Riccarton Junction

The photographer's son, during a camping holiday with his father at Riccarton Junction on a late spring afternoon in 1966, savours a Leeds 'Peak' battling up the 1 in 75 towards Whitrope Summit with the daily Carlisle-Edinburgh service conveying through coaches from St Pancras. Riccarton North box - a more attractive structure than its surviving sister at Riccarton South see image 23830 - still survived despite having closed in April 1959.

Location: Riccarton Junction (former)

Original line: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)

Photographer: Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

Contact photographer: Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

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Date: 1966

Image number: 42515


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