The Bowes Railway: Re-enactment of rope hauled railways
An interesting post by railway historian Anthony Dawson on his Facebook Page ‘On Historical Lines’ titled ‘Replication, Experimentation, and Re-enactment.’ is shown below as a screenshot, but raised a question about the operation of one railway that is already ‘lost’ despite still operating until the very end of the 20th Century, and maybe slightly into…
Pit closures of the 1980’s
An interesting article about the post-1985 pit closures, and the very interesting graph showing continuation of coal as a fuel but a rapid run-down of the domestic mining industry. In my own view, whilst the decline of coal would have been almost certain as coal for power generation tailed off and demand for coal would…
Reflections on North Eastern Steam (VHSRailwayFilms)
An interesting video by ‘VHSRailwayFilms’ from the early/mid 1980’s has been recently uploaded to YouTube showing: Consett iron ore and coal trains (9F & Q6 locomotives), Northumberland: Border Counties Railway and Wansbeck Railway (Woodburn to Morpeth) inc Wansbeck Piper, Morpeth, inc sidings and shunting, ECML March 1965, November 1965 at Hepscott Junction, Hepscott Station and…
Signalbox switching in at Hampton Loade, SVR
An interesting signalling video describing a mechanical signalbox being switched in at Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway.
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