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Hincaster Branch (Furness Railway)

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Locations along the line

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Arnside

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Ulverston and Lancaster Railway

Not the 'GBXIV' railtour, but the ECS from GBXIV (Day 5 of 9) making the short journey from Grange-over-Sands, where the passengers were overnighting, ...
Mark Bartlett 26/04/2022

Middlebarrow Quarry, between Arnside and Silverdale, was operational until around 2000 and would have continued but planning permission for further ...
Mark Bartlett 26/04/2022

Signalbox with a view - Arnside on the edge of the Kent estuary, between the station and the viaduct over the river. The location could be described ...
John McIntyre 26/01/2018

45690 Leander approaches the Kent Viaduct and Arnside with a Cumbrian Coast Express returning from Carlisle to Carnforth on 24th March 2018. ...
Mark Bartlett 24/03/2018

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Sandside

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Another view of the charming, but little known, trackbed footpath heading North from Sandside see image 44097 ...
Ken Strachan 29/07/2013

Remember last summer? This view looks North towards Hincaster in the cutting at Sandside see image 45282, recently reopened as a foot or cycle ...
Ken Strachan 29/07/2013

To the north of the picnic table at Beetham see image 44918, there's a cool, shaded cutting featuring a nice stone bridge. View looks North-East ...
Ken Strachan 29/07/2013

This charming, but short (half mile) footpath heads for the former Milnthorpe viaduct from Sandside, and is North of the footpath around the shoreline ...
Ken Strachan 29/07/2013

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Heversham

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To the north east of the site of Heversham Halt the old Arnside to Hincaster trackbed has become an unofficial bridlepath. Although a long siding from ...
Mark Bartlett 17/04/2010

Heversham was a halt on the partly single line link from Hincaster Junction to Arnside and closed in 1942, although trains passed through for a ...
Mark Bartlett 09/04/2009

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Hincaster Junction

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Lancaster and Carlisle Railway

88002 'Prometheus' climbs towards Hincaster Junction with the northbound 'Tesco' on 27th April 2022. ...
Mark Bartlett 27/04/2022

60163 'Tornado', apparently standing in for the expected 46201 in between its own 'Aberdonian' turns 77565, climbs past Hincaster Junction on 24th ...
Mark Bartlett 24/07/2021

46115 'Scots Guardsman' powers the 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' up the gradient towards Oxenholme on 28th January 2023. Just behind the camera is the ...
Mark Bartlett 28/01/2023

390157 is climbing north towards Oxenholme passing through Hincaster on 28th November 2020. This rear car is directly over the top of the disused ...
Mark Bartlett 28/11/2020

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Hincaster Branch (Furness Railway)

Introduction

Locations along the line

Arnside

Sandside

Heversham

Hincaster Junction

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