Author: W. R. Mitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781553213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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In Folk Tales on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, join the driver and fireman on the foot plate of a locomotive. Stand behind a range of levers in a signal box or be one of a gang working on the permanent way, sweating in the summer heat or shivering after a heavy snowfall. Maintenance men in Blea Moor tunnel needed patience and good lungs; the tunnel might be thick with locomotive smoke or draped with icicles. On the Settle-Carlisle journey, we are thrilled by a slowly changing landscape, glancing at Pen-y-ghent, which crouches like a lion above Ribblesdale. Further north, we admire the broad acres of the Eden Valley, which lie between the Northern Pennines and the gaunt fells of the Lake District. An afternoon passenger train that took in the line from Garsdale to Hawes was named Bonnyface; when it turned up, workers smiled as they were about to go home. The Garsdale tank house was used for dances and an adjacent wheel-less carriage was the refreshment room.

Author: W.R Mitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781553367
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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A detailed and fascinating photographic account of yesteryear's steam locomotives on the Settle-Carlisle line

Author: Bob Swallow
Publisher: Great Northern
ISBN: 9781905080892
Category : Railroad engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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The Settle to Carlisle line has become famous far beyond the realms of railway enthusiasts for many reasons. This title is not just an invaluable piece of social history and railway folklore, it is a treasure trove of tales and a joy to read.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781871064070
Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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Author: F. W. Houghton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Frederick W. Houghton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Paul Salveson
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 178500638X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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The line from Settle to Carlisle is one of the world's great rail journeys. It carves its way through the magnificent landscape of the Yorkshire Dales - where it becomes the highest main line in England - descending to Cumbria's lush green Eden Valley with its view of the Pennines and Lakeland fells. But the story of the line is even more enthralling. From its earliest history the line fostered controversy: it probably should never have been built, arising only from a political dispute between two of the largest and most powerful railway companies in the 1860s. Its construction, through some of the most wild and inhospitable terrain in England, was a herculean task. Tragic accidents affected those who built, worked and travelled the line. After surviving the Breeching cuts of the 1960s, the line faced almost certain closure in the 1980s, only to be saved by an expected last-minute reprieve. This book describes the history behind the inception and creation of the line; the challenges of constructing the 72-mile railway and its seventeen viaducts and fourteen tunnels; threat of closure in the mid-1980s and the campaign to save it, and finally, the line today and its future.

Author: F. W. HOUGHTON
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Frederick W. Houghton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carlisle (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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Author: William Reginald Mitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781871064018
Category : Cumbria (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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