Trains along the Tyne Valley

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 .

[@NorthumberlandSnapper]

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.

[@michaellewis335]

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.

[@benGBRf]

Great footage Michael. It’s a shame this line is barely used for freight these days.

[@michaellewis335]

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.