A close up of the abandoned railway cottages with gates leading directly to the trackbed of the SDLUR line just west of Smardale Gill viaduct in May 2015. Here, as at many remote parts of the route particularly between Barnard Castle and Ravenstonedale, I can experience a 'heavy' feeling, verging on unease, as dusk descends. Too many ghosts perhaps...
Location: Smardale (former)
Original line: South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
Photographer: Brian Taylor
Contact photographer: Brian Taylor
Date: 08/05/2015
Image number: 51686