And you thought poling cars was dangerous...

sleepermonster · **Joined:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:57 pm **Posts:** 100

If you are interested in eccentric British operating practice, try this shot of rope worked incline haulage on the Bowes Railway as operated by the NCB in about 1970:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRMeNMJatpw

70000 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:23 am

sleepermonster wrote:

If you are interested in eccentric British operating practice, try this shot of rope worked incline haulage on the Bowes Railway as operated by the NCB in about 1970:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRMeNMJatpw

Part of it still exists as a preserved line..
http://bowesrailway.uk/
Not in a particularly "good" area though, so they have suffered quite a bit of vandalism/arson over the years.

And you thought poling cars was dangerous...

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