Fully prepared for the long haul [Yorkshire Post]
Date: 13/07/2014
The trains are running again through one of the most glorious stretches of Yorkshire^s countryside, but at a hefty cost. The price of getting the Wensleydale Railway back on track after a major landslip on a remote and inaccessible embankment closed it from October last year until this spring, cutting off its income from passengers, was £100,000, which is a very big ask for the small organisation that runs it.
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A southbound EWS coal train runs through Garsdale on the Settle & Carlisle line in November 2004. On the right is the old platform once used by trains on the NER Wensleydale route to Northallerton via Hawes. The route may one day see trains running again, given the long term objectives of the Wensleydale Railway Association.
Location: Garsdale
Company: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
01/11/2004 John Furnevel
Location: Garsdale
Company: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
01/11/2004 John Furnevel
The level crossing that took the Northallerton - Garsdale line across the old A1. View east towards Northallerton at Leeming Bar in 1982.
Location: Leeming Bar
Company: Bedale Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway)
/02/1982 John McIntyre
Location: Leeming Bar
Company: Bedale Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway)
/02/1982 John McIntyre
Class K1 2-6-0 no 62005, with D5160 tucked in behind, takes on water during a photostop at Leyburn on 20 May 1967. The special is the SLS Three Dales Railtour on its way back to Darlington following a visit to Redmire.
Location: Leyburn
Company: Bedale and Leyburn Railway
20/05/1967 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Location: Leyburn
Company: Bedale and Leyburn Railway
20/05/1967 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
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