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» London Midland & Scottish Railway (more..)
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» Addingford Cutting
» Horbury, nr.Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (more..)
» August 21, 2009 |
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» 6233 (more..)
» Scarborough Flyer (more..) |
» Steve Armitage (more..)
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| The eastbound 'Scarborough Flyer' passes through the impressive Addingford cutting near Horbury. Once a tunnel, it was opened up early in the 20th century to allow four track running. The brick arch bridge that carries Addingford Lane can be seen in the distance. Here I spent countless hours in my youth watching the seemingly endless procession of westbound coal trains and returning empties. Left of that bridge, the line (still in situ - just) once diverged to Barnsley and an adjacent industrial railway ran just under a mile to Hartley Bank Colliery. This was plied by a trio of 0-6-0 tanks hauling ancient wooden-bodied wagons built at the local works of Charles Roberts & Co. As a footnote, the famous hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers' was composed to encourage believers to climb the steep road hill that runs parallel to the railway behind the rock wall on the right. |
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