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Does any body have ,or know where i can get the track plans for Huddersfield station in the 1980's

This is for a route that i am building (well started again)

please help if you can

Sam

Has the track layout changed that much since the 80's to now?

I know a lot of the Leeds area changed with the remodelling of the station but I would have thought that Hudds wouldn't have changed that much - the track sure feels like it was laid in 1900 .

If it hasn't (or you are willing to use artistic licence) I recommend Google Earth / Google Local for viewing any track layouts for c2003 track layouts.

Google Local UK - Huddersfield Station

Hope this helps.

Tony

Not sure about the 80's - but when I was in Britain on holiday in 1982, I was able to get some photocopied reprints of the 1918 and 1932 OS maps from the Hudderfield Library. I still have them but the reproduction process means they have got greyer and darker over the last 24 years, but are still quite usable. These give very well detailed track plans.

I would think that maybe the library has some more recent plans, but not having a requirement for modern track plans, I don't know how up to date they would be - it's worth a try!!!

Regards, Brian Bere-Streeter

Which route are you considering building? I will be keeping an eye out as I would like to see the Penistone - Huddersfield L&Y route, the viaducts and tunnels would be an experience.
In 1984, the centre roads were still in place, and the station looks to have escaped any excessive rationalisation.

At the moment the route runs from Mirfield to Stanage tunnel (Huddersfield a bit of a problem

But when I finish it it will go from Man Vic to Leeds set in 1980 and I will probably extent it to Liverpool Lime Street and York and yes I will more than likely done the Penistone branch

Sam

Although I don't have any plans, I belive the track layout was more like it was in steam days than it is today, the station was only altered in 1990. Best I can do at the moment is the photo below but hopefully I'll be able to find something better. Being in the middle of the route I'll give you a hand with any data needed where possible.


Click the image to zoom in

That photo's from "The Leeds, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway; The Standedge Line" by Martin Bairstow. Although it's mainly steam, there's a fair few photos of the line post '68 up to around 1990.

I've got two views from "The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway, The Penistone Line". Too few views to tell, but it is probably a case that the track layout was very much unchanged from the steam days, give or take the odd siding or two.
Your route sounds a very interesting one. One of the last refuges of loco hauled cross country routes, a disappearing sight with the introduction of sprinters and pacers during the 80's.

Did you ever get the track plans you needed? Havent got them myself, but Ordnance Survey do exellent historical maps, showing all the track layouts you need - used it myself for Leeds City

No but i'm going to wait until the new Kuju rail simulator comes so that maybe i could extened the York-Newcastle route to Manchester via Stalybridge because this should be out in around well i don't know but i would think that it would be early next year

Sam

Where to find OS maps

From the local Library. You'll want the 25ins/mile series for track layout details. Maps for the local area are usually available in the reference section of the nearest library (or county libraries, which usually have a wider selection) and are available for every decade or two going back as far as the late 1800's, although the local library probably won't have every series. The British Library in London has maps for the whole of the UK. Maps less than 50 years old are still under copyright and your library may restrict how much you can copy - one A4 sheet per map in my case. Anything older you can photocopy until your 10p's run out. I'm told that some libraries have digitised their map collections which may make copying more difficult.

Ask the library too for local railway photos - I unearthed some great aerial shots of my route.

From Map Sellers. Large scale OS maps of any age can be ordered direct from the Ordnance Survey. However these are pricey - GBP25 for a 28 x 32 inch, 1:2500 sheet. See:

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsi ... /index.cfm

Alternatively, a growing range of old Ordnance Survey maps covering about 350 UK towns is available from Alan Godfrey Maps. These reproduce the OS 1:2500 maps at a reduced scale of about 15ins/mile, a convenient scale that still captures all the detail, and cost about GBP2 each.

http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk

Try here too - http://community.fotopic.net/search/sim ... ddersfield You'll be able to find a few useful pics amongst all the busses