Great Northern Railway.
During the 1860s, the Idle and Shipley Railway was opened to
promote suburban travel and connected Bradford's north and south
rail sytems. This was later taken up by the Great Northern Railway,
which built a line looping through the villages of Eccleshill, Idle
and Thackley to Shipley. The line was open to goods traffic on 4
May 1874, and to passengers on 18 January 1875. Shipley &
Windhill station closed on 2nd February 1931, though goods traffic
continued on the whole line until October 1964 and between Shipley
and Idle until 1968.
Here a class J39 0-6-0 No 64903 hauls a well loaded goods up the
1 in 248 from Shipley & Windhill towards Thackley in the mid
1950's. Note the Midland Leeds – Skipton line in the
background and the now long gone Valley Scouring works. The picture
is taken between cache No 2 and No 3.
The cache is hidden in the remains of what I think used to be a
bridge over the line to access the field on the other side. You are
looking for a snap lid box - with log and room for a few swaps. The
cache also contains a game card for an alternative game - please do
not remove this from the cache.
NOTE: please take care if you park on Thackley Old Road -
please leave room for buses to pass.