The Long Short Drag
 A
'Wired for Sound' programme over one of Britain's most scenic routes -
the Settle-Carlisle - plus the Aire Valley route!.
After
departing from Carlisle station, the train heads for Petteril Bridge
Junction which marks the start of the S&C. From here it’s uphill
for virtually all of the 48 miles to Ais Gill summit as the line climbs
through Langwathby, Appleby and Kirkby Stephen. The S&C is famous
not only for its outstanding scenery but also its railway infrastructure
and the route is dotted with tunnels and viaducts as it weaves its way
across the Pennine Fells. Engineering masterpieces from the 19th
century include the viaducts at Dandry Mire, Arten Gill and Ribblehead
and the tunnels at Rise Hill and Blea Moor. Manual signal boxes and
semaphore signals have survived the passage of time and the line still
retains a number of delightfully antiquated stations. The spectacular
views are accompanied by the magical sound of an English Electric Class
37 as it tackles the challenging gradients of the ‘long drag’. After
Settle Junction, the 1E23 continues south via Hellifield and Gargrave to
Skipton from where there’s some spirited running ‘under the
wires’, through Keighley and Bingley along the scenic Aire Valley
route to the trains destination at Leeds City station.
“A really good record of a memorable period
when loco-hauled trains combined with a splendid route to give us
something special” TRACTION MAGAZINE
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Programme Fact File
Narrator: David Maxey
First Published: 2005
Route Featured: Settle - Carlisle - Leeds
Class Featured: 37
Availability: Now
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Other Locomaster Profiles Programmes featuring Class 37 motive power:
London Orbital, Unplugged,
Double O, Class 37s
Past & Present, Heavy Metal, Power
Hour, Silver Bullet Syphons
and the Traction Series. |
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