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Millbrook goods shed is the last remaing of the four on what was known as the micklehurst loop which ran from digglejn to stalybridge .It had 3 tunnels at ryefields (diggle) which is backfilled at one end Royalgeorge which is completley filled and stalybridge no2 which is intact .The line was closed to passenger traffic in 1917 as a war economy measure and remained as a goods only line untill closure in 1968 .Track was lifted between millbrook and diggle in 1974 leaving the spur to serve the power station .The warehouse at uppermill was used to store road salt untill 1976 when it along with many of the bridges and vaiducts along the route were demolished a swimming pool and allweather football pitch now occupie thats site. at greenfield the warehouse lasted to about 1981 when it to was demolished and the land converted to an equestrian centre with only the cobbled road and yard remaining .Dont know when the warehouse at micklhurst went but belive its location to now be a caravan storage yard .Virtualy the whole line can still be walked or ridden having been converted to a linea path in the late 80s.Of the former buildings still in use the station masters house at uppermill is a private dwelling as is the same at greenfield the acctual station itself at micclehurst is also private house. The whole route can be a pleasant walk or ride and when combined with the adjacent towpaths of the huddersfield narrow canal can make an interesting circular tour from stalybridge