Settle - Carlisle railway line – Old pictures 

The line has changed quite a bit since the 1970s when it first came to my attention. Then it was in decline and being deliberately neglected prior to the attempted closure, but since its reprieve in 1989 it has seen a lot of investment, change and development. The pictures here were taken between 1976 and 1989.

The creation of the Settle-Carlisle Railway Conservation Area helped to inspire the project to document and record the history of all the structures along the line. This is a massive effort taking many years with many contributors, including me. The result is a growing and very accessible website of photographs taken over many years, equally valuable for enjoyment, curiousity, reference or historical research. See the SCRCA website .

Copyright © 1976 - 1989 John Harrison

Pictures   

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Settle viaduct (Sep 1976)	Just south of Helwith Bridge (Sep 1976)	Kirby Stephen goods shed (Sep 1976)	Ribblehead viaduct (Sep 1983)
Appleby Station in snow (Feb 1986)	Settle station (Feb 1986)	Settle Junction (Oct 1986)	Dent - Snow hut (Aug 1986)
Dent - Snow hut (watercolour) (Aug 1986)	Appleby station name in stone (Oct 1986)	Garsdale station (Aug 1986)	Settle station (Aug 1986)
Ribblehead station (Oct 1986)	Settle station (Apr 1987)	Ais Gill and Wild Boar Fell (Apr 1987)	Dent station (Apr 1987)
Armathwaite station (Aug 1989)	Armathwaite station with Class 37 (Aug 1989)	Dent station (Aug 1989)	Settle station (Aug 1989)

Pictures Copyright © 1976 - 1989 John Harrison.