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Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
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La’al Ratty
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River Irt approaches Miteside Loop, October 2007
Terminus Ravenglass
Coordinates 54°21′18″N 3°24′29″W / 54.355°N 3.408°W / 54.355; -3.408Coordinates: 54°21′18″N 3°24′29″W / 54.355°N 3.408°W / 54.355; -3.408
Connections Cumbrian Coast Line
Commercial operations
Built by Whitehaven Mines Ltd.
Original gauge 3 ft (914 mm)
Preserved operations
Owned by Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Co. Ltd
Operated by Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Co. Ltd
Stations 9
Length 7 miles (11.3 km)
Preserved gauge 15 in (381 mm)
Commercial history
Opened 24 May 1875
Closed 1960
Preserved era Steam
Preservation history
1960 Saved by the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Preservation Society and reopened owned by the R&ER Co. Ltd.
1976 Celebrated centenary of passenger services on the line.
1977 New Radio Control System unveiled
2010 Celebrated fifty years of preservation.
Headquarters Ravenglass
Website
Official website

The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is a 15 in (381 mm) minimum gauge heritage railway in Cumbria, England. The 7 miles (11.3 km) line runs from Ravenglass to Dalegarth Station near Boot in the valley of Eskdale, in the Lake District. At Ravenglass the line ends at Ravenglass railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line.

Intermediate stations and halts are at Muncaster Mill, Miteside, Murthwaite, Irton Road, The Green, Fisherground and Beckfoot. The railway is owned by a private company and supported by a preservation society. The oldest locomotive is River Irt, parts of which date from 1894, while the newest is the diesel-hydraulic Douglas Ferreira, built in 2005.

The line is known locally as La'al Ratty and its 3 ft (914 mm) gauge predecessor as Owd Ratty.

Nearby attractions include: the Roman Bath House at Ravenglass; the Hardknott Roman Fort, known to the Romans as Mediobogdum, at the foot of Hardknott Pass; the watermills at Boot and Muncaster; and Muncaster Castle, the home of the Pennington family since 1208.


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