backontrack
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Supposing you had the ability to reopen fifteen railway routes in the UK. Which would you choose?
Here are mine:
1) Workington-Darlington via Keswick, Penrith, Kirkby Stephen and Barnard Castle
2) York to Beverley via Stamford Bridge, Pocklington and Market Weighton
3) The Callander and Oban Railway:
Dunblane to Crianlarich via Callander and
Connel Ferry to Ballachulish via Creagan
4) Tweedbank to Carlisle via Melrose and Newcastleton
5) Cowdenbeath to Kinnaber Junction via Kinross and Forfar
6) Hadfield to Sheffield via Woodhead and Penistone
7) Spean Bridge to Fort Augustus vis Gairlochy and Invergarry
8) The Withered Arm:
Exeter to Okehampton, Ilfracombe, Bideford, Bude, Launceston, Bodmin, Wadebridge and Padstow
9) Foxfield to Coniston via Broughton-in-Furness and Torver
10) Clapham to Tebay via Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale
11) Thirsk to Church Fenton via Ripon, Harrogate, Wetherby and Tadcaster
12) Tweedmouth to St Boswells via Norham, Coldstream and Kelso
13) Leuchars to Thornton Junction via St Andrews, Crail and Anstruther
14) Caernarvon to Bangor via Port Dinorwic/Y Felinheli
15) Muir of Ord to Fortrose via Redcastle and Avoch
Here are mine:
1) Workington-Darlington via Keswick, Penrith, Kirkby Stephen and Barnard Castle
2) York to Beverley via Stamford Bridge, Pocklington and Market Weighton
3) The Callander and Oban Railway:
Dunblane to Crianlarich via Callander and
Connel Ferry to Ballachulish via Creagan
4) Tweedbank to Carlisle via Melrose and Newcastleton
5) Cowdenbeath to Kinnaber Junction via Kinross and Forfar
6) Hadfield to Sheffield via Woodhead and Penistone
7) Spean Bridge to Fort Augustus vis Gairlochy and Invergarry
8) The Withered Arm:
Exeter to Okehampton, Ilfracombe, Bideford, Bude, Launceston, Bodmin, Wadebridge and Padstow
9) Foxfield to Coniston via Broughton-in-Furness and Torver
10) Clapham to Tebay via Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale
11) Thirsk to Church Fenton via Ripon, Harrogate, Wetherby and Tadcaster
12) Tweedmouth to St Boswells via Norham, Coldstream and Kelso
13) Leuchars to Thornton Junction via St Andrews, Crail and Anstruther
14) Caernarvon to Bangor via Port Dinorwic/Y Felinheli
15) Muir of Ord to Fortrose via Redcastle and Avoch