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| Barras Station, Stainmore | ||
| Barras Station | ||
| Eden Edge | ||
| site name:- | South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway | |
| locality:- | Barras | |
| civil parish:- | Stainmore (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | railway station (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | NY84451203 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY8412 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY81 | |
| SummaryText:- | Open with the railway 1861; closed 1962. | |
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 BRZ75.jpg Station house set down off the platforms. (taken 22.1.2010)  BRZ76.jpg (taken 22.1.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 24 5) placename:- Barras Station placename:- Barras Hotel item:- railway signal |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. click to enlargeCSRY0194.jpg "Barras Station / Barras Hotel / S.P." |
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 BRZ63.jpg Additions have been made to the side of the station house facing the valley. (taken 22.1.2010) |
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| hearsay:- |
The railway around here is exposed to the wildest winter weather. In the blizzards
of February and March 1942 a snowplough and locomotive were snowbound at Barras. And
again in Fenruary 1947 a J12 0-6-0 locomotive and snowplough were stuck in the drifts
that they came to clear. |
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