of the picture. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Looking towards Halifax. To the left of the platform there used to be
the ill-fated Transperience, and before that there used to be carriage
sidings in the triangular junction. |
  Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Music provided by the Harrogate-based Tom Roberts Jazz Band. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
The site of the triangular junction for the long-lost line to
Cleckheaton Central, Liversedge Central and Heckmondwike Central.
The building in the foreground used to be the maintenance workshop for
the Transperience motor bus and trolleybus fleet. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Looking towards Halifax. The car park is next to the Bradford-bound
platform. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Looking towards Bradford. . A Class 150 + Class 142 combination pass
underneath the Cleckheaton Road overbridge.
The Class 142s are scheduled to be withdrawn by October 2019. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Part of the car parking area. |
  Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Looking towards Halifax. The Spen Valley Greenway is in the foreground. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Sign on Cleckeaton Road, opposite New Works Road. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
View from end of the Halifax - bound platform, looking towards Bradford. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Sign on the Halifax-bound platform, with the former Transperience
workshop building behind. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
There cannot be many unstaffed stations which have an emergency
evacuation plan poster. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Metro-branded Renault Megane in the car park. |
 Official
opening of Low Moor station (03-04-17) : Paul Holroyd
Note the original railway wall still standing. |
  Transperience (07-10-84) : Paul Holroyd
Before the ill-fated Transperience opened at Low Moor,
the West
Yorkshire Transport Museum Trust held its first public open day
at the former Ludlam Street bus garage in Bradford on 7th October 1984. |
 Low
Moor station sign (18-02 10) : Paul Holroyd
Original sign from Low Moor station. Photographed 18 Feb 2010 at
Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Mills. |
 Telegraph
& Argus The re opening of Low Moor station.
Plans to build a new rail station in south Bradford appear to have
escaped Government spending cuts. Fears had been growing
for the future of Low Moor station amid a backdrop of Department for
Transport funding reductions.
Click here to see article. |
Telegraph
& Argus (19-05-13) : c/o Paul Holroyd
Bradford's Low Moor railway station project
sidelined.
Click here to see article. |
 Halifax,
Queensbury, Low Moor & Wyke map (1843) : John Sutcliffe
One inch to the mile map showing Sowerby Bridge in the west and Dewsbury
in the east. Published by Col. Colby dated 1843.
(This file size is about 1.4 meg, so it may take a while to download) |
Great Northern Railway Low Moor to Dudley
Hill : Bob Cockcroft
Note :
The goods shed is an unusual GN building made of stone in about 1892
when the Dudley Hill line was opened. The building is on two levels with
storage and some access at the basement level. The rail level was on the
first floor and was accessed by an inclined road in to the goods yard.
It was never greatly used as a railway site and most local traders were
based in the much older LY facility adjacently to it. No trace remains
of the LY facilities, but the GN goods depot is occupied by a precision
carpenter who builds staircases and large wooden constructions for older
buildings as well as for new using pretty fancy technology. The GN goods
shed is in very good condition. The only other surviving building is the
water meter shed in the yard entrance, it may also have included gas
access as well. The signal box went a long time ago (possibly not long
after the time the main line was lifted in 1917), the weighbridge some
time later (maybe when the yard became disused - accounts vary between
1921 and 1933) and the stable, unusually T shaped, some time between
1948 and 1980. |
 2-6-4
Tank : Bernard Coomber
2-6-4 Tank loco heads for Halifax out of Low Moor. |
 2-6-4
Tank : Bernard Coomber
2-6-4 Tank loco stood at Low Moor west box. |
 Austerity
: Bernard Coomber
Austerity class loco shunts empty carriage stock
on Low Moor triangle. |
 Jubilee
: Bernard Coomber
Jubilee class No 45565 'Victoria' at Low Moor MPD. |
 2-6-4
Tank : Bernard Coomber
Tank loco 2-6-4 with a Bradford bound local at Low
Moor. |
 2-6-4
Tank : Bernard Coomber
Tank loco 2-6-4 approaching Low Moor station bound
for Halifax on a local stopper. |
 Low
Moor shed (25-04-1962) : Bernard Coomber
collection
Photo taken 25 April 1962 this shot is taken of ex LNER B1 class loco
number 61386 standing outside Low Moor shed. |
 Low
Moor (13-05-1962) : Bernard Coomber
collection
Photo taken 13 May 1962 showing a Bradford bound double-headed excursion
train approaching Low Moor station,
the two loco's are ex LMS jubilee class numbers 45562 'Alberta' leading
45695 'Minotaur'. |
 Transperience
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd see
Transperience
The remains of Transperience - West Yorkshire Transport Discovery Park.
The yellow building with the dome used to be the Exploratory. Behind the
former Transperience Transport Discovery Park, a frequent train service
still operates over the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Bradford to
Halifax route. |
 Transperience
27 May 2006 : Paul Holroyd
The remains of Transperience.
The Bradford to Halifax main line is at the front of the picture.
You can just make out the Transperience tram line curving away towards
Cleckheaton.
The Exploratory building is to the right of the picture, hidden by the
trees. |
 Low
Moor Cleckheaton line 21-08-83 Alan S Bagot
The line curves round from Low Moor towards
Cleckheaton. |
 Low
Moor bridge : David Walbank
A bridge that stands in the middle of a field were Low Moor
was. |
 Low
Moor No2 west box (28-08-83) Alan S Bagot / Paul Holroyd
|
 Low
Moor No 2 Signalbox
(25-04-88) : Michael Kaye
We are on the 'Up' line heading towards Halifax and are about to pass
Low Moor No; 2 Signalbox, the bridge was once a level crossing and the
station was located here to..the line on the left was the remains of a
passenger loop and of course it once took you to Thornhill, 25th April
1988 |
 Low
Moor signal box boards
: Paul Holroyd 31-01-07
website - www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Boards from Low Moor No 2 East and No 5 signal boxes,
currently on display in the Museum of Rail Travel, Ingrow near Keighley.
Click here to see selection of
railway tickets & handbills. |
  Low
Moor Signs : Paul Holroyd 19-02-11
website - www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
Sign at Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Mills, Moorside Road
Eccleshill, Bradford BD2 3HP 19 February 2011.
Showing both sides of the sign.
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