STEAM TRAIN MEMORIES
"TODMORDEN TO BURNLEY"

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Todmorden to Copy Pit map
Copy Pit to Burnley map
As dawn breaks WD Austerity 2-8-0 8F 90363 turns off the Calder Valley route at Hall Royd Junction Todmorden with loaded coal for Burnley power station
9th July 1966
WD Austerity 2-8-0 8F 90721 Eastbound empty coal hoppers rounding the curve from Stansfield Hall Jn. at Hall Royd Junction
9th July 1966
Stanier 2-8-0 8F 48435 Passes Lydgate with northbound loaded coal for Burnley power station
26th Aug.1966
Stanier 2-8-0 8F 48423 Banking 48435 on northbound loaded coal for Burnley power station at Lydgate
26th Aug.1966
Stanier 2-8-0 8F 48622 Crossing Lydgate viaduct with northbound loaded coal for Burnley power station
8th Oct.1966
Stanier 2-8-0 8F 48622 At Lydgate with northbound loaded coal for Burnley power station
8th Oct.1966
Stanier 2-8-0 8F Banking 48622 at Lydgate viaduct with northbound loaded coal for Burnley power station
8th Oct.1966
Gresley A3 4-6-2 7P6F 4472 "Flying Scotsman" Passing Cornholme with 1X06 Blackpool Belle from Lincoln to Blackpool North
8th Oct.1966
Gresley A3 4-6-2 7P6F 4472 "Flying Scotsman" Heads for Copy Pit summit shortly after passing Cornholme with 1X06 Blackpool Belle from Lincoln to Blackpool North
8th Oct.1966
Stanier 4-6-0 5MT 45336 & Hughes 2-6-0 5MT (Crab) 42942 Approaching Cornholme with 1X50 Crab Railtour from/to Liverpool via Manchester, Wakefield & Goole
8th Oct.1966
WD Austerity 2-8-0 8F 90651 Southbound coal empties approaching Cornholme
26th Aug.1966
Stanier 2-8-0 8F 48141 Southbound coal empties passing Copy Pit signal box
9th July 1966
WD Austerity 2-8-0 8F 90639 Northbound freight approaching Copy Pit summit
9th July 1966
WD Austerity 2-8-0 8F 90639 & Stanier 2-8-0 8F 48445 Northbound (90639) & southbound (48445) freights passing at Copy Pit summit
9th July 1966
WD Austerity 2-8-0 8F 90625 Southbound freight passing Copy Pit summit
9th July 1966
WD Austerity 2-8-0 8F 90721 Northbound freight approaching Copy Pit summit
9th July 1966
Stanier Jubilee 4-6-0 6P5F 45694 "Bellerophon" Approaching Copy Pit summit with a Castleford to Blackpool North summer extra
9th July 1966
WD Austerity 2-8-0 8F 90633 Southbound coal empties at Copy Pit summit
8th Oct.1966
BR Standard 4-6-0 5MT's 73050 & 73069 1Z77 Stalybridge to Bolton via Huddersfield & Hebden Bridge at Cornholme with Manchester Rail Travel Society/Severn Valley Railway Society North West Tour
27th April 1968
48410 & 48519 Stanier 2-8-0 8F's Loaded coal for Burnley power station crossing Lydgate viaduct banked by 48519
18th May 1968
Stanier 2-8-0 8F 48519 Banker on rear of loaded coal for Burnley power station at Lydgate
18th May 1968
Stanier 4-6-0 5MT/BR Standard 4-6-0 5MT 44949/73069 Double head 1L66 Warwickshire Railway Society North Western Steam tour Stockport Edgeley to Preston via Todmorden & Blackburn over Lydgate viaduct
18th May 1968
Stanier 2-8-0 8F’s 48519 & 48191 Banking Northbound freight at Lydgate viaduct
18th May 1968
Stanier 2-8-0 8F 48723 Southbound freight approaching Stansfield Hall Junction
31st May 1968
Stanier 2-8-0 8F 48715 Banking Northbound freight approaching Lydgate viaduct
31st May 1968