Settle & Carlisle - The Post War Years by Michael Swift

Settle & Carlisle - The Postwar Years by Michael Swift - paperback book with 64 pages. There are few more spectacular railway lines in England than the route from Skipton to Carlisle through Settle & Appleby - but in fact it was a route that was nearly never built. Had the London & North Western and Midland railways been able to agree the use of the existing line through Sedbergh, the glorious Settle & Carlisle line would never have been constructed.

The ambition of the Midland Railway meant that the creation of the line became an imperative, and, in conjunction with the North British, a new Anglo-Scottish route was completed. Threatened with closure on several occasions over the years, the Settle & Carlisle survived and is now justly regarded as one of the most scenic railways in the country. This book incorporates almost 60 images of those post war years and is a mainly pictorial tribute to the men and nachines that operated over this classic main line. 

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