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This engine can be hired by members of the public to drive. Seen here in the car park of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (The Ratty).
©Steve Partridge
Narrow-gauge train approaching.
©Stanley Howe
The Roman bath remains are about third of a mile away.
©alan halfpenny
Like a scene from a Dicken's novel.
©alan halfpenny
An interesting village on the railway that snakes along the west coast of Cumbria. The village has remains of a Roman bath house. Nearby is the Muncaster Castle visitor centre with Castle, Gardens and Owl centre open to the public.
©Carl Bendelow
The locomotive River Irt waits to take its train from Ravenglass station.
©Stephen Dawson
©Nigel Chadwick
©Nigel Chadwick
©Nigel Chadwick
©Nigel Chadwick
Most of the photos submitted for this square show the narrow-gauge railway. This is one of the (then) British Rail station, with a Carlisle to Barrow train approaching. The platform, like several other former LNWR country stations, was lower than standard height, so steps are needed to get up into the train. Compare this shot with [[455376]] taken 19 years later - the telegraph pole has now gone and there are additional lighting columns for the far end of the platform.
©Stephen Craven
©Nigel Chadwick
The lack of traffic in this coastal village is well illustrated by the fact that several pedestrians, including children and a dog, are walking unconcernedly down the middle of the road.
©Dr Neil Clifton
©Nigel Chadwick
©David Long

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