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Currock Road, CARLISLE, CA2 4AU

An assortment of new equipment, mostly for agricultural and construction use.

Agricultural merchants Rickerby's head office and yard in Carlisle.

Photographed from a train heading out on the Cumbrian coast line, the bridge carries the West Coast Main Line over these four tracks. The left pair connect the Cumbrian Coast line with that to Carlisle, and the right hand pair link it to the main line southbound. None of these are regular movements, so I presume the tracks see little traffic.

'Trans Pennine Express' diesel multiple unit No 185133 approaches Carlisle station with a service for Scotland

Situated between the West Coast Main Line and the former Maryport & Carlisle Railway line, an old OS map shows these allotments have existed since 1924 at least.

A Virgin Trains "Voyager" diesel sets heads away from Carlisle station with the 08.00 passenger service from Glasgow to Euston. While there has been significant rationalisation over the years, the railway system around Carlisle is still complex. From right is the single track connection to the Newcastle line, in the middle are double lines connecting the Maryport, Workington, Barrow line to Newcastle, while at far left, Maryport is connected to the WCML.

60009 crosses the West Coast Main Line on to the Settle & Carlisle.

This is the oldest allotment site in Carlisle, dating back to 1911. The large sheds behind are at Rickerby's Image On the horizon, right hand side, are Image

View NW from London Road Bridge, towards Carlisle Citadel Station and Scotland; ex-London & North Western West Coast Main Line, London - Crewe - Carlisle - Glasgow. Citadel station is just visible in the right distance and the train is crossing the 'Canal' (Goods avoiding) line. The 'Caledonian', the post-war equivalent of the 'Coronation Scot' was a high-speed express of the 50s and early 60s running from Glasgow Central (dep. 08.30) to Euston (arr. 15.10), returning from Euston at 16.15 to reach Glasgow at 22.55 and calling only at Carlisle each way. Here it is headed by Stanier 'Coronation' 4-6-2 No. 46250 'City of Lichfield'.

Not the best view of the locomotive itself, but I have included this view for the geographical information it contains. The line curving away to the right is one of many freight connections in the Carlisle area, where there was a complex layout of railways due to the multiplicity of railway companies involved. That particular section of line, which was the LNWR connection into Crown Street Goods Station, has disappeared without trace, so worth being recorded. The triple gable of the goods shed can just be distinguished to the right of the locomotive, together with rakes of covered wagons and a shunting locomotive.