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Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line
AUGUST 2010 Magazine No. 121 £2.50
Plaque unveiling at Garsdale
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FRIENDS OF THE SETTLE – CARLISLE LINESettle Railway Station, Station Road, Settle, North Yorkshire BD24 9AA
President: The Hon. Sir William McAlpine Bt.
Vice Presidents: Lord Inglewood DL; The Bishop of Carlisle; Edward Album; Ron Cotton; Ann Cryer; David Curry; Eric Martlew; Pete Shaw; Ken Shingleton; Brian Sutcliffe MBE; Gary Waller; David Ward.
CommitteeMark Rand (Chairman) [email protected]; Douglas Hodgins (Vice Chairman & Stations Co-ordinator) [email protected]; Richard Morris (Secretary) [email protected] Way (Treasurer) [email protected]; Peter Davies (Membership Secretary) [email protected]; Andrew Griffiths (Public Relations Officer) [email protected]; Ruth Evans (Volunteers Co-ordinator) [email protected] Johnson (Armathwaite signalbox representative) [email protected] Kampen (Editor) [email protected]; Rod Metcalfe (On-train Guides Co-ordinator) [email protected]; Pat Rand (Trading Manager and Settle Shop Manager) [email protected] Pete Shaw (Vice President) Telephone 01274 590453; Nigel Ward (Hon Solicitor) [email protected]
Postal AddressesSecretarial Enquiries: Richard Morris – 10 Mill Brow, Armathwaite, Carlisle CA4 9PJHard Copy for the Magazine and General Postal Enquiries: Paul Kampen - 74 Springfield Road, Baildon, Shipley, W. Yorks BD17 5LX; Enquiries about Membership: Peter Davies - 5 Dewhirst Road, Brighouse, W. Yorks HD6 4BA; Enquiries about Volunteering: Ruth Evans - 49 Kings Mill Lane, Settle BD24 9FD or email as above.Enquiries about the FoSCL Appleby Shop: Kath Smith, 2 Betsy Lane, Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 1SF
Telephone NumbersTelephone Enquiries about FoSCL Matters Only may be made to Paul Kampen (01274 581051) or Richard Morris (01697 472084). Please note that steam and other charter train running, booking of tickets and on-train services (other than guides) are not the responsibility of FoSCL.
Other FoSCL ContactsFoSCL website: www.foscl.org.uk David Singleton (Guided Walks Co-ordinator) : [email protected]; Sarah George (Archivist): [email protected] Nigel Mussett (Historian and Librarian): [email protected]
Other Useful ContactsFoSCL Public Relations Officer: [email protected] Partnership Website: www.settle-carlisle.co.ukNorthern Rail: [email protected] or telephone: 0845 000 0125Group Bookings: [email protected] Train Running: www.uksteam.infoRibblehead Station Visitor Centre: Tony & Patricia Beckwith - [email protected] or telephone: 01524 242584
NEXT MAGAZINE: Copy date for the November 2010 magazine will be Friday 8th October. Articles, news items, photographs and letters are always welcome. Views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of the committee. You can email the magazine at: [email protected]. For electronic (PDF) copies of the magazine please contact the Editor. Past copies of the magazine may be seen at: www.foscl.org.uk
ADVERTISEMENT RATES FOR THE MAGAZINE: Full Page = £75. Half page = £45. Quarter Page = £30.Four ads for the price of three if booked at the same time. Please supply on disk or by email; all standard formats acceptable.
MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual member: £10. Junior member: £3. Family member: £12.50. Corporate member: £40. Life member: £250. Please see the Membership Secretary’s contact details above or visit the FoSCL webshop.
Cover Photo: Seen at Garsdale on July 1st are (l-r) Patrick Cawley (Network Rail), Sarah MacManus (First Group National Property Manager), Douglas Hodgins (Chairman – Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Company) and Mark Rand (Chairman - FoSCL). Photo: Andrew Griffiths
Chairman’s Report
Please do not forget to read the membership information on the green message card sentwith this mailing – you may be due to renew your membership at this time.
FoSCL Chairman Mark Rand writes:
When I took over as Chairman a headline in a railway magazine announced 'TopCop Tries to Settle Friends'. Anybody attending the 2010 AGM could haveconcluded I have failed. By the end of this FoSCL year I shall have been Chairman
for five years. I had always promised myself that, subject to annual re–election, five yearswould be about right. Much less would not allow time to think strategically. That view wasstrengthened when Network Rail embarked on its five years of major track andinfrastructure replacements. That was always going to be a difficult time, with little prospectof improvements to train services until the work was finished. Well, it has now all butfinished and, lo and behold, recession and economic cuts more severe than most haveexperienced in their lifetimes have come about. All of a sudden the light at the end of thetunnel shines less brightly. That is not to say that FoSCL is giving up – far from it. But thecountry is entering a period of austerity of unknown duration from which we are notimmune. I have given it my best shot, have learned a lot, made some mistakes and some contribution,I hope. So, members of FoSCL, over to you. If you would like to put up for Chairman pleasedo so. I am willing to carry on if nobody else will take over as Chairman rather than leavethe organisation in the lurch – but would rather stand down. I shall also remain a hardworking FoSCL volunteer as long as I have something to contribute.
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The last FoSCL magazine carried an article about some of the visual and planning mischiefsthat were evident along the line. It provoked some indignation too. Yet within days ofpublication the tracks at Carlisle station had been cleared of rubbish, an advertisinghoarding on the former Maryport and Carlisle Goods Warehouse in Carlisle had beenremoved and a mountain of rubbish in a lineside garden at Blea Moor had gone. Maybe allcoincidence, of course.
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North Yorkshire County Council are engaged on a public consultation about quarries.FoSCL has responded that the Ribble valley especially has large quarries with huge futurepotential. Presently all of their output goes by road, with environmental consequences. Thenow secure and upgraded Settle–Carlisle railway line passes these quarries and waspossibly a factor in their establishment and development. Stone used to be taken out by railbut when the line was under threat of almost certain closure in the 1980s (and possiblybefore then) there was an understandable modal shift from rail to road. Restoration of thistraffic to rail would not be easy or cheap but the need to assess that step is clear. When thenew IB signals were being planned at Horton in Ribblesdale we urged that they be sited toanticipate a future reconnection of the quarries to the rail network – and they were. That atleast is one less obstacle to be be overcome.
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We extend a very warm welcome and congratulations on his appointment to Northern'snew Managing Director Ian Bevan. Ian had been Finance Director, Deputy MD and interimMD after Heidi Mottram left to become MD of Northumbrian Water. Among Ian's very firsttasks as MD was to accompany us on a journey on the S&C, to better appreciate its problems– and opportunities.
We shall continue to work hard and in partnership with Northern to achieve the bestpossible results.
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Our On–Train Guides are road–testing the very latest wireless public address equipment tohelp with commentaries to organised groups. It is all but impossible to address an entirecarriage full of people above the noise of the train without amplification so our guides havehitherto had to repeat themselves twice, often more, so that perhaps 50 + people could hear.This has its drawbacks. We, and Northern, have shied away from using the trainloudspeakers for several reasons. Still early days but so far the new equipment seems to behighly effective. As chance would have it, there were organised groups on two of the threeS&C trains on which MD Ian Bevan travelled during his visit so he was able to see and hearfor himself how good the system is. One 'blue badge guide' accompanying his coach partywas not slow to sing the system's praises – and his appreciation for the 'fantastic' work thatFoSCL does. Without any prompting too – honestly.
Mark Rand
Seen here at Appleby on 13th July are (l – r) Ian Bevan (Managing Director –Northern Rail), Douglas Hodgins and Geoff Bounds.
Photo: Mark Rand
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Editorial
Welcome to the August issue of the FoSCL magazine – newly expanded to 40 pages.As always, we hope that you will find it interesting and informative.FoSCLcommittee members often receive suggestions for improvements to train services;
indeed more trains, more services, longer trains (more coaches!), timetable improvementsand services from Clitheroe northwards are part of FoSCL's 'shopping list'. From themembers we often receive other – shall we say – ‘interesting’ ideas. These have includedextra trains running services non–stop Leeds to Skipton and then on to Carlisle, regulartimetabled loco–hauled passenger trains, regular timetabled steam services, units reservedfor North Yorkshire & Cumbria passengers only; and of course that old chestnut – “theyought to purchase some new trains” which we hear whenever there are problems such asovercrowding. Even a senior Yorkshire journalist fell into this trap recently. In today's highlyregulated railway the answer to this must surely be “if only life were that simple!” On Page22 Tim Calow, Chairman of the Aire Valley Rail User Group, explains the thorny problemsof railway franchising. And on Page 38 in answer to a correspondent, Peter Eastham, Hon.Secretary of Ribble Valley Rail, gives a resumé of the story so far in relation to the extensionof services north of Clitheroe.
This issue also sees two very important articles by men who worked on and over theS&C. Rodney Hampson describes his life as Stationmaster at Dent in the 1950s; heintroduces us to a whole way of life that has now disappeared. Harry Knight worked as afootplateman over the line and shows us another way of life which has also disappeared andwhich had hardships and toil far removed from the romantic notions enjoyed by the manywho think that driving a steam engine was a life full of glamour.
Paul A. Kampen – [email protected]
Visit FoSCL’s expanded on–line shopNew!
* Comprehensive range of Hornby items at very competitive prices.* Walking guides: a range of walks to suit everyone in the Dales and along the S&C.* Books: including the Bellcode Memories series and two brand new titles The Settle–Carlisle Past & Present from Silverlink and Howard Routledge’s Settle–Carlisle Steam, From Lineside to Footplate.* DVDs: including a brand new double album The Settle–Carlisle Line Past and Present from On Track productions – a companion to the Silverlink book with the same title.
Plus* Ruswarp miniatures and miscellaneous items such as key rings, calendars,postcards, historic postcards and tea towels.
And* You can renew your membership and apply for Gold Cards on–line.
Just visit www.foscl.co.uk
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Gold Card PaymentsMembers need to be advised that GoldCards which are paid for by Standing Orderwill not be dispatched until the money is inour Bank Account.
We also need to point out to memberswho are renewing the cards and do not payby Standing Order that renewals can only beaccepted three weeks before the date ofexpiry.
I am getting requests for replacementcards as far in advance as August and it isnot possible to produce the cards so far inadvance.Peter Davies – Membership Secretary
S&C PublicityIt's been a busy time for publicity about theline. A brand awareness double–royal posterfor the S&C has been produced by FoSCLand this has been put up at over 80 stationsacross the North of England. A smaller sizehas been distributed to Tourist InformationCentres and is on sale at the Settle andKirkby Stephen station shops priced £5. Awinter version will be produced for later inthe year.
New Guided Walks and Membershipleaflets, in a more contemporary style, havealso been produced. For the first time thereis now a general leaflet about the lineentitled Ten Reasons to Take One of the World'sGreatest Train Journeys, this having beenfunded one third each by FoSCL, the S&CDevelopment Company and Northern.Anne at the Dev. Co. wrote the text for thisand the design of all the above material(plus the promotional banner on display theAGM in April) was done by Imagerail atKirkby Stephen station.
Last but hopefully not least, 20 pressreleases have also been issued since lastOctober.
Andrew Griffiths
Volunteer walk leaders neededNew volunteers to lead FoSCL guided
walks would be very welcome. We try toorganise walks every Saturday, and as manySundays and Wednesdays as possible,throughout the year. Walks are led from thenorthbound Settle–Carlisle trains, theMorecambe line and the southboundCarlisle–Settle trains.
No formal qualifications are required butyou would need to be a regular walker witha good knowledge of the Dales and thefootpath network. You should be competentin the use of map and compass and able toconfidently lead a group of up 20 to 30participants. Walks are normally between 8and 14 miles in length. Walk leaders areexpected to lead an average of one walk permonth as well as acting as back up on otherwalks and checking routes in advance ofleading an advertised walk. In return youcan be offered the use of a Northern rail passwhich gives free travel on the line inconjunction with FoSCL activities. If you areinterested please contact:David Singleton, Walks co–ordinator, atdavid.singleton@settle–carlisle.com or ring01228 576856
David Singleton
Coming EventsSat Dec 4th: FoSCL Christmas Lunch.Sun Dec 5th: Church Service and 1910Accident Memorial Re–dedication – Hawes.Sat Dec 11th: Settle Station Open Day.Sat Dec 11th:Walkers’ Christmas Lunch.Sat Dec 18th: Langwathby ChristmasLunch.Sat April 16th 2011: AGM of FoSCL at theVictoria Hall – Settle. 27th June 2011 – 30th Anniversary of thefounding of FoSCL
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Church Service on Garsdale StationOn Sunday 30th May a church service onGarsdale Station, led by Canon BillGreetham, one of FoSCL's On–Train Guides,was attended by around 100 people. Theservice was accompanied by Hawes SilverBand in their Sunday best jackets and byGunnerside choir up and over fromSwaledale. Railway people mixed with localpeople to create a very friendly atmosphere.Bill Mitchell gave out the service sheets andgreeted people as they congregated on bothplatforms.
The service opened by singing an
appropriate hymn for Garsdale, "For theBeauty of the Earth" – Canon Greethamnoted the sun, “someone’s looking after us”.The Bible reading from Isaiah 6, 1–8 wasvery apt with the words “His train filled thetemple.” There was also reference to coals offire and being filled with smoke.Proceedings were overseen by the bronzestatue of Ruswarp, a collie that hadbelonged to one of the Settle and Carlisle’smost avid proponents who had died whilewalking in Wales.
Afterwards everyone went to theChapel for a buffet lunch in the tinybuilding – official membership two. Thespread was magnificent, the chapel so fullthat they even sat in the pulpit. A talk thenfollowed by Bill Mitchell about Mallerstang,whilst a dedicated bunch of walkers wenton a walk, led by Peter Davies, of the localarea. The Chapel has strong connectionswith the railway and it was a joy to see bothbeing brought together.
Ruth Evans
The statue of Ruswarp seems to be watching theGunnerside Choir at Garsdale station onSunday May 30th. Just visible behind the choirare the Hawes Silver Band and to the right isthe Rev. Canon Bill Greetham.
Photo: Ruth Evans
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THE STATION HOUSE MOORTOWN
Bed and Breakfast on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds
Located a few miles North of Market Rasen, Moortown Station
is on the Lincoln–Grimsby Line, and was originally part of
the Manchester Sheffield and Lincoln Railway.
Built in about 1849 the house still retains a few original
features (including passing trains).
One Double Room only available at present.
More details on our website www.moortownstation.com
Telephone 01472 852900. E–mail –
Garsdale Plaque UnveilingNetwork Rail's restoration andrefurbishment of Garsdale Station wasrecognised last year with a National RailHeritage Award. FoSCL contributed £10,000towards the cost and also funded thedisplay boards inside the waiting rooms;these were professionally designed by PamHarrington who donated her services to theproject.
These high quality displays tell thestory of Garsdale (formerly Hawes Junction)station and the sad tale of Ruswarp the dog,whose bronze statue now stands on a plinthon the up platform. FoSCL launched ahighly successful appeal for the statue,which has now become a tourist attractionin its own right. On 1st July 2010 a plaquefixed to the end wall of the up waiting roomwas unveiled by Sarah MacManus, NationalProperty Manager for First Group, who arethe sponsors of the award. Speakers at theunveiling were Patrick Cawley of NetworkRail, Douglas Hodgins (Chairman of theSettle–Carlisle Railway DevelopmentCompany) and Mark Rand (Chairman ofFoSCL).
Richard Morris – FoSCL Secretary and Webmaster
The plaque just after unveiling at Garsdale,1/7/10.
Photo: Richard Morris
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FoSCL Christmas LunchThe FoSCL Christmas Lunch has been arranged for Saturday 4th December 2010 to beheld in The Falcon Manor Hotel, Settle which is no more than a 15 minute walk from
the station.Drinks will be available from the bar from 12.30 onwards.
Lunch will be served at 1pm.The after dinner speaker will be Stan Hall MBE. Stan had 40 years with BR, mainly inthe operations and safety side of the business. He then took up a writing career (aboutrailways, naturally) and became a voluntary warden for the Yorkshire Dales NationalPark, mainly leading guided walks for Dalesrail and FoSCL trains, which he did for
12 years. The event should finish no later than 5pm.
The number attending will be restricted to 80 people.Bookings should be sent to the address below, with cheques made payable to:
The Falcon Manor Hotel at £13 per person.When booking, please state your choice for each course on the menu.
Should you require any further information please email me preferably, if not byphone.
Bookings to: Ruth Evans49 Kings Mill Lane, Settle, North Yorkshire BD24 9FDEmail – [email protected] Phone 01729 825454
MenuStarters
Choose from:Winter vegetable soup, chopped garden herbs & croutonsSmoked mackerel paté, bread wafer & a little saladFresh melon, mulled spiced berries & sorbet
Main CourseChoose from:
Traditional roasted turkey, farmhouse sage & onion stuffing, streaky bacon wrappedchipolatas, cranberry sauce & classic pan gravy
Roasted Yorkshire beef topside, Yorkshire pudding, horseradish & “grannies” gravyBaked Whitby haddock, white wine, garlic & lemon reduction, garden herbs
Roasted root vegetable hot pot, mixed pulses, mature cheddar & breadcrumb crust
All served with brussel sprouts, crushed swede & carrot, roasted potatoes
DessertsChoose from:
Christmas pudding & brandy cream sauceDark chocolate & stem ginger tart, vanilla cream
Selection of ices
Coffee & mince pies
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Langwathby Christmas Lunch – 2010This year’s lunch will take place on Saturday 18th December with a starting time of
13.15.After lunch there will be the ever–popular quiz on the S&C with prizes for the
winners.Please make your choice from the menu and send it to myself, John Johnson, at theaddress below. Please make your cheque for £19 payable to ‘Brief Encounter,
Langwathby’.Last year’s lunch was full so book early to avoid disappointment.
Menu Starters
Choose from:Minestrone soup with warm bread roll
Duck spring rolls with hoi sin dip and mixed saladFlorida cocktail
Main coursesChoose from:
Roast turkey with all the trimmingsMinted lamb Henry
Scottish salmon, lemon & dill en crouteRed onion caramelised tart
All with market–fresh vegetables
DessertsChoose from:Chocolate tart
or Citrus Bavarois (lemon and lime mousse on a sponge base)Above served with Taste of Eden ice cream
Traditional Christmas pudding & brandy sauce
Glass of Gordon’s mulled wineBrief Encounter blend coffee
I look forward to seeing you all again in DecemberJohn Johnson, 14 Scotby Close, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 2XG
Tel: 01228 593943. Mobile: 0775 959 3242
Sales DepartmentIt is August so it is time to think about Christmas! All members should have found aChristmas Sales list included with this magazine. It helps our Appleby mail order team, ledby Kath Smith, if you could submit your orders early. There are several new lines this yearincluding two new books (which can be ordered together at a special price) and a newdouble album DVD. Could everyone please note that payment for mail orders cannot bemade by credit card. If you want to use this method of payment you should use ourwebshop which can be found at: www.foscl.co.uk
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Hawes Memorial ServiceOn Sunday 5th December 2010, a Service ofCommemoration will be held in HawesParish Church at which the victims of the1910 Hawes Junction railway accident willbe remembered. The accident occurred onChristmas Eve and thus the date which wehave chosen will be the nearest practicableone to the exact 100th anniversary of thetragedy. The service will be conducted bythe Rev. Canon Bill Greetham and the Rev.Ann Chapman, the Vicar of Hawes, and willcommence at 2.30.
Following the service, the memorialprovided by the Midland Railway companywill be rededicated. Three of the twelvepeople who lost their lives are interred at thememorial which for many years wasmaintained by successive generations ofrailway workers. Since privatisation it hasfallen into a bit of disrepair and FoSCL hascommissioned the firm of Pickards, ofAysgarth, to refurbish it. All are invited toattend. There may be the possibility of
running a special bus from Ribbleheadstation to enable visitors to travel by train. Afare would be payable.
If you are interested in using such a buscould you please contact the Editor (contactdetails in front cover). We must stress thatthe bus will only run if enough people areinterested and that, at this stage, we cannotadvise as to the likely cost to passengers.
We would like to thank the Vicar ofHawes for her kind permission to hold thisservice.
Paul A. Kampen
Below is our historic photo for this issue – apostcard which was produced after the accident.The practice of producing such cards wascommon at the time. The wreckage is of a St.Pancras to Glasgow express which had run intothe back of two light engines just north of Lundscrossing. An engine chimney currently atAppleby station is said to be from one of thelocomotives.
C/O Hawes Junction Chapel
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60 New Places Off the line to Visit by Bus
There are Bus Links to sixty destinationsfrom the S&C featured on the new FoSCLwebsite with times and links to timetables,most of which can also be found atwww.dalesbus.org together with the latesttips on getting the best out of your trip onthe S&C. Please show your support for thesebuses, some of which are generouslysponsored by FoSCL and Northern, by usingthem!
The extra Saturday bus back fromSedbergh (1645) and Dent Village (1700) toDent Station has already proved useful tomany members and runs until Oct 2nd. Whynot walk down the dale to Dent or use themorning bus to have a day in Sedbergh orwalking on the Howgills? The "NorthernDalesman" Sunday bus from Ribblehead toHawes, Swaledale and Leyburn offers lots ofopportunities for walking and visitingattractions and runs until Oct 17th and onAugust Bank Holiday Monday (return busruns earlier to connect with train!). There'slots of room on the Sunday 0900 ex Leedsand there are discount bus fares if you showyour train ticket. If you intend to travel onSundays from Sept 12th onwards pleasecheck train times from Leeds etc carefullyand be prepared for an earlier start –however the connections at Ribblehead willbe maintained during the engineering worksaround Shipley. Please check beforetravelling on Oct 17th as there are moreextensive engineering works on the S&Cwhich we did not expect to commence untilOct 24th!
Updates: The timetabled service fromSettle to Malham on Thursdays & Fridayshas been replaced by a Monday to Fridaydemand responsive service; please ringLittle Red Bus on 01524 262753 at least oneday in advance to book a bus to meet yourtrain. Sadly the last Bowland Transit B1 from
Settle to Slaidburn for Clitheroe &Manchester has been withdrawn but there isa 280 bus from Skipton Station (main roadbus stop) at 1900 (Mon – Sat) to Clitheroewhich connects with the 1757 train fromSettle.
A new service runs on Wednesdays andSaturdays to the Widdale Red Squirrel Trailfrom Hawes using the Little Red Bus whichruns to Garsdale – it will only run if youbook via Hawes NPC (Tel 01969 666210) orask the bus driver. The Northern Dalesmanwill also stop at Snaizeholme Lane End forthe Red Squirrel Trail every Sunday.
John Disney
Service Variations due to Engineering Work
All day on Sundays 12 and 19 September2010, owing to track work at Steeton, Leeds/Bradford Forster Square – Skipton trains willterminate at and start from Keighley and bediesel operated, with connecting busesbetween Keighley and Skipton. Some trainswill terminate at and start from Shipley withconnecting buses between Shipley andSkipton.
Leeds – Carlisle/Morecambe trains willterminate at Keighley and restart fromSkipton and vice versa with replacementbuses between Keighley and Skipton.Journey times involving buses will beextended.
All day on Sundays 26 September and 3October 2010 owing to track work at Bingley,Leeds – Skipton trains will terminate at andstart from Shipley (platform 3) withconnecting buses between Shipley andSkipton. Platforms 1 and 2 at Shipley will notbe in use. Bradford Forster Square – Skiptontrains will be replaced by buses throughout.Leeds – Carlisle/Morecambe trains will startfrom and terminate at Skipton withreplacement buses between Shipley andSkipton connecting with other trains at
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Shipley. Journey times involving buses will beextended. Leeds – Bradford Forster Squaretrains will run normally.
From 1900 Saturdays and all daySundays 16/17, 23/24 October 2010 the linewill be blocked between Hellifield andCarlisle and between Hellifield andGiggleswick. On Saturdays the 17.50 Leeds –Carlisle, 19.19 Leeds – Ribblehead and 18.16Carlisle – Leeds, 21.00 Ribblehead – Leedstrains will terminate at and start fromHellifield at advertised times withreplacement buses between Hellifield andRibblehead/ Carlisle.
Buses will depart from Carlisle earlier at16.10 to connect with the train and at 18.20running through to Leeds, setting downonly beyond Hellifield. The 16.39 Leeds –Morecambe train will terminate at Carnforthwith a connecting bus to Morecambe andthe 19.09 Morecambe – Leeds train will startfrom Hellifield.
On Sundays Leeds – Carlisle trains andLeeds – Morecambe trains will terminate atand start from Skipton/ Hellifield atadvertised times with replacement busesbetween Skipton/Hellifield and Carlisle andbetween Skipton and Giggleswick. Separatetrains will run between Giggleswick andMorecambe. Journey times involving buseswill be extended. The final 08.36 BlackpoolNorth – Carlisle and 1741 Carlisle returnLancashire DalesRail trains on 17 Octoberwill terminate at and start from Hellifield.
All day Monday to Saturday 18 to 23October 2010 the line will also be blockedbetween Hellifield and Carnforth. Leeds –Lancaster/ Morecambe trains will bereplaced by buses between Skipton/Hellifield and Carnforth/ Lancaster. Journeytimes involving buses will be extended.
From 20.00 Saturday and all day Sunday30/31 October 2010 the line will be blockedbetween Hellifield and Carlisle. OnSaturday the 19.19 Leeds – Ribblehead and2100 Ribblehead – Leeds trains will
terminate at and start from Hellifield atadvertised times with replacement busesbetween Hellifield and Ribblehead. OnSundays Leeds – Carlisle trains willterminate at and start from Skipton/Hellifield at advertised times withreplacement buses betweenSkipton/Hellifield and Carlisle. Journeytimes involving buses will be extended.
Car Parking at Keighley stationMetro is working with Leeds City College(in Keighley), Bradford City Council andNorthern Rail to improve the car parkingprovision at Keighley rail station. InSeptember 2010, a new rail user car parkwill open and provide a further 66 carparking spaces, formal drop off and pick uppoint, cycle storage and a new level accesson to platform 1 (Leeds bound). This newfacility and access point will be accessiblethrough the new Leeds City Collegedevelopment off Dalton Lane. Once the newcar park is open for use the intention is totemporarily close the existing car park onMill Dam Lane and undertakerefurbishment work. This work will includeimprovements to the car park surface andre- configuration of the car park. Once bothcar parks are fully operational a small dailycharge for parking will be introduced asfollows: £1 per car per day Monday toFriday (excluding weekends, Bank Holidaysand after 17.00 week day evenings). Therewill be no charge for vehicles displaying avalid blue badge permit, no charge forannual bus/rail Metro cards or annual railseason tickets – a parking permit will beissued to users by Keighley rail station staff.It is anticipated that the new arrangementswill come in to force in autumn 2010.
David Stopher – Rail Services Leader – Metro (West
Yorkshire PTE)
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A holiday idea for 2011!Perhaps you think it is a little early to thinkabout holidays for next year, you may wellhave a break planned for later this year!However, for a holiday with a difference,what about Dent Station for a week inJanuary, the 14th–21st to be precise. RobinHughes who owns the station has onceagain kindly offered a week to FoSCL as afund raising exercise. Not only does Robinnow operate the station as a holiday let, henow has one of the ‘snow huts’ to let outand the second will soon follow. The FoSCLweek is in the station building, it sleeps six,and is very luxurious.
The ‘going rate’ in January for Dent is£800 per week, we will allocate the week tothe highest bidder. This offer will run untilthe 1st of December 2010; if interested, makesure your bid is in by then.
Offers for the week to:Douglas HodginsEmail [email protected] phone 017683 41664 any evening before21.00hrs.
Dent Snow HutsRobin Hughes is appealing for as muchhistorical information as possible about the‘snow huts’ at Dent station. Although theyare very well known features of the line,surprisingly little is recorded about them. Weknow that they were never permanent livingaccommodation but were provided to allowstaff drafted in during severe weather someform of accommodation, cooking facilitiesand so on. Of the three, one has now beenrestored for use as holiday accommodationand work is due to start on a second. One ofthe first people to stay in the restored hutwas Michael Portillo. Another was MichaelWilliams who records the experience in hisnew book ‘On The Slow Train’. Any otherinformation would be welcome; pleaserespond to the editor in the first instance.
The snow huts at Dent seen before and after theongoing restoration work.Photos: Robin Hughes
Recent DeathsKen Harper reports the deaths during Mayof the following retired members of PWstaff;
Pat(rick) Brown was aged 80 and lived atMoorcock Cottages, Garsdale. He workedon the S&C for many years in the Garsdalegang and then gained promotion toinspector at Tebay (WCML) from where heretired.
Vince Armstrong was aged 86 and livedat Lazonby. He was in the Lazonby gang formany years and most of those as the busdriver for the gang.
FoSCL sends its condolences to thefamilies, ex–colleagues and friends of thesemen who served the S&C and helped tokeep the trains running for many years.
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Community Rail Photo CompetitionEach year ACoRP (Association ofCommunity Rail Partnerships) holds aphotographic competition in the run up toits annual awards. There is usually someS&C representation and this time is noexception. See if you can find the five S&Cshots – and please get voting! This can onlybe done online, at http://communi-tyrailawards2010photcomp.fotopic.net/c1873741.html. The closing date is 3 September.
The invisible lineIt's a longstanding sore point thatlong–distance journey enquiries don't offerS&C services – for example Sheffield toGlasgow – apparently due to the slowspeed. But when the wires came down onthe WCML in the Shap area on the afternoonof Monday 19th July, the S&C didn't evenfeature in the list of alternative routes onwhich tickets would be valid. Maybe thiswouldn't have mattered if services werediverted over the Long Drag, but with onehonourable exception this did not happen.To be fair on the operators, it was expectedthat single line working would beintroduced relatively quickly, in which casediversion would not be worthwhile. Virginas usual replaced trains with buses betweenPreston and Carlisle and it appears thatalthough DBS were offered paths over theS&C for their time–critical mail servicesthese were turned down, the trains runningup to 3 hours late as a result.
Full marks though to Trans–PennineExpress, who saved their passengers thehassle of bustitution or hanging around onstations by sending 185149 on 1M98 1611Edinburgh–Manchester Airport our way,this being probably the first working of aclass 185 over the S&C. 1S83 ManchesterAirport–Edinburgh was restarted fromPreston at 2009 with 185122 and also wasdiverted. It's hard not to look back to thegood old days when traction and crewresources were available to make
hastily–arranged diversions the norm ratherthan exception. Today's policy may becost–effective but is it good customerservice?
Shedmaster
Stay on a working S&C stationPlans for a self–catering holiday let in therestored Kirkby Stephen station buildinghave moved a step closer with the grantingof planning permission from Eden DistrictCouncil, and the agreement of the Settle &Carlisle Railway Trust. Station tenantsAndrew & Rachel Griffiths hope to be in aposition to take bookings from mid–Augustfor stays from mid–September onwards.There will be a special offer for FoSCLmembers. Anyone wanting to receive detailsas soon as they are available can [email protected] or call 01768 800208.
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Ribblehead Air CrashIn June 2009 an air crash at Ribblehead wentunreported. Nobody was hurt and thewhole thing was hushed up – until now thatis. OK, it's not quite as bad as it sounds. Theaircraft involved was a pilotless plane beingflown by people who specialise in aerialphotography.You can see their website at:www.flyingcamera.moonfruit.com
Last June they asked Ribbleheadcustodian Tony Beckwith if they could usethe station as a take off runway in order toget some shots of the dramatic scenery atRibblehead. Slightly nonplussed but anxiousto oblige Tony agreed, only to see the planecrash ignominiously, and expensively, ontake off. A year later and undeterred theywere back, this time carrying out animpressive and fruitful sortie overRibblehead and Whernside. Here is a finepicture of Ribblehead station from the air,courtesy of Flyingcamera.
Settle–Carlisle Memorial Service – St Mary’s, Mallerstang
This year ’s service at Mallerstang wasconducted jointly by Rev. Richard Hall andRev. Canon Bill Greetham. Rememberedwere those who died during theconstruction of the S&C, including manysmall children, and also those who died inthe 1910 accident which is always referred toas the ‘Hawes Junction accident’ but which,in fact, took place at Lunds – not far from StMary’s. Remembered too was the Rev. BillTurner who took the service in 2009 andwho sadly died in May. At an Act ofRemembrance in the churchyard, a wreathwas laid at the S&C memorial by Dr JohnHamilton, Chair of Mallerstang Parishmeeting. FoSCL was represented byVice–chairman Douglas Hodgins and MrsMargaret Hodgins, Peter Davies and PaulKampen. We would like to thank GordonHutton for the invitation to attend.
Paul A. Kampen
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Special Traffic ReportMay 3rd 47786/47804 Huntingdon – CarlisleMay 17th HST Derby – Heaton, test trainMay 22nd 56312+ 66148 Birmingham – CarlisleMay 22nd HST Heaton – Derby, test trainMay 29th 67017 Hooton – CarlisleMay 31st 55022 Stockport – EdinburghJune 2nd 48151 Lancaster – CarlisleJune 12th 47501/47802 Crewe – CarlisleJune 24th 60163 Carlisle – LondonJuly 3rd 71000 Carlisle – LondonJuly 7th 37409 Kilmarnock – Doncaster, inspection saloonJuly 10th 47501/47712 Leicester – Carlisle
On May 1st, two freight trains were diverted on to the S&C from the WCML; a Crewe toCarlisle infrastructure train headed by three Class 66s; and an Earles Sidings to Carlisle coalempties hauled by five Class 66s.
On July 19th, wires down at Penrith saw three diversions over the S&C:–
185.149 Edinburgh to Manchester Airport.185.122 Manchester Airport to Edinburgh.66050 Basford Hall to Carlise Yard
Pete Shaw
The Compass Railtours Mersey Fellsman railtour on 12th June 2010 ran to Carlisle outward viaS&C and back via Cumbrian Coast line. The train is pictured at the northern end of Blea Moor Tunnelheading into Dentdale. Headed by 47802 Pride of Cumbria, with 47501 Craftsman at the rear.Photo: Andrew Wood
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Music & Ale Trains 2010So the ever–popular evening Music & Aletrains to Ribblehead are over for anotherseason!
It is three years now since MarionArmstrong (General Manager,Settle–Carlisle Development Company)asked in her imitable way if I “would like to
come and help” on one of the music trainsshe was responsible for. As I had been apassenger on these before, they had seemedfun, there was a bar andmusic to enjoy, pluseverything appeared torun smoothly onautomatic pilot. So I said“yes” I would help. Withher charm and clevermanagement skills, theend result is that I amnow the DevelopmentCompany organiser!However, nothing wouldwork without thee n t h u s i a s t i cco–operation andprofessional help fromNorthern Rail &
Development Company staff and manyothers behind the scene.
For those readers who have not yet had achance to sample these trains, a bit about theformat may encourage you to try and join usnext year. The music trains use the paths ofthe normal evening service train from Leedsto Ribblehead and return, but strengthened
to four coaches. We try torun one in each of themonths May, June andJuly. A jazz band, oftenPennine Jazz, plays inone end of the train andtheir music is relayed toa second coach. A folkband, such as the verypopular Hall Brothers,performs in anothercoach. Separate real aleand quality wine bars areprovided, north fromSkipton, by the Keighleyand Worth ValleyRailway catering team.On the July train thisyear we were fortunate
to have the bonus of a kilted Scottish groupplaying drums and bagpipes under thedirection of Skipton driver Ian Brown.
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This year wedecided to innovate byselling just two flat faretickets. These were £7.50for those people joiningat Leeds, Shipley,Bingley or Keighley and£5 for Skiptonpassengers, availableonly by advancepurchase from theDevelopment Companywebsite or in person atSettle Station andSkipton Station Café.Admission to the musiccoaches was restrictedto these advance ticket holders only. Thisnew approach proved very popular and theJuly train was sold out by early June.
So if you didn’t make it this year andwish to enjoy one of the 2011 Music & AleTrains, check the Partnership Websitewww.settle–carlisle.co.uk early next year fordates and booking details. I hope you willjoin us and do like many others, bring apicnic for the journey.
Finally, on behalf of the many passengers
who enjoyed these trains this year, somewho took the time to write and say so, Iwould like to acknowledge the help andsupport from the following: Drew Haley,Phil Thickett, Bob Smith & Mark Sill, eachmanagers within Northern Rail, MarionArmstrong, Gary Horsfall & Anne RidleySCRDC, Tim Calow for publicity and manyothers.
Colin P Jones – Settle–Carlisle Railway Development Company
Barbecue at ApplebyOn Wednesday June 23rd, David Sampson,of the Settle–Carlisle Railway DevelopmentCompany, hosted a barbecue at Applebystation.
The guests were the members of FoSCL’sOn–train Guide team and the purpose wasto thank the guides for the work that they dothroughout the year to support themuch–appreciated refreshment trolleyservice on the S&C.
Left: David Sampson at work
Photo: Keith Preston
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News from Other LinesWensleydale Railway – more ideas for days out
Steam returns!: The Bo’Ness and KinneilRailway’s steam locomotive No 80105 isnow back on the Wensleydale Railway untilMonday August 30st. The 10.25 (Train 2)and 13.16 (Train 4) departures from LeemingBar both run through to Redmire, withreturn departures from Redmire at 11.53 and15.01. Trains 1,3 and 5 (not steam–hauled)depart from Leeming Bar at 09.25, 11.48 and15.00 and from Redmire at 10.26, 13.21 and16.19. For the full timetable, fares andvintage bus connections see www.wensley-dalerailway.com. WR's Diesel Gala is 24–26September.Thursday August 26th Smelting Walk: Thisthemed guided walk to see relics of thesmelting industry in the dale is beingrepeated as it was exceptionally popular lastyear. Walkers should catch the 10.25 steamtrain from Leeming Bar (11.22 fromLeyburn) to Redmire. No need to book forthis event – but save £1 if you do! Bringpacked lunch and drinks; wear suitablefootwear and clothing. The return trainarrives Leeming Bar at 17.16. Events in September for which numbers arelimited and booking is essential include anexclusive visit to an Antiquarian Bookstorenear Aysgarth Falls (Tues 14th); an excursionentitled In JMW Turner’s Footsteps withlunch – in a hotel where the artist stayed in1816 (Wed 15th); Working Sheepdog demoin Hawes (Thurs 23rd). WR’s CommunityRail week–end on September18th/19thincludes three special items: the chance tovisit a Contemporary Furniture exhibitionat Tennants in Leyburn; the Brian Redheadmemorial train on Sunday Sept 19th (specialwelcome for journalists and media) and aFREE vintage bus link betweenNorthallerton and Leeming Bar stations,sponsored by Grand Central Railway. Last year, nearly 100 walkers booked for
WR’s Autumn Great Walks Days. Book nowfor this year ’s events – Friday 19th andSaturday 20th November. £20 pp includesreturn train journey, guided walk andFestive Lunch at a welcoming local pub (SCsdeduct £2). BOOKINGS: 08454 50 54 74.
Ruth Annison
Lancaster & Skipton Rail User Group(LASRUG)
There is an warm invitation to our twoforthcoming events, both to be held inBentham Town Hall at 7–30 pm.. OnThursday 9 September well–known localhistorian Peter Marshall will give anillustrated talk on “Railway Heraldry”. Andon Friday 15 October we have our AGM,when the speaker will be Phil Thickett,Operations Manager (Eastern) for NorthernRail, whose area of responsibility coversboth the S&C and Leeds–Morecambe lines.All are welcome at both meetings.
John Bearpark
Northern Viaduct TrustOne of the most notable features of the S&Cis the large number of viaducts over whichthe trains cross.
Three notable viaducts are to be foundon now–disused trackbeds in Cumbria andthese are cared for by the Northern ViaductTrust. The Trust has established a ‘ViaductsWalk’ at Stenkrith, just outside KirbyStephen, which has a car park andlandscaped entrance. Visible from SmardaleViaduct on the S&C is Smardale Gill viaducton the old North Eastern Railway route toTebay. This viaduct suffered in the severeweather of last winter and the NVT havearranged repairs which include replacementof fallen stones.
For further information about theNorthern Viaduct Trust please visit theirwebsite at:www.nvt.uk
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A Ticket to Ride
On 3rd July this year there wasanother chance to combine a rail ridewith a chance to see a steamer. What
could be a better way to spend a Saturday?It was almost a foregone conclusion thatSerena Williams would win the LadiesSingles, and the World Cup quarter finalmatches could easily be caught up in theevening.
The day didn’t get off to the best of startswhen I inadvertently purchased the wrongsort of ticket but, by the good offices of ahelpful and persistent train conductor, heand I eventually got there. In fact the ticketthat I ended up with was a new one to mebut it exactly suited my needs, namely oneticket for all of my trips, including a rideover the S&C (I add that as, when peoplestray off line so to speak, readers mayquestion what relevance it has to thebeloved S&C!)
The early morning train to Lancaster,which I joined at Hellifield, got me intoLancaster in plenty of time to see locallybased HF Tours Cumbrian Coast Explorer,hauled by ex BR Standard Pacific 71000 Dukeof Gloucester, storm through the centre road.
Whilst the charter had a leisurely excursionaround the coastal route, I boarded the 09.55Pendolino to Carlisle where I changed to the11.39 train to Whitehaven on which Itravelled as far as Workington.
At Workington I was just in time to meetthe steamer which had a scheduled waterstop here before continuing to Carlisle. Ifollowed on the 13.12 and, by the time that Iarrived at Carlisle, only the coaching stockwas waiting to be moved. The steam enginewas already off being serviced for the lateafternoon run to Crewe via the S&C.
Catching the 14.26 from Carlisle, Icollected my car from Hellifield and, aftersome refreshment, went out to see the returnof the charter between Settle Station andSettle Junction with Pen–y–Ghent forming asuitable backdrop on this sunny evening.
David Mathias
Retro Rail Tours ran a charter from Sheffield toEdinburgh and return on Bank Holiday Monday,31 May. The outward leg was via the S&C seenhere between Hellifield and Long Preston with exBR CLass 55 Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Greyrunning well and to time.Photo: David Mathias
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71000 Duke of Gloucester on the HF Railtours ‘Cumbrian Coast Explorer’ working on 3rd JulyAbove: Storming through the centre road at Lancaster. Below: Entering Workington. Photos:David Mathias
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Above: The train is seen at Ais Gill on its journey from Carlisle to Crewe. Photo: Chris DysonBelow: And finally, the train is seen between Settle station and Settle Junction with Pen-y-Ghent inthe background. Photo: David Mathias
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New Trains for the Northern Franchise
Anumber of members have madecomments that the Leeds to Carlisletrains should be formed of better
quality rolling stock and should have moreseats. The class ‘158’ trains which arerostered on all services are now around 20years old. There are issues with them –especially with the ineffective airconditioning. So why hasn’t Northern Railinvested in new trains for this very railway?The answer lies firstly in the complexities ofthe franchising system and secondly in theeconomics of running regional rail services.Finally over recent years the Department forTransport (DfT) has taken responsibility forthe procurement of new trains.
The Northern franchise which started inDecember 2004 is due to run untilSeptember 2013. This is for less than 9 years.The working life of a train is much longer,perhaps 30 to 50 years, so it will need to beused beyond the end of the franchise – if areturn is to be made on the considerableinvestment. Thus investment in trains needsto be agreed with the DfT who will beresponsible for re–letting the franchise in2013.
A number of franchise agreements haveincluded a requirement to invest in trains.The DfT have then guaranteed the longerterm use of the new train fleet. The Northernfranchise included no such requirement.Northern Rail bid to operate the franchise atminimum cost to the government and on asteady state basis. There has in fact beensustained growth in passenger numbersacross the franchise due to a combination ofeconomic growth, road congestion andimproving reliability of the rail services.
Over the course of the franchise therehave been some amendments to cope withthe growth in passenger numbers and tooperate additional services required by theDfT. Thus Northern Rail now operates a fastservice from Leeds to Nottingham viaBarnsley and Sheffield. Additional second
hand class ‘158’ units were acquired fromacross the country to operate the extra andstrengthened services. They are used on theCarlisle line and do represent someimprovement over the older class ‘156’ unitswhich operated the services until May 2007.
So why doesn’t the governmentguarantee the long term use of new trainsand require the franchise to lease newtrains? The principal reason is the cost. Theonly ‘commercial’ train services in the UKare the long distance services to and fromLondon. High (even extortionate?) fares arecharged for peak travel. For the 3 hourjourney from Skipton to London the openreturn fare is now a whopping £235Standard class or £345 first class. These highfares enable the service overall to operate ona commercial basis. It is these high fareswhich open up the possibility of makingcommercial returns on investments. TheLeeds to Carlisle day return fare of £27.80does not do this!
Over recent years the DfT has takenresponsibility for the procurement of trainson behalf of the franchises and for planningthe deployment of new and older trains.Their initial plans did include a fleet of newdiesel trains many of which were to be usedby Northern Rail and Trans Pennine. Theplans for new diesel trains were howeverdropped when the DfT decided on a rollingplan of electrification.
There are now no plans for new trainsfor the Northern franchise. In theoryadditional trains will reach the region astrains are displaced following theThameslink modernisation and GreatWestern electrification. This is some yearsaway. Until then the only diesel unitsavailable will be a handful of cascadedSprinters (from London Overground) andthe five class ‘180’ InterCity units which EastCoast was to have used for its new service toLincoln. Northern Rail currently has three ofthese class ‘180’ units on short term leaseuntil December and is using them on local
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services on the Manchester to Blackpoolaxis. The DfT will decide whether these fiveunits can be used by a franchised operatorfrom December (alternatively an open accessoperator may wish to lease them).
So what are Northern Rail actuallyresponsible for? They are responsible tofulfil their franchise agreement whilemaking a financial return for theirshareholders. They have to turn out thetrains on a daily basis, maintained andcleaned to an appropriate standard. Theyhave to ensure that the staff are there tooperate the trains and man their stations. Ifthe train is cancelled because of crewshortages or unit failures or short–formedbecause the units won’t couple then that isthe fault of Northern (though probably notthe fault of the front–line staff whom wethen meet).
In many ways the operation of the Leeds– Settle – Carlisle service is remarkablyefficient. Six units are out on the line eachday between the peaks. However thetimetable is designed so that five of theseunits are available in the morning forcommuters into Leeds – and four areavailable in the evening for the commuters
as they return home. The line has the mostmodern units in the long–term Northerndiesel fleet (compared with the Pacers onmany Morecambe trains!). Overcrowding isoccasional – unlike the chronicovercrowding of peak Airedale services inwhich up to 50 people are standing percoach every working day.
I have to agree that much more could bedone to improve the train service. This willhowever require both investment andincreased public subsidy. It’s a tough job butwe all have to make that case – that thewider benefits make the extra costsworthwhile. So let’s talk to our Members ofParliament about the benefits to theenvironment, for social inclusion and for theregional economy!
Tim CalowFoSCL member & Chair of Aire Valley
Rail Users Group
SELF CATERING HOLIDAYS AT LONG MARTON STATIONSELF CATERING HOLIDAYS AT LONG MARTON STATION
The station has been painstakingly restored from 1993 with complete authenticity. There is a large lounge with the original marble fireplace, dining room, kitchen, bathroom,large double bedroom with cot, and twin bedroom. GCH, CTV/VCR/DVD, AirCon, HiFi,electric cooker, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, bath/shower, large lawn,on–site parking. Electricity, gas, firewood, bed linen, towels (on request) included .
Sleeps 4 – 6 + cot Pets by arrangement. Welcome pack on arrival. Excellent pub/restaurant 200 yards away. From £240 to £500 per week
For more details see our website at:www.LongMartonStation.co.uk
or ring David & Madeleine Adams on 0161 775 5669
or email: [email protected]
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Rail Franchising in Focus
The Department for Transport (DfT) isconsulting on the important butcomplex subject of Rail Franchising
and has issued a consultation paper,available on its website athttp://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/2010–28/consultation.pdf
Its 40 pages are a steady read andresponses must be in by 18th October. Itexamines the experiences of franchising sofar, some lessons learnt and options forchange. There is a recognition thatfranchises need to be of longer duration iftrain operators are to be able to innovate,develop services and invest with confidence.It floats the idea of 'residual value' toincentivise operators to introduce newrolling stock – and so to address ashortcoming of shorter franchises. Bettertrains and higher quality services are amongthe enhancements sought. Who would arguewith that? Devolution towards the franchiseholders and away from the centre, a more
qualitative and less cumbersome approachto the bid processes and greater flexibilityonce franchises are agreed are laudableaims.
Besides the DfT's consultation, I referreaders to Tim Calow's appraisal of the stateof local franchising in this issue of themagazine. FoSCL and its partnerorganisations will be responding to theDfT's consultation from the perspective ofthe Settle–Carlisle line. Members can ofcourse respond as individuals but it wouldbe helpful if those with comments to makewould copy them to the FoSCL Secretary sothat we can broaden our internalconsultation on the subject.
Mark Rand
Another vexed question for the railway system isthe juxtaposition of freight and passenger traffic.Here, a timber train passes a gypsum train justnorth of Kirkby Stephen station on 10/6/10Photo: Andrew Griffiths
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The Work of the Settle & Carlisle Railway Trust
Comments which reach me from timeto time indicate that the work of theTrust is not fully understood by some
FoSCL members. This article is thereforewritten in an endeavour to improveunderstanding and appreciation of theTrust's work. At the outset it should bepointed out that the Trust works veryclosely with the Friends and theDevelopment Company, and the threeChairmen meet regularly.
The Trust was established in 1990 at thesuggestion of the Secretary of State with twomain objectives. Firstly, to contribute to thepreservation, restoration and maintenanceof the historic structures along the Line andsecondly to promote public knowledge andappreciation of the Line. Since then the Trusthas invested well over £1 million pounds inthe restoration of Ribblehead Viaduct,Ribblehead, Horton and Kirkby Stephenstations, with the result that with therestorations carried out at the other stationson the line undertaken by Network Rail andthe Development Company, supported bygrants from the Friends, the S&C can nowclaim to have the best station facilities of anyline on the railway network, particularlywhen this is related to the footfall.
Unlike the Friends, which is asupporters’ organisation, the Trust is abusiness with all the responsibilitiesfinancial, legal, property, employment,insurance etc., which go with a business.The Trust, through its property company,has 125 year leases on Ribblehead, Hortonand Kirkby Stephen stations and it owns theStation Master ’s House, Ribblehead. TheTrust employs Caretakers at all threestations who provide security and a highlevel of TLC for the buildings together withcustomer care for passengers. In addition,the Ribblehead Caretaker also runs theVisitor Centre which attracts 10,000 visitorseach year. Contrary to what is believed by
some the total cost of this attendance is only£14 per day (ie an average of only £3.50 perday per property) which is a remarkabletestimony to the loyalty, dedication andvoluntary input of these Caretakers. Inaddition the Trust employs a ProjectCoordinator who looks after themaintenance of the buildings. He again putsin a vast amount of voluntary time inaddition to his contract and it would beimpossible to manage such a large propertyportfolio of old buildings without hisexperience and dedicated support.
Running a business of this size requires aBoard of Trustees and Officers who bring tothe overall management and direction of theTrust a wealth of experience gained in othermanagement fields. There are nine Trusteesand three Officers and the Trust is veryfortunate to have their expert experienceand advice, all of which is voluntary. Itshould not be overlooked that as Trusteesthey bear considerable responsibility for theproper conduct of the business for nopersonal gain other than the reward ofhelping the work of the Trust.
At the present time the Trust is arranginga change of the tenancies at Kirkby Stephen,carrying out a rent review at Horton andmany other minor jobs. It has in hand a planfor a major redevelopment at Ribblehead toimprove the whole railway site and enhancethe Visitor Centre. This, however, will bedependent upon available funding and forthis reason may not be possible for someyears ahead.
The major task for the Trust at thepresent time is to find a viable future for theStation Master ’s House, Ribblehead. Thehouse was purchased in 2006 and twoschemes taken to planning consent stage forconversion firstly to a two holiday letproperty and then a single let holidayproperty proved unaffordable. The Trusteestherefore decided to refurbish the SMH to aresidence for the station Caretakers whichwould provide a much better financial
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balance between income and costs thaneither of the holiday let projects. It wouldalso enable the flat space at the station to beused to enhance the Visitor Centre andprovide much better and more privateaccommodation for the Caretakers than thevery cramped flat at the Station. Therefurbishment of the SMH will restore all theoriginal Midland Railway design detailsincluding putting back the porch and theenclosed courtyard. All the later extensionswill be removed and the building become atrue example of a Midland Railway StationMaster’s House and thus be unique becauseall the other SMHs on the line have beenaltered in many different ways. The presentposition is that the Trust has applied forPlanning Permission for this development.
The other major concern for the Trust isthat of funding. Hitherto grants have beenavailable for restorations. In the presenteconomic situation grants are almostimpossible to obtain. The Trust has the offer ofa grant from the Railway Heritage Trust forthe SMH, Ribblehead, refurbishment equal toabout 40% of the cost. Finding the balancewill be extremely difficult, particularly as theSMH does not qualify for a Lottery grant, anda major task for the Trustees. In this respectthe Trustees are very grateful for the financialsupport they have received from the Friends
in recent years particularly as the annualgrant from Network Rail may cease at the endof this year.
For the future the work of the Trust willbecome increasingly dependent upondonations and legacies. Details on how tomake a donation or leave a legacy in a Willare set out on the Trust's websitewww.sandctrust.org.uk. Alternativelyinformation on donating to the Trust can beobtained from Mr M Firth, SCRT, 2 LowerChiserley, Billy Lane, Wadsworth, HebdenBridge, HX7 8RZ or Martin can be contactedby the following means :–Email : [email protected]: 01422 845371
The Trust has charitable status sodonations and legacies are eligible for GiftAid and Inheritance Tax benefits which addsignificantly to the value of money given to orleft to the Trust.
David Ward
The Settle–Carlisle Railway Trust members areseen here meeting at the Citadel, Carlisle.Seated: Philip Johnston, Geoff Bounds, TonyFreschini, Bruce Wood, David Ward, BishopGraham Dow, Lynda Robinson, GrahamDalton. Standing: Councillor Gary Strong,Margaret Ritchie, Peter Drury. Photo: Imagerail
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The Three Peaks Project – Why we need Friends!
You may have picked up in the localpress that we launched the supportgroup ‘Friends of the Three Peaks’
last August. The group has been establishedto give individuals or organisations thechance to commit to longer–term supportfor the National Park Authority’s work inthe area.
Angela Baker – Calendar Girl, retiredRegistrar and former National Park memberof staff – became the first ‘Friend’ at ourlaunch event at the Station Inn, Ribblehead.
Joining the Friends requires a minimumannual financial commitment of £10, all ofwhich will be ring–fenced for work in theThree Peaks area. The priority for anyincome raised is to fund an extra ranger,whose main job is to be out on the fellskeeping the busy paths in good order. TheNational Park Authority appointed IanMiddleton to this post early last year. Ian,whose family farms in Dentdale, is a verypractical path worker who has an excellentunderstanding of the problems caused bywear and water. He is already making adifference by putting the time into routinemaintenance – desperately needed toprolong the life of the engineered routes inthe Three Peaks. Ian’s post will only besecured long–term if the project income,including Friends’ membership, increasinglymeets all the costs.
For me, the Friends group is the key partof the project. It’s becoming apparent thatthere are many people who love the ThreePeaks area for a whole host of reasons. Itcould be the iconic landscape, the variety ofwalking, the amazing views, the welcominghostelries….. Whatever the reason, there is alot of goodwill and good intent, and that’swhat we would like to tap into.
The Friends will hopefully provide themechanism for people to put somethingback directly into the path network in thearea. The growth in membership is steady;
we’re up to 164 individual members and 50corporate and charity members. OurCorporate Friends include local businesses,national charities and regionalrepresentative groups including the Friendsof the Settle Carlisle Line! Benefits of being amember include: regular newsletters(second edition out now!); invitations toorganised events, including guided walks;access to unique volunteering opportunities;and the chance to meet like–minded people.Most of all, I think there is the satisfaction ofcontributing directly to an area of immensevalue and interest, but I am biased! Joiningthe Friends is a great way of demonstratinglong–term commitment and support for ourwork in the Three Peaks.
We’ve tried to make joining the Friendsas easy as possible. There is a leafletavailable to send in by post; andalternatively you can sign up online viawww.yorkshiredales.org.uk/threepeakswhich is proving a popular and flexible wayof joining! We’re also running a series ofrecruitment activities around the area thissummer with staff and volunteers, sohopefully we will see a boost in numbers.
If anyone is interested or would like tofind out more, don’t hesitate to contact meor visit the website. Tel 01729 825242Emailenquiries can be sent to:[email protected]
Steve Hastie – Three Peaks Project Manager
CongratulationsOur congratulations go to Appleby stationgardeners Douglas and Margaret Hodginsof Church Brough, Cumbria.
The Station was awarded 2nd prize inthe community garden section of theAppleby in Bloom competition.
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Settle Station Water Tower
Almost hidden by trees, part coveredby ivy and often unnoticed byvisitors to Settle is a remarkable
survivor of the steam age – the Settle StationWater Tower, or Tank House. Thesestructures were once familiar features of therailway scene. Their function was to storewater at a sufficient height above therailway and in sufficient volume to enablethirsty steam locomotives to fill their tendersquickly.
Several survive in working condition onpreserved steam lines but elsewhere theywere demolished with little ceremony onbecoming redundant. Even on theSettle–Carlisle line where main line steamnow flourishes the large tank house atGarsdale, identical in size to Settle's, wasdemolished in 1971. Only its foundationsremain. At Appleby there is a relatively newtank, provided for steam's revival by thelocal Round Table. Situated at the south endof the up platform it serves to top up today'ssteamers before they attempt the Long Drag.The next useful supply used to be at BleaMoor, then Garsdale troughs, put there in1907 and lifted in 1969. A viable watersupply remained at Garsdale for some timebut a hard winter put paid to the valves andit was never reinstated. The steam operatorsgot round the problem by taking water fromroad tankers, usually at Long Preston – atsome cost and inconvenience. Wateringfacilities are also being provided atHellifield.
It is remarkable that the tank house atSettle has survived. None of the other S&Ctank houses have. One good reason is that itis a listed building, along with the otherstation buildings at Settle, so survival was alegal obligation. That apart, the onlymaterials used in its construction are stone,mortar, cast iron and glass. It containsalmost no wood so there is nothing to rot orto catch fire.
For a little place like Settle it is curiously
large. The tank held 43,000 gallons – about150 tons of water. Its walls and foundationsare inevitably massive. The tank'scomponent plates, each four feet long andheld together every six inches by enormousbolts, are of inch thick cast iron. Heavymetal stays cross the tank inside towithstand the sideways pressure of water.Diagonal iron braces hold the structureperfectly square across the corners and atthe junction of the sides and base. Huge castiron beams support the tank every four feet.The water inlet, outlet and overflow pipesand valves are still there. An outside fixedsteel ladder once connected to a woodenbridge across the width of the tank,alongside which are two pairs of pulleywheels which once connected to an insidefloat and an outside water level indicator.
Horses were once stabled below the tank– the remains of four stalls can still be seenon the stone floor – post holes and worn
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stone setts show where horses havescrubbed their hoofs between days of heavyhaulage. The most wear is on the floor of thestall nearest the door. The wear decreasestowards the furthest stall, unsurprisingly.The stables were not always fully occupied,apparently.
Remarkably, Network Rail still have onfile the construction plans for the Settlewater tower – or at least a microfiche ofthem. The originals, dated 1874, no longerexist – unless somebody out there has them.
The real puzzle is why Settle's watertower is so large. The tower served watercranes on the up and down platforms atSettle Station and far exceeds the needs oflocomotives using Settle's former goodsyard. One supposes it was so generouslyproportioned to serve the needs of enginesthat were about to attempt the Long Dragnorthbound and to replenish the supplies ofsouthbound engines that had laboured upMallerstang. However, drivers of heavynorthbound trains may have regarded Settleas a water supply of last resort. Situated as itis on an uphill gradient of 1 in 100 it couldhave been difficult for heavy northboundtrains to get going again. There was alwaysthe water tank alongside the up line at BleaMoor but it was considerably smaller thanSettle's. Perhaps that is why the MidlandRailway went to the trouble and expense ofproviding water troughs at Garsdale justtwenty years after it had gone to the expenseof building Settle's extravagant water tower.The Garsdale troughs, themselves with acapacity of between 5,000 and 6,000 gallonswere also supplied from a 43,000 gallontank, though the trough tank was not setatop a tower, being just a few feet above thetroughs. Later still, in 1941 a further supplywas provided by the down side loop at BleaMoor.
Blea Moor's original up side water tower,though smaller in overall capacity thanSettle's, was deeper and the tower there hada chimney – presumably for a pumping
engine and to provide heat to avoid freezingat that exposed location. Garsdale's stationwater tower appears from photographs notto have had a chimney – though the supplyto the water troughs to the south is reportedto have been heated. Maybe the heat risingfrom the stabled horses served to deter theSettle tank from freezing.
On the other side of the summit therewere water tank facilities at Kirkby Stephen,Appleby, Lazonby and Carlisle Durran Hill
S&C former signaller Derek Soamesremembers horses being stabled at the Settlewater tower but the only train he can recallusing Settle's water supply was the Hawesbranch train – the so–called Bonniface. Afill–up at Settle would see them through toHawes, where there appears to have been nowater tank, and back perhaps.
There was sufficient water in the tank atSettle to supply the water needs to eight ofthe largest locomotives without its needingto be replenished. It is said that the Settlewater supply came from further up the line,maybe from the Langcliffe or Stainforthareas. Certainly there is a plentiful supply inthe rock cuttings there as the spectacular icedisplays in winter still testify. It would beinteresting to have confirmation of this andwhether or not the water supply from theSettle tank was used by local industry apartfrom the railway.
If anybody had any other informationabout locomotive water arrangements onthe Settle–Carlisle line generally and atSettle especially, do please let me know. Ihave good reason for asking.
Mark Rand
I acknowledge the wealth of detail contained inthe splendid work, now sadly out of print,Stations and Structures of the Settle–Carlisle Railwayby VR Anderson and GK Fox, Oxford PublishingCo 1986, reprinted 2000 ISBN 0 86093 360 1 andthe assistance of Simon Mole of Network Rail'sNational Records Group and of Chris Chitty,Stations Portfolio Surveyor, Network Rail
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A Typical Morning on the S&CIt is Saturday. My wife Judy and I are off toKirkby Stephen on the train to fetch two oakhalf barrels to use as garden tubs on theplatform at Armathwaite. Getting on thetrain, we find the FoSCL Guided WalksCoordinator and his wife, off to lead a walkfrom Garsdale – they are disappointed whenwe explain that we shan't be joining thembut reluctantly accept our excuses.
The refreshment trolley wends its waydown the aisle and Lynda gladly sells ustwo cups of excellent S&C coffee. She saysthere's a FoSCL On Train Guide in the nextcarriage, so I go down and am delighted tosee that it is our star salesperson: she has atrack record second to none for sellingpublications in support of the trolley. On theway, I pass a very large dog, half asleep onthe floor. “His name is Albert”, says the starOTG, “he's already bought a book.”
We arrive at Kirkby Stephen to be met byAndrew, tenant of the station and FoSCLCommittee Member, who has beenforewarned of our arrival. He ushers us tohis storeroom where he keeps his supply ofhalf barrels. There is the most magnificentaroma of whisky tinged with sherry. Nowonder Andrew looks happy. He and Istagger over the footbridge, carrying aheavy half barrel each. The train backarrives and we smuggle them on boardwhile the conductor is at the far end, thoughonce he catches a whiff of them he too ishappy.
The train is nearly full. England have aWorld Cup match tonight and a group ofsupporters have decided to get theircelebrations in early, just in case. There's alsoa group of people going on a guided walkfrom Armathwaite, Friends of Dalesrailrather than FoSCL. There's a refreshmenttrolley on this train, too, and Val is doingwell. I go up to her and whisper in her ear,“I can help you.” Taken aback, shenonetheless offers me an empty rubbish bagand I start filling it at the far end of the train:
there is no shortage of contributions.Meanwhile, the train stops at Appleby. Val ispanicking because she was relying on mybeing there to get some replacementthermoses of coffee from the station. Judy tothe rescue; she leaps out with the emptiesand goes to find replacements. The train isstill there when she gets back.
Arriving back at the rear end of the trainwith a sack full of contributions fromEngland supporters, walkers and sundryothers, even including unwantednewspapers, I proudly show it to Val. “Ohno”, she says, removing the newspapers,“the conductor has those.”
At Langwathby, two of the walkers getoff by mistake. I shepherd them back on tothe train, explaining that we are also gettingoff at Armathwaite and they can precede thebarrels. They duly do this and while thewalking group is being instructed by theirleader, Judy and I are each rolling half abarrel along the platform. The leader is notimpressed as the noise is drowning out hiswords. What he doesn't know is that we aredrowning in whisky fumes.
Richard Morris
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The photographer is FoSCL memberChris Dyson whose work is often featured inthe magazine (see page 21).
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FoSCL Magazine
Dent in the 1950 Part 1by Rodney Hampson © 2010
Iwas Station Master at Dent from March1952 to September 1955, and I thought itwould be of interest to set down my
recollections of that time. I am relying chieflyon my fallible memories of events fifty–fiveyears ago, so I apologise now for any errors.I was in charge of the station itself, and twosignal boxes: Dent Station Box and DentHead Box. Dent is on the Settle–Carlisle line,built by the Midland Railway in the 1870s toprovide its own route to Carlisle andScotland. With the west and east coast routesalready occupied by competitors, theMidland took the rugged backbone ofEngland as its only alternative. Its surveyorsmanaged to limit the gradients to 1 in a 100,but this involved deep cuttings, massiveviaducts and long tunnels. The line at Dentran along a shelf on the eastern side of upperDentdale, between mile–and–a–half BleaMoor Tunnel to the south andthree–quarter–mile Rise Hill Tunnel to thenorth, with major viaducts at Dent Head andArtengill to bridge side valleys.
Dent Station has the reputation of beingthe highest main–line station in England, at1145 feet above sea level. The reputation isqualified: by ‘main line’ – Princetown,terminus of a branch line in Devon wasconsiderably higher at almost 1373 feet; andby ‘England’ because the main line station atDalwhinnie on the Perth–Inverness line washigher at 1188 feet.
Dent Station and Dent: The stationbuilding continues, now as a holiday let, butearlier used for Barden Grammar School,Burnley ‘outward bound centre’ after closurein 1970. It is the standard Settle–Carlislesmall station type, with over 700 smallwindow panes, ‘blue–bloomed’ by smoke,although regularly cleaned by the porter –who’d counted them – some no more thantwo inches square. There was the entranceporch with well–worn Yale lock, office to theright, ladies’ waiting room and toilet to the
left, booking hall straight ahead with amagnificent view down to Dent. The ladies’room had a Dent Marble fireplace, rarelygraced with a fire. There was a ticketwindow in the booking hall and inside theoffice, a small ticket rack, ticket stockdrawers, dating press and cash drawer. Alsothe two–faced clock by Potts, Leeds, woundweekly, and a huge wall cupboard right ofthe fireplace, for office instructions,documents, stationery etc. There was atwo–drawer table and an ‘M R’ inscribed‘captain’s chair’ for the Station Master, and astool for the porter.
We had a new all–night burning stove infront of the open fireplace, and an elderlysafe, bolted to the floor beams. This cameabout when the auditor was checking his list,and asked if I was still taking the cash homeat night. I was in lodgings at Garsdale, hencethe installation of a safe.
As one could imagine, receipts weresmall, but what cash there was went bysealed leather cash–bag to Mr. Lee at Settle.He took cash from Garsdale, Dent,Ribblehead, Horton and of course Settle, toMartins Bank at Settle each day. He alsodrew wage and salary cash for these stations,returned in the same sealed leather bags. Anextra chore for him was purchasing thecorrect National Insurance stamps for eachstation. Government rules required NationalInsurance cards to be held at the pay point,and to be stamped regularly.
The up waiting room was as it is today,stone–built and slated, flagged floor andcontinuous seats round the sides. It had itsregular summer visitors, house martinswhich built their mud nests under the eaves– and left us to deal with their sanitaryarrangements at ground level.
The Station House at Dent was knownfor its slate–hung walls and double–glazing,a rarity then. Both had become dilapidatedand were removed. The house itself requiredmodernisation: Calor Gas lighting andcooking, a hot water system and bathroom,
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and the wall slates replaced byrough–casting. This work was onlycompleted by April 1955, shortly before I left.Meanwhile, I lived at the School House atCowgill, near the foot of Station Hill.
When I went to Dent, Tommy Fothergillwas the porter. Tommy, son of a Dentbuilder, had served in gliders at Arnhem. Helived up Flintergill in Dent, and woke theneighbours with his elderly motor–bike.Whilst I was there, he leased a small farm inCowgill, one of the ‘top’ farms which wereall falling out of use, like Blackmire, abovethe station. Tommy told me of finding thewalls ‘papered’ with newspaper when hebegan to decorate.
Tommy and I worked turns, alternateweeks, to cover the passenger trains, withhalf–days off on alternate Saturdays. He wasthoroughly competent and conscientious. Hecould do anything needed, except themonthly accounts: caring for platform andsignal lamps, whitening the platform edges,cleaning, selling tickets and operating theweighbridge. When his farming wasestablished, Tommy left the station, perhapsbecoming a platelayer, and was succeededby a native of Cowgill, Jack Akrigg.
Jack’s family lived at Hobsons, the farmon the slopes of Whernside, opposite thestation, a farm which received no sun forseveral winter months because of itslocation. Jack married whilst I was there, andhad ambitions to move up in the railwayworld, learning what he could of operatingand commercial practices at Dent.
My diary for 1954 has survived, and Icould tell the times and days I visited thesignal boxes through that year, and what Ihad to check. A lineside fire in January,surprisingly, and a lamb killed in July, arenoted. The lines were ‘fenced’ with dry stonewalls, maintained by the platelayers, thewalls supplemented by posts leaningoutward to the fields, topped with strands ofwire to deter adventurous sheep. When Icommented to a farmer that it was always
the most valuable sheep which were killedon the line, he responded, poker–faced, thatthey were the most venturesome!
The pick–up’s principal traffic for Dentwas loaded coal wagons from Yorkshirecollieries for M.E. Haygarth & Son,Dentdale’s coal merchant. Unlike most urbancoalmen, Matthew and his son Jack weregentle, kindly men. When told that there wasnothing on the pick–up for him, Matthew’sresponse was usually ‘That’s good, wewasn’t wanting any’. When a wagon arrived,it had to be emptied within three days, or‘demurrage’ (rental) at three shillings a daywas charged. Domestic coal was then 8s.2d.(41p.) a hundredweight.
Other full loads inward were very rare,but every year a few covered vans wereneeded to send away filled ‘wool sheets’.There were two wool merchants, one atBradford and one at Long Preston, whoseemed to buy all the wool from Dent’sblack–faced sheep. They sent the emptysheets to the farmers, who filled them withthe clip and stitched them up. Haygarthscollected the wool sheets and we loadedthem into the waiting vans. Before that, wehad a complicated charade of weighingHaygarth’s lorry, first fully loaded and thenagain after each farmer’s sheets had beenunloaded. That gave a rough estimate ofeach farmer ’s clip, which was veryimportant to check against the merchant’smuch more precise weighing at thewarehouse.
There used to be some live sheep trafficfrom the lamb sale at the Cow Dub, theSportsman’s Inn at Cowgill, held the firstFriday in September. I dutifully orderedseveral cattle trucks and went to the sale, butthe cattle lorry owners had taken all thebusiness by 1952.(To be continued. In the next extract from thismemoir, Mr Hampson considers the trainshandled at Dent in the early 1950s. The full textcan be found in the ‘History’ section of the newFoSCL website: www.foscl.org.uk)
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Brothers In Steam Part 1by Albert Knight
Whilst on holiday recently in theYorkshire Dales, we travelledalong the B6255 Hawes to
Ingleton road and passed by the Ribbleheadviaduct. This brought back fond memoriesfrom more than fifty years ago when mybrother and I were firemen on the Midlandsection of the L M S. railway company.During that time we were in the top links atSaltley locomotive depot in Birminghamand worked on the Carlisle link. We workedthe freight engines from Water Orton sidingsto Carlisle Durran Hill. This was a 225 milerun that the Black Fives were more thancapable of.
As I recall, two jobs departed from WaterOrton, one at One Thirty in the morning andthe other at Four Fifty in the afternoon. Iwould book on a bit early and stack the coalforward as much as possible, then try andget under the coal hopper to top the rear up.This was a big help when you got to ‘TheLong Drag’ and the coal was further andfurther back. The early morning job onMonday was the worst for me as I was thehandy man at home (I still am), so I wouldbe working at home then in the eveningwould go to our club with the lads (fellowfiremen) and arrive home at about eleven toget changed for work. It was very hard to dothis instead of jumping into bed, but itwould have been a waste of time to go tobed for an hour or two as I had a problemsleeping during the day. This was one of thereasons I left the job even though I was nearto becoming a driver. Once at work I feltrefreshed and ready to go.
The run to Carlisle took seven hours andforty minutes and was called non stop, butin fact we stopped twice for ten minutes atRotherham and Skipton. There the tenderwas replenished with water and the wagoninspectors (Wheel tappers) would check thetrain. These stops were no picnic for thefireman, the tank was filled and it was the
only chance to lift any clinkers from the firebars with fire irons, or more specifically aDart (spear like tool) and a Paddle (longmetal shovel). If there was any time left wewould drag coal forward with a pick. Thenwe were off again. On arrival at Durran Hilldepot we left the engine and it was taken toUpperby depot to clean the firebox, smokebox, ash pan and fill the tender with goodYorkshire hard coal (they didn’t have any atDurran Hill). The driver examined theengine and we would then walk up to thebarracks on Gibbet Hill to take a bath andhave breakfast in the canteen. It would beabout mid–day before we got to bed and Ihad been up about twenty eight hours. Wewere called to book on for our returnjourney at about nine o'clock in the evening.This was tough because, as I said before, Idon't sleep well during the day. We got backat about eight o'clock on Wednesdaymorning. We were paid based on mileagenot hours.
The Carlisle link was the longestnon–stop freight job worked by one set ofmen, so we were booked off for one daybetween trips. This meant that I had thesame problem all over again on Thursday.With the afternoon job we arrived at Carlisleabout twelve–thirty and got back home (if Iremember correctly) in the early evening, soI had no sleeping problems with this trip.My older brother Harry was also a firemanat the same time but didn’t have troublesleeping during the day. He worked on thejob until he reached retirement as a driver.Now at the age of eighty six I am like mybrother (who is ninety) – I can nod offanytime!
I divided the Birmingham to Carlisle tripinto three sections that matched the threesections of the job. Birmingham toRotherham, Rotherham to Skipton and lastlySkipton to Carlisle.
The first section was fairly easy goingwith no really heavy gradients, but didinclude the heady aroma of the breweries of
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Burton on Trent. After passing throughDerby there was a steady incline to ClayCross tunnel and then fairly easy going toRotherham.
The second section entered the heavysteel and ancillary industries area. In thedark it was quite a sight to see them lightingup the sky. If I was lucky, I would see thecoke ovens right alongside the trackdischarging into the hopper wagons below.The ovens were about two foot six wide bythirty foot high, in groups of twenty or so. Itwas like a waterfall of fire when a door wasopened.
The Third section was the best forscenery even if it was the hardest. I had tolift and remove clinkers from the firebedwith the dart and paddle and deposit it onthe trackside. This was important as weneeded plenty of steam for the long dragfrom Settle to Ais Gill summit. It was a caseof building up a decent bed of fire to giveyou time between fireings to drag forwardsome coal. I would have liked to sit backand admire the scenery but it was notpossible if you were to keep a head of steamto ascend the drag.
One thing I remember was the anglersenjoying themselves in the river Ribble atHorton in Ribblesdale whilst I was sloggingaway. Then came the crossing of Ribbleheadviaduct. On a windy day this could be quitean experience, as I found out on one trip.Between the engine cab and the tender thegap was covered by a double leaf foldingdoor, this had a very strong spring to hold itin the closed position. The Tool bucket wasusually placed to the side of this on thetender footplate. It was issued from the locostores during the preparation of the enginefor its day duties. The tool bucket containeda collection of spanners and a tube shapedtin containing emergency equipment ie flagsand detonators to clip on the rails to warnany following traffic of danger. I usuallyremoved this equipment and filled it withwater for hand washing before having a
snack on the move. On this very windy daya gust of wind caught us and overcame thedoor spring then blew the bucket of wateracross the footplate and over the door theother side. If it had been about two footforward it would have caught my mate onthe side of the head.
My brother Harry had a similarexperience when the door was blown openand the wind blew the coal right off hisshovel. We were told that the turntable atHawes junction (now out of service) wasclosed. It had a wall of sleepers set verticallyin the ground around the perimeter toprotect it from the wind. Apparently windcaught a banking engine and the men wereunable to stop it, I can not confirm if this istrue but it is feasible.
In general from Ais Gill summit thegoing was fairly reasonable running exceptfor a short incline up through Low Housecrossing which after the light running fromAis Gill was sometimes the straw that brokethe camel’s back. A final short run took us toDurran Hill sidings where we hooked offour train and went light engine to DurranHill loco depot. Their men took it toUpperby loco for preparation for our returntrip. We then had the walk to the barracks atGibbet Hill for our well deserved sleepready for our return trip.
My brother Harry and his mate had a bitof trouble on one trip when the booking–inclerk at the barracks thought they werepulling his leg when they gave their rightfulnames as Harry Noon and Harry Knight. Allit needed was if the guard’s name had beenHarry Morning to complete the set.
(To be continued; the full text of this article canbe found in the ‘History’ section of the newFoSCL website – www.foscl.org.uk)
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Book ReviewSettle–Carlisle Steam – From Lineside to
Footplate By Howard Routledge and published byPeter K. Jordan. 128 pages. Softback
(large size). £14.95Howard Routledge viewed the running of1T57 – the last steam–hauled train to run inregular service on British Rail. Thismomentous event took place on August 11th1968 with the train running from LiverpoolLime Street to Carlisle and back over theS&C. At the time Mr Routledge consideredthis to be the end of his interest in railwayphotography. However, this interest wasre–kindled with a chance encounter with amember of the support crew of ex L.M.S.Jubilee 5690 Leander when steam hauledspecials made a welcome return to BRmetals. He joined the support team andstayed with them until Leander waswithdrawn from service. He then was giventhe opportunity to join the small teamresponsible for day–to–day running oflocomotives such as Princess Margaret Roseand Duchess of Sutherland. This saw himwork regularly on the footplate over the S&Cand he also became responsible for planningmany of the steam–hauled charter trainswhich appeared on the route.
This book takes a detailed look at steamoperations on the S&C during the 30 yearperiod following Green Arrow'sground–breaking venture in 1978 to returnsteam to the line. In addition to offering aninsight as to how steam workings evolvedduring this period, the book also containsmany behind–the–scenes images which theauthor was able to capture whilst workingsteam over the line. There are also chaptersof text describing the gradual return of steamto the main line in 1971 after a total ban forthree years; and also how the S&C began tofeature steam workings – having not beenincluded in the initial group of lines chosen.A chapter entitled 'Behind the Footplate' isperhaps self–explanatory and a chapter by
Mike Notley describes how the unofficial'Blue Riband' challenge developed amongstthe crews and led to some fine loco running.
The 218 photos (both colour andmonochrome) will engross any steamenthusiast and devotee of the Settle–Carlisle.Many will be amazed by the scenes at AisGill on August 11th 1978. Would such a thingbe allowed in today's H&S culture?
DVD ReviewThe Settle–Carlisle Line Past and Present –
two DVD setFrom the Nostalgia Collection. Two DVDs– total running time approx. 150 minutes.Narration by Jonathan Schofield. £17.95
This two–disc set uses archive film andmodern day footage, together with someblack and white still photography, to capturethe atmosphere of the S&C. It forms a finecompanion to the Silverlink book with thesame title. Of necessity, the ‘past’ footagegoes only back to the early 50s and does notshow a time now past living memory as thebook does. Question: does anybody know ofany pre–war moving images of the S&C?
Despite this, some really historic scenesare included – for example a passenger trainreversing over the crossing controlled byRibblehead signalbox in order to work south'wrong line'.
Disc one covers the section northwards toAis Gill summit whilst Disc two starts inCarlisle and works back south hence takingadvantage of the ruling gradients to showlocos and trains working 'The Long Drag' ineach direction. The final days of steamthrough the days of loco hauled diesels tothe modern Sprinter units are covered. Manysteam excursions are also shown from thelate 1970s to the present day.
Paul A. Kampen
(Both these items can be purchased from ourshops at Settle and Appleby stations or from ourwebshop: www.foscl.co.uk)
August 1985:FoSCL committee memberGerry Thorpe had been awarded the MBE inthe Queen’s Birthday Honours List.Assistant Secretary Philippa Simpson wasvery concerned about the lack of publicityfor the S&C by British Rail’s Scottish Region.A frequent visitor to Glasgow, she never sawany publicity material on display and hadobserved Glasgow Queen Street travelcentre staff advising two ladies to travel toHuddersfield via Edinburgh, York andLeeds! She had also challenged a train guardwho omitted to advise passengers to changeat Carlisle for Leeds. He had retorted thatsuch passengers should change at Lancaster.
August 1990: The magazine noted thatSprinter units would replace thelocomotive–hauled trains from the timetablechange on October 1st. Sprinters hadhitherto been seen on the line only whenbeing delivered from Derby to Edinburgh.Work had just started on the repair toRibblehead viaduct and this was expected tolast approximately two years. FoSCLChairman Brian Sutcliffe had attended aceremony to mark the signing of the contractfor the repairs. Vice Chairman the late GerryThorpe had represented FoSCL at there–opening of Steeton station on the AireValley line. Four days later he attended thelaunch of a new bus link from Langwathbystation to Keswick and Alston. MembershipSecretary Ian Rodham had representedFoSCL at a luncheon given by BR to honourOlive Clarke who had just retired asChairman of the TUCC for the North West.And Secretary Pete Shaw had attended theinauguration by Mike Harding of the‘Settle–Carlisle Way’.
August 1995: Chairman Michael Owennoted that the use of the S&C for chartertrains had seriously declined over thepreceding months. FoSCL had run a very
successful charter, hauled by 47786 RoyCastle OBE, to Edinburgh on April 29th butplans for a second charter had beenabandoned. Developments included whatwas to become a very successful venture inthe form of the ‘Dales Railcard’. Sundaypassenger services were to run on fourselected dates and members were urged tosupport them in order to see servicesrunning every Sunday. The waiting shelterat Horton–in–Ribblesdale was now fullyrefurbished but Carlisle (Upperby) depothad finally been closed as a servicing pointfor S&C steam workings. It was to have beenreplaced by the wagon repair shops atCurrock on the Maryport line but trackworkthere was in such poor condition that locosstaying over at Carlisle were to use the pitfacilities at Upperby and then be parked bythe power signalbox. FoSCL had opened itsSettle shop (having operated its sales from atrolley in the booking hall for several years).This was in the former Line Manager’s officewhich, when the station opened in 1876, hadbeen the Ladies Waiting Room before beingconverted to the Station Master’s office.
August 2000: The Northern Spiritfranchise was to expire in February 2001 andit was anticipated that a new Transpenninefranchise would not include the S&C, EskValley and Bishop Auckland lines. FoSCLwas to join Northern Spirit and the S&CDevelopment Company in a pilot scheme toprovide ‘Travel Advisers’.
August 2005: There had been are–dedication ceremony at Ribbleheadviaduct to mark the re–furbishment of thememorial cairn which had suffered fromboth the harsh Ribblehead weather and theattention of vandals. The Vicar of Ingleton,Rev. Charles Ellis, FoSCL Chairman PhilipJohnston and local authors Bill Mitchell andGerald Tyler had taken part.
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The Way We Were ThenWhat FoSCL was saying in August 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005
compiled by Paul A. Kampen
The MagazineWhat is the matter with people whogrumble about getting the magazine a littlelate? It isn’t the end of the world! Yourexplanation is very explicit.
Keep up the good work and morestrength to your elbows.
T. Hargreaves – Nelson, Lancs
The Magazine, Relations with Other Organisations
and All Points NorthI am surprised that there are complaintsabout magazines coming out late. Minecame after an event, but would I have goneat short notice? Rather, should we notrecord gratitude to volunteers who producean excellent magazine and post it; savingmembers money as well.
My only complaint about the magazineis the relegation of the letters to the tail end,a last thought "if we have room." However,Clive Walton's contribution was marvellous,especially his idea of a Dragon' s Den/microbrewery at Ribblehead; and I don't drink! Ido hope the S&C Development Companyand Settle–Carlisle Railway Trust arelooking at his ideas keenly. After all Editor,we are all the same family.
The Chairman remarks that some feelhe is too close to the T.O.C. etc. Well I amone, but now the upgrading is almostfinished, perhaps he will have no problemusing that closeness to persuade Northernthat if FoSCL is a co–partner then they,Northern, should at last deliver on our wellresearched etc. ideas for new services;starting with the easy one; Clitheroe.
D.Taylor–Smith – Algarve, Portugal
(Editor's Note: The first paragraph of MrTaylor–Smith's letter will, I think, be echoed by
all of us – a huge vote of thanks is due to everyone of our hard working volunteers. Regardingthe placing of the 'Letters to the Editor' sectionit is certainly not meant to be the 'tail end' ofthe magazine. In fact it must be one of the mosteasily found sections of the journal. Incidentally,there were few other letters in response to thelast issue.
The Trust, Development Company andFoSCL need no reminder that we are apartnership. In fact the websitewww.settle–carlisle.co.uk is styled the'Partnership website' for that reason. Lastyear's Ribblehead Viaduct walk, organised bythe Trust, overseen by FoSCL's Ruth Evans, andwith a strong Dev. Co. and FoSCL presence, wasjust one example of where all three organisationswere working together.
Regarding FoSCL's relations with Northern(and for that matter Network Rail) it has beencrucial to the success of many projects over thelast couple of years. The very successful 'GoldCard' scheme (which brings generous reductionsin fares for FoSCL members) would beimpossible without Northern's contribution, theactivities of the 'On–Train Guides' (whichenhance the experience of our visitors – many ofwhom go on to join FoSCL) would be equallyimpossible without the co–operation ofNorthern's train–crews and the statue ofRuswarp [which has created internationalinterest in the S&C and brought it many extrapassengers] would not be there if it was not forgood relations with Network Rail. And I couldgo on and on! These are difficult times – unitedwe stand, divided we fall.
Regarding services from Clitheroenorthwards, Peter Eastham, Hon. Secretaryof Ribble Valley Rail writes: There–introduction of a regular rail service north ofClitheroe to Hellifield (and beyond) has been anaim of Ribble Valley Rail since its inception and
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remains so to this day. Re–introducing such aservice requires approval by variousGovernment bodies and is dependent on a soundbusiness and/or social need case for acceptanceby them.
The first step in this process is anindependent feasibility study. To this end,several years ago, RVR joined with various localauthorities to fund a feasibility study by acompany recognised by the then Government.The outcome was that, at the time, there wasinsufficient demand for such a service, with theexception that there could be a case forSaturdays only shoppers/visitors service (similarto the Sundays only DalesRail) betweenManchester/Lancashire and the Yorkshire Dalesif a sponsor could be found to financially back itsoperation. Unfortunately none was found.Lancashire County Council, who havecontinuously supported the DalesRail service forover 20 years and is a strong supporter of railtransport, remains fully supportive but,especially in the current financial climate, doesnot have the necessary finance available.
Ribble Valley Rail is of the opinion that sucha service, once introduced, could be developedand would grow in usage – possibly asdramatically as that Blackburn–Clitheroe servicedid – but all depends on a source of financialsupport..... and finding a train operator who hassufficient spare trains to operate it. One RVRmember recently attended the launch of a draftpublic transport plan by North Yorkshire CCand was amazed that there was noacknowledgement, involvement or policy forimprovement of passenger rail transport in it.
As always RVR values its links andco–operation with FoSCL and urges all yourmembers to keep the potential benefits of athrough service between Carlisle andManchester in the forefront of local public,business and local authority thinking.
We thank Mr Eastham for this verydetailed response and look forward to thedays when visitors from points north canvisit East Lancashire by train)
On–Train GuidesYesterday, 22nd July, we travelled on the 8.53from Carlisle to Leeds. We should like toexpress our thanks to the two 'Friends'guides who greatly increased our enjoymentof the journey to Settle by providinginformation and making sure that we sawthe brief view of the Ribblehead Viaductbefore we reached it. One of them also soldus a copy of the guide to the line which wehad open in front of us all the way to Leedsand which we enjoyed reading. Stuart, Alice and James Rodgers –
by email(Editor’s Note: New recruits to our On–trainguide team are always welcome. If you areinterested, please contact our VolunteersCo–ordinator, Ruth Evans at:ruth.evans@settle–carlisle.org)
Rail FranchisingSo, the DfT have launched a consultation onthe future of rail franchising. Will it be morethan just tinkering at the edges of a systemthat most observers agree is fundamentallyDaFT? Will it stop civil servantsmicro–managing the railway? Mostimportantly, will it permit the long–terminvestment – notably in rolling stock forlines like the S&C – that the industrydesperately needs?
Elsewhere in this issue, our Chairmansummarises the consultation (see page 24),but assuming that rail and wheel will not bereunited (far too sensible), then why not asimple system of a privatised andunsubsidised InterCity national networksupplemented with city–region scale localservices, funded at the city–region scale?This would see Leeds the hub for the S&Cstoppers, but the line could also be used byInterCity (in the top 10 for brand recognitionat the time of its demise) for throughservices if it felt so inclined.
Shedmaster – by email
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And Finally:Dah – dee–dee–dee – daah – deee
A V.I.P. party on Garsdale station on 1st Julywas musically entertained by the arrival ofthe 1300 train from Carlisle. They were therefor the unveiling of the Railway HeritageTrust award plaque to mark the excellenceof the station's 2009 restoration. A hurriedconspiracy between the driver and theFoSCL Chairman whilst the train was atCarlisle had agreed that the train wouldannounce its arrival at Garsdale by theplaying of 'On Ilkley Moor Bah't 'at' on thetrain's two tone horns – to add a little je–nesais quoi to the happy event.
Some readers, especially those livingwithin earshot of Ilkley Moor will recall thatdrivers years ago would indulge in this bitof fun until the joke wore thin and it wasbanned by higher authority. Dah –dee–dee–dee – daah – deee. Just two notes."I might be a bit rusty but I'm up for it", saidthe driver gleefully.
Kirkby Stephen passed and with theclimb up Mallerstang well under wayrehearsals started. It is hard to rehearsequietly with train horns. Dee – dah – dah(silence). Dah – dah – dee – dee – – – dee(silence). Dah – dee –dee –dee –dee – dah(silence) So it went on for a mile or two,getting nearer to perfection each time.Silence reigned until crossing Dandry MireViaduct the 1300 arrival from Carlisle burstinto full song. Dah – dee–dee–dee – daaaah– deeeeeeeeeeeeeee !
Well, almost. Thanking the driver, wewere reminded of the classic Morecambeand Wise sketch with conductor AndréPrevin. Previn had taken Our Eric to task forplaying the wrong notes. "They were theright notes Sunshine– just not necessarily inthe right order".
Things Said to an On–Train GuideMost of my guiding is done with groupsthat arrive by coach in Settle and travel to
Carlisle. They come from all over Britain,and the following are some of their moreunusual questions. But there are also peoplewho arrive by car at Settle who join in.
A group from Huddersfield: “Will therebe a place where we can get something toeat when we get to Carlisle? Is there a caféor a pub there?”
Somebody from London: “I didn’t knowthat we had sheep in England!”
Some people, also from London: “Whereare all the houses: Where do the peoplelive?”
A group of Norwegians on a very mistyday, on seeing the obvious frustration of theon–train guide: “Don’t worry: it’s like this inour fjords in wintertime!”
After passing the third coal train on theway to Carlisle, and despite havingexplained at Settle that coal is a principalsource of traffic: “We thought that this was atourist railway”.
The ignorance about the British railwaynetwork by some is amazing. Great surpriseis often expressed that the train has startedin Leeds (which was where, on oneoccasion, the people in question lived), andon arrival in Carlisle people see that thereare trains to Glasgow, Edinburgh, London,Birmingham etc. “I didn’t know that youcould get to so many places by train – it’samazing! We must try the train one day”.Some people say that their trip on the S&Cis the first time that they’ve been on a trainfor over 40 years.
On arrival at Settle station by car, it’svery common for people to ask whichplatform the train goes from. On being giventhe answer this then sometimes promptsfurther thought and questions, such as “Thatmeans that trains run on the left, the same ascars does it?” and “I never realised that”.Which then prompts me to tell thequestioner about the railways in Belgiumand France which were built by Britishengineers, and so run on the left.
Ian K. Watson
Rear Cover Photos:Wild flowers of the Dales.Top left: Mountain Avens on the high limestone.Top right: Wild Tulips on a lowland river bank.Lower left: A very purple Marsh Helleborine Orchid.Lower right: The Green Veined Orchid has striped ‘wings’. Photos: Pete Shaw
FRIENDS OF THE SETTLE – CARLISLE LINESettle Railway Station, Station Road, Settle, North Yorkshire BD24 9AA
President: The Hon. Sir William McAlpine Bt.
Vice Presidents: Lord Inglewood DL; The Bishop of Carlisle; Edward Album; Ron Cotton; Ann Cryer; David Curry; Eric Martlew; Pete Shaw; Ken Shingleton; Brian Sutcliffe MBE; Gary Waller; David Ward.
CommitteeMark Rand (Chairman) [email protected]; Douglas Hodgins (Vice Chairman & Stations Co-ordinator) [email protected]; Richard Morris (Secretary) [email protected] Way (Treasurer) [email protected]; Peter Davies (Membership Secretary) [email protected]; Andrew Griffiths (Public Relations Officer) [email protected]; Ruth Evans (Volunteers Co-ordinator) [email protected] Johnson (Armathwaite signalbox representative) [email protected] Kampen (Editor) [email protected]; Rod Metcalfe (On-train Guides Co-ordinator) [email protected]; Pat Rand (Trading Manager and Settle Shop Manager) [email protected] Pete Shaw (Vice President) Telephone 01274 590453; Nigel Ward (Hon Solicitor) [email protected]
Postal AddressesSecretarial Enquiries: Richard Morris – 10 Mill Brow, Armathwaite, Carlisle CA4 9PJHard Copy for the Magazine and General Postal Enquiries: Paul Kampen - 74 Springfield Road, Baildon, Shipley, W. Yorks BD17 5LX; Enquiries about Membership: Peter Davies - 5 Dewhirst Road, Brighouse, W. Yorks HD6 4BA; Enquiries about Volunteering: Ruth Evans - 49 Kings Mill Lane, Settle BD24 9FD or email as above.Enquiries about the FoSCL Appleby Shop: Kath Smith, 2 Betsy Lane, Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 1SF
Telephone NumbersTelephone Enquiries about FoSCL Matters Only may be made to Paul Kampen (01274 581051) or Richard Morris (01697 472084). Please note that steam and other charter train running, booking of tickets and on-train services (other than guides) are not the responsibility of FoSCL.
Other FoSCL ContactsFoSCL website: www.foscl.org.uk David Singleton (Guided Walks Co-ordinator) : [email protected]; Sarah George (Archivist): [email protected] Nigel Mussett (Historian and Librarian): [email protected]
Other Useful ContactsFoSCL Public Relations Officer: [email protected] Partnership Website: www.settle-carlisle.co.ukNorthern Rail: [email protected] or telephone: 0845 000 0125Group Bookings: [email protected] Train Running: www.uksteam.infoRibblehead Station Visitor Centre: Tony & Patricia Beckwith - [email protected] or telephone: 01524 242584
NEXT MAGAZINE: Copy date for the November 2010 magazine will be Friday 8th October. Articles, news items, photographs and letters are always welcome. Views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of the committee. You can email the magazine at: [email protected]. For electronic (PDF) copies of the magazine please contact the Editor. Past copies of the magazine may be seen at: www.foscl.org.uk
ADVERTISEMENT RATES FOR THE MAGAZINE: Full Page = £75. Half page = £45. Quarter Page = £30.Four ads for the price of three if booked at the same time. Please supply on disk or by email; all standard formats acceptable.
MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual member: £10. Junior member: £3. Family member: £12.50. Corporate member: £40. Life member: £250. Please see the Membership Secretary’s contact details above or visit the FoSCL webshop.
Cover Photo: Seen at Garsdale on July 1st are (l-r) Patrick Cawley (Network Rail), Sarah MacManus (First Group National Property Manager), Douglas Hodgins (Chairman – Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Company) and Mark Rand (Chairman - FoSCL). Photo: Andrew Griffiths
Rear Cover Photos:Wild flowers of the Dales.Top left: Mountain Avens on the high limestone.Top right: Wild Tulips on a lowland river bank.Lower left: A very purple Marsh Helleborine Orchid.Lower right: The Green Veined Orchid has striped ‘wings’. Photos: Pete Shaw
FRIENDS OF THE SETTLE – CARLISLE LINESettle Railway Station, Station Road, Settle, North Yorkshire BD24 9AA
President: The Hon. Sir William McAlpine Bt.
Vice Presidents: Lord Inglewood DL; The Bishop of Carlisle; Edward Album; Ron Cotton; Ann Cryer; David Curry; Eric Martlew; Pete Shaw; Ken Shingleton; Brian Sutcliffe MBE; Gary Waller; David Ward.
CommitteeMark Rand (Chairman) [email protected]; Douglas Hodgins (Vice Chairman & Stations Co-ordinator) [email protected]; Richard Morris (Secretary) [email protected] Way (Treasurer) [email protected]; Peter Davies (Membership Secretary) [email protected]; Andrew Griffiths (Public Relations Officer) [email protected]; Ruth Evans (Volunteers Co-ordinator) [email protected] Johnson (Armathwaite signalbox representative) [email protected] Kampen (Editor) [email protected]; Rod Metcalfe (On-train Guides Co-ordinator) [email protected]; Pat Rand (Trading Manager and Settle Shop Manager) [email protected] Pete Shaw (Vice President) Telephone 01274 590453; Nigel Ward (Hon Solicitor) [email protected]
Postal AddressesSecretarial Enquiries: Richard Morris – 10 Mill Brow, Armathwaite, Carlisle CA4 9PJHard Copy for the Magazine and General Postal Enquiries: Paul Kampen - 74 Springfield Road, Baildon, Shipley, W. Yorks BD17 5LX; Enquiries about Membership: Peter Davies - 5 Dewhirst Road, Brighouse, W. Yorks HD6 4BA; Enquiries about Volunteering: Ruth Evans - 49 Kings Mill Lane, Settle BD24 9FD or email as above.Enquiries about the FoSCL Appleby Shop: Kath Smith, 2 Betsy Lane, Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 1SF
Telephone NumbersTelephone Enquiries about FoSCL Matters Only may be made to Paul Kampen (01274 581051) or Richard Morris (01697 472084). Please note that steam and other charter train running, booking of tickets and on-train services (other than guides) are not the responsibility of FoSCL.
Other FoSCL ContactsFoSCL website: www.foscl.org.uk David Singleton (Guided Walks Co-ordinator) : [email protected]; Sarah George (Archivist): [email protected] Nigel Mussett (Historian and Librarian): [email protected]
Other Useful ContactsFoSCL Public Relations Officer: [email protected] Partnership Website: www.settle-carlisle.co.ukNorthern Rail: [email protected] or telephone: 0845 000 0125Group Bookings: [email protected] Train Running: www.uksteam.infoRibblehead Station Visitor Centre: Tony & Patricia Beckwith - [email protected] or telephone: 01524 242584
NEXT MAGAZINE: Copy date for the November 2010 magazine will be Friday 8th October. Articles, news items, photographs and letters are always welcome. Views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of the committee. You can email the magazine at: [email protected]. For electronic (PDF) copies of the magazine please contact the Editor. Past copies of the magazine may be seen at: www.foscl.org.uk
ADVERTISEMENT RATES FOR THE MAGAZINE: Full Page = £75. Half page = £45. Quarter Page = £30.Four ads for the price of three if booked at the same time. Please supply on disk or by email; all standard formats acceptable.
MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual member: £10. Junior member: £3. Family member: £12.50. Corporate member: £40. Life member: £250. Please see the Membership Secretary’s contact details above or visit the FoSCL webshop.
Cover Photo: Seen at Garsdale on July 1st are (l-r) Patrick Cawley (Network Rail), Sarah MacManus (First Group National Property Manager), Douglas Hodgins (Chairman – Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Company) and Mark Rand (Chairman - FoSCL). Photo: Andrew Griffiths
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Plaque unveiling at Garsdale
