Bradford goods

Little boys always found good vantage points were they could see locomotives at work. For me we see several here. The most productive was City Rd Goods as seen from the aerial picture in the Princeville district of Bradford. The track in the middle might look ready for the Olympics but in reality it was the dog track. You could always see lots of trains from the bridge over the line which gave access to the dog track. Another good viewing place was the main gates of the goods yard. The dark satanic mills are much in evidence in the top right picture. Bottom right we can see Great Horton Good yard. The line to the left is the main line from Queensbury. Gt Horton as always a busy good yard with many manufacturing bases n the area not the least of which was Courtolds. The yard could be easily seen and observed from the over bridge which carries Arctic Parade over the railway. When the station fell into disuse ot was taken over by Baird Television.