Known locally as 'La'al Ratty', the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway first opened as a single track 3 foot gauge line in 1873 to carry haematite ore mined in the Eskdale valley for seven miles to reach the coastal town of Ravenglass. Due to its convenient location just a couple of miles away from the largest mountains in England the line, referred to as 'Owd Ratty', soon attracted more tourists than it could cope with, some of whom ended up riding the line in open-top iron ore wagons. Despite its popularity, the line became bankrupt just a couple of years after opening, and in 1908, a letter of complaint to Winston Churchill, then the President of the Board of Trade, saw that the line was quickly closed to passengers.. canada goose home facebook http://www.tommasolabranca.eu/shop/canada-goose-jacka112.html
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