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The section of the Yorkshire Dales Railway between Swinden Limeworks and Grassington & Threshfield station was closed and
lifted in 1969. The new road around the limeworks cuts across the trackbed immediately after leaving the limeworks, but
otherwise it is intact as far as Grassington & Threshfield station. Photos will be posted shortly.
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Grassington's fixed distant signal in front of bridge 36, circa 1951.
(c) F.W.Smith.
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The same Bridge 36 in 2006, looking towards Grassington. Despite this being the location for Grassington's distant signal,
it is a very long way from Grassington itself...
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Bridge 37 on the Grassington branch at Linton in 1950.
(c) D.Ibbotson, F.W.Smith's collection.
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Still intact 33 years later, May 1983.
(c) D.Ibbotson, F.W.Smith's collection.
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The beginning of a walk from close to Swinden Limeworks along the old trackbed through to Grassington station site in
February 2006.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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View from the trackbed to the East.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Presumably Bridge No.35, still standing and providing a reminder of the line that once ran across it to serve Grassington.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Bridge No.35 again showing the relatively good preservation of this structure.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Continuing along the trackbed...
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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...still going...
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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...Bridge No.36 just glimpsed in the distance.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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The cutting approaching Bridge No.36 which still carries an unmetalled lane over the trackbed.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Bridge No.36...
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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...and again...
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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...and again! This shot shows the infil of the cutting just beyond the bridge where the profile of the land has been restored
since closure.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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This is a reasonably thorough record of the surviving structures!
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Examining the brick arch of the bridge.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Detail showing the condition as well as the design of the bridge with specially cut stones supporting the skew arch.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Taken from the top of the short stretch of infil, looking ahead towards Grassington, with Ings Bridge (No.37) just visible.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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The odd nature of Bridge No.37, which is definitely a one-off!
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Close up of the bridge showing the remaining traces of the telegraph system that ran along the branch - the insulators on
the bridge.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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A pedestrian's view of the bridge from the footpath which starts in Linton opposite 'The Fountain'.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Looking towards Grassington...
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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...and a little closer!
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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The view from the top of the bridge on towards Grassington.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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The view looking the other way, back towards Swinden Limeworks.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Presumably Bridge No.38 - fenced off from the trackbed...
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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...with good reason - the timbers have clearly seen better days!
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Following the sheep along the top of the largest engineering feature on the Grassington branch, the embankment approaching
the bridge over the road.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Not really very 'main' - the road heads round to Threshfield and passes alongside the exchange sidings - see further down the
page.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Looking the other way, just as the rain started!
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Approaching Bridge No.41 - the last bridge before Grassington & Threshfield station.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Underneath one of the side arches. The main line is lower, on the left, whilst the headshunt is on the level (maybe inclined
slightly upwards).
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Looking back towards Bridge No.41 from roughly opposite where the signalbox used to lie.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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From the same location as the previous photo, but looking towards the site of the station itself - now a housing development.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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From the top of the cutting looking back towards Bridge No.41, showing clearly where the headshunt formerly existed.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Looking across to Grassington - despite intending to serve the town, the station was located in Threshfield to avoid costly
eartworks and a river crossing, as well as looking ahead to the extension towards Kettlewell and Aysgarth that never took off.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Looking back to Bridges No.40 and No.39 (culvert by the electricity post).
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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A similar view showing the size of the embankment and the way it continues over the road bridge.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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A jump across to the end of the exchange sidings, which curved round from the station to terminate alongside the road pictured
in the last photo, but further to the right, closer to Threshfield. Amongst the clutter reamin a lot of scraps of the sidings.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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More clutter
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Back down towards the station itself, where the sidings rejoined the main line. Here a footbridge spanned the siding, giving
access to the footpath running down the back of the station. This is looking away from the station, along the alignment of
the footbridge.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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One abutment, still featuring some of the metalwork that supported the wooden footbridge.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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The other abutment, alongside a Yorkshire Dales National Park sign - the exchange sidings are a conservation area now.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Looking along the alignment of the footbridge again, this time towards the station whose site has been swallowed up by housing.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Taken from just off the end of the footbidge, looking along the boundary of the exchange sidings (the fence).
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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Looking the other way, and the cutting entering the station is blocked by housing.
(c) Daniel Ferguson.
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