Lion " Titfield Thunderbolt " on its way from the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. To the Dinting Railway Centre, passing a Class 76 near Newton for Hyde, in August 1980. © mollyschase

The 09.30 Liverpool Central - Hull express has been reversed at Manchester Central and continued by the Fallowfield loop to Hyde Junction behind Thompson B1 4-6-0 No. 61228 (built 8/47, withdrawn 9/62). It has passed the Woodhead Reservoir on the 14th August 1953 © Jim Wilson.

On this day 18th October 1969. Prototype EM1, 26000, Tommy. Stands at platform 1 at Manchester Piccadilly station awaiting a trip over the Woodhead Route to Sheffield Victoria. At this point the passenger service just had over two months left. © Jim Freebury.

Class 73 built and delivered from English Electric Newton le Willows between October 1965 and December 1966. Photographed at Ashburys East Junction heading to Derby, and then Southern region, DC electric, under DC wires, but different voltages. © Peter Rainforth.

On This Day. 76009 & 76016 at Penistone Saturday 14th October 1978 on the Pennine Explorer. © Martin Dyer

On This Day A rarely photographed section of line. 13003 on The Pennine Ramblers Railtour on the 13th October 1978. Pictured between Darnall and Attercliffe. © Nick Peering.

Thompson Class B1, 4-6-0, 61056, pictured at Sheffield Victoria on the 29th May 1954 with a "Raleigh" excursion. © Colin Alexander.

On This Day. Former LNER class U1 Garrett 69999 on a test train at Crowden on the Woodhead line 11th October 1953. Photo by the late Neville Knight.

The scene on platform 3 at Sheffield Victoria Railway Station, as one of the night trains is loaded by members of the parcels department, December 30, 1957 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

On This Day. Lineside switchgear. Wath Yard 8th October 1980. © Timothy Rendel.

Electrification of the Woodhead route started in the late 1930s, but was postponed due to the outbreak of the second world war. Here we see Torside Crossing on the 10th June 1946 with work starting again on the project. © J.D Darby

A pair of Class 76s are seen passing over the A616 at Hazlehead during February 1981, enroute over the Woodhead Route, 5 months before closure of the line. Today this section is part of the @TPT_National Trail © Christopher Roper

On This Day. Torside level crossing 1st of October 1977. Class 44 (44008) heads towards Manchester Piccadilly with the Peak Express Railtour, this ran from London St Pancras to London St Pancras via the Woodhead.

On This Day. Class 506. 59401 on the 0751 Hadfield to Manchester Piccadilly 28 September 1984 at Glossop. © Michael Gatenby

On This Day One of the original timetables announcing the new electric service between Sheffield Victoria and Manchester London Road (Piccadilly) which started on the 20th of September 1954, sadly this service was withdrawn on the 4th of January 1970.

Taken we think in September 1969 ? Only the Flying Scotsman survives in this picture. Taken in front of the Cravens Railway and Carriage works at Darnall Sheffield, and under the Woodhead route 1500 volt DC overhead catenary system. © Alan Barnes.

On This Day. 60045 is in the distance at Hadfield station now the end of the line. The tour participants take their pictures on the old Woodhead route trackbed. Looking back towards Manchester one of the old signal gantries is still in situ. 18/9/1994 © GBTP

On This Day Sheffield Victoria Station. September 14th 1954, and the inauguration of the first electric passenger service to go from Sheffield Victoria to Manchester London Road via the Woodhead Route. © TSSN

A Class 101 DMU on the Huddersfield - Sheffield Midland service passes Blackmoor Crossing, south of Penistone in 1981. Services were diverted via Barnsley in May 1983. The section of the line between Deepcar and Penistone was lifted in 1984. © Nigel Nicholson.