Four photos from Craig Oliphant of 37173 in both the High Yard and Low yard at Consett.
Month: October 2023
Low down…
From Paul and Mike Matthews, four views of Consett Low yard in the 1970s.
Carting it away…
Five photos, appropriately, of 37005 with a train of scrap from the demolition of the Steelworks at both the Low and High Yards in Consett on 12 July 1983. Photos by Bill Wilder and my thanks, once again, to Neil Patterson for sending them to me and to the Wakefield Railway Modellers Society for allowing…
Scarred for life…
The cutting just beyond Beamish station was the site of an accident on 9 December 1964 unfortunately resulting in one fatality. Twenty three loaded coal wagons broke loose from a train that was being shunted at Annfield Plain Junction and ran all the way down the line to Beamish reaching speeds of up to eighty miles per hour…
The End…
On 30 September 1983, the last revenue earning train left Consett High Yard. Consisting of just 5 16T wagons hauled by 37023, Craig Oliphant was on hand to record the event as well as supplying the ‘The End’ headboard that can be seen on the nose of the locomotive.
Iron Ore in the Hills…
A series of photos of iron ore trains in the Stanley and Annfield Plain area in the 1960s. Photos supplied by Graham Hunter.