Railway Relics of Yesteryear

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:29 pm

OK, another easy one for the dedicated peeps on here, can you place this?

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:35 pm

Too easy.. It's the bridge abutment for the Leeds & Bradford line next to the removed bridge section for Copley hill sheds on Copley hill.

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:36 pm

I dig the Pink Floyd graffitti. The lunatics are in my head.. I never noticed that before :-0

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:39 pm

Bugger!! nearly there, these were the steps that led up to the old station at Wortley. You have some pictures of the disused line coming off the main line and goes over the bridge over oldfield lane.There was a bridge that was removed and this was practicallly overhead!

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:39 pm

Phill_d wrote: I dig the Pink Floyd graffitti. The lunatics are in my head.. I never noticed that before :-0 Thats lasted since the late 70's

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:47 pm

mmm. not sure if it was steps for Wortley station Simon.. As far as i know there were 2 stations, Either Farnley & Wortley or Wortley & farnley. One was on the Leeds-Manchester line originally & later moved over on to the L.N.W.R viaduct line later. You can still see the original station building on Whitehall road

Otleybard · Post by **Otleybard** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 9:00 pm

Just to complicate things further, the old Armley Moor station on the Leeds-Stanningley-Bradford Exchange line (off Carr Crofts/Tong Road) used to be known as Armley & Wortley.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 9:02 pm

Phill_d wrote: mmm. not sure if it was steps for Wortley station Simon.. As far as i know there were 2 stations, Either Farnley & Wortley or Wortley & farnley. One was on the Leeds-Manchester line originally & later moved over on to the L.N.W.R viaduct line later. You can still see the original station building on Whitehall road There is deffo a station platform, just over the bridge, heavily overgrown, but there.

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 9:14 pm

I can get a good arial pic sometime. I used to have it saved on my hard drive.. You can clearly see this area Simon & the stations were deffinately not here.. It was all siding space e.t.c... The station were bang opposite each other the other side of Dragon bridge on Whitehall road. You can see the station buildings to this day still.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 10:38 pm

I don't doubt you phill, but there is defo something there! Raised platform type structure with red tiles. Like I said, under massive undergrowth but there!