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Ashington Station

...still not quite there yet for the opening of the Northumberland Line Northern Rail trains doing some trial runs. Meantime one of the enormous "wood pellet" trains from Tyne Dock to Lynemouth biomass power station trundled through the station. Just for good measure, the buffer at Ashington Station. Not quite the buffers of old, and manufactured in Germany. Maybe the UK has lost the ability to manufacture buffers.
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Part of the 1700 tonnes train of 24 specialist wood pellet wagons.
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 18 Sep 2024, 21:42Maybe the UK has lost the ability to manufacture buffers.
All the old buffers who could have now retired....
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Nice box top Hornby..made in England by Meccano Limited.

not "dublo", pretty wide gauge track probably original "O" gauge ¼" to 1 ft.
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That is an 'O' gauge clockwork set very similar to my first train set as a seven year old!! :-D
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The picture probably sums up why former railways are now former railways.
In the early years they were better mousetraps than road transport for both passengers and business, agriculture and industry. The steelworks at Consett and the Durham Coalfield sustained and gave purpose to the lines along the Derwent Valley to Tyneside, down past Beamish to South Pelaw and onto Tyne Dock, and down the Browney valley to Durham. When the Steelworks was closed the traffic was lost.

From a use by the public point of view, the network of those railways is now used by more people than ever it was for passenger transport they form the backbone of the coast to coast cycleway and many other routes, and unlike in Northumberland most of the former old railway routes in Durham are full routes, not piecemeal and inaccessible whether through agricultural and private ownership "land-grab" or pure and simple neglect.
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Coal too in this region at least, and very much so in Wales with coal, steel and iron transportation.
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Since our visit Neil, I've been doing a bit of light investigation into the former Northumberland railways - Interesting stuff...
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CitroJim wrote: 01 Oct 2024, 09:59 Since our visit Neil, I've been doing a bit of light investigation into the former Northumberland railways - Interesting stuff...
If I had thought you could have borrowed these from the Falcon Library last week :-D
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Gosh yes! An opportunity lost and no doubt there was one or both in the bookshop in Alnwick too...

Tell you what, if you see them available anywhere, tip me the wink Neil :)
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CitroJim wrote: 01 Oct 2024, 14:27 Gosh yes! An opportunity lost and no doubt there was one or both in the bookshop in Alnwick too...

Tell you what, if you see them available anywhere, tip me the wink Neil :)
They are both paperbacks so quite sendable Jim. I am not very careful about keeping books in pristine condition
and I don't consult them on a daily basis so you are quite welcome to have them for a while with no pressure on a return date. The Falcon library never fines for overdue books!, or requires keeping them in good condition. I like them to be used! No money needs to change hands I'll just send you one or both if you like. PM me if you want to do it.

Ebay/amazon have both at various prices eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Railways- ... 9114&psc=1

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On another front this cropped up on the "Voice of Pathe" film I put up on the "Remember these..." Thread.

I remember Mallard and Bittern ploughing their trade through Durham Station in the 60's but not Golden Eagle!


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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 01 Oct 2024, 19:13 They are both paperbacks so quite sendable Jim. I am not very careful about keeping books in pristine condition
and I don't consult them on a daily basis so you are quite welcome to have them for a while with no pressure on a return date. The Falcon library never fines for overdue books!, or requires keeping them in good condition. I like them to be used! No money needs to change hands I'll just send you one or both if you like. PM me if you want to do it.
Neil, that'll be amazing, thank you :D PM soon on its way!
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Superb :D
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Out of interest there is a programme about the railways of NE England on Freeview Ch 71, That's TV 3, at 04.20 tonight which may be worth recording. :-D
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