Walk over Ribblehead Viaduct

"GMac" <gary_mc@m> wrote

> Incidentally Eddie, the viaduct was cleared for full line
> speed, which was 90mph until well into the 1970s.
>
O S Nock pointed out that the Settle & Carlisle was built so well that there
used to be no speed restriction between Hellifield and Carlisle below the
overall limit for the whole route.

Peter

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:04:59 +0100, "Peter Masson"
<peter.masson1@> wrote:

>
>"GMac" <gary_mc@m> wrote
>
>> Incidentally Eddie, the viaduct was cleared for full line
>> speed, which was 90mph until well into the 1970s.
>>
>O S Nock pointed out that the Settle & Carlisle was built so well that there
>used to be no speed restriction between Hellifield and Carlisle below the
>overall limit for the whole route.

They wanted to let the viaduct deteriorate until that gave them an
excuse to close the line.

>Peter
>

On 26 Apr, 16:14, Christopher A.Lee <c...@> wrote:

> >O S Nock pointed out that the Settle & Carlisle was built so well that there
> >used to be no speed restriction between Hellifield and Carlisle below the
> >overall limit for the whole route.
>
> They wanted to let the viaduct deteriorate until that gave them an
> excuse to close the line.
>
> >Peter

Which they did by not bothering to renew the waterproof membrane
beneath the trackbed for starters - many of the subsequent maintenance
issues stemmed from that (and the water/frost damage that resulted).

GM