Mortons Books  |  Settle and Carlisle Revival
The Settle & Carlisle railway runs across the roof of England, reaching the highest point on any main line railway in the country. Today it carries a frequent and well-patronised passenger service and considerable heavy long-distance freight traffic.
But we are lucky that the line has survived two attempts to close it and in fact should probably never have been built at all.
There could now be a 72 mile abandoned trackbed passing through such places as Blea Moor, over Dent Head and Arten Gill viaducts and the legendary Ais Gill summit, but fortunately, sufficient people felt strongly enough to campaign successfully to stop this happening and keep one of Britain’s favourite railway lines open.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Mortons Books Settle and Carlisle Revival.