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Locomotive(s) :- 66705 "Golden Jubilee".
Working :- 6E09 07:26 Liverpool Biomass Tml Gbf to Drax Aes (Gbrf).
Location :- Mytholmroyd Railway Station.
Date :- 29th June 2018.
Time :- 12:32:03.
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The Rochdale Canal in Mytholmroyd, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction. Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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A Class 110 pairing, with a Class 108 trailer car sandwiched between them, set off from Mytholmroyd against a very nice sky at 17:10 on the 23rd October 1987. They were working 2E23 16:25 Manchester Victoria to Leeds. Michael did very well to stop this as he was operating in the last of the light using 100ASA Fujichrome.
37235 "The Coal Merchant's Association of Scotland" passes Mytholmroyd with 6E80 10:30 Preston to Healey Mills Speedlink Coal. 19/7/89.
60047 leads 6E32 Preston Docks to Lindsey Oil Refinery empty tanks past Paddy Bridge, Mytholmroyd - 13/07/15.
31233 & 31203 head down the Calder Valley at Mytholmroyd with stone empties from Bredbury to Rylstone. 20/7/88. These workings, using the Tilcon hoppers, were pretty rare, and Michael and I only have one shot each of them, taken on different dates in 1988.
"The Upper Calder Valley lies in West Yorkshire, in northern England, and covers the towns of Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, and Sowerby Bridge, as well as a number of smaller settlements such as Portsmouth, Cornholme, Walsden, and Eastwood. The valley is the upper valley of the River Calder. Major tributaries of the Upper Calder include the Walsden Water, which flows through the large village of Walsden to join the Calder at Todmorden; the Hebden Water, which flows through Hebden Dale to join the Calder at Hebden Bridge; Cragg Brook, which flows through Cragg Vale to join the Calder at Mytholmroyd, and the largest, the River Ryburn, which joins the Calder at Sowerby Bridge.
The Upper Calder Valley falls entirely within the much larger metropolitan district of Calderdale. The towns of the Upper Calder are situated linearly along the valley, which cuts through the eastern slopes of the Pennines from Portsmouth in the west to Sowerby Bridge, a market town on the outskirts of Halifax, in the east." - info from Wikipedia.
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31233 and another unidentified 31 growl towards Mytholmroyd station with 6M14 09:26 Lindsey to Glazebrook loaded tanks. 21/8/87. It's such a shame that this view is no longer available, tree growth being the culprit, as usual. Some of the differences in the view are that the remains of the semaphore signalling have gone, the railway station has been extended and a massive car park built. Also, the footbridges in the Caldene area of Mytholmroyd have been rebuilt with solid sides, making them difficult to see over.
156460 pulls away from Mytholmroyd in nice winter light, forming 2E15 13:00 Manchester Victoria to Scarborough service. 27/1/89. Note the base of the steam-age water crane on the right, as there used to be a small goods yard at Mytholmroyd.
A very tightly composed (or alternatively, powerful) shot by Michael of 56108 heading west through Mytholmroyd with a loaded MGR from Healey Mills to Fiddlers Ferry. 27/6/92. Sometimes he cropped in too close when using his telephoto lens, but the photo is unrepeatable so I thought I'd upload it.
Thornaby "Depot Pet", 47361 "Wilton Endeavour", heads away from the camera at Mytholmroyd with 6E31 Weaste to Port Clarence empty tanks. 21/10/87.
56082 passes Hawksclough, between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd, with an empty MGR set from Fiddlers Ferry. 21/2/88.
142017 is far from its original hunting grounds at Mytholmroyd while working the 15:48 Leeds to Hebden Bridge "turnback" service. 24/7/90.
A Class 100 & Class 105 combo passes Mytholmroyd while working 2E23 16:25 Manchester Victoria to Leeds. 6/4/88. Like Michael was when he took the photo, I was really surprised to see a Class 100 working revenue-earning services in 1988 - not to mention the Class 105. By this time the Sprinter and Pacer revolution was well underway, so why it was necessary to continue the use of these really old DMUs is a mystery.
56066 powers up through Mytholmroyd with 7M49 11:18 Doncaster Down Decoy to Fiddlers Ferry MGR. 22nd February 1989.
After being closed for many weeks due to water shortages, the eastern section is getting very weedy.
The Reservoir, at ~290 m asl, is the result of a 22m-tall dam having been built in 1894; I haven't been able to find reference to its capacity, but its only one of many reservoirs in this part of the Pennines, the heartland of the Industrial Revolution precisely because of these moors, a reliable source of water to drive mills in the narrow valleys.
The 37m-tall Stoodley Pike Monument, erected 1854-56 to replace one completed in 1815 but which collapsed in 1854 (i.e a Napoleonic War memorial replaced at the end of the Crimean War) overlooks Calderdale from ~400 m. The main valley looks rather rural from here, with only the small village of Mankinholes visible, but behind the dark cloud on the left is the substantial industrial town of Todmorden, and Hebden Bridge is just off the right of the image.
Unsurprisingly, the river draining from the moor via the reservoir is Withens Clough, which meets Turvin Clough at Cragg Vale (just off the lower right of the image) then contunues as Cragg Brook to Mytholmroyd, where it feeds the River Calder.
Gorple Lower Reservoir and, behind, Widdop Reservoir are just visible ~11 km away at the upper right corner of the image.
In mid-February 1991 heavy snow hit the Calder Valley and was on the ground for a few days, during which the sun also shone. My friend Michael McNicholas was fortunate enough to be free to capture the then frequent freight trains that ran through the valley in the gorgeous conditions. Here, 31286 & 31304 pass Mytholmroyd with 7E60 Preston Docks to Lindsey on the 13th February 1991.
141106 & 155343 pass non-stop through Mytholmroyd with 1E80 11:46 Blackpool North to York. 17th July 1989. I was with Michael that afternoon and my shot's been on Flickr for some time, but I thought it was worth uploading Michael's as he used a longer lens than I did, which makes his shot somewhat different. This combo of units was quite common on Blackpool turns at the time and in my opinion were quite photogenic. They're certainly historic now, at any rate!
150210 passes Mytholmroyd with a diverted Scarborough to Liverpool Lime Street service on Sunday, 11th October 1987. My notes say that Mytholmroyd signal box, which was situated to the right hand side, was in the throes of being demolished that day. The box had closed in 1985.
156480 leaves Mytholmroyd with 2E15 11:57 Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough. 22/2/89. The 156s were nearly new at the time. Still with us in 2022, of course.
Northern Class 142 Pacer DMU Railbuses 142095 and 142089
Leeds to Southport via Manchester Victoria
Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire
The substantial ruins of the farmhouse known as 'Red Dikes' sat on the skyline as the early summer rainclouds roll in.
The smaller tree in the centre marks the location of a smaller homestead or outbuilding known as 'Rough' or which almost nothing survives.
156475 passes Mytholmroyd with the 17:00 Blackpool North to Leeds service. 14/4/91. If memory serves, these trains didn't stop at Mytholmroyd, so anyone wanting to go to Blackpool from there, had to catch a train to Hebden Bridge and change.
155343 passes Caldene, Mytholmroyd with the 14:49 Hebden Bridge to Leeds "turnback" service. 10/4/93.