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| Garsdale (or Hawes Junction as it was once known) was the point at which the single track branch diverged for Hawes in Wensleydale. It was an important junction and had its own turntable. After lying derelict for several years the turntable was saved and is now relocated at the Keighley and Worth valley railway. | |||
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Garsdale
10-07-01
Two car sprinter 156491 approaches Garsdale with the 1939 p.m. evening working to Carlisle |
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Garsdale
Station
View looking northwards OS Grid Reference SD 788918 The platform on the right was originally an island platform with the Hawes branch line on the right hand side. Unfortunately the track is no longer there and the bay is only used for car parking. |
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Inside
Garsdale Signal Box
OS Grid Reference SD 788918 The box here at Garsdale dates from 1910. As can be seen from the photograph, over two-thirds of the levers are redundant. |
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Garsdale
Station - the view North to Dandry Mire and (eventually) the summit at
Ais Gill
OS Grid reference SD 788918
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| This view from the Grisedale road emphasises the sweeping curve that the line takes at it turns northwards towards Ais Gill and the start of the long descent down the Eden valley to Appleby. | |||
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Garsdale
10-07-01 A two-car Class 156 Sprinter number 156491 approaches Moorcock Viaduct, Garsdale, with the 1939 p.m. evening working down to Leeds. |
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The
road bridge over the A684 just South of Dandry Mire
Grid reference SD 788918 Adjacent to the 39 ft 6 inch wide arch of the skew bridge are the six Moorcock Cottages, originally built to house Midland Railway employees. Fortunately, the Moorcock Inn (originally called the Guide Post Inn) isn't far away and must have been the only comfort on winter nights (or did they all go to the nearby Methodist Mount Zion Chapel instead). |
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