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Events, Gatherings, Out & About => Members' Travels => Topic started by: Andy the Landy on June 24, 2006, 23:57:54

Title: Settle to Carlisle
Post by: Andy the Landy on June 24, 2006, 23:57:54

Set off this morning from Manchester Victoria to travel the Settle to Carlisle Railway. Left Manchester at 08.05 and arrived back at Victoria at 21.30.
Magnificent scenery including the Ribblehead Viaduct. Returning from Carlisle via the route of Hadrians Wall and the River Tyne towards Hexham. Came past that big piece of scrap metal The Angel Of The North and down the ECML to York. Top day out 8)

Engines provided by EWS Railways
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d36/AndytheLandy/PennineSyphons24.jpg)

Ribblehead Viaduct
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d36/AndytheLandy/PennineSyphons24-1.jpg)

Carlisle Cathederal
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d36/AndytheLandy/PennineSyphons24-2.jpg)

Gateshead scrap iron
(http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d36/AndytheLandy/th_PennineSyphons24-3.jpg)

Title: Settle to Carlisle
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on June 25, 2006, 12:46:03

Lucky man :x
The last time I went over there, we had a DMU of some description

Class 37, I bet you're thinking it ought to have been a '55' (or a 'Peak')

Title: Settle to Carlisle
Post by: Andy the Landy on June 25, 2006, 22:18:36

Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"

Class 37, I bet you're thinking it ought to have been a '55' (or a 'Peak')

originally booked 4 months ago with Pathfinder Tours (http://www.toursatpathfinder.freeserve.co.uk/) as it was going to be hauled by a '55' Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey (http://www.thedps.co.uk/gallery/55022bh/22_start) but it aint quite finished yet :cry: , but, being a double headed '37' it was an interesting racket climbing Ais Gill :wink:

Title: Settle to Carlisle
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on June 29, 2006, 20:45:45

At least '417' has a relevant railway name :wink:

Title: Settle to Carlisle
Post by: Andy the Landy on July 01, 2006, 23:50:00

Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"

At least '417' has a relevant railway name :wink:

and the other one '406' Saltire Society (http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/) has quite an interesting background

Title: Settle to Carlisle
Post by: Jim-Willy on July 02, 2006, 00:47:18

We were all camped behind that pub last weekend.