Luxury Northern Belle lets off steam

A red carpet will be laid over the platform at Leeds station next week when one of the world’s most luxurious train visits for a steam-hauled champagne day out.

- By Malcolm Tattersall Contributor

The 1930s Pullman-style Northern Belle will pick up passengers to take them on a steam-hauled trip through the Dales and over the spectacular Settle-Carlisle line.

For part of the journey, it will be hauled by historic former British Rail locomotive Tangmere, which once pulled crack express trains from London to the South Coast.