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The Settle–Carlisle line (also known as the Settle and Carlisle (S&C)) is a 73-mile-long (117 km) main railway line in northern England. The route, which crosses the remote, scenic regions of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, runs between Settle Junction, on the Leeds–Morecambe line, and Carlisle, near the English-Scottish borders.
Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle-Carlisle line "Tasmanian who played an important role in the early history of Settle-Carlisle railway". Craven Herald and Pioneer. 5 January 2013. Historic England. "Grade II* (1132228)". National Heritage List for England. "Search for photos including the Ribblehead Viaduct". Geograph project.
The timeline of Kansas details past events that happened in what is present day Kansas. Located on the eastern edge of the Great Plains, the U.S. state of Kansas was the home of sedentary agrarian and hunter-gatherer Native American societies, many of whom hunted American bison .
Dent Head Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the Settle–Carlisle line in Dentdale, Cumbria, England.It is the second major viaduct on the line northwards after Ribblehead Viaduct, and is just north of Blea Moor Tunnel at milepost 251, and to the south of Arten Gill Viaduct.
The two trains involved were both passenger trains, which had left Carlisle railway station in the early hours of 2 September, destined for St Pancras station.The Midland Railway, which owned and operated the Settle-Carlisle line, had a policy of using small engines, and the two locomotives had barely sufficient power to surmount the steep gradients on the line with the heavy trains they were ...
On 15 January 1999, a similar incident occurred around 10 miles (16 km) from the site of the 1995 accident, at Crosby Garrett Tunnel, north of Kirkby Stephen. A landslide caused a Carlisle-bound Class 156 Sprinter to derail. [10] The driver of the train promptly departed after the derailment, to protect the train with detonators. [10]
Nearly 40,000 Kansas Citians packed the banks of the Missouri River to celebrate the completion of the first railroad bridge across the Missouri River on July 3, 1869.
The 661-yard (604 m) Culgaith Tunnel lies nearby. A serious accident occurred just to the north of here in March 1930, when the 8:05 am stopping passenger train from Hellifield to Carlisle collided with a stationary engineers train that was engaged in unloading ballast in Waste Bank Tunnel. The driver of the local train and one passenger died ...