Stainmore Summit

New sign marking spot of old one

Snowploughs on the line in 1927

Stainmore Summit is the highest point on the trans-Pennine South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway, also known as the Stainmore Railway in Westmorland. Located between Barras and Bowes stations, the railway over the summit was the highest in England at 1,370 ft until its closure in 1962. The location was marked by a famous cast-iron sign which is now preserved at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum. This pass is commonly referred to by geographers as the Stainmore Gap.

Outside links

• Location map: 54°30’26"N, 2°10’53"W
• Photographs of the summit railway
• Map showing location
• "More photographs of the summit". Archived from the original on 12 January 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070112040240/http://www.evr.org.uk/stainmore_summit.htm. 
• Newspaper article about the summit railway