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Good Morning! A short night for me, but it seems as if we will have a nice morning! Got an enquiery about the layout from a bloke in Como/Italy, but there is no way how I could have it shipped to this place. I answered him I´d be happy if he could arrange for the pickup of the layout. I doubt he will come back to me. Today´s video shows steam on the famous Settle - Carlisle line. The Settle–Carlisle line (also known as the Settle and Carlisle (S&C)) is a 73-mile-long main railway line in northern England. The route, which crosses the remote, scenic regions of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, runs between Settle Junction on the Leeds to Morecambe line and Carlisle near the English-Scottish borders. The historic line was constructed in the 1870s and has several notable tunnels and viaducts such as the imposing Ribblehead. The line was built by over 6,000 navvies, who worked in remote locations, enduring harsh weather conditions. Large camps were established to house the navvies, most of them Irish, with many becoming complete townships with post offices and schools. They were named Inkerman, Sebastapol and Jericho. The remains of one camp—Batty Green—where over 2,000 navvies lived and worked, can be seen near Ribblehead. The Midland Railway helped pay for scripture readers to counteract the effect of drunken violence in these isolated communities. The line was the last one in Victorian Great Britain completely built by hand. In the 1980s, the Settle-Carlisle was scheduled for closure by British Rail. This prompted rail groups, enthusiasts, local authorities and residents along the route to fight a successful campaign to save the railway. In 1989 the UK government announced it had declined to close the line. Since then passenger numbers have grown steadily to 1.2 million in 2012. Eight formerly closed stations have also been reopened. Several quarries have also been reconnected to the line. It remains one of the most popular railway routes in the UK for charter trains and steam specials. <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a12H63J6gC0" width="425" height="350"></iframe> Enjoy!
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