Belah was the centrepiece of an ambitious trans-Pennine connection between Barnard Castle and Tebay, involving a tortuous climb up to Stainmore summit, 1,370 feet above the sea. The line was a creation of Thomas Bouch, a talented engineer whose many grand achievements would later be overshadowed by Britain’s most notorious railway disaster.

It roughly follows the route of the River Lune from Tebay to Kirkby Lonsdale. The most impressive features of the line are the railway’s three listed viaducts. These grand structures still dominate their landscapes and survive as memorials to the main line that never was. The Lowgill Viaduct in the Lune Valley, just south of Tebay (from the B6257)

The Belah Viaduct was a railway viaduct on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, crossing the River Belah, in Cumbria, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Barras and 4 miles (6.4 km) east north east of Kirkby Stephen. It was completed in 1860 and was demolished in 1963.

2023年11月28日 · Tees Viaduct, near Barnard Castle, built by Thomas Bouch in 1860 and demolished in 1971. But that was just for starters. After Lartington station the line came upon the Deepdale Viaduct, which...

The viaduct over the Tees Valley in 1858. The South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway (SD&LUR) built a railway line linking the Stockton and Darlington Railway near Bishop Auckland with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) at Tebay, via Barnard Castle, Stainmore Summit and Kirkby Stephen.

down hill, turn left along lane to a footbridge over the River Lune. Cross the viaduct, turn right following the river under the M6, through a copse and across a field to the 5 bank of Birk Beck. Look out for the Castle Howe Motte and Bailey on the other side of the river. Follow the path left along the beck and under the railway viaduct

2014年3月30日 · The Stainmore route wil run from Kirby Stephen East to Barnard Castle; Kirby Stephen East to Tebay and Kirby Stephen East to Penrith. This will link very nicely with RSDerek's Weardale route, assuming it sees the light of day in the future.

2016年2月13日 · The Belah Viaduct was a railway viaduct on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, crossing the River Belah, in Cumbria, England, about a mile south of the village of Barras and 4 miles east north east of Kirkby Stephen. It was completed in …

The viaduct here was actually designed by Joseph Locke and John Errington, the civil engineers for the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and was built between 1857 and 1861. It's a Grade 2 listed structure, and that is hardly a surprise given its magnificent design and beautiful setting.

2023年8月8日 · My curiosity about the old Stainmore line, between Barnard Castle and Tebay, continues. I developed an unlikely urge to see the site of (rather than the sight of) the Belah railway viaduct. Designed by Thomas Bouch (he of the Tay Bridge disaster), it opened in 1861 and was closed 101 years later.