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Whitehaven Junction Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Parton looking south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/2000/2091.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![Parton signalbox looking south. The signalbox was to the north of the station but the section is now controlled from Whitehaven (Bransty).<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/2000/2092.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![Looking north at Whitehavens former Bransty station. Signalbox in distance. The track to the left is a bay platform and that to the right a through route to Barrow.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/2000/2238.jpg "Whitehaven")
![43006 and 44439 are amongst the locomotives on 12D Workington shed in September 1962. Closed to steam in 1968 the 12-road shed was later used as a diesel depot (WK) and finally as a wagon repair shop, before being abandoned in 1995. In 2006 the old shed was purchased by the Great Central Railway, Loughborough, to where it was later moved in sections.<br><br>[K A Gray 22/09/1962]](/images/30000/30388.jpg "Workington Shed")
![Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 no 45083 arrives at Workington in September 1962 with the 3.25pm Carlisle - Whitehaven train.<br><br>[K A Gray 22/09/1962]](/images/31000/31141.jpg "Workington")
![Fowler 4F no 44390 is one of a number of locomotives standing in the shed yard at Workington on Saturday 22 September 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 22/09/1962]](/images/37000/37147.jpg "Workington Shed")
![Stanier 8F 48476 stands in the shed yard at Workington on 22 September 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 22/09/1962]](/images/45000/45546.jpg "Workington Shed")
![LMS <I>Jinty</I> 0-6-0T 47593 stands amongst the weekend guests on Workington shed on Saturday 22 September 1962. A long term resident of 12D, the locomotive was officially withdrawn by BR that same month.<br><br>[K A Gray 22/09/1962]](/images/48000/48053.jpg "Workington Shed")
![Fowler 3F 0-6-0s 47290 and 47593 stand together out of use in the shed yard at Workington in September 1962. <br><br>[K A Gray 22/09/1962]](/images/49000/49385.jpg "Workington Shed")
![A siding containing withdrawn steam locomotives alongside Workington shed in September 1962. Fowler 3F 0-6-0s 47290 and 47593 are amongst the former residents awaiting disposal.<br><br>[K A Gray 22/09/1962]](/images/54000/54890.jpg "Workington Shed")
![46426+46458 with the RCTS (West Riding Branch) <I>'Solway Ranger'</I> ex-Leeds at Workington (Main) station on 13 June 1964. The pair had brought in the special from Penrith via the CK&P [see image 22126]. <br><br>[K A Gray 13/06/1964]](/images/32000/32443.jpg "Workington")
![The RCTS (West Riding Branch) <I>'Solway Ranger'</I> at Workington on 13 June 1964 behind 46426 and 46458. <br><br>[K A Gray 13/06/1964]](/images/44000/44447.jpg "Workington")
![<I>Warspite</I>, one of two Austerity 0-6-0STs that worked at the coal preparation plant before it closed and they were transferred to Whitehaven's Ladysmith Colliery. This loco was fitted with the narrow Giesl ejector funnel but sister engine <I>Amazon</I> had a standard chimney. Driver Raymond Penn, formerly a BR fireman at Carlisle Upperby, is seen in charge of <I>Warspite</I> as it goes about its arduous duties. (With thanks to Steven Oakden for additional information). <br><br>[David Hindle //1968]](/images/33000/33295.jpg "Harrington")
![A DMU heading north from Parton, Cumbria, shortly after leaving the station in April 1972 with a Whitehaven – Carlisle service. The line in the foreground, which had latterly provided a rail link to Harrington Colliery, was closed completely the following year. [Ref query 2160] <br><br>[John Furnevel 22/04/1972]](/images/54000/54851.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![An afternoon DMU service for Carlisle waits in the bay platform at a 'pre-rationalisation' Whitehaven station in 1972. (The platform serving through trains to Barrow and beyond is on the other side of the station building.) Opened in 1874 as a replacement for the original 1847 terminus built a short distance to the south, it carried the name Whitehaven Bransty until the suffix was officially dropped in 1968 (although the signal box in the background still carries the name). [See image 19911] <br><br>[John Furnevel 23/04/1972]](/images/36000/36822.jpg "Whitehaven")
![View across the running lines in July 1986 to Workington Main No 3 signal box.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1986]](/images/33000/33024.jpg "Workington")
![A general view of Workington in July 1986 from Workington Main No 2 signal box. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1986]](/images/40000/40111.jpg "Workington")
![The west side of Whitehaven station looking south from Bransty signal box in 1987 with a terminated service from Carlisle standing at the buffer stops alongside the (relatively) new station building. On the east side of the station is a through platform with the line south towards Barrow entering a 1 kilometre long tunnel immediately after leaving the station. The former goods yard to the right now houses a Tesco Superstore. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1987]](/images/19000/19911.jpg "Whitehaven")
![The Carlisle platform at Whitehaven (formerly Bransty) in July 1988 with new waiting room and ticket office on the right. The through platform for Barrow stands on the other side of the building.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1988]](/images/18000/18689.jpg "Whitehaven")
![A DMU skirts the Cumbrian coast at Parton, between Workington and Whitehaven, in May 1990. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore /05/1990]](/images/33000/33543.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![DMU passing Parton on the Cumbrian Coast line circa 1991.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1991]](/images/17000/17742.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![A DMU leaves Workington in May 1991. Despite the destination blind the train is heading south.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /05/1991]](/images/31000/31894.jpg "Workington")
![31276 and 47196 amongst locomotives stabled at Workington on 19 February 1992.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/02/1992]](/images/35000/35763.jpg "Workington")
![A class 56 on a docks trip at Workington in July 1997. [With thanks to Messrs Pesterfield, Palmer and Smith]<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1997]](/images/32000/32370.jpg "Workington")
![37262 <I>'Dounreay'</I> hauling VGAs at Workington in July 1997.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1997]](/images/39000/39497.jpg "Workington")
![The modest beachside facilities at Flimby looking north in 1998.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1998]](/images/50000/50276.jpg "Flimby")
![Wagons with rails being shunted in Workington Docks. Sadly the steelworks has closed.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/09/2006]](/images/11000/11204.jpg "Lonsdale Dock")
![A Hunslet locomotive shunts some of the last rails made in Workington at the Workington Docks in September 2006.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/09/2006]](/images/11000/11536.jpg "Lonsdale Dock")
![This bridge links the dock network to the Workington Steelworks network. The main Cumbrian Coast Railway is in the background right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/09/2006]](/images/11000/11537.jpg "Lonsdale Dock")
![Looking north to Workington station over the now silent yard. The sidings to the left held the loaded trains of rails.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/09/2006]](/images/11000/11538.jpg "Workington")
![The rail loading bay is to the left (the mainline is beyond it). View looks south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/09/2006]](/images/11000/11539.jpg "Moss Bay Steelworks")
![Rails. Made in Workington.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/09/2006]](/images/11000/11540.jpg "Moss Bay Steelworks")
![Looking south at Derwent Junction. Workington Docks line to right, Workington station in distance. A train consisting of a two carriage and single carriage Sprinter heads south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/09/2006]](/images/11000/11579.jpg "Derwent Junction")
![A DRS class 37 on a charter at Whitehaven in September 2009.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /09/2009]](/images/31000/31616.jpg "Whitehaven")
![A Northern trains Whitehaven - Carlisle service departing Workington towards the temporary station at Workington North on 16 January 2010<br><br>[Brian Smith 16/01/2010]](/images/27000/27379.jpg "Workington")
![View south over the site of Workington steelworks in February 2010. The former rail loading bay stood on the left with the main line beyond. [See image 11539 for the scene four years earlier]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford /02/2010]](/images/29000/29858.jpg "Moss Bay Steelworks")
![The damaged railway bridge in Workington Harbour viewed from the south bank. [See image 11537]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford /02/2010]](/images/29000/29864.jpg "Lonsdale Dock")
![At 17.05 the Workington - Maryport shuttle pauses at Workington North (temporary) station. This station is to the south of the former Siddick Junction. On this occasion the train was top and tailed with 57012 and 37423 <i>Spirit of the Lakes</i>. View looks south-west.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27477.jpg "Workington North")
![37423 enters Workington North (temporary station) with the up Maryport-Workington shuttle on 1 February 2010. This is a half hourly service. The Iggesund Paperboard works stands in the background.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27488.jpg "Workington North")
![This bridge is on the north to west curve of the triangle of lines in the docks area. Sadly whilst the mainline bridge has survived intact this one has taken a bit of a bashing and both line and footway are closed. I found myself thinking of the Solway Viaduct amongst others. [See image 11537] for the bridge in happier times.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27491.jpg "Lonsdale Dock")
![The Workington-Maryport shuttle awaits departure for Maryport on 1 February. Behind the camera the streets are busy with passengers descending on the station. The two centre roads here have been taken out of use, but the freight bypass line to the right remains operational.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27516.jpg "Workington")
![A southbound Sprinter from Carlisle passes the site of the Moss Bay Steelworks which produced rails for over 125 years before production was transfered to Scunthorpe. The works closed in 2006 and have since been demolished.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27530.jpg "Moss Bay Steelworks")
![Desolation. This was the rail loading area by Moss Bay Steelworks. Here the private railway of the works and the public railway came together. [See image 11539 of this location in happier times.]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27543.jpg "Moss Bay Steelworks")
![Workington looking north. The Maryport shuttle waits for passengers to the left. Some indication of the imminent departure of this train is given by the driver starting to increase engine speed - last minute passengers crossing the footbridge breaking into a run.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27561.jpg "Workington")
![What do you mean Heath Robinson? This footbridge is a masterpiece!<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27584.jpg "Workington North")
![The Workington-Maryport shuttle heads north over Derwent Viaduct, the only bridge in Workington to survive the floods intact. The nearest roadbridge is just west of Cockermouth.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27596.jpg "Workington")
![<I>OK - pick a window...!!</I> Deltic 55022 skirts the Cumbrian Coast approaching Siddick with the <I>Western and Eastern Coastal Express</I> railtour from Crewe to Newcastle and Durham on 30 August 2010.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/08/2010]](/images/42000/42874.jpg "Siddick Junction")
![156448 forming a southbound Northern Rail service disappearing into Whitehaven Tunnel on 20 August 2012. Next stop in two minutes time is Corkickle (easy for you to say!) en route to its ultimate destination at Barrow. <br><br>[Brian Smith 20/08/2012]](/images/40000/40222.jpg "Whitehaven")
![Framed by two semaphores, 37606 leaves the short double track section from Parton and slows for the Whitehaven stop with the 2C34 Carlisle to Barrow afternoon service. Bransty box, just visible on the left, is one of eight between Bootle and Carlisle scheduled to close in 2019 with control passing to the Manchester regional signalling centre. [See image 2238] for an earlier view from this spot. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 22/06/2015]](/images/51000/51754.jpg "Whitehaven")
![The doors close on a Lancaster to Carlisle service, formed of two <I>Sprinter Bubble Cars</I>, standing alongside the <I>Harrington Hump</I> on the through line at Whitehaven. Harrington, where the prototype raised section of platform was first installed, is less than four miles north of Whitehaven. A further hump is situated near the buffers on Whitehaven's bay platform. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 22/06/2015]](/images/51000/51793.jpg "Whitehaven")
![The rather uninviting entrance to Parton station between Whitehaven and Workington. The <I>Harrington Humps</I> providing level access to the trains seem a little superfluous when these stairs need to be scaled to reach the trains, although in fairness the platforms are very low indeed. 13th November 2017. [Ref query 14 November 2017]<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/61000/61720.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![<I>Harrington Humps</I> are now used at smaller stations with low platforms across the UK network but this is where they were first installed. This view looks south at the unstaffed Cumbrian Coast halt at Harrington on 13th November 2017.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/61000/61850.jpg "Harrington")
![37401 pauses at Whitehaven on 13th November 2017. The train is the 1140hrs 2C49 Barrow to Carlisle service, the second of three northbound trips for the Class 37 that day on a diagram that starts in Barrow and finishes in Carlisle. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/61000/61859.jpg "Whitehaven")
![153301 is on the rear of a two-car set as it departs Parton heading for Carlisle on 13th November 2017. You can see by how much of the train underframe is showing that the platforms at Parton are particularly low but the <I>Harrington Humps</I> have allowed services to continue without great expense. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/61000/61898.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![David Hindle's new book, <I>Enjoying the Cumbrian Coast Railway</I>, will be published in December 2017. [See image 61899]. Currently the best way to enjoy the route is on one of the Class 37 hauled passenger trains, but only until January 2019. The DBSO is leading this set along the exposed single track section at Parton, with the locomotive providing the sound effects at the rear. St. Bees Head can be seen in the distance as the train runs south heading for Barrow-in-Furness on 13th November 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/61000/61907.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![The impressive curving viaduct at Harrington, looking south from the landward side on 13th November 2017. The structure was extensively rebuilt in 2004 (according to the blue plaque displayed on a bridge pier).<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/61000/61924.jpg "Harrington")
![156448 negotiates the the check railed curve on the last stretch of the sea wall north of Whitehaven as it approaches the request stop at Parton. The train is a Barrow to Carlisle service on 13th November 2017.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/62000/62117.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![The line between Parton and Harrington has the Irish Sea on one side and crumbling cliffs on the other. Part of this stretch was reduced to single line a number of years ago to ease maintenance. 37401 propels 2C34 Carlisle to Barrow along the single line section, which has a 15mph speed limit, on 13th November 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/62000/62158.jpg "Parton (Cumbria)")
![Nowadays the LNWR style cabin at Whitehaven (Bransty) only controls a limited number of signals and points in the station area but it has also gained responsibility for the single line section north towards Parton and south to St. Bees. Seen here from a southbound train approaching the station on 13th November 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/62000/62207.jpg "Whitehaven")
![The tunnel entrance at Whitehaven is misleading, as a girder bridge of double track width conceals the single track bore that runs to Corkickle. 153352 emerges to call at Whitehaven on its way to Carlisle with a coastal stopping service. The signal isn't controlled from Bletchley of course but Bransty signalbox, which was the original supplementary name of this station. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/62000/62306.jpg "Whitehaven")
![156448, working from Barrow to Carlisle, stands alongside one of the original Harrington Humps at the station of the same name. Still not exactly <I>level access</I> but much easier to get in at the rear door than the others. 13th November 2017. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2017]](/images/62000/62711.jpg "Harrington")
![Harrington station, looking northwards from the footbridge in November 2017. An overcast day but the coast of Scotland is just visible across the Solway. This is a request stop so I didn't risk photographing the southbound Class 37 but went down to the platform and flagged it down - a first for me. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 17/12/2017]](/images/62000/62265.jpg "Harrington")
![37402 waits patiently with the late running Barrow to Carlisle service at Whitehaven on 28 January 2018. The cause of the late running was nothing to do with the train on this occasion but a problem with the points on the single line section between Parton and Harrington. <br>
The local signalbox (Bransty) can be seen in the distance behind the lamp post.<br><br>[John McIntyre 26/01/2018]](/images/62000/62783.jpg "Whitehaven")
![The booking office at Workington, and the station forecourt, have been refurbished and now look pristine as seen here on 9th March 2018.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/03/2018]](/images/63000/63479.jpg "Workington")
![Early morning at Harrington on 9th March 2018 with the rising sun illuminating the scene. This view looks south from the station footbridge along the line towards Parton and Whitehaven and should have included a Cass 37 hauled passenger train but that had failed at Sellafield. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/03/2018]](/images/63000/63521.jpg "Harrington")
![A sunny day at Flimby on the Cumbrian Coast in March 2018 with clear views to the hills around Dalbeattie across the Solway. The Carlisle platform has been slightly raised along its length but there is a <I>Harrington Hump</I> on the southbound side. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/03/2018]](/images/63000/63369.jpg "Flimby")
