Lion " Titfield Thunderbolt " on its way from the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. To the Dinting Railway Centre, passing a Class 76 near Newton for Hyde,.in August 1980. © mollyschase

RT @CP_RoyalVic: @WoodheadRoute @TPT_National Thank you so much for sharing this- what an amazing video!.

A fantastic video taken in 1983, just before the Sheffield Midland to Huddersfield service was diverted via Barnsley. Additional footage of Sheffield Victoria and @CP_RoyalVic, Wadsley Bridge, and between Deepcar and Penistone now part of @TPT_National.

LNER Beyer Garratt 2-8-0 + 0-8-2 number 2395, pictured in 1925. Design for banking coal trains up the Worsborough Incline towards Penistone. The loco ran for some time as an oil burner. It was scrapped at Doncaster works in 1956. © HRI

RT @BRTACampaigns: @WoodheadRoute @Transport4North BRTA supports councils, agencies and government pooling resources to study the scope, re….

Should @Transport4North & #RailNorth support reopening The Woodhead Route ?.

RT @vitalsparks: Torside Longdendale - the old railway crossing before the rails on the road were removed @WoodheadRoute .

On This Day . 2nd August 1987 and 31285 stands at Valehouse a mile west of Hadfield station with a track recovery train. The Woodhead route closed just after 5am on 18th July 1981 after the passage of the Harwich to Trafford Speedlink service. © Ernie Blake

August 1980, and Lion " Titfield Thunderbolt " , crosses over the Dinting viaduct and under the then Woodhead Route 1500 volt DC catenary, enroute from the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry to the Dinting Railway Museum. © Derek Phillips.

East of Sheffield Victoria part of the old Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire line to Retford. "If" the Woodhead Route had been kept open, we might have had a Manchester Piccadilly - Penistone - Sheffield Victoria - Retford - London Kings Cross service ??.

RT @themblades1889: @WoodheadRoute Meanwhile at the Sheffield end the Woodhead line before network rail closed the line db cargos 60074 is….

On what is believed to be the first ever Class 350 on the former Woodhead Route, 350 245 is seen approaching Broadbottom, with the 5Q14 1946 Hadfield to Manchester Piccadilly. 27th July 2025. © Liam Gregory

Sheffield Victoria Station and @CP_RoyalVic in 1896. © APB Photography

Woodhead Tunnel 1985. 4 years after closure and just a single line is remaining, this was lifted in 1986. The colour signal is preserved in a private collection. © Andrew Greenhalgh.

BR Class 506 EMU M59601M approaches the Dinting level crossing with a service from Manchester Piccadilly and Hadfield to Glossop in 1982. The branch into the old Dinting shed, which became the Dinting Railway Centre can just be seen on the left. © Lee E Brown

Woodhead station and the original tunnels in @GreatCentralRly days. © John Minnis collection.

On This Day. The Woodhead Route was closed. 76006 & 76014 head the last electric service through Penistone shortly before 5 a.m. on the 18th of July 1981. The service was the late running Harwich to Edge Hill SpeedLink train. © Norman Daley.

Woodhead Route Final Day, 17th July 1981 12:25pm. 37070 and it's small load, is between Wentworth Junction and Kendall Green on the Wath branch. This movement was recorded just 40 minutes before this section of line closed forever, under newish ballast and track. © Awwalker1

Here's a picture of 3E13, the Bolton-Peterborough parcels which changed traction at Ashburys and again at Rotherwood. A difficult train to photograph because it passed over the route mid-evening. Shared with permission. © Alan Whitehouse.

A very rare sight, of one of the Manchester to Hadfield/Glossop 1500Vdc EMU three car sets at Penistone. It was used for transporting visitors for the opening of the Woodhead tunnel in 1954. © J&R Metcalfe collection

On This Day. A trio of Tommies (76032/34/29) stand at Reddish Depot on 12th July 1981 with just a week to go before closure of the 1500v DC Woodhead route Manchester/Sheffield/Wath. © Martyn Hilbert