Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway. Part one: Cockermouth to Keswick
Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Part one: Cockermouth to Keswick 46458+46426 leaving Cockermouth 02-04-66 John Boyes. Armstrong railway photographic trust. www.arpt51a.com. No authourised use. Introduction The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway ( CK&PR for short) was a railway in North West England that linked the town of Cockermouth with Penrith on the West Coast mainline. There were 10 stations on the line with one of the most noteble being Keswick. Permission to build the railway was granted in 1861 when an act of parliament was passed with work starting in May 1862. By the early summer of 1864 inspection trains had ran for the directors of the line. It officaly opened to goods traffic on the 1st of Novemember 1864 and for passengers on the 2nd of January 1865, although passenger trains for an agricultrial show had ran on the 29th of September 1864. The railway had support from the London & North Western Railway and the Stockton & Darlington rai