THE RAILWAY APPROACHES. 



The mountain-region of Cumberland and Westmorland and that 

 part of the County of Lancashire which lies north of the Sands 

 and embraces the fair and wealthy region of Furness, has for its 

 nucleus the cluster of tall mountains of which Scawfell is the 

 highest. There are the loftiest peaks and deepest valleys. 

 These are surrounded by somewhat lower ridges and shallower 

 vales ; and these again by others, till the uplands are mere hills 

 and the valleys scarcely sunk at all. It is into these exterior 

 undulations that the railways penetrate. If the time should 

 ever come when iron roads intersect the mountainous parts of 

 Westmorland and Cumberland, that time is not yet, loud as have 

 been the lamentations of some residents.* It is a great thing 

 that steam can convey travellers round the outskirts of the dis- 

 trict, and up to its openings. These openings are numerous ; 

 and we therefore give a few hints as regards the Lines and the 

 points at which passengers are deposited. This will be much 

 facilitated by reference to our Maps and * Bradshaw.' 



The *X^i^totl * Railway, (as viewed by the traveller from the 

 south or east), makes its inroad into our precincts, by sending out 

 its long arm (The ^ Furness' Line) from Carnforth, stretching 

 over Morecambe Bay and round the lower hills to the foot of 

 Winandermere. As the name of this railway implies, it passes 

 through the midst of England, on its route northward from St. 



* Mr. Wordsworth, the late poet laureate, remonstrated against the 

 intrusion of the railway. 



