Site of Battyeford Station Station had been up to right. Vie…
| Title | Site of Battyeford Station Station had been up to right. View NW on A644 of bridge carrying ex-LNW 'Leeds New Line' (Spen Valley Junction - Franley Junction): Spen Valley Junction and Huddersfield to left, Farnley Junction and Leeds (City) to right. Station closed and local passenger services ceased 5/10/53, goods 2/8/65, through services continued until 11/1/66 when connection put in with ex-L line at Heckmondwike. |
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| Date | 22 Apr 1961 00:00:00 |
| Original size | 640 x 382 |
| Retrieved from source on | 14 Sep 2012 07:20:12 (UTC) |
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Site of Battyeford Station Station had been up to right. View NW on A644 of bridge carrying ex-LNW 'Leeds New Line' (Spen Valley Junction - Franley Junction): Spen Valley Junction and Huddersfield to …
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Battyeford railway station
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Footpath - Huddersfield Road
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Footpath - Huddersfield Road
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"Maze N'Jair" Indian Restaurant - Huddersfield Road
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Huddersfield Road - viewed from Stocks Bank Road
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Huddersfield Road - viewed from Stocks Bank Road
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Huddersfield Road - viewed from Stocks Bank Road
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Huddersfield Road - viewed from Stocks Bank Road
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TWO eastbound empties trains on the Calder Valley main line west of Mirfield View westward, towards Heaton Lodge Junction, Sowerby Bridge/Huddersfield, Todmorden and Manchester - see also SE1919: East…
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TWO eastbound empties trains on the Calder Valley main line west of Mirfield
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Eastbound empties at Mirfield
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Eastbound empties at Mirfield. View westward, towards Manchester, via Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden on the ex-L, via Huddersfield and Stalybridge on the ex-LNW: four-track section of the Calder Valley …
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Eastbound empties west of Mirfield View westward, towards Huddersfield, Sowerby Bridge and Manchester; ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire/London & North Western combined four-track cross-Pennine major route. I…
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Eastbound empties west of Mirfield
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Eastbound parcels train on Calder Valley main line at Mirfield
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Leeds - Manchester stopping train passing Mirfield Locomotive Depot
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Leeds - Manchester stopping train passing Mirfield Locomotive Depot. View eastward, towards Mirfield, Leeds, Wakefield etc.: Calder Valley main line, ex-L and LNW Joint four-track stretch (Heaton Lodg…
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Building site near Woodend Road, Hopton This was a transport depot, an unattractive area that I didn't think to take a photograph of when I was there previously. Now it is in the early stages of becom…
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0 mSite of Battyeford Station Station had been up to right. View NW on A644 of bridge carrying ex-LNW 'Leeds New Line' (Spen Valley Junction - Franley Junction): Spen Valley Junction and Huddersfield to left, Farnley Junction and Leeds (City) to right. Station closed and local passenger services ceased 5/10/53, goods 2/8/65, through services continued until 11/1/66 when connection put in with ex-L line at Heckmondwike.
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14 mBattyeford railway station
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36 mFootpath - Huddersfield Road
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36 mFootpath - Huddersfield Road
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123 m"Maze N'Jair" Indian Restaurant - Huddersfield Road
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161 mHuddersfield Road - viewed from Stocks Bank Road
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161 mHuddersfield Road - viewed from Stocks Bank Road
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237 mHuddersfield Road - viewed from Stocks Bank Road
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237 mHuddersfield Road - viewed from Stocks Bank Road
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326 mTWO eastbound empties trains on the Calder Valley main line west of Mirfield View westward, towards Heaton Lodge Junction, Sowerby Bridge/Huddersfield, Todmorden and Manchester - see also SE1919: Eastbound empties west of Mirfield. The locomotive visible is No. 49561, one of the 'Austin Seven' LMS 7F 0-8-0s which dominated these workings before the advent of the ex-War Department 2-8-0s.
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326 mTWO eastbound empties trains on the Calder Valley main line west of Mirfield
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329 mEastbound empties at Mirfield
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329 mEastbound empties at Mirfield. View westward, towards Manchester, via Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden on the ex-L, via Huddersfield and Stalybridge on the ex-LNW: four-track section of the Calder Valley main line. The Class F train is passing the Locomotive Depot west of Mirfield station, headed by one of the LMS Fowler 7F 0-8-0 which abounded on this route, No. 49560 (built 1929, withdrawn 12/57).
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329 mEastbound empties west of Mirfield View westward, towards Huddersfield, Sowerby Bridge and Manchester; ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire/London & North Western combined four-track cross-Pennine major route. It was particularly busy on this stretch between Heaton Lodge and Thornhill Junctions and at least two moving trains are visible in the photograph. The locomotive about to warm me in its smoke is Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48453.
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329 mEastbound empties west of Mirfield
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335 mEastbound parcels train on Calder Valley main line at Mirfield
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359 mLeeds - Manchester stopping train passing Mirfield Locomotive Depot
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359 mLeeds - Manchester stopping train passing Mirfield Locomotive Depot. View eastward, towards Mirfield, Leeds, Wakefield etc.: Calder Valley main line, ex-L and LNW Joint four-track stretch (Heaton Lodge - Thornhill Junctions). The 13.15 Leeds City - Manchester Exchange, headed by Stanier 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 45704 'Leviathan' (built 5/36, withdrawn 1/65), is being passed by an eastbound empties train on the right. On the left outside the Shed is one of the LMS Fowler 7F 0-8-0s which worked much of the intensive east-west coal traffic until scores of ex-WD 2-8-0s were brought to the district. In 1950 Mirfield (code 25D) had an allocation of 40 locomotives:- 12 (ex-WD) 2-8-0, 3 2-6-0, 6 0-8-0, 11 0-6-0, 6 2-6-4T and 2 0-6-0T.
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382 mBuilding site near Woodend Road, Hopton This was a transport depot, an unattractive area that I didn't think to take a photograph of when I was there previously. Now it is in the early stages of becoming a housing estate. Taken from the old Woodend Road railway bridge.
