Caldew Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Caldew Viaduct

Opened on the Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic Committee).
Opened on the Caledonian Railway.

Description

North of Caldew Junction and south of the former Port Carlisle Branch Junction two double track viaducts cross over the River Caldew. The eastern of these carries the West Coast Main Line, formerly the Caledonian Railway, north from Carlisle. The western was built to carry goods lines north from Caldew Junction (and the closed Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic Committee)) to the Carlisle Marshalling Yard (British Railways) (Kingmoor Yard). The western bridge now carries a single track goods only line, which commences from the main line to the south of the bridge and doubles, going north, at the former Port Carlisle Branch Junction.

Tags

Viaduct


News items

23/04/2023Track upgrades to begin at Caldew as line closures planned [News and Star]

Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Caledonian Dunalastairs and Associated Classes (Locomotive Monograph)

Caledonian in LMS Days (Railways in Retrospect)

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Railway Carriages

Caledonian Railway Livery: The True Line Elegance and Style

Caledonian Railway Wagons & Non-Passenger Coaching Stock

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Signalling the Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway 'jumbos' the 18in. X 26in. 0-6-0s

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Through Scotland with the Caledonian Railway

Vanished Railways of West Lothian