‘Scene’ On the Rails in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose recently returned from holiday based in Hebden Bridge.

 

An attractive market town set in the valley of the river Calder which shares the steeply sided narrow valley with the Rochdale Canal, the A646 road and the railway line linking Manchester with Bradford and other parts of West Yorkshire.

 

Because of its location the town does have flooding problems that with the effects of global warming will probably get worse.

 

These images are reproduced here with his permission and my thanks.

 

Hebden Bridge railway station was originally opened in October 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company.

 

The current buildings dating from 1893 and were refurbished in 1997. 

 

The signage that was used by the ‘Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway’ at that time was adopted.

 

Hebden Bridge railway station in 2021

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

This scene could well have looked the same 120 years ago.

 

 

 

 

195 102 ‘Northern’. CAF (Spain) built Diesel Multiple Unit

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working 1B25 York-Blackpool North.

 

 

 

 

195 015 & 195 023 ‘Northern’. CAF (Spain) built Diesel Multiple Unit

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working 1E60 Chester-Leeds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

60096 ‘Colas RAILFREIGHT’ Brush built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working 6E09 the 0738 Liverpool Biomass Terminal-Drax power station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ on the rails in Todmorden on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose supplied the images for this blog for which I thank him.

 

Todmorden is a market town in the Upper Calder valley in West Yorkshire.

 

The railway came to the town in 1841 when the ‘Manchester and Leeds Railway’ (M&LR) started services.

 

Evolving through various mergers to become part of the ‘London Midland & Scottish Railway’ in 1923 and ‘British Railways’ in 1948.

 

We come up to date with the modern station being part of the railway network being managed by ‘Northern Rail’.

 

158754 & 153324 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL Derby built and Leyland built Diesel Multiple Units

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Working the 09-17 Leeds to North Western-Leeds.

 

The flowers are very attractive.

 

 

 

 

150115 &150103 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL York built Diesel Multiple Units

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working 2N94 the 08-53 Kirkby to Blackburn.

 

 

 

 

195005 & 195013 ‘Northern Rail’. CAF (Spain) built  Diesel Multiple Units

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working 1D74 the 09-42 Leeds to Chester.

 

 

 

 

158845 & 153331 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL Derby built  and Leyland built Diesel Multiple Units

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Working 2l07 the 0854 Wigan North Western-Leeds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

60096 ‘RAILFREIGHT’.

Brush built diesel electric locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

‘Scene’, ‘Travelling Light’ in the East Midlands on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

60002 GBRf. Brush Traction built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

There has been a very pleasant ‘early spring’ feel for the past few days here in the ‘Great East Midlands’ and to celebrate it, friend Peter Rose took his camera for a walk.

 

As usual, these images are posted with his permission

 

Here are the pick of the crop.

 

I rate this image as the best I have seen from anybody for sometime.

 

Working the 11-17 from Belmont to Toton.

 

 

 

 

66789 GBRf ‘British Rail 1948-1997. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working the 10-50 Doncaster Down Decoy to Eastleigh yard.

 

‘Scene’ on East Midlands Freight Flows on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose has been out and about with his camera once more and as usual his images are reproduced here with his consent for which I thank him.

 

56081 paired with 56312 ‘GBRf’. BREL built Diesel Electric Locomotives

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working OZ60 the 12-22 from Leicester to Chesterfield.

 

Apparently the pair did a number of runs too and from to test 56312.

 

 

 

 

70007 ‘Freightliner’. General Electric built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Not the prettiest of locomotives but look at the weight it moves.

 

Working the 0919 Hope (Earles Sidings)-Walsall Freight Terminal.

 

 

 

 

56113 ‘COLAS RAIL FREIGHT’. BREL built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working the 10-50 from Doncaster CHGS to Nottingham Eastcroft.

 

Presumably for work to be done at ‘East Midland Railways’ depot there.

 

 

 

 

66087 paired with 60065 ‘Jaguar’. ‘DB Cargo’. EMD and Brush Traction built Diesel Electric Locomotives 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Working the 0840 Toton Yard-Belmont.

 

 

 

 

66711 ‘GB Railfreight’ ‘Sence’. ‘AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working 4M10 the 0710 Wellingborough-Tunstead.

 

 

 

 

66596 ‘Freightliner’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working the 0608 Leeds FLT - Southampton MCT. Running 148 minutes late.

 

 

 

 

66104 ‘DB Cargo’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Working the 1000 Dowlow Briggs to Toton Yard.

 

 

 

 

70017 ‘Freightliner’. General Electric built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

‘Scene’ once more at Trowell Junction on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose was out for his daily walk yesterday and was able to capture this small selection of locomotives.

 

The images together with the operational details reproduced here are with his permission for which I thank him. 

 

Trowell Junction lies at the bottom end of the Erewash Valley line just to the South of Ilkeston station.

 

The main line continues South through Toton yard whilst the Nottingham line branches off to the East.

 

20007 & 20142 ’Sir John Betjeman’ 'Class 20 189 Ltd’. ‘English Electric’ built Diesel Electric Locomotives

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working the 1334 Butterley Midland Railway Centre-Kings Norton OT Plant.

 

Allegedly 20007 is the oldest diesel loco (built in 1957) with a main line ticket.

 

20142 carries a ‘London Transport’ livery.

 

 

 

 

66760 ‘David Gordon Harris’ & 66726 ‘Sheffield Wednesday’ ‘GBRf’. ‘EMD’ built Diesel Electric Locomotives

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working the 1018 Scunthorpe-Southampton light engine movement.

 

As a former season ticket holder at Hillsborough its nice to see the ‘Owls’ being represented on the rails.

 

 

 

 

60010 & 66724 ‘Brush’ & ‘EMD’ built Diesel Electric Locomotives

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

While clearly 66724 is part of ‘GBRf’s fleet.  The owner of 60010 is currently DB-Cargo. 

 

60010 was working the 1205 from Belmont -Toton whilst 66724 was working the 13-02 Toton-Doncaster.

 

 

 

 

66514 ‘Freightliner’ ‘EMD’ built Diesel Electric Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Working the 1050 Doncaster-Toton Yard.