Lancashier and Yorkshire Railway No1300

1300 was one of the dreadnaughts built at Horwich

 

 

Seen here at Embsay station on the Embsay Bolton

Abbey line

 

Strange to say Horwich is quite close to Bolton

in Lancashire

Great Northern Railway good termini

The good terminus for Bradford was City Rd and

my favourite train spotting place as a lad

 

 

The track in the centre of the picture is the dog

track where every Saturday and Wed evening

the workers of this part of the city could indulge

the wish for a little flutter

 

 

The view above shows Princeville

primary school, which was a very

nicely laid out school for the period.

The city road approach line can be

 seen crossing the centre of the

picture, The bridge was an access

bridge to the dog track and we often

 climbed over the gate to take a

shortcut through to Listerhills.

As a teacher in latter years of

my life I know Bradford to have

been a leader in many educational

matters. The system certainly served

this working class boy well.

 

Halifax North Bridge station, the good yard was

on the other side of North Bridge where the line

ran to link with the L&Y

 

You can see the goods shed through he bridge in

picture

 

 

here a better view from the southern side of North

Bridge showing the GNR goods yard and the link

viaduct to the L&Y line

 

Many thanks to Malcolm Bull for some of these views

 

Great Northern Railway, Strines cutting to North Bridge station

Here a Diesel with the track lifted

from Queensbury tunnel exits on

its way down to Halifax

 

 

The first station out of the tunnel was Holmfield

the mill in the background is Holmfield mills and

can still be seen today as a marker to the station

 

The onto Ovenden which was a small station and

Almost always the destination for my mother and

myself

 

The station building can still e seen at Ovenden.

Instead fo going down Lee Bank into Halifax

turn down Old Lane

 

Then Lee Bank tunnel, a short tunnel beneath the

outcrop. Below is the exit facing Halifax

 

Here the entrance to Lee Bank Tunnel facing north

The mill on the left is sometimes referred to as Old

Lane mills but the OS maps call it Lee Bank mills

 

The railway then crossed the valley to Old Lane

Tunnel from where it went into Halifax North

Bridge station

British Railways standard class 4 tanks. The culmination of the basic design.

It came a long way from Hughe's first thoughts

and rough designs

 

 

Undoubtedly a magnificent piece of engineering

 

Many were saved and continue to serve the preserved

railways well.

LMS Fowler and BR stand class 4 tank engines at Leeds Wellington St

I nice comparison can bee seen here

 

 

Certainly the heritage is obvious

 

 

Many thanks to Peter Brumby and Hull Models for

the above pictures

 

 

Bradford Exchange Sidings and the Fairburn Tanks

Not a common sight but at the side of Exchange

station there were both carriage sidings and

locomotive accommodation.

 

 

The Fairburn tanks were common haulers on all

Bradford lines

 

The Fairburn tanks were the development of an

idea of Hughes which only got as far as the drawing

board. Fairburn completed the job and Stanier

perfected it. They in turn formed the basic

design of the BR Class 2 tanks

 

Only two survived and both are at the Lakeside and

Haverthwaite Railway. Very common sights in my young days.

 

Many thanks to Peter Brumby and Models of Hull.

Queensbury tunnel Great Northen Railway plus map of location

Below is the northern entrance just outside the

station at Queensbury.

 

 

Here the southern entrance through Strines cutting

 

 

Below the Queensbury platelayers gang in front

of the northern entrance to Queensbury tunnel

 

Here the southern entrance showing the depth of

Strines cutting.

 

The tunnel was nearly two miles long and cost the

lives of two men during its construction.

 

My thanks to the Casserly and Alsop collections for

their views of this magnificent piece of civil engineering

 

 

Above a modern map showing the location of

Queensbury tunnel

 

An excellent video of the tunnel and its building can

be seen at

http://www.queensburytunnel.org.uk/history/walkovervideo.shtml

Queensbury station

From the over bridge facing the Thornton

Keighley direction

 

 

The line to Halifax can be seen in the distance

curving away to the left.

43924 comming down the mountain! Well the grade from Ingrow

You can tell when a train is arriving as you can

here the warning bell ring in the station

 

 

The path down the side of the line is about midway

 

Undoubtedly the best place for taking photographs

 

Here 43924 makes the return trip

 

By the way this bank and bridge is where they filmed

the recent 'Great Train Robbery' They used the K&WVR's

type 37 diesel and coaches.

Keighley station and 43924

43924 makes a picture and the trees make a superb

background at Keighley on a summers day

 

 

Keighley is an old industrial West riding town

that is now rediscovering its rural roots.

 

 

A gateway to the Yorkshire Dales in many directions

 

Minehead on the West Somerset a few random pictures of the Mogul

Here a few unpublished pictures of the rebuild mogul

 

Johnson 115 class from an old post card

 

Samuel Waite Johnson introduced his 115 Class of 4-2-2s in 1887. 

As would be the case with William Dean's Achilles Class on the Great Western, the development of sanding applied directly by steam to the rails in front of the 7' 91/2" driving wheels controlled wheel slip but did not eliminate it completely, thus leading to the 115 Class being known as "Midland Spinners".
Despite this, 115 Class locomotives could handle a typical 250 ton Midland Railway express and even a 350 ton load under dry conditions and at speeds of up to 90 mph.  Thanks to the Midland's practice of building low powered locomotives and relying on double heading to cope with heavier trains as well,  many "Spinners" enjoyed working lives of up to 40 years and  made ideal pilot engines for the later Johnson / Deeley 4-4-0 classes.  The final ten - and enlarged - Midland 4-2-2s did not leave Derby Works until 1900.
In the Midland Railway 1907 renumbering scheme, the 115 Class were assigned numbers 670–684 and during the World War One most were placed in store - but surprisingly pressed into service afterwards as pilots on the Nottingham to London coal trains. They could also be seen on local stopping trains later in their lives.
Twelve locomotives survived to the 1923 grouping, keeping their Midland Railway numbers in LMS service. Nevertheless by 1927 only three of the class remained, with the last engine, 673 ( built in 1899 and formerly 118) being withdrawn in 1928 and preserved at the National Railway Museum at York. Several pictures of which of my own I have published in previous entries.

The Vintage Carriages Trust Ingrow on the K&WVR

A very good point about the K&WVR

is that there is so much in a short

stretch of line.

 

 

The Vintage Carriages Trust at Ingrow

is always very well worth a visit.

 

Situated at the bottom of Ingrow yard

 

 

The Exhibition hall is always open

12 months of the year

 

With good displays of the Vintage Carriages

 

An excellent shop where you can also get a coffee

on cold days

 

You can also view on going work in the workshop

 

http://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/

Riddles 2-8-0 Auterity in warmer times reminding us of the comming spring

Well hopefully. 90733 was in charge at the weekend

and on a cold but bright day

 

 

a reminder was welcome of the coming warmer weather

 

Here last August, wasn't it a lovely summer.

 

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Derby Lightweight Diesel Multiple Unit Class 108 No’s. M50928 & M51565

I took this picture some time ago just before the

Derby DMU was taken out of service.

 

 

Introduced during 1954, Class 108 Diesel Multiple Units were the first DMUs to be introduced in the West Riding of Yorkshire. All were to be built by the British Railways works at Derby and designed primarily for use on local and branch line work, very much like the work required here on the Worth Valley Railway.
When new, both of the cars which now form this KWVR set were originally paired together and started their working life in Leeds. The pair was eventually split, however, and coupled to others, each probably having several partners during their working lives. This can be appreciated from the internal differences in each car. One remains more or less as it was built (as can be seen from the domed light shades) whilst the other was given a full refit during its life (as can be seen by the use of fluorescent lighting throughout).
Having worked services on the Railway for many years, the pair are now stored out of use at Haworth awaiting attention to bring them back into service.

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British Railways standard class 4 75078

I don't know what the little suited bird on the

tender is meant to say. Maybe just that engineers

sense of humour from the maintenance dept.

 

 

I am sure it will be lined out for next weeks winter

steam festival

 

Glad I caught it with a little snow still on the ground

 

Just adds that bit extra to the atmosphere. Which I

might add was blinking cold that day.

 

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