Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: cutting

No, it's not some long-lost Byzantine or Roman ruins in the middle of the former West Riding but the architecture is almost as impressive in my opinion. It is, in fact, a masterpiece of Victorian engineering, the Heckmondwike - and what a great Yorkshire name that is - railway Cutting on the former LNWR Leeds New Line opened in 1900. Three of the 6 bridges over the deep stone-walled cutting are in this view. The route was also referred to as the Spen Line. Despite the expenditure and effort, after the 1923 Grouping & nationalisation it was considered as an unnecessary duplicate of the LYR/LNWR line to Leeds. Passenger services ceased in the 1950s with full closure in stages between 1960 and 1990. Today it is a cycle and footpath known as the Spen Valley Ringway. The houses just in view through the last bridge were built on the site of Heckmondwike Spen station which closed in 1953. HWW to everyone. Have a great day.

Sunrise over the ex-LNWR Standedge Route and the former Paddock All Saints Church as an unidentified Trans-Pennine Class 185 dmu enters Paddock cutting on 1K06 the 06.04 Hull to Manchester Piccadilly running 7 minutes down.