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Updated 01/07/2007

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MR crest courtesy

Midland Railway Study Centre

 

 

HELLIFIELD

 

Past & Present

 

L&Y crest courtesy

K. Roberts

 

Hellifield shed as captured through a carriage window of a north-bound service in 1952. It won the "Trains Illustrated Photograph of the Year" award for that year.

Photo: K. Roberts

No. 66122, recommences its epic journey from Burngullow in Cornwall to Irvine in Scotland with the ‘silver bullets’ china clay slurry during April 2006.

Photo: E. Buckley

Hellifield North end’s pleasing array of semaphore signals is shown to good effect as Virgin Soldiers, ably assisted by Brains, prepares to do battle with the 1 in 100 gradients of the Settle – Carlisle line April 2006.

Photo: E. Buckley

September 1998, Black Five, 45407, approaches a refurbished Hellifield station with the 'East Lancs Venturer', after its journey up Shap to Carlisle, and then over the Settle & Carlisle line.

Photo: E. Buckley

A photo of Hellifield station taken from a hot-air balloon January 1991 The RV Line from Clitheroe enters the picture bottom left, and that from Skipton, mid-right, above the houses.

Hellifield South Junction, taken from the signal box June 1998. The signals have now been replaced by new and less imposing semaphores.

Photos left & above: E. Buckley

Unit 144002 at Hellifield on a Leeds to Morecambe service April 2006. The Midland Railway’s Wyvern symbol may be discerned in the canopy detail.

Photo: John Brennan

Brains, 57309, heaves 390046, Virgin Soldiers, up the final pull in to Hellifield station with a diverted Virgin Euston to Carlisle service April 2006.

Photo: E. Buckley

Stanier Black Five 45407 brings the “East Lancs Venturer” into the restored Hellifield Station on 12th September 1998

Photo: E. Buckley

Hellifield: Midland Railway Canopy December 1986

Photo: E. Buckley

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Left & Below : Photo: B. Haworth circa 1985

Hellifield Track Layout circa 1913

Hellifield Track Layout circa 1986 as displayed in the the Signal Box

Hellifield Down Outer Home Signal on L&Y line in the "off" position as viewed from the RVR Cab Ride film "To Hellifield and Back"

The approach to Hellifield South Jct. signal box from the same film

Photos: W. Briggs

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