Little Salkeld railway station

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Little Salkeld railway station
Little Salkeld former station geograph-3752624-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Former station approach
Location Eden
England
Coordinates 54°42′46″N2°40′37″W / 54.712824°N 2.676877°W / 54.712824; -2.676877 Coordinates: 54°42′46″N2°40′37″W / 54.712824°N 2.676877°W / 54.712824; -2.676877
Grid reference NY5648935522
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Midland Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1876Opened [1]
4 May 1970Station closed [1]
Long Meg signal box Ghostly signal box, Little Salkeld - geograph.org.uk - 1172494.jpg
Long Meg signal box

Little Salkeld was a railway station which served the village of Little Salkeld in Hunsonby parish and Great Salkeld, Cumbria, England. The Settle-Carlisle Line remains operational for freight and passenger traffic. The station was built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1876. It closed in 1970, when the local stopping service over the line was withdrawn by British Rail. [2]

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History

The station and branch line to the Long Meg Mine were both closed in the 1970s, although the disused platforms still remain and the station building is well maintained as a private house. In 1918 a train accident in nearby Long Meg Cutting killed seven people. A further accident at the station in 1933 (a collision between a shunting goods train and a southbound passenger express due irregular block working by the resident porter-signalman) led to the death of one railwayman and injuries to a further thirty passengers and five members of railway staff. [3] Railway workers cottages were also located here.

Little Salkeld or Dodds Mill viaduct lies near to the mill and just north of the village is the Eden Lacy or Long Meg Viaduct across the River Eden. [4]

South of Eden Lacy viaduct and north of Little Salkeld station was Long Meg Sidings signal box. A British Railways London Midland Region Type 15 design fitted with a 40 lever London Midland Region Standard frame, it opened on 3 July 1955 replacing Long Meg Sidings Ground Frame which only connected with the Up line. A Midland Railway signal box had been at this location until 13 March 1915. The signal box was officially closed on 11 July 1990 (although it had been permanently "switched out" for several years prior to this) when the absolute block section was extended to between Culgaith and Low House Crossing signal boxes. [5]

Stationmasters

  • G. White 1876 - 1877 [6]
  • G. Wooding 1877 - 1880 [6]
  • W.G. Mitchell 1880 [6] - 1883 [7]
  • G. Barker 1883 - 1886 [7]
  • H. Cress 1886 - 1891 [7]
  • Thomas Smith 1891 [7] - ca. 1914
  • Robert James Tinsley from 1959 (also station master at Langwathby) [8]

Long Meg mine

Ruins at Long Meg Mine site. Long Meg Mine, Little Salkeld - geograph.org.uk - 1172596.jpg
Ruins at Long Meg Mine site.

in 1885 Long Meg Drift mine was opened by the Long Meg Plaster Company Limited, and the drift mine was connected to the Midland Railway in 1886.

The Carlisle Plaster and Cement Company Limited closed the mine in 1914–5, but in 1922 the mine was reopened for the extraction of anhydrite by the Long Meg Plaster and Mineral Company Limited. The mine was purchased in 1939 by the British Plaster Board Limited, renamed British Gypsum, who closed the mine in January 1976. [5]

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Quick 2009, p. 248.
  2. ↑ Old Cumbria Gazetteer Retrieved : 2012-09-08
  3. ↑ "Accident at Little Salkeld on 10th July 1933" Railways Archive; Retrieved 28 April 2017
  4. ↑ Settle & Carlisle Railway Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2012-09-08
  5. 1 2 Long Meg Signal Box Retrieved : 2012-09-08
  6. 1 2 3 "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 735. 1871. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 38. 1881. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "New Stationmaster at Little Salkeld" . Bradford Observer. England. 10 November 1959. Retrieved 13 March 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
Sources

Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Langwathby   Midland Railway
Settle-Carlisle Railway 		  Lazonby and Kirkoswald
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