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Leeds And Bradford Extension Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![3442 <I>The Great Marquess</I> stands at Earby, Lancs, between Colne and Skipton, with <I>'The Dalesman'</I> railtour on 4 May 1963. The special, organised by the RCTS (West Riding Branch) was the first outing in preservation for no 3442. <br><br>[K A Gray 04/05/1963]](/images/36000/36920.jpg "Earby")
![<I>'The Dalesman'</I> railtour at Earby on 4 May 1963 with Gresley K4 no 3442 running round its train after visiting Barnoldswick [see image 32149]. The special, which ran from Bradford Forster Square, was organised by the RCTS (West Riding Branch). <br><br>[K A Gray 04/05/1963]](/images/39000/39293.jpg "Earby")
![<I>'Sew with Dewhurst's 'Sylko' machine twist'</I> urges the message along the front of Dewhurst's Bell Vue Mill on 28 July 1968, as the MRTS/SVR <I>Farewell to BR Steam</I> special poses for photographs at Skipton. The train, which originated at Birmingham New Street, had been hauled here from Carnforth by 75019 + 75027 and would shortly be taken forward by 45073 + 45156 on the next stage of the tour as far as Rose Grove. The Mill, which at one time employed 2000 people, finally ceased production in the 1980s and was later converted to residential apartments. <br>
<br><br>[K A Gray 28/07/1968]](/images/27000/27896.jpg "Skipton")
![BR Standard class 4s 75019+75027 run back along platform 3 at Skipton having been relieved by Black 5s 45073+45156 on the <I>Farewell to BR Steam</I> special on 28 July 1968. [See image 27896] <br><br>[K A Gray 28/07/1968]](/images/32000/32781.jpg "Skipton")
![Black 5s 45073+45156 at Skipton on 28 July 1968 with the MRTS/SVRS <i>Farewell to BR Steam</I> about to leave on the next leg to Rose Grove. The pair had taken over from 75019+75027 who had brought in the special from Carnforth via Hellifield. <br><br>[K A Gray 28/07/1968]](/images/32000/32782.jpg "Skipton")
![The MRTS/SVR <I>Farewell to BR Steam</I> special at Skipton on 28 July 1968. The train had been brought from Carnforth by 75019+75027, seen here. The special would shortly be taken forward by 45073+45156 on the next leg of the tour to Rose Grove.<br><br>[K A Gray 28/07/1968]](/images/49000/49423.jpg "Skipton")
![45407+73069 at Skipton on 4 August 1968 with the RCTS <i>End of Steam Commemorative Rail Tour</i>. The locomotives are in the process of running round prior to taking the train on the next leg of the tour to Lostock Hall via Colne.<br><br>[K A Gray 04/08/1968]](/images/45000/45466.jpg "Skipton")
![The derelict station at Earby, Lancashire, closed in February 1970. Photograph taken in October 1976 looking south west over the former Salterforth Road level crossing towards Colne. [See image 39293] [Ref query 13081]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford Collection 14/10/1976]](/images/48000/48399.jpg "Earby")
![Derby built Type 2 Bo-Bo Diesel 25144 stabled alongside a lone 16T coal wagon in the former coal sidings running along the Broughton Road side of Skipton station in 1980.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 18/01/1980]](/images/41000/41541.jpg "Skipton")
![4472 <I>Flying Scotsman</I> at Skipton with <I>The North Yorkshireman</I> on 30 June 1981.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 30/06/1981]](/images/25000/25526.jpg "Skipton")
![4472 <i>Flying Scotsman</I> eastbound approaching Skipton station with its Diamond Jubilee special in April 1983.<br><br>[David Pesterfield /04/1983]](/images/26000/26263.jpg "Skipton")
![40004 on 1E23 for Leeds at Skipton on 9th September 1983.<br><br>[Colin Alexander 09/09/1983]](/images/21000/21312.jpg "Skipton")
![A Class 108 DMU stands at Skipton in 1986.<br><br>[Colin Alexander //1986]](/images/42000/42792.jpg "Skipton")
![75019+75027 take on water at Skipton station on 28 July 1968 after bringing in the MRTS/SVRS <i>Farewell to BR Steam</I> railtour from Carnforth (standing at the adjacent platform). The locomotives have just been relieved by 45073+45156 who are about to take the train on to Rose Grove [see image 32782]. <br>
<br><br>[K A Gray 28/07/1986]](/images/32000/32833.jpg "Skipton")
![Reopening works taking place at Cononley Station, near Skipton, in 1988 as a first generation DMU heads towards Leeds. Note the crossing cabin at the end of the platform to the left of the DMU. Originally opened in 1847, Cononley station closed to passengers in 1965 but was reopened on 20 April 1988, less than a month after this photograph was taken.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 22/03/1988]](/images/29000/29887.jpg "Cononley")
![31319 leads 31202 eastbound through Skipton station in March 1988 with a loaded Tilcon working from Swinden Quarry. 08707 stands in the siding in the centre background.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 22/03/1988]](/images/31000/31443.jpg "Skipton")
![A brace of Brush type 3's 31319+31202 accelerating south from Skipton towards Leeds on a loaded Tilcon stone working in March 1988. The pair had run round after coming off the Grassington branch and are seen passing recently delivered hot bitumen tank wagons in the still busy goods yard <br><br>[David Pesterfield 22/03/1988]](/images/41000/41598.jpg "Skipton")
![In railway terms, the naming of Skipton Station North Junction signal box was logical enough. However, thanks to the orientation of the line through the town, it was, in geographical terms, a misnomer, being located just west of the station beyond the bridge carrying Carleton New Road over the line - the north end of this bridge stands on the extreme right of the picture. <br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 17/11/1990]](/images/40000/40561.jpg "Skipton")
![Brush Type 2s Nos 31327 and 31180 look to be sitting out the weekend between Tilcon stone train duties in the sidings west of Skipton station in November 1990. But why is 31180's engine idling, especially when it is stabled so close to a residential area?<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 17/11/1990]](/images/42000/42059.jpg "Skipton")
![Looking west alongside Skipton Station North Junction box in November 1990 it can be seen that Skipton has experienced its fair share of railway rationalisation - the shed yard once stood over on the left. The sidings to the north of the main line are still in use for stabling and maintaining stock involved with the Tilcon stone traffic from Rylstone, with Brush Type 2s Nos. 31180 and 31327 stabled on the far right road.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 17/11/1990]](/images/42000/42309.jpg "Skipton")
![A general view of the down end of Skipton station on Saturday 17 November 1990. 47515 on the right had worked the Leeds to Skipton leg of the <I>Cumbrian Mountain Express</I> from Kings Cross earlier, while the three car class 144 set in the background has just arrived on a terminating working from Leeds or Bradford Forster Square.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 17/11/1990]](/images/51000/51331.jpg "Skipton")
![Extensively damaged West Yorkshire Metro DMU no 144017 stored in the north sidings at Skipton on 28 January 1992. The unit sustained the damage in a collision with a class 37 six days earlier.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 28/01/1992]](/images/31000/31630.jpg "Skipton")
![Skipton looking east. The bridge over the top carries the cut back Grassington branch which serves Rylstone.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 21/11/2006]](/images/13000/13215.jpg "Skipton")
![Skipton looking west. The busiest platform is behind the camera and on the right - a bay for services to Leeds.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 21/11/2006]](/images/13000/13216.jpg "Skipton")
![Skipton station building which is on the north side of the line.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 21/11/2006]](/images/13000/13423.jpg "Skipton")
![A service for Bradford stands in the south bay at Skipton in November 2006.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 21/11/2006]](/images/13000/13427.jpg "Skipton")
![Buffer stops stand at the current terminus of the line at Colne on 9 November 2007. A double track once continued northeast from here to Skipton, the junction for Carlisle, Leeds and Bradford. A local rail action group is currently campaigning for the reopening of this route.<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/11/2007]](/images/17000/17259.jpg "Colne")
![Site of Elslack station on the former Midland Railway route from Skipton to Colne, seen from the approach road on 3 October 2009. The tracks ran roughly left to right through the building seen beyond the second fence. To the right was Skipton and to the left the next station was Thornton in Craven.<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/10/2009]](/images/26000/26959.jpg "Elslack")
![The well travelled 322482 rolls into Skipton on a service from Bradford Forster Square in September 2012. The EMU has previously been used on the North Berwick branch and Stansted Express services [see image 32813] but joined Northern almost a year ago. The canopies at Skipton are currently being renovated.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 20/09/2012]](/images/40000/40396.jpg "Skipton")
![Awaiting departure for Leeds from Skipton's island platform No.4 on 20 September is EMU 333008. In this view looking east the roof of a Class 66 can just be glimpsed over the retaining wall of the old platform 5 on the right. This is waiting to bring a load of stone from Cracoe Quarry off the Grassington branch.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 20/09/2012]](/images/40000/40420.jpg "Skipton")
![The east end of Sidings Business Park, sited between Engine Shed Lane and the operational line to Carlisle, east of the former Skipton steam shed. The units are on the site of stabling sidings, where 41241 was stored before being moved to the KWVR. The operational line OHC can be seen on the left through Carleton New Road over-bridge, but a further single line size arch exists on the right heading towards the rear of the Ilkley line platforms. No line is shown on old maps as ever connecting to that route, although a Map of 1894 only shows a line running through the arch to a number of dead end lines on what appears be a possible tip. However these lines were no longer shown on a Map of 1911. Was the arch built to possibly link the shed direct to the Ilkley line, but never used for that purpose?<br><br>[David Pesterfield 03/04/2017]](/images/58000/58978.jpg "Skipton")
![GBRf 66723, <I>Chinook</I>, which now carries an RAF style bodyside number ZA723, seen stabled in the sidings at Skipton station on 11th September, 2017. Across the main line tracks the start of the Grassington branch, where GBRf operates a number of trains to the quarry, can be seen. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 11/09/2017]](/images/60000/60850.jpg "Skipton")
