Queensbury Railway Tunnel

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Quick look around in the rain at the former Great Northern Railway station at Queensbury which had lines to Keighley, Bradford Exchange and Halifax. It was an unusual triangular layout, the only other two at the time it was open were Ambergate and Earlestown. There is a campaign to reopen Queensbury tunnel just past the station as a cycleway, if that fails it is due to be filled in. Ten people died during the tunnel construction. #queensburystation #queensburytunnel #greatnorthernrailway

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Cellars in ruined Milner Field

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Exploring the cellars in the ruins of the 'cursed' Victorian Gothic Milner Field home of Titus Salt Jr (son of the founder of Saltaire). The house was built in the 1870s and demolished in the 1950s after falling into disrepair following the premature deaths of several residents and lain empty for over twenty years.

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Azuma, Leeds

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New LNER Azuma train at Leeds. I thought this wasn't due in service for another month or so, may have been a test run. Looks nice enough, but the mess of cables between coaches reminds me of Predator for some reason; why so high up? Azuma means East apparently. #azumatrain #lner

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New Poundland Twin Peaks bar

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Poundland have relaunched their Twin Peaks bar - in its new Toblerone patent friendly design. The small peak is the Ercall and the big peak is the Wrekin - home to Shropshire's TV transmitter! The Wrekin got its name from the old English name for Wroxeter - Wreocan or Wreocansǣtan, nearby. One suggestion for the origin of Wreocan is that it was from Uirocu - man-hound/werewolf. The Roman town of Viriconion Cornoviorum (possibly meaning place of werewolves where the Cornovii tribe live..) latinised the Old English name Wreocan to get its name. It was the fourth largest town in Britain at one time. It is hard to break the bar to get only one peak. #twinpeaksbar #thewrekin #toblerone #viriconium #werewolves

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