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DANDRY MIRE VIADUCT
Traveller's tale . . . As the former branch to Hawes diverges to our right we cross the expanse of Dandry Mire on Dandry Mire Viaduct (also known as Moorcock Viaduct)	Mouthwatering trivia. . . It was originally intended to build an embankment here but after tipping ¾ million cubic feet of earth which ultimately just sank into the bog it was decided a viaduct would be a better idea!

LUNDS VIADUCT
Traveller's tale . . . After crossing the Sedbergh-Hawes road with the Moorcock Inn to our right we enter the short 98 yard Moorcock Tunnel and cross the five-arch Lunds Viaduct. We have now crossed back into North Yorkshire, and will remain so as far as Ais Gill summit.	VIDEO ... We've added a nice little .wmv video. It depicts 37408 and 37405 on the 13.33 Carlisle-Leeds. It is 4.2MB in size so it would be advisable to have a broadband connection. It can be viewed in both RealOne player and Windows Media Player. If you "left-click" the link it will download and then play, if you "right-click" then "save target as" it will download to a folder you specify then you can play it from your hard-drive. If you have a dial-up connection then click here for a smaller file, make sure to view it at standard size in your movie player else it will be all fuzzy!

GRISEDALE CROSSING
Traveller's tale . . . Immediately after Lunds we pass Grisedale Crossing, only two miles now to the summit of the line.	Mouthwatering trivia. . . At Grisedale Crossing can be found the only plate-girder footbridge on the line, built in 1936, replacing a wooden structure from 1886. (Unfortunately you can't see it, because I'm stood on it!)

SHOTLOCK HILL TUNNEL
Traveller's tale . . . Not long after Grisedale Crossing we pass through Shotlock Hill Tunnel. It is only 108 yards in length and the hillside is shallow here, the tunnel appears to be superfluous and a cutting would have surely have sufficed?

AIS GILL
Traveller's tale . . . It's been 23 miles of almost climbing from Settle and there's 49 to go to Carlisle, but we've now reached the summit of the line at Ais Gill. In steam days this is where firemen took a well earned rest, and who can blame them? For the traveller there are some marvellous views across Mallerstang Common and the Eden Valley.
Not many people know that: The signal box that stood at Ais Gill is now preserved at the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley in Derbyshire.	Mouthwatering trivia. . . Ais Gill Summit is 1169 feet above sea level and is the highest point on a main line in England - if you didn't already know that you certainly do now! There were refuge sidings here but not loops, which meant slow goods trains had to set-back "inside", there were no facing points into the sidings, only trailing points after running past them.

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