On this day in 1885, 141 years ago, wagons first rolled on the ambitiously-engineered Hull & Barnsley Railway, built to provide South Yorkshire coal with a route to distant markets.
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Portals of longer tunnels
Portals of longer tunnels
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Discarded for a younger model next door, Colwall Old Tunnel is one of the country's longest disused bores at 1,567 yards.