LifestylegalleryThe final years of steam trains in YorkshireBookmarkShareLifestyleByGavin Castle10:49, 20 SEP 2016Updated10:53, 20 SEP 2016A train pulling empty coal waggons at Mirfield station in July 1966. Photo by Ben Brooksbank1 of 8Emley Moor Colliery pictured in August 1971. The locomotive called Standback No 3 began work at Emley in February 1968 and was scarpped on site in 1976. Rail traffic ended at Emley Moor in July 1982 and the pit was closed shortly aftr the miners' strike in 1984/85. Photo by Bill Reed.2 of 8The railway sheds in Mirfield in December 1967. Photo taken by Geoff Warnes3 of 8The railway sheds in Mirfield in December 1967. Photo taken by Geoff Warnes4 of 8A locomotive leaving the Huddersfield shed in March 1963. The depot which was founded in 1882 closed on January 2, 1967. Photo by Peter Sedge.5 of 8A locomotive approaching Standedge Tunnel in April 1960. Photo taken by Ben Brooksbank6 of 8Designed by architect James Pigott Pritchett, Huddersfield station was opened on August 3, 1847, by the London & North Western Railway Company. This parcel train called Alberta was photographed leaving Huddersfield in July 1966 by Patrick O'Brien.7 of 8Brighouse railway station in April 1961 viewed from Huddersfield Road. An earlier station began service in Brighouse in October 1840 but was replaced by this larger one in May 1893. This survived until January 1970 and was replaced by another station which opened on the same site in May 2000. Photo by Ben Brooksbank.8 of 8