Summit Tunnel in England is one of the world's oldest railway tunnels. It was constructed between 1838 and 1841 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to provide a direct line between Leeds and Manchester. When built, Summit Tunnel was the longest railway tunnel in the world.
Northern Rail Class 158 emerges from Summit Tunnel southern portal near Littleborough
One of the tunnel's ventilation shafts, 2008
A British Rail Class 40 locomotive hauling a freight train through the tunnel, 8 June 1983
Public walkthrough of the Summit Tunnel days prior to its reopening to rail traffic, 17 August 1985
Littleborough, Greater Manchester
Littleborough is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Roch Valley by the foothills of the South Pennines, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Rochdale and 13 miles (20.9 km) northeast of Manchester; Milnrow and the M62 motorway are to the south, and the rural uplands of Blackstone Edge to the east. According to the 2001 census, Littleborough, and its suburbs of Calderbrook, Shore and Smithy Bridge, had a population of 13,807.
Church Street, in Littleborough town centre
A view towards Littleborough and Rochdale from Blackstone Edge.
