History: added text← Previous revisionRevision as of 08:45, 29 October 2026 Line 11: Line 11: Although two railway accidents are named as being at Ais Gill (in [[1913 Ais Gill rail accident|1913]] and [[1995 Ais Gill rail accident|1995]]), neither were actually at the summit, being {{convert|0.5|mi|adj=on}}{{cite book |last1=Joy |first1=David |title=The Lake Counties |date=1990|orig-date=1983 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-946537-56-9 |page=236 |edition=2}} and {{convert|1|mi|54|chain}} north of Ais Gill summit itself respectively.{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=Stanley |title=Hidden Dangers |date=1999 |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |location=Shepperton |isbn=0711026793 |page=88}} Ais Gill is the common usage in railway maps and diagrams, but the [[Ordnance Survey]] Maps detail the area as ''[[Aisgill]]''.{{cite map|title =Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley |map =OL19 |year =2016 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =978-0-319-26334-1 }} Although two railway accidents are named as being at Ais Gill (in [[1913 Ais Gill rail accident|1913]] and [[1995 Ais Gill rail accident|1995]]), neither were actually at the summit, being {{convert|0.5|mi|adj=on}}{{cite book |last1=Joy |first1=David |title=The Lake Counties |date=1990|orig-date=1983 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-946537-56-9 |page=236 |edition=2}} and {{convert|1|mi|54|chain}} north of Ais Gill summit itself respectively.{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=Stanley |title=Hidden Dangers |date=1999 |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |location=Shepperton |isbn=0711026793 |page=88}} Ais Gill is the common usage in railway maps and diagrams, but the [[Ordnance Survey]] Maps detail the area as ''[[Aisgill]]''.{{cite map|title =Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley |map =OL19 |year =2016 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =978-0-319-26334-1 }} From Settle Junction, the railway climbs all the way northwards to the summit at Ais Gill, the last section being a 1-in-165 from [[Lunds Viaduct]] before a shallower gradient of 1-in-320 to reach the summit.{{cite book |last1=Joy |first1=David |title=Settle-Carlisle in colour |date=1983 |publisher=Dalesman Books |location=Clapham |isbn=0852067399 |pages=46–47}} Ais Gill, which is {{convert|1,169|ft}} above sea level,{{efn-lr|The original map as drawn up by the Midland Railway in the 1870s details the summit to be {{convert|1,166|ft}}.{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=V. R. |last2=Fox |first2=G. K. |title=Stations & structures of the Settle & Carlisle Railway |date=1986 |publisher=Oxford Pub |location=Poole |isbn=0-86093-360-1|at=plate 102}} Other sources state the height above sea level to be {{convert|1,167|ft}}.{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=W. |title=How They Built the Settle-Carlisle Railway |date=1989 |publisher=Castleberg |location=Settle |isbn=1-871064-03-1 |page=33}}|name=Summit height|group=note}} is often referred to as the highest mainline summit in England;{{cite book |last1=Joy |first1=David |title=The Lake Counties |date=1990|orig-date=1983 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-946537-56-9 |page=54 |edition=2}} other closed, but not mainline railways, have reached higher than this (such as [[Stainmore Summit]] at {{convert|1,370|ft}}, and Bolts Law at {{convert|1,670|ft}}, but the freight-only line near Buxton which is still open, has a higher summit.{{cite book |last1=Kelman |first1=Leanne |title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 4: Midlands & North West |date=2022 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-1-9996271-5-7 |at=43E |edition=5}} Thereafter, if travelling northwards over Ais Gill, the gradient is a steady 1-in-100 downhill to Ormside viaduct.{{cite magazine |last=Rand|first=Mark |title= The cement train derailment that shut off the S&C...|magazine=Rail |date=5 April 2023 |issue=980 |page=58 |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media |location=Peterborough |issn=0953-4563}} The summit is {{convert|3|mi|0}} north of {{rws|Garsdale}} railway station, and {{convert|14|mi}} south of Ormside Viaduct.{{cite book |last1=Nock |first1=O. S. |title=The Settle and Carlisle Railway |date=1992 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Sparkford |isbn=1852603275 |page=57}}{{cite magazine |last= Foster|first=Hubert |title=Ais Gill |magazine=The Railway Magazine |date=June 1976 |issue=902 |volume=122 |page=304 |publisher=IPC |location=London |issn=0033-8923}} The summit is one third of the journey northwards on the line, being {{convert|24.5|mi}} north of Settle Junction, and {{convert|48|mi}} south of Carlisle.{{cite book |last1=Morrison |first1=G. |title=The Long Drag |date=1990 |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |location=Shepperton |isbn=0711018936 |page=32}} The engine drivers and [[Fireman (steam engine)|firemen]] who worked on the railway named the ascent from either side as the ''Long Drag'', though this is most commonly used to refer to the 1-in-100 stretch from Settle Junction to Blea Moor, and then on to Ais Gill.{{cite book |last1=Joy |first1=David |title=The Lake Counties |date=1990|orig-date=1983 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-946537-56-9 |page=51 |edition=2}} From Settle Junction, the railway climbs all the way northwards to the summit at Ais Gill, the last section being a 1-in-165 from [[Lunds Viaduct]] before a shallower gradient of 1-in-320 to reach the summit.{{cite book |last1=Joy |first1=David |title=Settle-Carlisle in colour |date=1983 |publisher=Dalesman Books |location=Clapham |isbn=0852067399 |pages=46–47}} Ais Gill, which is {{convert|1,169|ft}} above sea level,{{efn-lr|The original map as drawn up by the Midland Railway in the 1870s details the summit to be {{convert|1,166|ft}}.{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=V. R. |last2=Fox |first2=G. K. |title=Stations & structures of the Settle & Carlisle Railway |date=1986 |publisher=Oxford Pub |location=Poole |isbn=0-86093-360-1|at=plate 102}} Other sources state the height above sea level to be {{convert|1,167|ft}}.{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=W. |title=How They Built the Settle-Carlisle Railway |date=1989 |publisher=Castleberg |location=Settle |isbn=1-871064-03-1 |page=33}}|name=Summit height|group=note}} is often referred to as the highest mainline summit in England;{{cite book |last1=Joy |first1=David |title=The Lake Counties |date=1990|orig-date=1983 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-946537-56-9 |page=54 |edition=2}} other closed, but not mainline railways, have reached higher than this (such as [[Stainmore Summit]] at {{convert|1,370|ft}}, and Bolts Law at {{convert|1,670|ft}}, but the freight-only line near Buxton which is still open, has a higher summit.{{cite book |last1=Kelman |first1=Leanne |title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 4: Midlands & North West |date=2022 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-1-9996271-5-7 |at=43E |edition=5}} Thereafter, if travelling northwards over Ais Gill, the gradient is a steady 1-in-100 downhill to Ormside viaduct.{{cite magazine |last=Rand|first=Mark |title= The cement train derailment that shut off the S&C...|magazine=Rail |date=5 April 2023 |issue=980 |page=58 |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media |location=Peterborough |issn=0953-4563}} The summit is {{convert|3|mi|0}} north of {{rws|Garsdale}} railway station, and {{convert|14|mi}} south of Ormside Viaduct.{{cite book |last1=Nock |first1=O. S. |title=The Settle and Carlisle Railway |date=1992 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Sparkford |isbn=1852603275 |page=57}}{{cite magazine |last= Foster|first=Hubert |title=Ais Gill |magazine=The Railway Magazine |date=June 1976 |issue=902 |volume=122 |page=304 |publisher=IPC |location=London |issn=0033-8923}} Ais Gill summit is one third of the journey northwards on the line, being {{convert|24.5|mi}} north of Settle Junction, and {{convert|48|mi}} south of Carlisle.{{cite book |last1=Morrison |first1=G. |title=The Long Drag |date=1990 |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |location=Shepperton |isbn=0711018936 |page=32}} The engine drivers and [[Fireman (steam engine)|firemen]] who worked on the railway named the ascent from either side as the ''Long Drag'', though this is most commonly used to refer to the 1-in-100 stretch from Settle Junction to Blea Moor, and then on to Ais Gill.{{cite book |last1=Joy |first1=David |title=The Lake Counties |date=1990|orig-date=1983 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-946537-56-9 |page=51 |edition=2}} == See also == == See also ==