Paul Salveson first visited the Settle-Carlisle line in April 1966, catching the steam-hauled 'stopper' to Ribblehead and walking up to Blea Moor to take photos of freight trains. From working as a guard at the Blackburn depot in the 1970s with the Settle-Carlisle route one of his regular jobs, he had a 44-year career on the railways, finishing as a senior manager at Arriva UK Trains. He established the Association of Community Rail Partnerships in the late 1990s and was a member of the Transport Focus board. In 2009 he received an MBE for services to the railway industry. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Huddersfield and Bolton and is chair of Bolton and South Lancashire Community Rail Partnerships.Transport.
Strongly recommended. Superb account of a spectacular line.
*Heritage Railway*
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