Date: 03/02/2023

As part of our Nostalgia section this week we thought we would take a look back at one of Carlisle's most iconic areas.

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Britannia Pacific 70049 Solway Firth stands under the footbridge at an almost deserted Carlisle station, late one evening in the mid 1960s.
Location: Carlisle
Company: Caledonian Railway
// Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

LNER class K3 2-6-0 No 32 stands at the north end of Carlisle under Victoria Viaduct in the 1930s.
Location: Carlisle
Company: Caledonian Railway
// Dougie Squance (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Up until this point I was expecting a red Galatea to be piloting a green Scots Guardsman, but it would be churlish to complain about the sight of two locos in BR lined black. 44932 and 45231 bring the terminating down Fellsman into Carlisle station on 7th August 2013.
Location: Carlisle
Company: Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
07/08/2013 Bill Jamieson

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