Silkstone Tunnels closed

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The photograph on this page of Silkstone Tunnels closed by Jonathan Thacker as part of the Geograph project.

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Silkstone Tunnels closed

Image: © Jonathan Thacker Taken: 29 Sep 2017

This was once one of the steepest gradients on a British railway. The noise of four locomotives getting a loaded coal train up the bank to Penistone must have been terrific. The line closed in 1981.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.53248
Longitude
-1.56109