I don't know which forum I need to put this on, but I envisage a kind of discussion about a little station on a Settle and Carlisle 'branch'. I have always wished to see a more direct link between the S&C and the Waverley Route. It would leave the main route south of Armathwaite and make its way via Faugh to Brampton, with a station in the town centre. The railway would continue on to Kirkcambeck and Spadeadam, before proceeding to Kielder. The line then would arrive at the town of Bonchester Bridge. The line, in my imagination, would join the Waverley Route NW of Hawick.

I have a couple of questions:

1. Would this kind of line be viable?

2. Would it be double track or single track?

3. Would the line via Carlisle be preferred?

This is a freelance layout so we don't need rivet counting, just overall realism. If the line via Carlisle would be more important, then we can just 'create' a landslide. The LMS then took the decision not to rectify it, given the 2nd route,

The year is 1978, steam is still somewhat operational and BR didn't close the Waverley Route. HSTs and the like exist and come through the station occasionally. Only one type of enthusiast loses out: the Blue diesel fan- they don't exist in large numbers.