Settle to Carlisle from the train.

r00fie1

r00fie1

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Yesterday was a wet, windy, grey Friday - but the line always inspires.
No apologies for the photo quality.
Camera = Kodak CX3700 - 2004 - Auto Focus. No manual adjustment.

Horton in Ribblesdale - Welcome to Spring.
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A dark, wet, Ribblehead Station - you can see the carriage lights. Its just after 12:15 !
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Crossing Ribblehead Viaduct looking East. Over the hill, above the tree-line, the exposed road leads to Hawes
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Kirkby stephen invites us to stay. Not yesterday though!
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Heading north towards Appleby and the Eden Valley, the green farmlands are framed by the Pennines.
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Past Blea Moor Box, heading into the 2,629 yard Blea Moor Tunnel.
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Carlisle Station.
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Try: Book Trainline: https://www.thetrainline.com/
You might find it cheaper buying your Leeds - Carlisle return via Northern Rail: https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
This is the new timetable:
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You may be delighted to know that the T-Trolley is now available again!

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Its not the usual corporate - its operated by a small company just for the Settle - Carlisle.🫖🍸🍰🍬🍵☕(y)


Many who work the line are members and supporters of "Friends of the Settle and Carlisle Line" [FoSCL - https://www.foscl.org.uk/ ]
The bookshops and cafes at the stations are run by volunteers - as are those who tend the gardens, paint the stations and keep the lines unique atmosphere.
I sometimes alight at Garsdale, then cycle over to Hawes: Sometimes Kirkby - then cycle up to Alston and Hadrians Wall.

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r00fie1 said:
A wet, windy, grey Friday - but the line always inspires.
No apologies for the photo quality.
Camera = Kodak CX3700 - 2004 - Auto Focus. No manual adjustment.

Horton in Ribblesdale - Welcome to Spring.
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A dark, wet, Ribblehead Station - you can see the carriage lights. Its just after 12:15 !
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Crossing Ribblehead Viaduct looking East. Over the hill, above the tree-line, the exposed road leads to Hawes
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Kirkby stephen invites us to stay. Not yesterday though!
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Heading north towards Appleby and the Eden Valley, the green farmlands are framed by the Pennines.
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Past Blea Moor Box, heading into the 2,629 yard Blea Moor Tunnel.
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Carlisle Station.
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The wife has booked us a trip for my birthday in September. Looks like it will be a great day out 👍
 
Great pictures capturing the flavour of the line. Charging towards Blea Moor tunnel on the footplate is thrilling, your head tells you it will all fit through the tunnel but there is a little doubt of what if?
 
HolgateCorner said:
The wife has booked us a trip for my birthday in September. Looks like it will be a great day out 👍
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Even with inclement weather its a wonderful experience.
Whenever I travel up to Swaledale, Teesdale, Whardale, Wensleydale - I always use that line, then get off and cycle over the top.
Great.
You`l have to tell us all about it when you get back. (y)
 
Harry Basset said:
Great pictures capturing the flavour of the line. Charging towards Blea Moor tunnel on the footplate is thrilling, your head tells you it will all fit through the tunnel but there is a little doubt of what if?
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Firing a Black 5 up to Ais Gill summit must have been back - breaking. (y)
The Thames - Clyde Express used to comprise 10 bogies in early B.R days - change Driver and fireman at Leicester London Rd / Leeds City and Carlisle Citadel between St Pancras and Glasgow St Enoch.
 
grumpyoldgit said:
Always something I've been meaning to do. Any tips or recommendations? Starting from Stockton.
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Try and do it before the leaves are on the trees(or after) so you get the full majesty of the bleakness of it all. Start out via Leeds then to Carlisle then home via Newcastle as that line is decent as well. I think you can get a round robin ticket for it
 
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