A few more Posters

 

The A4s were the very image

of speed in the 1930's

 

I am always pleased to see my county shown in

its true light. Yes there were many very heavily

industrialised areas but 90% of the county

is rural

GNR Windhill Junction

This old picture shows Windhill Junction looking

east. The BR standard on the Leeds line coasts

down to Shipley Station, the GNR line is to the

right and steep gradient up to Thackley can

be seen

 

Great Central Railway Spinner

GCR Class 13 4-2-2 No. 967 (LNER X4).

The class 13 single was the only true Pollitt engine

for passenger work. Most of the other engines were developments ...

 

 

Built at Gorton 1900 1909

 

Harry Pollitt (1864–?) was Locomotive Engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway from 1894–1897 and its successor, the Great Central Railway, from 1897-1900. He was Robinsons immediate predecessor

 

My thanks to Wikepedia for the above

Ivatt J5 0 6 0 freight locomotive

Built for the GNR and a common sight on the

Queensbury lines. Workhorses of the railway

the pulled passenger as well as freight

 

One for American memories

Brooklyn terminus, a very atmospheric photo

 

 

I never knew the system across the Brooklyn bridge

was so complex. This would have been taken not

long after the bridges completion

Dudley Hill

The branch in the distance took trains over to Low moor

 

One hundred years ago

The old Midland Railways Leeds & Bradford Express