A vintage steam engine has been helping mark a railway attraction's 150th anniversary. Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway - known by locals as La'al Ratty, meaning little railway in Cumbrian dialect ...

and Whillan Beck, with an ex-South African Railways three-chime, when they cross paths at Fisherground loop. The original Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, known as the Owd Ratty, opened in 1875.

Preparations are underway for the 150th anniversary of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in 2025. The narrow gauge railway, known as 'La'al Ratty' or 'little railway' in the Cumbrian dialect ...