Description

– Carnforth to Shap Summit in detail: Trains banked and piloted from Oxenholme and Tebay. Duchesses in their last years of express passenger work. A look at the Lune Gorge and the Tebay area as well as plenty of action on the climbs up to Grayrigg and Shap Summit. Also a look at the lines from Oxenholme to Windermere and the Lakeside branch. Hest Bank derailment in 1965.

– From the Footplate – Manchester to Carnforth with a Black Five. Oxenhome to Shap Summit with an engineer’s train with 2 x 8Fs. A Britannia ride from Oxenholme to Windermere and return after servicing. Banking a Freight from Tebay to Shap. Carnforth to Barrow light engine to pick up the evening parcels. A ride down the Lakeside branch with a Black Five.

– Notable Locations – Red Bank Manchester, Rowell, Hincaster, Oxenholme, Oxenholme shed, Windermere, Kendal, Docker, Low Gill, Lune Gorge, Dillicar, Tebay, Greenholme, Shap Wells, Grange-over-Sands, Lakeside.