Deepcar - Penistone - Woodhead - Hadfield. Woodhead’s Lost Railway part Two.

We walk the missing part of the Woodhead Railway starting at the Junction with Deepcar, passing thru Wortley and Thurgoland before exploring the railways around Penistone. We then head towards Hazlehead where we also explore a lost mineral line, before heading towards Dunford bridge; the eastern portal of the Woodhead tunnel. We travel over the Pennines then explore the western tunnel portal before heading towards Crowden, next stop is Torside before finally descending into Hadfield where the track starts up again. A very pleasant walk with plenty of clues still in situ. Directed by Allan Roach. A brief history.... The line opened in 1845. It was built by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway with Joseph Locke as its engineer. In 1847, the railway merged with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and the Grimsby Docks Company to form the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway; it changed its name to the G