This recent video about Trams by the excellent Not Just Bikes channel on YouTube discusses the vast array of benefits to be had by expansion, and in the case of Newcastle and the wider Tyneside area their reintroduction of tram systems. In this thought piece, perhaps it is time Tyneside to bring back its tramContinue reading “Time Again for Tyneside Trams?”
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Thoughts on railways around Northallerton: Wensleydale Railway towards Whitby?
This blog post is entirely my own view, not those of any organisations mentioned, it is purely intended as a ‘thinking aloud’ piece. This was inspired by a recent Facebook post about the little used section of the Wensleydale Railway between Leeming Bar, Northallerton West and the interconnection with the East Coast Main Line (ECML)Continue reading “Thoughts on railways around Northallerton: Wensleydale Railway towards Whitby?”
What if the Morpeth North Curve had been built by the Victorians? Part 1
The Morpeth North Curve was actually built in the late 1970’s and completed by 1980, finally providing a direct route between Pegswood and Hepscott, rather than reversal at Morpeth. According to Warn (1976 p.35/36) in his ‘Main Line Railways of Northumberland’ book, a curve was authorised in 1882 ‘to avoid reversing coal trains travelling fromContinue reading “What if the Morpeth North Curve had been built by the Victorians? Part 1”
Ryan Hogg 