The Settle-Carlisle Railway

The line from Settle to Carlisle is one of the world's great rail journeys. However, the line fostered controversy though a dispute between two of the largest and most powerful railway companies in the 1860s.

About the author

Paul Salveson first visited the Settle-Carlisle line in April 1966, catching the steam-hauled 'stopper' to Ribblehead and walking up to Blea Moor to take photos of freight trains. From working as a guard at the Blackburn depot in the 1970s with the Settle-Carlisle route one of his regular jobs, he had a 44-year career on the railways, finishing as a senior manager at Arriva UK Trains. He established the Association of Community Rail Partnerships in the late 1990s and was a member of the Transport Focus board. In 2009 he received an MBE for services to the railway industry. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Huddersfield and Bolton and is chair of Bolton and South Lancashire Community Rail Partnerships.Transport.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Salveson, Salveson Paul
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781785006371
• ISBN: 978-1-78500-637-1
• Dimensions: 189 mm x 246 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 578 g
• Illustrations: 284 colour photographs 50 black & white photographs 2 maps, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, farbig, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General, North & North East England, Trains & railways: general interest, North West England, Trains and railways: general interest, North and North East England, Eden Valley