Ribblehead Viaduct & Dent On The Settle -Carlisle Railway- Highest mainline station in England
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We went to the beautiful & scenic village of Dent in Yorkshire last month.Through this village runs the Settle-Carlisle railway and we were really happy to travel in it.
The Settle-Carlisle railway journey is a memorable one to anyone as it passes through some unspoilt landscape and dales which are truly breathtaking.It also passes through some beautiful meadows and lush riverside pastures.There are 11 stations, 22 viaducts and 14 tunnels on this line.
The viaducts are truly breathtaking and are must see structures.
I really wanted to see the magnificent & the longest 24 arch viaduct at Ribblehead.We took the train journey from Dent to Ribblehead and back.We also walked near it & went under it.I did the train journey for a sorter video for easy viewing.
Welcome to England's most scenic railway
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Welcome to Settle-Carlisle country.The Settle - Carlisle Railway is without doubt one of Britain's most spectacular railway lines.
The line is probably the most scenic railway journey in England. It has survived two attempts to close it - once in the early 1960s and later in the 1980s. Both attempts caused local and national outrage. However, fortunes have now changed as millions of pounds have been spent upgrading tracks and stations. The line opened in 1876 - we hope the line is here for many more generations to come.
The 72 mile route from Settle to Carlisle takes you on a journey through the magnificent Yorkshire Dales, the line heads north up Ribblesdale between the towering gritstone capped fells of Yorkshire's famous Three Peaks - Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-y-Ghent.
Over the 24 arches of the magnificent Ribblehead Viaduct before plunging in to the longest tunnel on the line at Blea Moor. Emerging onto the side of Dentdale,(one of the more remote - and dramatic - northern dales) the line leaves the Dales at Garsdale and makes it way through the gentle, lush rolling hills of the Eden Valley. with rural villages and market towns before arriving at the great border city of Carlisle.
Ribblehead Station
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Ribblehead Station is in one of the most beautiful areas on the Settle to Carlisle line.This was one of the most difficult sections of the line ever to be built.The station is unstaffed.
The magnificent Ribblehead Viaduct - 24 arches crossing Batty Moss 100 feet below and 440 yards long, follows the station. Ribblehead station now houses a Visitor Centre in the refurbished station building.
Shortly after the viaduct is Blea Moor Tunnel, at 2629 yards long & built1870-1875.This is the longest tunnel on the line.The area of Ribblehead station and viaduct is one of the wildest and most remote in the North of England. Frequently there is a very strong wind and the weather can close in very quickly.
In 1938 Ribblehead became a meteorological report point.
Dent station
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Dent is the highest mainline station in England.Dent station first opened for public use in 1877 - it closed in 1970 and reopened in 1986. Dent village is situated 4 miles away and 600 feet lower than the station.
The weather is the prevalent feature at Dent. Snow fences made from old railway sleepers can be seen on the right when travelling towards Carlisle. These were used to try and keep the snow off the tracks, but were not always successful, as was found to be the case in the winter of 1947. At the peak of its use 90 trains a day passed through the station.However it is unstaffed today.
Dent Head Viaduct - 100 ft. high , 199 yds. long,10 arches, Built 1870-1875
Ribblehead Viaduct
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Ribblehead viaduct is actually the largest and most famous viaduct throughout the whole of the Settle to Carlisle railway line. The viaduct has 24 arches, is 104 feet high and 440 yards long.Built 1870-1875.
The wind is very prevalent around the Station and viaduct and many signalmen, crossing the viaduct, going to Bleamoor signal box have been blown off the embankment. During the war a train carrying vehicles was even blown off. There has even been the odd steam engine blown to a halt.
Construction of Ribblehead Viaduct took 5 years although it was not decided until December 1872 whether to have 24 or 18 arches. This depended on the workforce available - either stonemasons or navvies. The brick arches of a nominal 45ft span were sprung with stone voussoirs. The stone was quarried between Selside and Ribblehead.
During the building of the line over 2,000 people mainly 'navvies' lived at Batty Moss in temporary huts. When not working on the line navvies and miners lived in squalid conditions, and drinking, gambling and fighting were the main recreation.A school and hospital of sorts was established and missionaries were even sent in. Many lives were lost during the building of the viaduct.
steam trains 1960s UK - Pennine Steam Vol 2 part-1 Settle - Carlisle
There's been more debate, more column inches, more feet of film, more miles of video tape about the Settle - Carlisle than any other railway in the country.
With the line now saved and its future secured, this video looks back. Not at the politics. Not at preserved steam. Not at the well worn history of building the line. But back to the 1960s when Geoff Lumb and Robin Higgins regularly filmed the line in all weathers. This video puts their rare footage together.
From a Patriot at Bingley and a Clan at Hellifield to a Royal Scot at Ribblehead and an A1 at Dent Head, Pennine Steam Volume 2 shows the Settle - Carlisle the way it was.
Volume 1 Huddersfield - Marsden
Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express - Railcam Settle-Carlisle Cams, 02 Feb 2019
We were treated to a real steam feast as the Railway Touring Company's Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express was a double headed steam affair along the famous Settle-Carlisle Line.
LNER Thompson Class B1 No. 61306 Mayflower and SR Merchant Navy Class No. 35018 British India Line provided the traction for the steam section of 1Z87 Carlisle to London Euston, as far as Preston.
A signal check gave us a wonderful standing start at a snow covered Kirkby Stephen, before a sunset crossing of the world famous Ribblehead Viaduct, and finally passing Horton-in-Ribblesdale at speed.
If this is a taster of the kind of charter year we are going to have, then strap yourselves in for the ride!
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Carlisle to Settle Railway UK September 2014
Come with us from Carlisle to Settle on one of the most picturesque railway journeys in UK and look around the town.
Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle To Carlisle Railway - Stunning Scenery through the Yorkshire Dales
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Class 66 Carlisle to Milford Cab Ride Via Settle & Carlisle S&C, Leeds, Castleford
We take a ride along the legendary Settle to Carlisle line with 66011 + 19 HTA wagons forming 4Z20 from Carlisle Kingmoor Network Yard to Milford West Down reception Yard. Our journey takes in some of the most stunning scenery along this picturesque route between Cumbria and Yorkshire.
Our journey starts in number 9 reception in the Down yard at Carlisle Kingmoor. From there, we take the route to Carlisle Station via the Down Goods and arrive on Goods B line in Carlisle station where we await the arrival of a Northern service to clear the branch at London Road Junction. After departing the station we head towards London Road Junction and Petteril bridge Junction before routing on to the S&C line. From here it's flat out nearly all the way to Ais Gill summit as we pass through the pristine countryside and preserved mainline stations.
From Ais Gill it's a small decent towards Garsdale then we climb again to Blea Moor passing Dent Station (The highest main line station in England at 1150 feet above sea level). New signals are visible at Blea Moor to allow trains from the newly installed Horton Quarry Junction to run-round and head south.
After emerging from Blea Moor Tunnel, it's all downhill to Settle Junction with a fierce 1-in-100 gradient. Once over Ribble Head Viaduct, we are able to coast all the way to Settle Junction allowing the gradient to increase our speed whilst ensuring we don't go over 60mph.
As we pass Settle Junction, it's back on the power for the short climb to Coniston Cold taking in the views of the semaphore signals of Hellifield and we then coast again to Skipton where we momentarily pause at Broughton Road Sidings to allow a passenger service to depart Skipton for Leeds.
It's at this point we start running under the OHLE of the Aire Valley Triangle . Even though the line speed here is 90mph, and the train may travel at 75mph it's slow progress due to long signal sections and frequent station stops for the passenger trains that are ahead of us and we continue our journey as far as Shipley on restrictive aspects most of the way whist very rarely exceeding 40mph.
As our journey takes us southbound, we pass through Keighley and get a small glimpse of the old Shipley Keighley Junction signal box that was relocated here from Shipley to preserve it. This is also the station to change for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
Once clear of Shipley, we are able to crank up the power again for 75mph running as far as Kristal. Emerging from Thackley Tunnel we see the new Apperly Bridge Station (with a couple of happy enthusiasts on the Down platform) and then the new Kristal Forge station too.
Upon arrival at Whitehall Junction, the service is pathed for 35 minutes as per the schedule and then a further 10 minutes at Engine Shed Junction at Holbeck locomotive depot.
Upon clearing Engine Shed Junction, we are nonstop to Milford West Sidings via Castleford and Fairburn where, under near darkness, we arrive on the Down Reception where our service terminates today.
All required permissions were granted for the filming of this service as it holds significant historical relevance due to the semaphore signals and various intermediate signal boxes that are now part of the heritage of the world famous Settle and Carlisle line.
This service was also the last freight train to run the full length of the S&C line prior to the line closing due to a severe landslide. It is estimated that the line will reopen in late 2016 or early 2017.
An Afternoon on the Settle and Carlisle Railway, 29 May 2018
Caught the Chirk log train at Appleby and LMS Jubilee Class 699 Galatea hauling the West Coast Railways Fellsman excursion from Lancaster to Carlisle.
The Settle & Carlisle Railway From The Air - Railfilms
This programme, using the latest helicopter gyroscopic film techniques, introduces a new dimension for the traveller. Skimming the treetops the viewer is introduced to the S & C from a unique aerial angle allowing the full majesty of the line to be appreciated in a wider geographical context. For more details please look at
THE NORTHERN LINE - Settle To Carlisle Railway
1985 Yorkshire Television documentary highlighting the unsuccessful closure attempt by British Rail.
Commentary by Alan Bennett.
The SETTLE & CARLISLE line from a DMU CAB in 1967
Filmed in 1967 from the Driver’s Cab of a Diesel Multiple Unit train, the Journey from Skipton to Carlisle via Settle, Ribblehead (the viaduct still had two tracks), Ais Gill summit and Appleby. We call at all stations then open.
We pass steam-hauled freights and the southbound diesel-hauled Thames – Clyde Express.
Settle & Carlisle Railway The Four Seasons - Telerail
A look at the Scenic Settle to Carlisle Railway in The Four Seasons produced by Telerail. For more details please look at
SETTLE CARLISLE RAILWAY TO CARLISLE
FOLLOW LES AND GRAHAM UP THE SETTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY TO CARLISLE.
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Steam on the Settle & Carlisle
A VHS of my Granny's that I decided to copy over to YouTube as so many of us don't have VHS these days. A lovely documentary about Steam Trains.
Settle - Carlisle Railway day out
A day out on the famous Settle - Carlisle railway. We set off from Lancaster and took the West Coast mainline to Carlisle, then travelled down to Settle, then a short walk to Giggleswick, to catch a train back to Lancaster.
Settle-Carlisle Railway. Kirkby Stephen Station
Settle to Carlisle railway runs through some of Britain 's finest scenery. This station remains after many cuts - you can see the old goods shed for example, now disconnected and the goods yard now a car park. But the beautiful stone-built station remains. See it here with some of the passenger train activity on the line in November 2012. The last train goes through around 19.00 but it gets dark before that in November and here we see anafter dark train come and go. Filmed in UK.
'Flying Scotsman' - Settle and Carlisle reopening special - 31 March 2017
In January 2016 a major landslip just north of Armathwaite closed that section of the Carlisle to Settle railway line between Armathwaite and Carlisle. After a major effort by Network Rail, the line has been repaired, and to celebrate the re-opening on 31st March 2017 a special train, hauled by LNER A3 Class 4-6-2 no 60103 'Flying Scotsman; travel the length of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway from Oxenhope to Keighley, then along the Settle line to Carlisle, and back.
The trip was organised by the Keighley & Worth Valley (KWVR) and operated by West Coast Railways.
This video show some scenes on the return trip from Carlisle to Keighley, especially the huge number of people who came to watch this historic event.
TELERAIL IN THE CAB 5 Settle to Carlisle - Telerail
Join the driver in the cab from Hellifield on one of the most picturesque railway journeys in the UK from Settle to Carlisle on board a regular passenger service train. For more details please look at
The History of the Settle-Carlisle Railway
The Settle-Carlisle line is England's most scenic railway. This video describes its history from construction in the 1870s (with original Victorian photos) to the present day, and finishes with a scenic trip along the famous railway.
steam trains 1960s UK - Pennine Steam Vol 2 part-2 Settle - Carlisle
There's been more debate, more column inches, more feet of film, more miles of video tape about the Settle - Carlisle than any other railway in the country.
With the line now saved and its future secured, this video looks back. Not at the politics. Not at preserved steam. Not at the well worn history of building the line. But back to the 1960s when Geoff Lumb and Robin Higgins regularly filmed the line in all weathers. This video puts their rare footage together.
From a Patriot at Bingley and a Clan at Hellifield to a Royal Scot at Ribblehead and an A1 at Dent Head, Pennine Steam Volume 2 shows the Settle - Carlisle the way it was.
Volume 1 Huddersfield - Marsden
The Train Now Departing - EP 1 The Long Drag (1988)
The Train Now Departing documentary aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom from 1988-1989. This is the first episode in the Series of 6, This episode covers the Settle to Carlisle route and includes historic footage of locomotives that operated on the route.
All rights for this video belong to the BBC.