From Craig Oliphant a couple of photos taken at South Pelaw showing a train of track panels recovered from the closed branch to Washington. The track would be reused elsewhere on the network. Some of it, I believe, ended up on the line to Whitby.
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From Craig Oliphant a couple of photos taken at South Pelaw showing a train of track panels recovered from the closed branch to Washington. The track would be reused elsewhere on the network. Some of it, I believe, ended up on the line to Whitby.