| With 219 photographs, reminiscences and all the regular Railways Memories features, this bumper edition recalls the days when West Yorkshire's Calderdale region boasted a bustling railway network. With most pictures taken in the 1950s and 60s, it takes us back to a glorious time when Calderdale's railways carried top link expresses, Saturday excur-sions packed with holidaymakers bound for Blackpool, and a seemingly endless procession of freight; when branch lines sprouted in all directions, when Heckmondwike, Cleckheaton, Brighouse and Rippponden all had a place on the rail network, when Halifax had its High Level line, when trains left Halifag for Bradford and Keighley 'over the Alps,' and when Sowerby Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Mirfield were important railway cen-tres. Coverage extends from the Lancashire border at Summit'I~nnel and Copy Pit Summit to the western fringe of Healey Mills marshalling yard, to the Spen Valley line, Queensbury, the edge of Low Moor and includes the branches to Dewsbury Market Place, Stainland and Rishworth. Contents:
- Setting the scene
- The Main line and its branches
- The West Riding Union & Halifax
- Over the Alps
- Modern Memories
Continent: Europe
Country: UK
Area: UK Yorkshire |
