Last Passenger Train from Meltham Station
Photograph of the last regular passenger service on the Meltham Branch Line. 90-year old Francis W. Creaser, who had travelled on the very first train from Meltham in 1869, is seen shaking the hand of the driver, Tom McCurley, of Low Moor, Bradford. The fireman seen leaning out of the cab window was Arthur Carrodus of Dudley Hill, Bradford.
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Further Reading
- Francis William Creaser (1858-1954)
- Meltham
- Meltham Branch Line
- Meltham in Focus
- Meltham Station, Meltham
Details
| collection: | Photographs |
| tags: | 1940-49, 1949, Arthur Carrodus (1923-2000), Digitised Items, Francis William Creaser (1858-1954), Meltham, Meltham Branch Line, Meltham in Focus, Photographs, Photographs: Monochrome, Railway Station (Meltham), Tom McCurley (1897-1959) |
| source: | Meltham in Focus Collection, compiled by Meltham Photography Club |
| date: | 21 May 1949 |
| rights: | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
| date added: | 5 July 2020 |