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1 minute ago, Northmoor said:

Presumably they were the coal drops on the right?

 

A couple of years ago I was on the platform end visible at the top of the picture and wondering just how the view from the hill above the tunnel would look.  I will definitely return one day to take a similar shot to yours, I'd be very pleased with that one.

 

In addition to the coal drops there were additional tracks serving a now disused but still extant platform and further lines with a junction that headed off to the right towards North Bridge.

 

Tree and vegetation growth hasn't helped since I took that shot 5 years ago, so I don't know how clear the view is these days.  I'll check next time I'm in Halifax - I'm there reasonably often.

 

I did wonder about including a Google Streetview reference with my original post in case it might be of general interest;

Southowram Bank, Halifax

 

  

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A Grand Central class 180 heads west (to the left in the photo) along the Calder Valley line on 15th September 2020 with 1D71, 10.57 London Kings Cross to Bradford Interchange.

 

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For those interested, this is a Google Maps reference of the location for the above photo;

Colne Bridge, Huddersfield. 

 

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On 27th November 2014, a misty drizzly morning along the Calder Valley, a Northern Rail class 158 heads east at Milner Royd with a service from Manchester Victoria to Leeds.

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For those interested, this is a Google Maps reference of the location for the above photo;

Fall Lane, Milner Royd 

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A scene from Lymington that's now railway history - a South West Trains class 158 operating on the electrified branch line between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier - SWT 158888 working 1J35 on 16th January 2015.

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For those interested, this is a Google Maps reference for the location of the above photo;

Quay Road, Lymington

 

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Whilst waiting for 60163 Tornado, which was working 'The Ticket To Ride' rail tour from Darlington to Liverpool Lime Street on 19th September 2020, a pair of TransPennine Express class 185s cross the River Calder at Mirfield with 1P69 working from Manchester Airport to Redcar Central.

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For those interested, this is a Google Maps reference for the location of the above photo;

Calder Road, Mirfield

 

Photos of 60163 Tornado on todays rail tour are on this thread;

 

 

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With just a mile left of its service to complete, a TransPennine Express class 185 heads round the 'train set curves' to the west of Deighton with a local service from Leeds to Huddersfield on 21st September 2020.

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For those interested, this is a Google Maps reference for the location of the above photo;

Deighton railway station

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On 20/07/2020 at 14:20, GWRPhil said:

Last time I went to didcot that view was a lot less cluttered. 

 

@GWRPhil O/T, I was there at the start of the year (just before Covid happened), it definitely looked very different from our earlier visits now with the OHL and multi-story carpark... and it wasn't the same with IETs rather than HSTs so I'm glad we did it when we did!

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24 minutes ago, Satan's Goldfish said:

 

@GWRPhil O/T, I was there at the start of the year (just before Covid happened), it definitely looked very different from our earlier visits now with the OHL and multi-story carpark... and it wasn't the same with IETs rather than HSTs so I'm glad we did it when we did!

So was I mate. Was a good day. Didn’t know there was multi-storey there too. Much less cluttered view back then. 

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With autumn colours now appearing in the trees, a pair of TransPennine Express class 185s head east at Colne Bridge, Huddersfield on 7th October 2020 with a service from Manchester Airport to Redcar Central.

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Now that the colder winter months have arrived, well they have in this part of West Yorkshire, here's a reminder of warmer times earlier this year.

 

A TransPennine Express class 185 heads towards Heaton Lodge East Junction on 29th May 2020 with 2J63, 12.49 Huddersfield to Leeds local service.

 

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For those not familiar with the area, this is a Google Maps reference for the location of the above photo;

Heaton Lodge Junctions

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Ordinarily I wouldn't have posted these images as they show the unit number, with the urban and tree lined Calder Valley landscape at Brighouse being less of a feature on this occasion.

 

In this case though I'll claim a small mitigating factor - it's now over four and a half years since the Northern Rail franchise ended (31st March 2016) and 158791 is now one of only two class 158s that retain the debranded livery of that former operator.  The other remaining 158, I understand, is 158861 and as it's allocated to Heaton is unlikely to venture along the Calder Valley.

 

158791 at Brighouse on 7th December 2020 working 2I09, 10.37 Manchester Victoria - Leeds.

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