Stainmore150.co.uk Website Review

it is with great regret we must report that iain robinson, the creator of this wonderful website, has sadly pas*ed away after a short. illness. he will always be remembered and greatly missed by all involved at kirkby stephen east.. if you want to go on the excursion to stainmore and belah on 27 august it is vital that you read this. several new pages have also been added under 'stainmore story' about the influence of the line on kirkby stephen. if you are a keen railway photographer and want to book one of the limited number of places on the special photo charter day on 30 august. these are now bookable at £30 each though david tillotson. please e-mail him at [email protected]. unfortunately because we are so busy on site with preparations for august we have had to cancel the 'steam gathering' on 19 june for. we are now also publishing a 'stainmore 150 diary' which includes news, comment and gossip about the programme for the summer. there are. some photographs of our new 'stainmore summit sign' published today. take a look at. this is the official web site for visitors to kirkby stephen east heritage railway centre and includes full details of the programme of. events we will be hosting this summer as a part of the stainmore 150 celebrations and to mark the reopening of the station for pas*enger. traffic. you can visit the centre on any saturday or sunday during the year, admission is free apart from those days when an event is being. this summer marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of the opening of one of england's most notable and interesting railways. in just over. three years victorian entrepreneurs, engineers and 'navvies' built the south durham and lancashire union railway across stainmore, connect. the collieries and furnaces of north east england with the haematite ores of cu*berland the shipyards of barrow-in-furness.. the 'stainmore line' was built as the final link in a plan to make a railway from coast to coast. the tracks ran westwards from darlington.