Dunford Bridge station, pictured in the rain on 19 August 1981, a month after the last train had traversed the line. The Woodhead line had been electrified in 1953 using the 1,500V DC overhead system. However, after the passenger services were withdrawn in 1970, freight traffic gradually dwindled, and when expensive refurbishment was required on the line's unique Class 76 locomotives, the decision was taken to close the line instead. I never visited the line when it was open, but at least this is a record shot before the track was lifted. Note the ultra short platforms of Dunford Bride station, which only served a few scattered houses. The Woodhead Tunnel is just behind where I am standing, and on the left is the 2 foot gauge railway used by the National Grid to access one bore of the adjacent original tunnel.