Silkstone Junction
A short section of points assembly is still in position immediately adjacent to the rear boundary fence to a site on the Claycliffe Industrial Estate at Barugh on the west side of Barnsley, as come across during an off the beaten track walk whilst our extensively used 2003 MG saloon, with 300,000 Km on the clock, was gaining an MOT pass. The line ran on a short embankment from Silkstone Junction on the Barnsley to Horbury Junction section of line, approx 100m away to left of view, to serve a chemical works that previously stood on the site of what is now a steel reinforcing mesh manufacturing site, whilst a line turned west to run via Barnby Bridge Junction to access Stanhope and Higham Collieries. See image 56220
Location: Silkstone Junction (former)
Original line: Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway
Photographer: David Pesterfield
Contact photographer: David Pesterfield
Date: 21/07/2016
Image number: 56008
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