2016

SD4970 : Calling at Carnforth

taken 8 years ago, near to Carnforth, Lancashire, England

Calling at Carnforth
Calling at Carnforth
Diesel unit 185132 calls at Carnforth with the 15.25 Barrow-in-Furness to Preston service. Although the train still bore the livery of Transpennine Express, the Northern Rail franchise had taken over this service in 2016.
Carnforth railway station and depot

Carnforth station, first opened in 1846, is located at the junction of the main London-Glasgow route ("West Coast Main Line"), the "Little North Western" line from Settle Junction, and the Cumbrian coast route to Barrow-in-Furness. The main line platforms have been out of use, probably since electrification in the 1960s, so only trains to Barrow and Leeds in one direction, and Lancaster and Morecambe/Heysham in the other, stop here.

The station became famous as the location for the film "Brief Encounter", set in the 1940s, and as a result has many recreated features of the period, plus a small railway museum.

Carnforth was also a major railway depot in the days of steam, and the last in Britain to remain open when British Rail ceased using steam in 1968. Later it became the Steamtown railway museum, and is currently back in operational use by West Coast Railways who operate luxury diesel-hauled charter trains. Several buildings on the site are listed: the engine shed, wagon works, water tower, coaling tower, ashing plant, preserved signal box from Selside, and the remaining operational signal box to the north of the station.


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SD4970, 325 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 2 July, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 9 July, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 4969 7072 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:7.7913N 2:46.2833W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 4966 7066
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