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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.
Blea Moor Tunnel is a (1.494 mi, 2.404 km) railway tunnel located between Ribblehead Viaduct and Dent railway station in England. It is the longest tunnel on the Settle-Carlisle Line , being almost twice as long as the second longest tunnel, Rise Hill Tunnel .
The Settle–Carlisle Line is one of three north–south main lines, along with the West Coast Main Line through Penrith and the East Coast Main Line via Newcastle. [17] During 2016, the line carried seven passenger trains from Leeds to Carlisle per day in each direction, [18] and long-distance excursions, many hauled by preserved steam ...
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. Construction of the viaduct began in 1869, and it was completed in 1875 ...
The NWR was absorbed by the Midland Railway (MR) in 1871, and once the MR began work on its Settle and Carlisle Railway, the LYR decided to resume work on the line north of Chatburn. This was authorised on 24 July 1871, and the 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (18.5 km) were estimated to cost £220,000. [ 19 ]
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 ...
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.
Baron Wood Tunnel No 2 . 251 yd: 230 m . Baron Wood Tunnel No 1 . 207 yd: 189 m . ... This is a route-map template for the Settle–Carlisle line, a UK railway.