Trains along the Tyne Valley
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Filmed on the scenic Carlisle - Newcastle line at Halthwistle - Haydon Bridge - Corbridge - Prudhoe - Wylam and Hexham shows some of the freight and passenger workings on this line .Occasonally when the East Coast line is shut north of Newcastle it is used as a diversionary route for main line expresses to Scotland at the time this was filmed they were formed of HSTS and class 67 and 91s .
Cracking collection Michael. Great to see the line getting some proper use, back in the day. In terms of freight all that remains is the weekly Hartlepool flask train. Also a daily departmental in each direction between Carlisle New Yard and Tyne Yard.
Thanks ! in the early 2000s the line was very busy with freight traffic including coal , limestone, steel and the traffic from Workington Docks to Teeside also about teatime there used to be a Shieldmuir to London mail via Hexham sadly as you say hardly gets any use at all now.
Great footage Michael. It’s a shame this line is barely used for freight these days.
Thanks Ben sadly the line is hardly used now only for the DMU service to Newcastle and an occasional Freight very different 20 years ago.