West Yorkshire

limey · 05-07-2014, 01:55 AM

I quite forgot to say that yesterday's journey meant that I got to travel on the Settle to Carlisle railway (in the other direction! ). This is a famous line, a remarkable feat of Victorian engineering and a tourist attraction in its own right. It was threatened with closure 25 years ago and saved by a vigorous public campaign.
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Griff · 05-07-2014, 05:32 AM

What a lovely place!

glatt · 05-07-2014, 07:44 AM

Glad it didn't get torn down.

They are pulling out some really nice "no left turn" neon traffic signs that were probably hand blown decades ago, and replacing them with some gaudy LED things. Progress. I know. But neon work is a lost skill and you pretty much never see it on traffic signs any more.

If the old stuff still does the job well, leave it alone.

05-07-2014, 01:55 AM	#1
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I quite forgot to say that yesterday's journey meant that I got to travel on the Settle to Carlisle railway (in the other direction! ). This is a famous line, a remarkable feat of Victorian engineering and a tourist attraction in its own right. It was threatened with closure 25 years ago and saved by a vigorous public campaign. The station architecture is relatively unspoilt Victorian rural, and some of the views very lovely indeed. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-07-2014, 05:32 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	What a lovely place! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-07-2014, 07:44 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Glad it didn't get torn down. They are pulling out some really nice "no left turn" neon traffic signs that were probably hand blown decades ago, and replacing them with some gaudy LED things. Progress. I know. But neon work is a lost skill and you pretty much never see it on traffic signs any more. If the old stuff still does the job well, leave it alone.

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