Stainmore Summit

Stainmore Summit

Stainmore Summit was the highest point on the trans-pennine South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway, also known as the "Stainmore Railway" in Northern England. Located between Barras and Bowes stations, the railway over the summit was the highest in England at 1370 feet until its closure in 1962. The location was marked by a famous cast iron sign which is now preserved at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum.

External links

* [http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/stainmore_railway_summit.html Photographs of the summit railway]
* [http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/stainmore1.html Map showing location]
* [http://www.evr.org.uk/stainmore_summit.htm More photographs of the summit]
* [http://archive.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/2002/3/22/141801.html Newspaper article about the summit railway]


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