78 miles of railway heritage between Hellifield and Carlisle
Plate 162 shows the southern portal of Waste Bank Tunnel. Although a cutting was originally planned, a tunnel was eventually cut through 164yds of red sandstone. The tunnel has brick side walls, invert and arch, with brick portals trimmed in stone.
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