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Location notes
Waitby is located just north of Kirkby Stephen on the Settle to Carlisle line.
Railway type and traffic
A mixture of passenger traffic (Northern class 153/156 and 58 units normally) and freight workings, which include DBS and Freightliner coal workings, DBS departmental trains and DBS/GBRF Gypsum trains. There are also regular charter trains throughout the year.
Environment
The location is in a moorland field and so is very open and will be very cold in poor conditions. Sheep and other photographers are the only things you will see here.
Road directions
From the M6, junction 38:
At Tebay take the A685 towards Brough. Follow this road for about 10 miles (which generally is on the trackbed of the old Tebay to Barnard Castle railway). The road climbs a long steep hill and about a mile after you reach the top of htis you will see a sign for a forthcoming right hand junction with the A683 towards Sedbergh. About 50 yards BEFORE this junction there is a small road on the left signposted Waitby. Follow this road for about half a mile and you will see a road bridge under the railway on the right over the fields. Turn right down the lane to the bridge. The entrance to the field is on the right immediately before the bridge.
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Waitby map co-ordinates
At Tebay take the A685 towards Brough. Follow this road for about 10 miles (which generally is on the trackbed of the old Tebay to Barnard Castle railway). The road climbs a long steep hill and about a mile after you reach the top of htis you will see a sign for a forthcoming right hand junction with the A683 towards Sedbergh. About 50 yards BEFORE this junction there is a small road on the left signposted Waitby. Follow this road for about half a mile and you will see a road bridge under the railway on the right over the fields. Turn right down the lane to the bridge. The entrance to the field is on the right immediately before the bridge.
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Waitby map co-ordinates
Parking
There is plenty of room under the bridge to turn round and park.
Public transport
There is no public transport to this location. Kirkby Stephen station is about 2 miles away as the crow flies but will be 3-4 miles walk by road.
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Amenities
There are no amenities in the area, Kirkby Stephen village is about 5 miles away, if coming from the motorway it is best to stock up at the services by Junction 38 at Tebay.
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Waitby
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Waitby general view map
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Waitby
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Photographic notes
The light is best from late morning until mid afternoon for southbound trains then after that until the evening for northbound workings.
At the top of the field you can get a view looking south and see Kirkby Stephens distant signal which may give some warning about the approach of southbound trains, these are generally working hard against the gradient so if the wind is blowing the right way, despite the hills, they can be heard for some minutes before they arrive. Northbound trains will only generally be heard approaching Kirkby Stephen if the wind is blowing from that direction.
The location is an open field so only wind noise will affect videographers.
The location is an open field so only wind noise will affect videographers.
General views - All photographs © Mark Bearton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
Fig 2 - Looking north
Fig 3 - Looking South
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
