The Settle-Carlisle railway in the north of England is now 150-years-old.
Yet while the line travels through some of Britain’s most magnificent countryside, it was once threatened with closure.
In the 1980s, there was a proposal to close the line but thousands of people – and one dog – objected.
The line starts in Leeds and passes through Shipley and Skipton, but it is the section between North Yorkshire and Cumbria that is world-famous for its views.
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