Hepworth Hall Bridge

Today's jigsaw, 27 March 2022, features a superb painting by Malcolm Root, fully described in his book - Malcolm Root's Railway Paintings.

In Malcolm's picture, a 'J15' class 0-6-0 tender locomotive of T. W. Worsdell, is heading a suburban passenger service, traversing a wooden trestle bridge in British Railways' days (after 1948). The line is part of the Colne Valley & Halstead Railway (CV&HR), opened in 1860, closed in 1965. The class of 259 engines was built between 1883 and 1913. In 1883 the class was known as the 'Y14' class of the Great Eastern Railway, but was changed to 'J15' class, when absorbed into the London & North Eastern Railway in 1923. The bridge is named after Hepworth Hall, situated just north of the CV&HR. The River Colne and two cows add additional pictorial interest. The title of the jigsaw, a 500pc wooden example from King, is simply, Hepworth Hall Bridge.