Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.

Gravdigr · 05-31-2018, 04:15 PM

When we crossed about a hundred years ago, the guy said "Ya got any guns, eh?"

We said "Uhh--"

He said "Welcome to Canadia, eh."

It wasn't that strict crossing back.

Carruthers · 06-11-2018, 04:46 AM

Ever thought that you are deserving of a higher station in life?
For a mere £425,000* (minimum!) you can be the proud owner of Dent Station House high in the Pennines in Cumbria.

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Offered for sale for only the third time since being built in 1877 and situated on the legendary Settle to Carlisle railway line, Dent is England's highest mainline railway station.
The classic Victoria station property has undergone a sympathetic restoration and has been available for holiday rental since 2007.

Flying Scotsman

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Around five passenger trains in each direction link Leeds and Carlisle and stop at Dent daily, and the line is regularly used by freight trains.
Dent Station is a great place from which to explore the Dales by train, with rover tickets available allowing exploration of surrounding towns and villages.
Dent village itself is approximately four miles away and has its own brewery.
The trip from Settle to Carlisle is regarded as one of the most scenic and quintessential railway journeys in the world.

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Should you become jaded by the iron horse, then thrill to the sight and sound of a low flying RAF jet.

*$568,000.

Link.

Griff · 06-11-2018, 06:08 AM

Pretty enough.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-11-2018, 06:48 AM

Pay for it by selling trinkets to tourists.

Carruthers · 06-11-2018, 06:59 AM

It might be largely self-financing, assuming you don't want to live there yourself.

This from yesterday's Sunday Times:

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Cumbria £425,000

Dent, on the Settle-to-Carlisle line, is the highest mainline station in England and Wales, and the views are suitably lofty.
The three-bedroom former station house, near the hamlet of Cowgill and nine miles from the shops in Sedbergh, is now a holiday let turning over up to £50,000 a year.
Trains to Carlisle (1hr 15min) pull in every two hours or so, and fast community broadband will arrive in the next few months.

Link It's behind a paywall but there might be free access for a limited number of articles, not sure.

Carruthers · 06-12-2018, 05:24 AM

For more context, have a look at these two posts courtesy of limey.

Settle to Carlisle videos.

Dent Station

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Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Pretty enough. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-11-2018, 06:48 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pay for it by selling trinkets to tourists. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-12-2018, 05:24 AM	#6
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	For more context, have a look at these two posts courtesy of limey. Settle to Carlisle videos. Dent Station __________________

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