Settle and Carlisle
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Skipton to Carlisle
The Settle and Carlisle was built to provide the Midland Railway with its own route to Scotland. It was a magnificent engineering feat, making a smooth path through difficult terrain that was fit for nothing less than steam express trains. The best way of appreciating it is from the drving cab, little changed in over a hundred years. We join a 2 car Sprinter at Skipton. This fast service takes us through the restored junction station at Hellifield complete with semaphore signalling. We join the famous long drag at Settle Junction - 15 miles of almost continuous climb up to Blea Moor. The 24 arch Ribblehead viaduct is seen from the air as well as from the driver’s cab. Our sprinter disappears into the long tunnels at Blea Moor and Rise Hill while we fly over the top for a surprising view! The Long Drag is shown almost in real time with Appleby to Carlisle discretely condensed into half an hour. This is as much a Bird's eye view as a Driver's eye view.
Duration
1h 30m
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Part ofThe London Underground Driver's Eye View
Includes Piccadilly Driver's Eye View (2003), Jubilee Driver's eye view (2001), Pendolino - Driver's Eye View (2019), Edinburgh & Glasgow Driver's eye view (2019), Bakerloo & City Driver's Eye View (2007), Victoria Line (Driver's eye view) (2009), Chiltern Mainline - Driver's Eye View (2018), HST West - Driver's Eye View (1986), The Berks & Hants Driver's eye view (2019), The Tyne Valley Line - Driver's Eye View (2018), The Far North (Driver's Eye View) (1991), Northern Line (City) - Driver's Eye View (1999), The Old Gotthard Tunnel Route - Driver's Eye View (2018), Isle of Wight - Driver's Eye View Documentary (2010), Metropolitan Main Line (1995), Northern Line (West End) - Driver's Eye View (1999), Central Line (2011), Central (1992), East London and District (2005), The North London Line (2006), 1066 DC (1988), Aberdeen to Inverness (2006), Connex Express (1998), East Coastway & Marshlink (), Enterprise - Dublin to Belfast (2006), Eurostar: Brussels to London St Pancras (2009), Eurostar: Paris to London Waterloo (2004), Exeter to Basingstoke (), Fawley Hill (2023), Ffestiniog & Conwy (1992), Hammersmith & Circle (2014), Heart of Wales (), Highland Main Line (2002), HST Far West (1990), HST Great West (1993), InterCity Norwich (1997), Kent Coast (2007), Learning to Steam (1993), Lickey Voyager (2005), Liverpool & Manchester (2010), Manchester to Cleethorpes (), Marseille to Paris (2005), Midland Mainline (2000), Norfolk Branches (), North Wales Coast (2016), Reading to Waterloo (2013), Settle and Carlisle (), SkyeTrain (1987), Thames Branches (), The Cambrian Coast: Machynlleth to Barmouth (1988), The Cumbrian Coast (1997), The Chiltern Bubble Cars (2017), The Down Fishguard (2002), The Flying Scotsman (2000), The Golden Valley - Swindon to Gloucester (2006), The Northern Lights (), The Royal Scot (2012), The West Highland (), The Wirral Line (), Transpenninexpress (2000), The Uckfield Thumper (2003), Welsh Highland Railway (2014), Welsh Marches (2012), and Wessex - Weymouth to Waterloo (1994).
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