Ernie Brack has posted a number of superbly atmospheric photos taken in Consett, Pelton and Beamish by FW Hampson to his Flickr page.
62027 at Consett MPD on 15/02/1964: https://flic.kr/p/P8WZyf
Consett MPD on 15/02/1964: https://flic.kr/p/Qf1Xs6
63394 at Consett MPD on 15-02-64: https://flic.kr/p/P8WZCd
63357 at Leadgate with the Jolly Drovers bridge in the background on 15/02/1964: https://flic.kr/p/P8WZG1
63357 on freight at Pelton on 15-02-64: https://flic.kr/p/P8WZFE
92063 at Pelton banking an iron ore train to Consett on 15/02/1964: https://flic.kr/p/Qf1XvH
92064 with 92063 banking at Pelton with an iron ore train for Consett on 15/02/1964: https://flic.kr/p/Qf1Xxg
No 43 & No 84 at Leadgate NCB MPD on 03/06/1962. The building still stands and is just about the last railway building standing in Consett. The bridge behind is the Leadgate bridge that has been demolished over the last year: https://flic.kr/p/P8WZN3
92098 banking an iron ore train on the approaches to Beamish Station on 27/10/1956: https://flic.kr/p/P8WZSb
92061 with an iron ore train on the approaches to Beamish Station on 27/10/1956: https://flic.kr/p/Qf1XEv
92097 banking 92060 at Beamish Station on 27/10/1956: https://flic.kr/p/P8WZUL
92060 banked by 92097 at Beamish Station on 27/10/1956 almost 18 months after the station closed to passenger traffic: https://flic.kr/p/Qf1XKk
92066 banked by 92099 at Beamish Station on 27/10/1956: https://flic.kr/p/P8X17E
I’d better just correct the photographers name ; its FW Hampson not that Bill (as he is better known) is a devotee of the Internet.
Ernie Brack
Thanks Ernie, typo corrected.
John