Ainley Top Huddersfield West Yorkshire 19th December 2016
The view north-west from Brighouse Road at Ainley Top this morning. 

In the valley beyond the M62 motorway sits the town of Elland with Huddersfield Road heading due north-west towards the nick in the Pennine hills which marks the Calder Valley at Greetland. To the right of Greetland on the hill almost lost in the mist  is Halifax and in the valley beyond Greetland lies Sowerby Bridge. 

Just in case anyone thinks this is a shot with no railway interest...............if you look hard enough you can see the ex-L&amp;YR Calder Valley line (Manchester &amp; Leeds Railway) to the far right running on a viaduct paralleling the A629 Calderdale Way before tunnelling through to Greetland Junction located in that same nick in the hills mentioned earlier.

The remains of the ex-LYR Stainland branch - closed in 1959 - curve up from Greetland through the wooded area to the left of the same nick in the hills. However, you would have to be very eagle-eyed to see the two remaining disused viaducts on the branch.
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