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Alex Coomber Alex Coomber on Train Siding: Despite the use of snow fences along the line. The Settle to Carlisle was often closed following heavy snowfalls. The winter of
1962/63...

Alex Coomber on Train Siding: Despite the use of snow fences along the line. The Settle to Carlisle was often closed following heavy snowfalls. The winter of
1962/63...

Despite the use of snow fences along the line. The Settle to Carlisle was often closed following heavy snowfalls. The winter of 1962/63 was particularly harsh and the line had been closed for several days before snowploughs broke through the drifts. Here on 26th January 1963. The line had just been reopened at Dent Station where Kingmoors Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 No. 44669 storms through with a northbound freight.