Visit to Ribblehead

On June 5th, club member Paul Denton visited the Settle and Carlisle route and sent these pictures of Ribblehead.

Ribblehead Viaduct dominating the landscape.

SB train of hopper wagons behind class 66 (possibly 66602) at 14.48.

SB train of track panels leaving the viaduct behind 66421 at 15.02.

NB Passenger at 15.22.

SB Passenger at 15.36.

SB Platform at Ribblehead Station, looking north. Stationmaster’s house on right. Viaduct begins just around the curve.

Looking south. NB platform and engineering sidings in distance.

Nearer view of NB platform and engineering sidings.

Memorial in station yard.

GFor more information on the viaduct, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribblehead_Viaduct.