Alan Williams

Bashed: the bridge at Castleton.

The Curse of the Column strikes again! Hardly had the ink dried on my hopefully upbeat November piece about the Esk Valley line than a winter of discontent began to unfold. And not just because of the actions – or rather inactions – of members of the Rail, Maritime & Transport union, or the paralysing effects of the ‘Beast from the East’.

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