the ribblehead viaduct. it's just staggering, isn't it? oh, it's just amazing. you can only really make out how big it is by comparing it to the vans next to it. exactly. 104 foot, 24 arches... ..quarter of a mile long. during the 1980s, british rail threatened to close the settle to carlisle line, mainly because the viaduct was crumbling and the cost to repair it was high for a line with dwindling passenger numbers. a six—year—long campaign to save the railway eventually caused parliament to intervene and banned it from closure. nice one. thanks. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. see you. take care. and now, it's the local community that volunteer to maintain the stations along the line as well as to encourage tourists to come. how does it feel to be able to help to preserve this part of british rail history? for me, it's amazing that this line is just still running today, and there's ten stations that all look the same. they're all what they call midland or derby gothic red. so, they're all kept the same. we put the planters out with flowers in, uh,