By Clive Dalton One of the great fascinations for us Noble Street kids going home from school in the village up past the railway yard, was to watch the arrival of the little bogey which carried the surfacemen (platelayers) from their Bellingham base to where they were working on the track. They did most of … Read more
North Tyne railway workers – 1900-1960 By Clive Dalton The railway bridge at Tarset station. Stand in the archway, admire the stonemason’s craft, and listen for the ghost of ‘Wandering Willie’ leaving Falstone. (Donald Clegg photo) The North British Railway (NBR) which was purchased by the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 ran … Read more
Northumberland, history, Bellingham, North Tyne, railways, schools, childhood, evacuees By Nancy McLauchlan (nee Brown) Passenger train at Bellingham station. Station House on right Moving south of the Border My Dad (Harry Brown) left his home village of Stow (situated on the Waverley Line, between Edinburgh and Galashiels) to go to Bellingham, North Tyne where he … Read more
By Donald Clegg and Clive Dalton Victorian engineersThis wonderful example of Victorian engineering fortunately survived two major threats – the closure of the Riccarton-Newcastle railway line, and the the flooding of the upper Tyne valley to form the Kielder resevoir. The viaduct was designed by John Furness Tone to get the railway across the Deadwater … Read more