Date: 18/02/2017

Considerable progress has been made on plans to reinstate the iconic Settle to Carlisle railway ahead of its scheduled reopening next month.
The railway was closed in February last year after flooding to the River Eden in Cumbria caused 500,000 tonnes of earth under the railway to slip on 31 January 2016, meaning that the tracks fell 2.5 metres below their normal level.
The £23m repair work involves engineers driving two rows of high-strength piles (steel tubes filled with concrete) into the bedrock of the Eden gorge, north of Armathwaite something that engineers hope will futureproof the track in the area.

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The 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' on its return journey south via the Settle & Carlisle route on 25 February 2012. The train is passing through Smardale behind Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell.
Location: Smardale Viaduct
Company: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
25/02/2012 Jim Peebles

If I were you I would close that window...! Scene on the Settle & Carlisle on 30 April 1966, with Britannia Pacific no 70035 Rudyard Kipling about to plunge into Armathwaite Tunnel with the returning South Yorkshireman No 5 railtour from Carlisle.
Location: Armathwaite Tunnel
Company: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
30/04/1966 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Clan Line at Ribblehead on 30 September 1978 with the southbound memorial tour The Lord Bishop, dedicated to the memory of the recently deceased Bishop Eric Treacy.
Location: Ribblehead
Company: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
30/09/1978 Ian Dinmore

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