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Ernies Northumbrian Railway Archive

fa WEST DURHAM

7th May 2006

This collection covers various locations in West Durham from just after the first World War until the 1980's. Some of the earlier views were taken on 120 film taken with a cheap camera back in my school days!
Most of these routes have now gone, the Consett line went when the steel works closed and the Weardale line when the cement works at Eastgate shut down. Part of this route is in the throes of re-opening as a preserved line. Back in the late 1960's early 1970's Bishop Auckland still had an active goods yard and the Glaxo works at Barnard Castle brought waste by road to the former platform 4 where it was loaded onto Algeco owned wagons for shipping to Hartlepool where I believe it was piped out to sea and dumped!
The tip at Etherley on the site of the former Witton Park iron works was used as a ballast dump, Wolsingham still had coal drops, and the sidings were also used by a Steel Forge, a subsidiary of the Doxford Group at Sunderland to load castings. The works also had its own sidings now used by the Weardale line. The line ended at Eastgate cement works although formerly it continued on to Wearhead. This part of the route gradually retreated towards Eastgate and I wass lucky enough to get photos before the track was lifted at Westgate.
Many of the more important ex Stockton and Darlington double tracked stations only had one through platform, trains on the opposite line having to cross over to serve the station. This feature could still be seen at Bishop Auckland (Weardale line) and Etherley. Among other stations with this feature were Crook and Barnard Castle.
The photos of the viaduct being infilled are I think of Knitsley on the Relly Mill to Consett branch which was buried in 1919-1920. They are from old glass plates rescued over 20 years ago.

2184x1451 aa_37006_and_37008_start_the_long_climb_to_Consett_June79.jpg Buy Print	Whilst these are ore wagons the contents look more like coal and the wagons appear to be to fully loaded to be heavy ore 2315x1647 aa_South_Pelaw37006_and_008_come_up_the_bank_from_Tyne_Yard_on_an_ore_train_JUne1979.jpg Buy Print	1032x642 aa_South_Pelaw_92060_1966_Alan_R_Sainty.jpg Buy Print	1883x1333 aa_South_Pelaw_92098_is_on_banking_duty_Summer_1963.jpg Buy Print
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1793x1801 ae_Twizell_1964_beamish_mary_pit.jpg Buy Print	1884x1307 af_Beamish_92061_heads_for_Consett_1966.jpg Buy Print	1831x1595 af_Beamish_92063_blasts_towards_Consett_Summer63.jpg Buy Print	1045x680 af_Beamish_92098_24Jun1960_Alan_R_Sainty.jpg Buy Print
1792x1556 af_Nr_Beamish_92061_heads_a_coal_train_for_Consett_1966.jpg Buy Print	1805x1595 ag_Shield_Row_A_37_plus_brake_tender_head_for_Consett_on_coal_1966.jpg Buy Print	2746x1843 ah_37006_and37008_head_an_ore_train_for_Consett_13_43__East_Castle_4jun79.jpg Buy Print	5424x3423 ai_West_Stanley.jpg Buy Print
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6128x3855 cc_West_Auckland_Sta_10feb62.jpg Buy Print	6064x3856 cc_West_Auckland_Washery_sdgs_30sep63.jpg Buy Print	photo pr daniels 1787x1229 c_6826_departs_with_the_daily_goods.jpg Buy Print	6064x4063 c_Bishop_Auckland_3442__4_apr65.jpg Buy Print
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Photo P R Daniels 1831x1185 c_Bishop_Auckland_Plat_4_in_use_for_loading_Glaxo_waste.jpg Buy Print	Photo P R Daniels 1805x1211 c_Bishop_Auckland_Plat_4_left_and_the_former_main_line_platforms_for_Durham_on_right.jpg Buy Print	Photo P R Daniels 1761x1211 c_Bishop_Auckland_Princes_st_bridge_6826_is_shunting_the_goods_yard.jpg Buy Print	Photo P R Daniels 1770x1220 c_Bishop_Auckland_The_daily_trip_returns_to_Darlington.jpg Buy Print
Photo P R Daniels 1796x1255 c_Bishop_Auckland_The_first_day_of_single_line_wkg_A_cement_from_East_gate_passes_awaiting_train_for_Etherley_tip.jpg Buy Print	Photo PR Daniels 1752x1203 c_Bishop_Auckland_The_former_platform_4_lkg_towards_West_box_a_few_days_before_lifting.jpg Buy Print	Photo P R Daniels 1796x1194 c_Bishop_Auckland_The_former_station_entrance.jpg Buy Print	2366x1599 c_Bishop__Auckland_sta_after_demolition.jpg Buy Print
2406x1612 d_Etherley_Sta_North_Briton_rail_tour.jpg Buy Print	2432x1551 d_Etherley_Sta_with_special.jpg Buy Print	2214x1499 d_Etherley_tip.jpg Buy Print	2249x1508 d_Etherley_tip_08225.jpg Buy Print
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1844x1399 e_Wear_Valley_Junction_box_circa_1969.jpg Buy Print	4096x2720 e_Wear_Valley_Junc_apr65_MRW.jpg Buy Print	3733x2656 f_Wolsingham_37_on_cement_ca_1972.jpg Buy Print	1935x1765 f_Wolsingham_box_about_1972.jpg Buy Print
2399x1545 f_Wolsingham_box_Xchanging_tablets_PRD_photo.jpg Buy Print	2401x1576 f_Wolsingham_coal_drops.jpg Buy Print	2401x1488 f_Wolsingham_goods_yard_1.jpg Buy Print	1903x1600 f_Wolsingham_goods_yard_coal_drop_road.jpg Buy Print
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3583x2418 h_Stanhope_ca_1972.jpg Buy Print	2110x1551 h_Stanhope_NERA_special_mid_1980_s.jpg Buy Print	3282x2196 i Eastgate_cement_works.jpg Buy Print	3034x2144 I_Eastgate_special_train_1975.jpg Buy Print
2057x1508 j Westgate_Sta_1970.jpg Buy Print	1632x1601 j_Westgate_1.jpg Buy Print	1600x1624 j_Westgate_2.jpg Buy Print	6064x4080 j_Westgate_3442_4apr65.jpg Buy Print
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6160x4079 k_St_Johns_Chapel__4_april_1965.jpg Buy Print	6235x4063 m_Barnard_Castle_West_box_42639_25apr64.jpg Buy Print	1805x1150 n Knitsley_infilling_sdg_installed_note_shutes_for_dumping_spoil_about_1920.jpg Buy Print	1831x1281 n Knitsley_sdg_extended_for_dumping_spoil.jpg Buy Print
1648x1124 n Knitsley_train_crossing_viaduct_about_1920.jpg Buy Print	1803x782 n Knitsley_viaduct_infilling_NER_loco_on_temporary_track_about_1920.jpg Buy Print	4530x2997 n Waterhouses_Goods_1.jpg Buy Print	4502x2884 n Waterhouses_Goods_2.jpg Buy Print