S & C Diversions March 1979
Winter Sundays in March 1979 were very busy on the Settle - Carlisle line. There were the usual WCML diversions for annual engineering work and additional ECML diversions due to the collapse of the Penmanshiel tunnel.
An unidentified Class 40 is ready to pick up a pilotman at Blea Moor loops as there was single line working over Ribblehead. Semaphore signals, both water towers and both railway cottages are still standing. Ingleborough and Simon Fell are both lost above the cloud base. The natural scene persists but the man made scene has changed considerably during the intervening years.
Copyright Stephen Willetts - No unauthorised use
S & C Diversions March 1979
Winter Sundays in March 1979 were very busy on the Settle - Carlisle line. There were the usual WCML diversions for annual engineering work and additional ECML diversions due to the collapse of the Penmanshiel tunnel.
An unidentified Class 40 is ready to pick up a pilotman at Blea Moor loops as there was single line working over Ribblehead. Semaphore signals, both water towers and both railway cottages are still standing. Ingleborough and Simon Fell are both lost above the cloud base. The natural scene persists but the man made scene has changed considerably during the intervening years.
Copyright Stephen Willetts - No unauthorised use