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THE Newcastle to Carlisle Railway is one of Britain’s earliest railways, crossing England’s narrowest point in the extreme north of the country. At one point in the 1960s, along with many other lines featured in the , the N&CR was under threat and, although important lines not too far distant such as the Stainmore line