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March 2020

SCRCA Formal Description for Garsdale Station Toilet Block (Up)

Created on 28 Mar 2020.

Description Station Platform Building. c1957. Single storey single depth range parallel to track, coursed rock-faced golden freestone walls, pitched blue slated roof fitted with ridge tiles. Gables fitted with decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal-covered gable cappings. West elevation to platform: Single plane. From left, one 4-light, to right two separate 2-light metal windows. Gable to left has single door, gable to right has a further single door. East elevation to station yard: Wall… Read more

SCRCA Formal Description for Garsdale Station Waiting Room (Down)

Created on 28 Mar 2020.

Description Station Waiting Room. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H. Sanders. Single storey single depth range parallel to track, coursed rock-faced golden freestone walls with ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with ridge tiles. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal-covered gable cappings. Single stone chimney stack with moulded stone cap on ridge at north gable. West elevation to platform: Symmetrical five bays, of which… Read more

SCRCA Formal Description for Dent Station Booking Office (Down)

Created on 28 Mar 2020.

Description Main Station Building and Booking Office (Closed). 1877. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, coursed rock-faced sandstone walls with freestone dressings, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Timber panelled doors, timber casement windows with curved upper corners… Read more

SCRCA Formal Description for Dent Station Waiting Room (Up)

Created on 28 Mar 2020.

Description Station Waiting Room. 1877. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey single depth range, rock faced sandstone walls with freestone ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with pierced ridge tiles and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with pierced decorative timber bargeboards. Elevation to platform facing west: Symmetrical five bays, of which first and fifth break forward slightly.  Centre bay has double timber doors… Read more

SCRCA Formal Description for Ribblehead Station Booking Office (Up)

Created on 28 Mar 2020.

Description Main Station Building and Booking Office (Closed). 1877. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, coursed rock-faced sandstone walls with freestone dressings, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Timber panelled doors, timber casement windows, stone sills, mullions… Read more

SCRCA Formal Description for Horton-in-Ribblesdale Station Waiting Room (Down)

Created on 27 Mar 2020.

Description Station Waiting Room. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H. Sanders. Single storey single depth range, coursed rock-faced golden freestone walls with ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with pierced ridge tiles and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with pierced decorative timber bargeboards. Elevation to platform facing east: Symmetrical five bays, of which first and fifth break forward slightly.  Centre bay has double timber… Read more

SCRCA Formal Description for Horton-in-Ribblesdale Station Booking Office (Up)

Created on 16 Mar 2020.

Description Main Station Building and Booking Office (Closed). 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, coursed rock-faced golden freestone ashlar walls, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboard and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Timber panelled doors, timber casement windows with curved upper corners, stone… Read more

SCRCA Formal Description for Settle Station Waiting Room (Down)

Created on 16 Mar 2020.

Description Station Waiting Room. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey single depth range, coursed rock-faced golden freestone walls with ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roof fitted with plain ridge tiles and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Trefoil recess in each gable. Gables fitted with pierced decorative timber bargeboards. Stonework of lintels, window sills and first course jambs painted. Elevation to platform facing east: Symmetrical five bays, of which first… Read more

SCRCA Formal Description for Settle Station Booking Office (Up)

Created on 16 Mar 2020.

Description Main Station Building and Booking Office. 1876. Architect: attributed to J.H.Sanders. Single storey, golden freestone walls with ashlar dressings, pitched blue slated roofs fitted with pierced ridge tiles on generally common ridge lines. Stone chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. Gables on all elevations with pierced decorative timber bargeboards and lead/metal covered gable cappings. Timber panelled doors, timber casement windows with curved upper corners, stone sills, mullions… Read more

February 2020

SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of RFB28524-103 Drawing of MR Standard Footbridge 40ft Span

Created on 26 Feb 2020.

The document takes the form of a single sheet with a slightly eroded left-hand edge, most of which has been cropped-off to tidy-up and reduce the size of the uploaded version. (No important information was lost as a result of this cropping.) Tip: To open a larger version of this image (6,000 x 4,000 pixels, 2.8Mb), click / tap on the thumbnail above. The larger version will repay close examination and the following are especially worthy of note: The title on the drawing (top-centre) is "M.R… Read more

SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of drawing-sac-mr-bridge-66-na-rail-491-1158-66-no6

Created on 20 Feb 2020.

The document takes the form of a single folded sheet contained in a bound book of drawings that itself forms part of a set of seven books. The set covers all of the bridges (including viaducts, tunnels and major culverts) within Contracts 1 to 4 (i.e. the entirety of the Settle and Carlisle Railway). This sheet (page) is a partly colour-washed scale drawing that depicts a complete side elevation of Bridge 66, Batty Moss Viaduct a.k.a. Ribblehead Viaduct (Location ID 247780). Tip: To open a… Read more

SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of station plan "Midland Railway Hawes Junction" (RFB28274)

Created on 19 Feb 2020.

This detailed and attractive coloured plan (drawn at a scale of "40 Feet to an Inch") depicts the earthworks, structures, track layout and signalling arrangements at Hawes Junction Station (now Garsdale) on the Settle and Carlisle Railway. A handwritten annotation indicates that it was surveyed in November 1903 by W. J. Hare. Tip: To open a larger (3.5Mb) version of this image, click / tap on the thumbnail above. The plan also includes a number of later additions / alterations, most notably… Read more

SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of contract plan "M.R. Settle to Carlisle: Contract 4 Armathwaite Station Ground" (RFB27555)

Created on 18 Feb 2020.

This plan was produced by the Midland Railway Company and it almost certainly formed part of the legal documentation associated with the construction of the Settle and Carlisle Railway. It was produced by the "Engineers Office Carlisle ??? 3rd, 1873" (the month is not legible due to damage at the corner of the original rolled sheet). A handwritten annotation below the title reads "August 15th 1873" and includes the initials "E.P." (believed to be E. Page of Derby Engineer's Office). Tip: To… Read more

SCRCA Note: Memorials to SCR Construction Workers at Holy Ascension Church, Settle

Created on 12 Feb 2020.

The memorial tablet inside the church porch The text carved on this white marble tablet reads: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE, WHO THROUGH ACCIDENTS LOST THEIR LIVES, IN CONSTRUCTING THE RAILWAY WORKS, BETWEEN SETTLE, AND DENT HEAD. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED AT THE JOINT EXPENSE, OF THEIR FELLOW WORKMEN, AND THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY 1869 TO 1876. The marked and unmarked graves The churchyard is the final resting place for a significant number of 'navvies' (railway construction workers) and related… Read more

SCRCA Note: Memorials to SCR Construction Workers at St Leonards' Church, Chapel-le-Dale

Created on 12 Feb 2020.

The memorial tablet inside the church The text carved on this white marble tablet reads: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE, WHO THROUGH ACCIDENTS LOST THEIR LIVES, IN CONSTRUCTING THE RAILWAY WORKS, BETWEEN SETTLE, AND DENT HEAD. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED AT THE JOINT EXPENSE, OF THEIR FELLOW WORKMEN, AND THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY 1869 TO 1876. This tablet is a replica: the original now forms part of the collection of the National Railway Museum (ref 2007-7000). The millenium memorial An additional… Read more

November 2019

SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of Contract No. 1 for Ribblehead Viaduct and Blea Moor Tunnel

Created on 25 Nov 2019.

The 'Indenture' dated 1869 for 'Contract No. 1.' includes a section headed "BATTYE MOSS VIADUCT AND BLEA MOOR TUNNEL". This includes specifications for brickwork, spandrills, bond of arches, frost, arches, tunnel shafts and headings, masonry, mortar, requirements for completion of the contract and a schedule of prices. For a full transcription of the indenture, see: Review of primary source material at the National Archives (Kew): SCR Construction - Contract 1

SCRCA Note: A change of plan for the south end of Blea Moor Tunnel

Created on 23 Nov 2019.

F.S. Williams' well respected (and usually extremely accurate) contemporary account of the construction of the Settle and Carlisle Railway includes the following short paragraph: We can now see through the “spectacles” of the powerful little engine which is drawing us, that we are approaching the mouth of what may perhaps be more strictly called the "covered way" that leads to the famous Blea Moor Tunnel. It was intended to make the entrance some distance farther north; but eventually it was… Read more

SCRCA Note regarding the spoil tips adjacent to Blea Moor Tunnel South Portal

Created on 21 Nov 2019.

These landscape 'features' are certainly spoil tips associated with the construction of the Settle-Carlisle Railway in the area adjacent to what is now the south portal of Blea Moor Tunnel. However, it is not clear if the spoil came from the cutting immediately to the south of the portal, a 'cut-and-cover' cutting [see note 1] immediately beyond (to the north of) the portal, a conventially mined section of the tunnel somewhere beyond (to the north of) the portal, or some combination of these… Read more

October 2019

SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of FoSCL Journal for 288270

Created on 3 Oct 2019.

The waiting room on the 'Up' platform of Langwathby Station was constructed during the first half of 1998 and the official opening ceremony was held on May 1st, 1998. FoSCL has a long term lease on this structure and is responsible for its ongoing maintenance. Relevant material is included in three separate editions of the FoSCL Journal: Page 1 of the February 1998 edition contains a line-drawing showing the structure's front elevation. Pages 16 & 17 of the May 1998 edition contain photos… Read more

SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of FoSCL Journal for 235300

Created on 3 Oct 2019.

The girders and train deck of Bridge SAC2 (which carries the Settle-Carlisle railway line across the A65) were replaced during a full engineering possession over the 1997 Christmas holiday period. Four black & white photographs showing the replacement work form the centre-spread of the Feb 1998 edition (pages 16 & 17).

April 2019

SCRCA Note: Locomotive facilities at Garsdale Head

Created on 27 Apr 2019.

During the planning stages for the construction of its Settle and Carlisle Railway, the Midland Railway Company planned to construct a large locomotive servicing area at Garsdale Head. A report to the Settle and Carlisle Construction Committee on October 1st, 1872 recommended the provision of "a steam shed to hold 24 engines with adequate water supply". These plans were subsequently revised and, in February 1874, a new proposal was presented to the Committee. This recommended a shed to… Read more

December 2018

SCRCA Note relating to station footbridges

Created on 21 Dec 2018.

The original plans for the Settle & Carlisle Railway did not include passenger footbridges or subways at any of the stations between Settle Junction and Petteril Bridge Junction. The historical context In the early years of railway operation in Great Britain, safety was not a primary consideration and passenger platforms were often just a few inches higher than rail-top level. Under these circumstances, most passengers and staff crossed from one platform to another by walking across the… Read more

November 2018

SCRCA Primary Reference: Plans and technical drawings of Ribblehead Viaduct

Created on 20 Nov 2018.

Network Rail Following a request for information as part of the SCRCA Project, Network Rail has kindly published a selection of plans and technical drawings showing details of Ribblehead Viaduct. At the time of writing (20th November, 2018), these include the following: Ribblehead Viaduct Details of work carried out [1988] Plan view giving details of longitudinal cracks [ND] Ribblehead Viaduct Part elevation [ND] General arrangement and pier repair detail [ND] Ribblhead Viaduct Details of water… Read more

SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of Hellifield Engine Shed floor plan dated July 1879

Created on 12 Nov 2018.

Referencing information Collection reference: "Box 67" of the "North Eastern Railway Civil Engineers" collection Collection location: National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York YO26 4XJ. Document reference: NER CIV ENG BOX 67 Document title: Midland Railway, Hellifield Engine Shed Document description: Ground Plan [paper copy of an original from Derby Architects' Office]. Document date: July 1879 Detailed description The document is a scaled and fully labelled architectural drawing in the form… Read more