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Thursday 10 September 2015

Shipley GNR Idle junction

A super picture from the collection of Peter Thorpe 
showing the line up to Thackley and Idle 


from Great Northern Junction at Windhill is was a
steady pull up the incline to Thackley. The driver
would have full regulator and be using a lot of 
steam so the fireman would have built the fire up 
at Shipley and be juggling the water level and steam
pressure along with firing the engine. It was a hard
life for firemen on the Great Northern around 
Bradford, Shipley, Keighley and Halifax

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