This from Fellrunner...
As the Settle-Carlisle line enters Carlisle, in splendid isolation among the former Durran Hill yard's tree growth, there is a fence made of wooden sleepers.
Some years ago a sentimentalist applied the prosaic word 'Bollox', which neatly sums up the scene.
Our On-Train Guides (we aim to have a volunteer guide on six trains a day) regularly point this out to visiting groups and there is shared amusement and regret about this lazy text-speak abbreviation.
Trouble is, the white paint is fading and this small detail of S&C history is now at risk.
I wonder if the new caring Network Rail could be persuaded to freshen up this significant piece of historic railway graffito?
Grimsby and Back
3 years ago
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