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Brian's RAILWAY YEARS
NEWSLETTER 2008
JUNE PAGE 2 of 3 CARLISLE STATION 14.06.08 |
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DRS class 37609 & 37606 on the rear of a test train.
47 843 behind D1748
Mersy Rail class 142 on the West Cumberland train.
Class 66142 with the Malcolm Train
Class 47832 on the Stobart train From London King Cross Via the Tyne Valley. The train was 1 hour late owing the a Signal box failure south of York.
The Stobart Train Departs Carlisle with 47172 Pride of Carlisle Via the S&C. 33 ON THE SETTLE 18.06.08
Garsdale S&C 33207 on a return charter from Carlisle. by Mike Ford RAIL BRIDGE REMOVED 19.06.2008
January 8th 2005 the rail bridge is engulfed by the great flood.
19.06.08 The Bridge today being demolished.
Lifting one of the parapets
Cutting up for scrap, but it is worth more today when it was built in 1870s CALDEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REMOVED
The Pedestrian bridge over the river Caldew connecting Dentonholme to Rome Street is been removed has pat of the flood defenses.
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Class 47 D1748 arrives at Carlisle with the Compass tour to Edinburgh. The 47 was a substitute for a failed 47 which delayed the train by 20 mins.
DRS Class 20s 310 314 with the flask train.
Class 67001 on the Northern Bell arrives at Carlisle.
Class 66581 with empty ballast wagons.
Cat on the Rails, Don't try this. GRAND CENTRAL 57s 18.06.08
57301 & 308 rear on the E.C.M.L with the Grand Central Train. By Mike Ford RAIL BRIDGE REMOVED 19.06.2008
2nd May 1984 the derailment. Picture by David Gibson.
The sandstone piers will also be removed in conjunction with the Carlisle Flood defenses
Thomas Street is over shadowed by the huge crane lifting the Parapets.
Caldew bridge. Just the columns left to demolish, they will be recycled. A new bridge will be erected some 4ft higher.
08.01.01 The Caldew bridge during the great flood note the debris on the bridge where the water rose during the night.
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67001 Departs Carlisle with Northern Belle which went via the Maryport Line.
