Readers have their say on railway idea
Steam Locomotive 43139 being polished up by members of the Cumberland Loco Fans' Club before making the last journey along the Carlisle to Silloth railway line.. A CUMBRIAN railway line closed more than half a century ago may reopen as part of an ambitious plan by the area's MP. The line from Carlisle to the seaside town Silloth was closed as part of British Railways chairman Dr Richard Beeching's cuts on railways on September 6, 1964. Now Mark Jenkinson, the MP for the Workington constituency, has submitted a bid to the Restoring Your Railways Fund for a feasibility study to be underta...
Source: newsandstar.co.uk