Signalman Bill Tiffany took this photo of a Leeds bound Class 108 Diesel Multiple Unit as it passed Waterloo signal box in the early 1960s.
Railway enthusiast Bill Halliday captured a Sheffield bound DMU at the junction of the branch to Water Haigh colliery. It was taken about 1970 when the pit was being demolished. The unit is of the same type as the one photographed by Bill Tiffany but by this time they were carrying the "new" British Rail all blue livery with yellow fronts instead of the distinctive "whiskers". The brewery is clearly visible in the background and the signals indicate that Woodlesford signalbox was still open. Bill lived in Rothwell and remembers a campaign by local accountant George Lunn to keep the line open. He also remembers a ladder which was delivered by the station lorry and which for many years still had the destination "Woodlesford" stencilled on its side!
This shot of a Leeds bound three car "Calder Valley" Class 110 DMU was taken by Robert Himsworth at about the same time as the photo above, in the period after the station staff had been withdrawn but before the old "Up" platform waiting room was demolished. The brewery tower is just visible on the left. 