Many thanks to people like Michael Portillo and all others who campaigned to keep this line open, not to mention those who worked to repair the landslip.
Great video, great event for England. Hard to believe how many people turned out for the event. British and Scottish engineering was marvelous back in the day: double track (except for the fantastic viaduct); no slow orders; easy gradients; high-level platforms way out in the middle of nowhere; very pretty stations, plus NO grade crossings!! I'm guessing that much of this line was 19th C. work.
Thanks for this. Lots of people turned out for 2 reasons - one - it was the Flying Scotsman, and two - it was the first train to travel along the Settle Carlisle like for over a year. And yes it is a marvelous piece of engineering. See my more recent aerial video between Ribblehead and Appleby to see some of the more spectacular scenery. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lyeP8SHenSw.html
A truly fantastic video of the Reopening Special Julian and your video illustrates how popular this tour was by the huge numbers of people that turned out on stations and near the line. Great footage from on board and most enjoyable footage. Best wishes - Allan :-)
Thanks Allan - I was surprised (and pleased) to see so many people out to see the trip. I've found 3 videos (so far) on here from the Aisgill field viewpoint!
Thanks Jeff. Yes it was a good day for the railway, with plenty of press publicity. And lots of people out watching it, which was good, but which would have frustrated me had I gone to any of my favourite spots! As you saw platform 1 at Carlisle had lots of barriers and security staff which made photographing the train in the station somewhat difficult! But a good day out.
Great to see. My great grandfather was a foreman plate layer on this line when they. Built it .He lived in Asby with 12 children. A hard life. His name was James Ladds.
We were lucky enough to be on this journey too, but our efforts with the camera were not quite in your league, thank you Julian it was truly a memorable day
Thanks. I would guess each station originally had its own goods shed. See www.foscl.org.uk/scrca/structure-type-definition/goods-shed for some goods shed pics.
An iconis little railway line for an iconic steam locomotive....Most beautiful in England. +Thank you for a beautifuly filmed mini documentary.Exquisite :-)
Excellent quality video, very enjoyable. Thank you for taking us along. Helifield station looks lovely, I just wish they'd actually complete the job by tidying the platform up! Typical of today's country.
Thanks for the comment, glad you liked it. I agree about Hellifield, which had major repair job on the roof 2 years or so ago, leving the platforms looking a real mess.
It's typical of today's country. I drive down Hathersage Road in Manchester from Upper Brook Street to Oxford Road and the buildings on it are a mixture of old and new, Ronald McDonald house and St Mary's hospital and yet the road is down to the cobbles! It makes the whole area look a right mess.
