The Railways of Yorkshire
By Mark and Alan Walker
This website is created to portray the changing face of railways in and around Yorkshire, it includes the transition from steam to diesel, and everything thereafter, including the rise and fall of the Class 56, and then the very coal trains that they were built to haul. Included in these pages are images from across eight decades, which show not only the changing face of Yorkshire's railways but also the changes in the landscape that surrounds them, from the industrial heartlands and coalfields in West Yorkshire, to the North Yorkshire Moors and Settle to Carlisle line.
Our collection dates back as far as 1951,and is still constantly updating to this day. My late father, Alan Walker had a huge collection of notes and train information for Featherstone, on the former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway between Wakefield and Knottingley, and the history of that somewhat underrated line will be detailed on this website as it grows.
Over the years Yorkshire has proved to have some of the most interesting railways in the country and even today there is still great variety to be found within the county boundaries.
This website will also display our best images from outside Yorkshire,in a more limited amount.
Our collection dates back as far as 1951,and is still constantly updating to this day. My late father, Alan Walker had a huge collection of notes and train information for Featherstone, on the former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway between Wakefield and Knottingley, and the history of that somewhat underrated line will be detailed on this website as it grows.
Over the years Yorkshire has proved to have some of the most interesting railways in the country and even today there is still great variety to be found within the county boundaries.
This website will also display our best images from outside Yorkshire,in a more limited amount.
