sentences:  With the aim of increasing speed and reliability, steam trains were replaced with electric and diesel traction and Diesel Multiple Units took over local passenger services on the line in February 1958.A proposal to close the line between Barnard Castle and Penrith was published at the end of 1959.Freight was diverted via Newcastle and Carlisle from July 1960 and, despite objections, the last train ran on 20 January 1962.