Ribblehead
All loaded up and ready to go - the 1215hrs timber train for Chirk stands in the siding at Ribblehead, which originally provided access to the nearby quarry and later served as a stabling point for engineering plant. When the passenger service has cleared the section Colas Rail 66845 will take the loaded wagons for the short run north across Ribblehead viaduct before running round at Blea Moor signalbox and heading south for Chirk. A number of plantations in the nearby dales have obviously been subject to recent felling and it is good that this loading facility exists so that the timber can be taken away by rail.
Location: Ribblehead
Original line: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 02/05/2011
Image number: 34012
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