Images of the damage caused by the floods and the temporary station provided by Network rail to enable the residents on the north side of the River derwent to get into town.

These photos are of Irvings motor body repairs. They were the former Wilkinsons Wagon repairs. Still doing a similar kind of work, road vehicles instead of rail vehicles.

Images taken between 2007 and 2009 of former ex-Whitehaven Cleator & Egremont Railway, views along the former trackbeds, bridges and Buildings etc. Parts of the trackbed have been changed and are now cyclepaths. The area around Woodend is not part of the cycleway and cyclists have to use the highway between the cycleways.

These are two images taken at night to show the trial raised platform at Harrington Station in West Cumbria. It is on the Whitehaven platform, situated between the footbridge and the viaduct.

One of the culverts on the Workington to Maryport stretch of railway that was filled in several years ago has been excavated recently by Cumbria County Council. Work is currently in hand to deapen the culvert by underpinning and reinforsing the butresses. This culvert is located between the seashore and the main road connecting Maryport with Workington at Risehow. The culvert is wider than others south of it as it was extended to allow traffic to pass over it to enter and leave the Risehow Colliery and By-Products site. The culvert is built in stone on the seawards side, whereas it is engineered in brick on the landward side. One can see where the culvert was once filled in by the discolouration of the brickwork.

Images of the West Cumbrian railway station of Wigton, Cumbria. Shown in this collection is a surviving latice signal of an LMS design. The signal has a diamond plate attached indicating that the southbound tracks to Workington is track circuited at this location. In a recent email I received in a chat group we were told that the signal was to be replaced. Better to have a few images of it now than leave it too late. The original buildings were removed many years ago and bus shelter type accomadation replaces the old waiting rooms. Shown in this collection are several photos of the rail bridge where it passes over Wigton's Station Road. In the old days the platform stretched over the bridge and continued beyond. Nowadays passengers are told not to walk on it, presumably for safety reasons. Because of the urgency of getting uptodate photos of the latice signal I chose a poor day for taking photos. It was very overcast and I had to switch the automatic flash off for several of the photos or they would have been too dark. Leave it to a sunny day and the signal may have been removed.

A further collection of modern day photo of the railways of West Cumbria. This time it is images of the Flimby area. There was once a busy Colliery at Flimby with coke ovens and a by products distilation plant. The old station at Flimby like many in the area has been demolished and replaced by bus shelter type protection from the elements. In the 1980s there was a merry go round wagon loading facility at Risehow for sending opencast mined coal from West Cumbria. It was just to the north of Flimby station. The loading facility has been demolished and in this collection are photos of some reminders that there was a very short lived loading depot The footbridge at Flimby was refurbished in 2004 and the job took ages to do. We never saw anyone working on the bridge during the day. It is presumed that the work was done at night when there were no trains running.

A collection of images of the Rowrah & Kelton Fell Railway showing modern day images of the R&KFR and the branch to Salter Quarry.

The photo of the engine shunting a siding we used to show in this collection has caused some problems lately. Originally I thought the location was Harrington but upon investigation the sidings at Harrington that joined the C&WJ Railway should have been laid in bullhead rail. This caused confusion and logic dictated that the location should be Sherrif gate on the R&KFR. This was the only line that differed from the regulations set down by the C&WJR and this line was laid with low grade flat bottom rail. Therefore we identified the location as Sherrif Gate because the R&KFR line existed prior to connecting with the C&WJR at Rowrah and the branch to Salter Quarry was laid with bullhead rail. We have just discovered that a siding turning off the C&WJR at Harrington was laid in flatbottom rail contrary to company regulations. We have found that the tennent who operating the quarry was instucted by the courts to comply with the C&WJR regulations or the sidings would be disconnected from the railway. Appologies for mis-identifying the location but we now are sure that we now have the correct location so the photo is not shown on this site any more. To see the photo and others of C&WJR Loco No.2 click on the links to Harrington Historic Website

A collection of images of the Industrial railway that served harrington and Lowca. For a while it was operated as a Light railway but when passengerservices were dropped it reverted back to an industrial line.

These photos were taken on a L&HR Special Running day where restored FR No.20 was seen running. This is claimed to be the oldest working standard gauge locomotive in the British Isles. It was sold by the F.R. to Barrow Steelworks and was rebuilt as an 0-4-0 saddle tank engine. When it was no longer needed it was then was semi preserved at a school. Later it was aquired by the Furness Railway Trust and fully restored as a 0-4-0 with a new tender.

Most of the photos in this section were taken by Tom Jenkins. He uses a Canon A40 digital camera and a Pentax compact Zoom 90 (analogue film).

This collection contains modern image photos of railway stations on the ex-Maryport and Carlisle Railway. The stations covered are from Maryport to Dalston. Carlisle photos are in a seperate collection. The Fotopic site may determine the make and model of camera used to take the photos in this collection and the date they were taken.
Collection dates: 2003/4

Modern Image photos taken with a Canon A40 digital camera. Date: 2003/4

Modern Image photos taken with a Canon A40 digital camera. Date: 2003

Modern Image photos taken with a Canon A40 digital camera. Date: 2003

Photos of the section from Northside to Workington Bridge Station. The section from Derwent Junction to Keswick was closed with the cutbacks and closures the 1960s. Parts of this section is now a highway. Bridge Station is no more and a highways roundabout occupies the area where the road overbridge once stood.

Railway Bridges just north of Workington Station (modern colour photos and a vintage painting in colour) All colour photos except the painting by Tom Jenkins using a Canon A40 digital camera.