Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Ribblehead

The classic view of this splendid vision of British Victorian engineering. Best full screen

Quite a famous view here for many tourist who come from far and wide to visit the Ribblehead Viaduct. Many of those pop into the 'Station Inn' here for a pint or meal, maybe even spending a night or two in its rooms. The lonely station that caters for the 'Settle Carlise' line, that runs over this bridge, is just right of this scene and the viaduct to the left by about 300metres. For those lucky enough here, the sounds of steam can be heard and accompanied by the fabulous sights of some of our most famous steam engines ie 'The Flying Scotsman' , 'Mallard' and 'Black Fives'. The road we can see going uphill carries on to the village of Dent and an unseen road goes from the bottom of the picture, right towards Settle. See PiPs for more from around here. Enjoy large

There is something magical about this viaduct.. Even without a spectacular steam train running almost silently atop these arches, this scene just makes you stop and stare. Behind is Whernside and to my left the beginning of Ingleborough mountains. Notice the scale of this from the people at the bottom best seen at full size. PiPs Essential full size.

A majestic view of this famous viaduct in Winter. The viaduct which is part of the famous Settle to Carlisle rail route is framed nicely by one of the'Three Peaks' mountains called Whernside. At 736m (2415ft) a small hill compared with the mighty Alps but for us here it represents a big mountain indeed. It is joined by the Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent mountains as part of the three Peaks which is one of Britains greatest outdoor peak chalenges - to do all three in the same day. Ingelborough sits almost exactly opposite the wide valley here. It would have been nice to capture one of the regular trains on this too especailly one of the special steam trains but it was not to be, however I did catch one of the sprinters a short time after -see PiP. Many steam trains including 'The Flying Scotsman' runs over this during certain times of the year. I have yet to see a steam train on here though but I have been on a train that has gone over the viaduct too. The fresh snow was almost gone a couple of days later. Enjoy full size.