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A fundraising appeal has been launched to restore passenger services on the westernmost section of the Wensleydale Railway to Redmire.
(Permalink) Redmire Wensleydale Railway  Redmire: A Wensleydale Railway DMU for Leeming awaits its departure time at Redmire on 30 October 2004. View is west towards Hawes, looking over the partially demolished coal drops.  Redmire: EE Type 1 20166 pulls in to Redmire station with a Wensleydale Railway service that originated at Leyburn and will now form the first departure, the 10.10hrs to Leeming Bar. The station building has b ... |
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The arrival of three recently-retired Pacer trains could be the catalyst to revive the Wensleydale Railway after one of the most challengingyears in the heritage line's history.
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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.
(Permalink) Akebar Landslide Wensleydale Railway  Leyburn: 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 foll ...  Leeming Bar: The level crossing that took the Northallerton - Garsdale line across the old A1. View east towards Northallerton at Leeming Bar in 1982.  Garsdale: 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 ... |
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A tremendous feat of engineering to repair a significant landslip which threatened the future of a Dales railway has been carried out by just three men.
Wensleydale Railway is comparing the job to restoring the line at Dawlish, near Devon, washed away in this year's storms, which hit the headlines when it was repaired in record time by more than 300 network rail staff and contractors. The £100,000 job on the Wensleydale Railway has taken less than four months after a landslip at Akebar, between Bedale and Leyburn, effectively cut the 16 mile railway in half and caused the suspension of services from Christmas 2013. (Permalink) Akebar Landslide Network Rail Wensleydale Railway  Wensley: A Redmire - Leeming DMU passing the former Wensley station on 3 November 2004. The old station has been converted to a holiday cottage, but with the original railway theme retained. To the left beyond ... Leyburn: 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 foll ...  Leyburn: Leyburn station, seen from the overbridge looking east in August 2012, with a Wensleydale Railway DMU waiting to depart for Redmire. As the line now hosts steam as well as diesel services the redundan ... |
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After seven weeks of very hard work by Wensleydale Railway staff and volunteers, the damaged embankment at Akebar has been repaired and track is now being relaid across the site of the landslip.
The first passenger trains to call at Finghall Lane, Leyburn and Redmire this season will run on Saturday 13th April and the 10:00 and 12:00 from Leeming Bar are planned to be steam hauled by North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Groups class J72 locomotive no. 69023. (Permalink) Akebar Landslide Wensleydale Railway Redmire: EE Type 1 20166 pulls in to Redmire station with a Wensleydale Railway service that originated at Leyburn and will now form the first departure, the 10.10hrs to Leeming Bar. The station building has b ...  Leyburn: A DMU calls at Leyburn on the Wensleydale Railway in October 2004 with a service to Redmire. View is east towards Leeming. |
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A fundraising event is being held to get a North Yorkshire heritage railway back up and running after a landslip.
The Wensleydale Railway is not able to operate trains to Finghall Lane, Leyburn or Redmire after heavy rain caused the landslip earlier this year. More than £30,000 is needed to repair the embankment at Akebar between Leyburn and Bedale. (Permalink) Akebar Landslide Wensleydale Railway Redmire: EE Type 1 20166 pulls in to Redmire station with a Wensleydale Railway service that originated at Leyburn and will now form the first departure, the 10.10hrs to Leeming Bar. The station building has b ... Leyburn: A DMU calls at Leyburn on the Wensleydale Railway in October 2004 with a service to Redmire. View is east towards Leeming. |
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