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Maryport And Carlisle Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Aspatria station looking to Maryport.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/2000/2142.jpg "Aspatria")
![Ivatt class 2MT 2-6-0 no 46458 of Upperby shed stands in the Maryport & Carlisle bay at the south end of Carlisle station on 7 June 1962. <br><br>[K A Gray 07/06/1962]](/images/23000/23795.jpg "Carlisle")
![On a wet February day in 1964, rebuilt <I>Patriot</I> no 45545 <I>Planet</I> is photographed in the M&C bay at the south end of Carlisle station. The 4-6-0 spent her last 2 operational years at Upperby shed, from where she was withdrawn by BR in the summer of 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray 01/02/1964]](/images/30000/30713.jpg "Carlisle")
![Aspatria, looking to Workington in 2001.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 24/06/2001]](/images/58000/58199.jpg "Aspatria")
![A Millom train, consisting of a pair of 153 units, stands in the M&C bay at Carlisle in May 2003.<br><br>[John Furnevel 13/05/2003]](/images/2000/2007.jpg "Carlisle")
![A class 153 single car unit, on the rear of a 156 service from Preston via the Cumbrian coast, stands in the M&C bay at Carlisle on 19 September 2006.<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/09/2006]](/images/17000/17481.jpg "Carlisle")
![Two 37s and a 20 (all DRS) belt through Dalston passing gangers and oil from Grangemouth. Probably en route to Kingmoor.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/09/2006]](/images/11000/11202.jpg "Dalston")
![A trio of DRS locomotives pass Dalston heading to Carlisle.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/09/2006]](/images/11000/11535.jpg "Dalston")
![Single unit 153 on a Carlisle - Whitehaven service at Dalston on 14 April 2007.<br><br>[Brian Smith 14/04/2007]](/images/17000/17429.jpg "Dalston")
![Railcar for the Cumbrian Coast line waits in the M&C bay at Carlisle on 18 April 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 18/04/2007]](/images/14000/14819.jpg "Carlisle")
![Empty tanks leaving Dalston on 18 April on the return trip to Grangemouth.<br><br>[Brian Smith 18/04/2007]](/images/17000/17424.jpg "Dalston")
![Former Clyde Shipping tug/tender 'Flying Buzzard' (perhaps the last steam tug built for use on the Clyde), built by Fergusons at Port Glasgow, 1951, ingloriously run down and sunk by her tow (a tanker) in the river off Dumbarton, 1952. Raised and repaired, she carried on working on the Clyde then at Dundee thereafter. She arrived at Maryport in Cumbria during 1983 and was part of the maritime museum there for 20 years, but when that closed she was purchased by Julie Jessop and Mike Nelder, who had visions of sailing her to Vancouver (why there I never found out!) and set about converting her for that voyage, bearing in mind her boilers had been removed so 'new' main engine and gearbox had to be fitted. Vessel photographed in the outer harbour at Maryport, 01 August, 2007, having been moved out from the wet basin to allow yours truly to visually survey the hull (which was in excellent overall condition due to all those years in almost fresh water in the Clyde and Tay estuaries). She eventually sailed from Maryport in December, 2008 and was seen, again by yours truly, in Trinidad, 15 November, 2009, the extension of the voyage to Vancouver having been temporarily put on hold. As far as is known, at the start of 2016 she was still in the Caribbean, having never gone any further (we can only surmise that Mike and Julie liked the Caribbean and decided to stay – why ever not!).<br><br>[Robert Blane 01/08/2007]](/images/54000/54080.jpg "Maryport")
![71000 <I>Duke of Gloucester</I> steaming north towards Dalston station, Cumbria, early on 9 February 2008 with the <I>Cumbrian Coast Express</I> special. <br><br>[Brian Smith 09/02/2008]](/images/23000/23406.jpg "Dalston")
![Part of the much refurbished former Maryport & Carlisle Railway Goods shed at the south end of Carlisle station, with the building still being used for the storage of goods in February 2009.<br><br>[Colin Alexander 19/02/2009]](/images/22000/22574.jpg "Carlisle")
![153304 leads an unusual 3-car combination on a Northern service from Carlisle to Whitehaven at Low Mill level crossing Dalston, Cumbria, on 22 July 2009. The unit would appear to have a problem with its lights.<br><br>[Brian Smith 22/07/2009]](/images/24000/24712.jpg "Dalston")
![EWS 66100 heads empty tankers from the BP terminal at Dalston, Cumbria, on 22 July 2009, bound for the Grangemouth refinery. The train is seen here approaching Low Mill level crossing near the start of its journey north.<br>
<br><br>[Brian Smith 22/07/2009]](/images/24000/24730.jpg "Dalston")
![DRS 37688 with a special charter to Whitehaven on behalf of the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) photographed at Carlisle in September 2009<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /09/2009]](/images/31000/31452.jpg "Carlisle")
![The Workington - Maryport shuttle pulls into Maryport from the south in February 2010, having waited for a service from Carlisle to clear the single platform.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford /02/2010]](/images/29000/29879.jpg "Maryport")
![A busy train from Carlisle pauses at Maryport. Normally the single platform at Maryport wouldn't cause much of a problem but with the half-hourly shuttle trains to Workington running at the moment the shuttle had to wait to the south of the station until the Sprinter cleared the platform. Dare say the Maryport signalman has never been so busy!<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27521.jpg "Maryport")
![60163 <I>Tornado</I> powering through Dalston, Cumbria, just after 1.30pm on 14 April with the <I>Cumbrian Coast Tornado</I>. The locomotive is heading for a well earned rest at Carlisle, having left Crewe around 7am. The weather could not have been better.<br>
<br><br>[Brian Smith 14/04/2010]](/images/28000/28510.jpg "Dalston")
![Northern 156443 departing Dalston, Cumbria, on 20 May 2012 bound for Carlisle.<br><br>[Brian Smith 20/05/2012]](/images/50000/50101.jpg "Dalston")
![156484 leaves Wigton with the 08.01 Northern Rail service to Whitehaven on 17 September 2012. Semaphore signals are still alive and well here. The permanent way stabling line runs off to the left.<br><br>[Brian Smith 17/09/2012]](/images/40000/40490.jpg "Wigton")
![Unlike neighbouring Dalston, Wigton has lost its original station buildings and only has a small metal shelter on each platform. That said, it is in a very tidy condition. Sunday scene viewed towards Dalston and Carlisle from the station footbridge. There are just three trains each way on Sundays running only between Whitehaven and Carlisle in the afternoon and early evening. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2013]](/images/41000/41971.jpg "Wigton")
![Dalston, looking towards Wigton and Maryport on a Sunday morning in February 2013. Beyond the platforms, near the overbridge, is the access to the old goods yard, now an oil terminal served by trains from Grangemouth.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2013]](/images/41000/41992.jpg "Dalston")
![Looking west from Wigton towards Aspatria and Maryport in February 2013. The still operational BR signal box is sited some distance beyond the station itself. Just to the left of the platform shelter the roof of one of the buildings in the <I>Innovia</I> factory complex can be seen. This is still rail connected but doesn't receive any traffic at the present time.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2013]](/images/42000/42047.jpg "Wigton")
![A quiet Sunday morning at Dalston, looking north towards Carlisle, with the original Maryport & Carlisle railway building visible on the opposite platform. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2013]](/images/42000/42258.jpg "Dalston")
![The oil terminal at Dalston still sees regular trains from Grangemouth and on this quiet Sunday morning in February 2013 the unloading siding was full. From the road bridge just south of the terminal the station platforms can be seen, as can a large stock of 60' rails that have presumably been recovered following a recent relaying operation. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2013]](/images/42000/42740.jpg "Dalston")
![From the Wigton station footbridge the <I>Innovia</I> cellophane factory complex can be seen. This featured in a <I>Michael Portillo</I> railway journey along the Cumbrian Coast although the internal sidings no longer receive rail traffic. View towards Maryport in February 2013<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2013]](/images/45000/45859.jpg "Wigton")
![Royal Scot 46115 <I>Scots Guardsman</I> brings the <I>Great Britain VII</I> tour north through Dalston, Cumbria, on Day 4 of the round Britain trip. The special is heading for Carlisle, then on to Edinburgh. <br><br>[John McIntyre 29/04/2014]](/images/47000/47155.jpg "Dalston")
![A Barrow to Carlisle service pulls away from the platform at Dalston in the early afternoon of 29 April 2014. Part of the large Nestle factory stands in the background beyond the road bridge.<br><br>[John McIntyre 29/04/2014]](/images/47000/47167.jpg "Dalston")
![The daily tankers from Grangemouth arriving At the Dalston Ineos Depot in Cumbria on 14 May 2014. The depot is accessed via the siding on the left. [See image 42740]<br><br>[Brian Smith 14/05/2014]](/images/47000/47973.jpg "Dalston")
![Royal Scot 46115 <I>Scots Guardsman</I> about to run south through Dalston on 14 March 2015 with the returning <I>'Cumbrian Coast Express'</I>, as a Carlisle bound DMU prepares to depart from platform 2. <br><br>[Brian Smith 14/03/2015]](/images/50000/50655.jpg "Dalston")
![The southbound <I>'Cumbrian Coast Express'</I> passes through Dalston on 14 March behind Royal Scot 46115 <I>Scots Guardsman</I>. <br><br>[Brian Smith 14/03/2015]](/images/50000/50663.jpg "Dalston")
![Close-up of DRS 37423 <I>Spirit of the Lakes</I> at Dalston on 22 May with one of the new loco hauled services which commenced operations 4 days earlier. These are operated by DRS, on behalf of Northern Rail to increase seating capacity at peak times. Living just 100 yards from the line our cups and saucers do a bit of a dance when these services pass by.<br><br>[Brian Smith 22/05/2015]](/images/51000/51412.jpg "Dalston")
![The Northern Trains 1736 Carlisle to Barrow service operated by Direct Rail Services leaves Dalston on 23 June 2015 on a rare sunny day. Fuel tankers at The Petroineos oil terminal occupy the background.<br><br>[Brian Smith 23/06/2015]](/images/51000/51751.jpg "Dalston")
![The 14 35 Carlisle to Barrow in Furness loco hauled (actually propelled) Northern train approaching Maryport station on Monday 4th January 2016.<br><br>[Brian Smith 04/01/2016]](/images/54000/54011.jpg "Maryport")
![Sprinter <I>bubble car</I> 153331, on a Northern service from Carlisle to Workington and the Cumbrian Coast, calls at Wigton on 15th February 2016. The distinctive building just beyond the platforms is an old windmill on the edge of the town. <br><br>[Brian Smith 15/02/2016]](/images/54000/54354.jpg "Wigton")
![Pacers alive and well - at least for the moment. Northern 142052 calls at Wigton, Cumbria, on 15 February 2016.<br><br>[Brian Smith 15/02/2016]](/images/54000/54434.jpg "Wigton")
![WCRC 57316+57313 passing Wigton on 9 April 2016 with 1Z32 Newport to Carlisle charter. [Ref query 23559]<br><br>[Ken Browne 09/04/2016]](/images/55000/55545.jpg "Wigton")
![Ex LMS 46100 Royal Scot powers through Wigton working 1z87, the return Cumbrian Coast Express, with a lengthy blast on the whistle from Driver Gordon Hodgson.<br><br>[Ken Browne 09/04/2016]](/images/55000/55614.jpg "Wigton")
![DRS 37606+37603 working 6c46 Sellafield to Carlisle Kingmoor nuclear flasks.<br><br>[Ken Browne 09/04/2016]](/images/55000/55769.jpg "Wigton")
![DBSO 9707 leads 37423 into Wigton on 2C34 a Carlisle to Barrow loco hauled service<br><br>[Ken Browne 09/04/2016]](/images/55000/55893.jpg "Wigton")
![DRS 37423 working 2C45 Barrow to Carlisle loco hauled service top n tail with DBSO 9707 arriving at Wigton<br><br>[Ken Browne 09/04/2016]](/images/56000/56102.jpg "Wigton")
![The 1525 hrs Carlisle to Preston via the Cumbrian Coast passes the site of the long closed station at Curthwaite. The water tank on the left has the inscription 'Hareshaw Iron Works Hexham 1843' and is a listed building.<br><br>[John McIntyre 16/04/2016]](/images/54000/54877.jpg "Curthwaite")
![A railtour returning to Bridlington heads west at Wigton on 16 April 2016. Expectation of a steam locomotive heading this part of the tour had resulted in quite a few locals turning up but a Class 47 deputised. With the plume of exhaust it perhaps was trying to represent Galatea which had been booked to pass.<br><br>[John McIntyre 16/04/2016]](/images/54000/54882.jpg "Wigton")
![Ex LMS 4-6-0 no.46115 Scots Guardsman approaches Curthwaite between Wigton and Carlisle while working a railtour on 16 April 2016. The former station is behind the photographer.<br><br>[John McIntyre 16/04/2016]](/images/57000/57974.jpg "Curthwaite")
![A pleasant sight in Dalston, Cumbria 45699 Galatea steaming through on route to Edinburgh from Grange over Sands on 29/04/2016.<br><br>[Brian Smith 29/04/2016]](/images/54000/54950.jpg "Dalston")
![A Network Rail movement from Carlisle to Blackpool North running 13 minutes early on 16th June through Dalston. <br><br>[Brian Smith 16/05/2016]](/images/55000/55527.jpg "Dalston")
![Changing of the tankers at Petroineous Depot, Dalston Cumbria.<br>
Loaded tankers being stabled prior to moving the empties. Misty morning 14th June 2016.<br><br>[Brian Smith 14/06/2016]](/images/55000/55560.jpg "Dalston")
![Two class 37's passing Dalston Cumbria on route to Sellafield on 21/06/2016. In the background is the Dalston Nestle plant.<br>
<br><br>[Brian Smith 21/06/2016]](/images/55000/55971.jpg "Dalston")
![The perils of trying to fit in as much of a moving locomotive as possible. 'Galatea' passing through Dalston Cumbria heading home to Euston on 4th March 2017. It was a little late and so was I taking the picture! (I may get another chance on 25/03/2017.)<br><br>[Brian Smith 04/03/2017]](/images/58000/58462.jpg "Dalston")
![Yet another failed loco hauled Northern service being recovered to DRS depot in Carlisle. The service broke down at St Bees and can be seen passing through Dalston Cumbria on 4th March 2017.<br><br>[Brian Smith 04/03/2017]](/images/58000/58469.jpg "Dalston")
![DRS 37423 failed at Bootle on the 0546 Barrow to Carlisle service on 9th March 2018. The train eventually arrived at Sellafield 105 minutes late where it was terminated. Later that day 37059 was sent south to pick up the failed loco and train and is seen here returning to Kingmoor at Bullgill. The previous day it had been announced that one of the Class 37 diagrams will be operated by a Class 68 from 12th March to improve reliability. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/03/2018]](/images/63000/63141.jpg "Bullgill")
![Elizabeth Dock, one of the two main docks in Maryport Harbour in March 2018. From the 1850s there were sidings on both sides of this dock, which was part of a busy commercial port. However, in 1927 Workington opened a deep sea dock and the commercial traffic at Maryport quickly fell away with the harbour railway sidings closing in 1930. Nowadays this dock sees only fishing vessels and adjacent Senhouse Dock, once also rail served, is a marina. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/03/2018]](/images/63000/63299.jpg "Elizabeth Dock")
![Aspatria station, seen on a sunny 9th March 2018 looking towards Carlisle. The station building is in private use and this is a request stop nowadays. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/03/2018]](/images/63000/63315.jpg "Aspatria")
![At first glance the bridge at Bullgill station appears to be over single rather than double track but it is one of several Maryport & Carlisle structures built to very tight clearances that still hamper operations today. Class 150 and 158 Sprinters are not allowed to operate over this line and stock with droplights on the doors has to have bars (or for charters a steward in each vestibule). Bullgill station had staggered platforms either side of the bridge and the old platform steps can still be seen. 9th March 2018.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/03/2018]](/images/63000/63413.jpg "Bullgill")
![The signal box at Maryport is still quite busy as all Whitehaven direction trains have to cross over to the platform road and then cross back again to continue. There is also through line for freight and charters and a goods loop. The former lines to the docks curved right just beyond the modern bridge. 9th March 2018.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/03/2018]](/images/63000/63446.jpg "Maryport")
![At one time Maryport had a huge stone built station building, but only ever a single platform. Nowadays this shelter suffices at the unstaffed station, seen here on 9th March 2018 looking towards Carlisle.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 22/03/2018]](/images/63000/63437.jpg "Maryport")
