{"product_id":"the-settle-carlisle-railway-paul-salveson","title":"The Settle-Carlisle Railway, Paul Salveson","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe line from Settle to Carlisle is one of the world's great rail journeys. It carves its way through the magnificent landscape of the Yorkshire Dales - where it becomes the highest main line in England - descending to Cumbria's lush green Eden Valley with its view of the Pennines and Lakeland fells. But the story of the line is even more enthralling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom its earliest history the line fostered controversy: it probably should never have been built, arising from a political dispute between two of the largest and most powerful railway companies in the 1860s. Its construction, through some of the most wild and inhospitable terrain in England, was a Herculean task. Tragic accidents affected those who built, worked and travelled the line.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter surviving the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, the line faced almost certain closure in the 1980s, only to be saved by an unexpected last-minute reprieve. This book describes the history behind the inception and creation of the line; the challenges of constructing the 72-mile railway and its seventeen viaducts and fourteen tunnels; threat of closure in the mid-1980s and the campaign to save it, and finally, the line today and its future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Outstanding Maps","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55809577517440,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0349\/6932\/1531\/files\/settle-carlisle.jpg?v=1742994718","url":"https:\/\/www.westwoodbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-settle-carlisle-railway-paul-salveson","provider":"Westwood Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}