Modeling the railways

LMS and GWR poster art

Poster art was important to the railway companies in selling their service. Speed was everything and depicted well by the artists employed by the companies.

Stanier Black five drawing

William Stanier served his time at Swindon and when he came to the LMS he brought much of Swindon practice and design which can be easily seen when comparing GWR and LMS designs

Stanier Black Five

Black fives were a common sight on excursion passenger traffic. Mixed trafic locos they worked good during the week and were drafted to passenger turns on Saturdays.

Freight at Low Moor and Foster Square

Freight or 'Goods' was the backbone and real earning capacity of our railways. Here we see scenes at Halifax, Bradford Foster Sq, Low Moor and St Dunstan's.

Jubilees at Bradford Exchange

I well remember many Jubilee's at Exchange station. Here we see amongst others 'Alberta'. An LNER suburban tank sneaks in also

From Exchange to Great Horton

Here we can see the way the line to Queensbury left Bradford Exchange station and crossed beneath the Lanc's and York's line before entering Bowling cutting and on to Manchester Rd station and Horton Park

From Horton park the line turned west, climbing to Great Horton station and good yard the on to Clayton before entering Clayton Tunnel and on to Queensbury.

And there dear reader our story of the Queensbury lines end.

I have tried wherever possible to attribute sources in the text and pictures, if I have inadvertently included work by others if they could let me know I will happily attribute or delete as they wish. I hope you have enjoyed my journey through my local lines and childhood memories of the most expensive railway line in England.