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Holyday 2010

There has been a railroad between the Southern end of the lake and the Irish Sea - now closed down, except for the ttrack between Lakeside and Haverthwaithe, now run by volunteers. Of course, being there, we rode to and fro

The LakeSide platform, the locomotive getting a refill 01-LakesideStation 01-LakesideStation.jpg 3872x2592 (1.4MB)	The only light spot is near the window 01a-Inside 01a-Inside.jpg 3072x2304 (724kB)	The interior of the older wagon 02-Interiour 02-Interiour.jpg 2592x3872 (805kB)	The luggage department, now fitted to accomodate... 03-LuggageDepartment 03-LuggageDepartment.jpg 2592x3872 (735kB)	The flag for departure is raised... 03a-Departure 03a-Departure.jpg 2652x2236 (542kB)
...and we pass the Station Mistress 03b-StationMaster 03b-StationMaster.jpg 3072x2304 (716kB)	The first turn, just after we departed from Lakeside 04-LeavingLakeside 04-LeavingLakeside.jpg 2592x3872 (1.0MB)	Passing the (Victorian?) bridge 05-Viaduct 05-Viaduct.jpg 2592x3872 (1022kB)	An old farm near the track 06-PassingAFarm 06-PassingAFarm.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	The track runs through the valley, following the outlet... 06a-Hills 06a-Hills.jpg 3072x1900 (514kB)
Woods on the other side 07-Steam 07-Steam.jpg 3872x2592 (838kB)	A rocky ridge blocked the route ... 08-Rockface 08-Rockface.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	...so a passage is blasted... 09-Rockface 09-Rockface.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)	...at times, just a meter - or less - from the train 10-Narrow 10-Narrow.jpg 3872x2592 (901kB)	Newby Bridge Halt's station buidling, jus a short stop. 10a-Building 10a-Building.jpg 3072x2304 (974kB)
Flowerbed under the station sign. 10b-Halfway 10b-Halfway.jpg 3072x2304 (1.1MB)	At Haverthwaith, the steam engine needed re-watering... 11-Watersupply 11-Watersupply.jpg 3796x2504 (1.0MB)	Operning the vessel.... 12-FillItUp 12-FillItUp.jpg 3872x2592 (911kB)	...and pour in water by the gallons. 13-FillItUp 13-FillItUp.jpg 2592x3872 (803kB)	Waiting at the station for tghr return ride, 14-Haverswaithe 14-Haverswaithe.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)
The iron bridge crossing the track. 15-Footbridge 15-Footbridge.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	Outside the station, another locomotive is kept under steam 16-ReadyToRoll 16-ReadyToRoll.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	All parts of the traction: The wheel, the beam to the... 17-Traction 17-Traction.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)	The shed outside the station houses even more steam... 18-Stored 18-Stored.jpg 3872x2592 (982kB)	... and front. 19-Stored 19-Stored.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)
On the other side, yoy=u get a better view of this beast 20-Stored 20-Stored.jpg 3872x2592 (975kB)	A moere modersn steam locomotive, that has been in... 21-Stored 21-Stored.jpg 3872x2592 (923kB)	There's also a truck, p[rpobably one used by a railroad... 22-Stored 22-Stored.jpg 3872x2592 (988kB)	Getting back on the platform, the locs are getting into... 23-ReadyForReturn 23-ReadyForReturn.jpg 3872x2592 (900kB)	A detail of the power transmission and controls 24-PowerDrive 24-PowerDrive.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)
A full view on the mechanics. 25-FullTraction 25-FullTraction.jpg 3872x2592 (1013kB)	On our return, we rode in a less old wagon 26-Interiour 26-Interiour.jpg 2592x3872 (988kB)	Signpost at the end of the platform. Other signs told the... 27-Signal 27-Signal.jpg 2592x3872 (917kB)	So we got back over Newby Bridge Halt, with the flower... 28-Halfway 28-Halfway.jpg 3872x2592 (1.6MB)	...following the stream upward... 29-FollowTheRiver 29-FollowTheRiver.jpg 2592x3872 (666kB)
... where it opens into the reed-fields at the Southern... 30-NearLakeside 30-NearLakeside.jpg 3872x2592 (965kB)	...Passing the bridge... 31-Viaduct 31-Viaduct.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	...and another signpost.... 32-Signposts 32-Signposts.jpg 2592x3872 (1.2MB)	...adn the control tower of ... 33-SignalPost 33-SignalPost.jpg 2592x3872 (784kB)	...Lakeside station. 34-Returned 34-Returned.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)
The steamloc's controls: valves and fire 35-Furnace 35-Furnace.jpg 2592x3872 (1.1MB)	Steam doesn;t deliver sufficient power, so a diesel loc... 36-MainForce 36-MainForce.jpg 2592x3872 (791kB)	Out steamloc by itself 37-SteamPower 37-SteamPower.jpg 3872x2592 (906kB)

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