If Carlsberg made railway stations then they'd all be in the mould of Ribblehead on the picturesque Settle and Carlisle Railway.
It really is a perfect little station, with its traditional local stone buildings, stunning unspoilt countryside and overlooked by Yorkshire's three peaks - Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough.
Just to the north of the station the instantly recognisable arches of the Ribblehead Viaduct disappear into the distance.
This evening I happened to be travelling the Settle and Carlisle and decided to break my journey at Ribblehead to see what was happening. As chance would have it GB Railfreight's 6E77 from Acrow Quarry to Hunslet Tilcon passed southwards through the station a few moments after my arrival. All I had was my phone, so the footage was recorded on that.
During busy times (not at the moment, with coronavirus still gripping the nation) there are 4 or 5 of these trains every day, carrying roadstone from the quarry to Hunslet for processing into asphalt. Acrow's stone is hard-wearing and anti-slip, which makes it the ideal ingredient for Tarmac.
Acrow is actually south of Ribblehead, but because of the orientation of its sidings trains need to travel northwards to Bleamoor in order to run round and double-back to Hunslet.
This short video shows 6E77, consisting of 66775 "HMS Argyll" hauling a rake of loaded aggregate wagons, doubling-back through Ribblehead on the evening of 28th July 2020.
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