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A mixture of colour lights and semaphores at this former joint station. Where is it?
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Another complex approach to a city, with a closed line in the foreground. 1970s photo. Where is it?
Answer: Carlisle, the southerly approaches looking NW - taken from St Nicholas Bridges. There were quite a number of wrong guesses, but congratulations are due to the following for their correct answers: John Czyrko, Colin Penfold, Tony Fox, Dave Goodyear, Simon Wass, Paul Hopper, Bryn Pitcher, Blair Robinson.
Image credit: Peter Green RCTS Collection.
The West Coast mainline and Cumbrian coast lines come together on the overbridges, passing over the now-closed avoiding line to Hawick and Silloth. The removed bridge in the foreground previously provided access to the LNWR goods depot south of Citadel station.
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