Date: 17/07/2023

This video looks at the ongoing remedial work to Smardale Gill Viaduct in Cumbria, a magnificent stone structure engineered by Sir Thomas Bouch as part of his erstwhile Stainmore route across the Pennines, built to serve heavy industry on both sides. The railway having long gone, the viaduct remains open to foot traffic, but still ...

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Viewed close up from the south-west, both the curvature and gradient on the viaduct are fairly obvious - the line climbed from right to left, reaching an 889' summit at Sandy Bank, not far to the west, before descending to Ravenstonedale and Tebay. Not so obvious in this view is the fact that the viaduct was built to double track width, albeit the Kirkby Stephen to Sandy Bank section always seems to have been single track, latterly extended westwards to Ravenstonedale.  25th May 2017
Location: Smardale Gill Viaduct
Company: South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
25/05/2017 Bill Jamieson

Smardale Gill Viaduct on the SDLUR trackbed between Tebay and Kirkby Stephen in June 2015.
Percy Beck, Tees, Deepdale, (the mighty) Belah, Hatygill, Merrygill, Podgill, Smardale Gill... Bouch had his work cut out on this line.
Location: Smardale Gill Viaduct
Company: South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
08/06/2015 Brian Taylor

Photograph taken from the the R.C.T.S. (N.E. Branch) / Stockton & Darlington Locomotive Society J21 rail tour of 7 May 1960. The location is Smardale Gill Viaduct on the Kirkby Stephen to Tebay section.
Location: Smardale Gill Viaduct
Company: South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
07/05/1960 K A Gray

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