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Railtrack/Balfour Beatty video survey train visits Settle-Carlisle
  July
29 2002 saw the visit of this special survey train, a former Western Region diesel railcar converted to digitally record all
aspects of Railtrack's network.Each end of the unit has several cameras which are digitally synchronised with GPS (Global
Positioning System) to allow surveyors and managers access to any point on the line without even leaving their office.The
unit is pictured here at Hellifield before its northbound run to Settle and Carlisle.The driver's eye view is of the approaches
to Horton-in-Ribblesdale station.For more information on this journey, please see the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line's
new magazine, and for further technical information please see the October 2002 issue of the Railway Magazine.
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