Drivers and firemen were the unsung heroes of the Settle-Carlisle in the Days of Working Steam. They operated in constricted, grimy, wet and steamy surroundings, with the heat of the fire on their faces and the Pennine winds howling around their backs as they thrashed their engines northwards up the Drag or southwards, climbing steadily from Appleby, looking for the “distant” signal for Aisgill which they nicknamed the Star of Bethlehem.