The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway — known locally as the "La'al Ratty," Cumbrian dialect for the little narrow line — runs seven miles inland from Ravenglass along the floor of Eskdale to Dalegarth station, near Boot. The journey takes around 40 minutes each way through some of the finest scenery in the Lake District, with views of Harter Fell and the lower slopes of Scafell Pike.
Trains run year-round but most often from late March to early November, with steam engines pulling open and closed carriages. The line is a working day out as well as a transport option: at Dalegarth there are pubs, the Stanley Ghyll waterfall, and access to the Eskdale fells. The single-fare day rover ticket lets you hop on and off at any of the small intermediate halts.