This section covers photographs of South Pelaw Junction itself, other locations on the line are covered in the ‘Towards Consett‘ and ‘Towards Tyne Dock‘ sections.
This section covers photographs of South Pelaw Junction itself, other locations on the line are covered in the ‘Towards Consett‘ and ‘Towards Tyne Dock‘ sections.
I worked occasionally as a Relief Signalman at South Pelaw 1960s until late 70s. I was at all the boxes on the Leamside , Consett branch. Pontop xing , Sunderland area. South Shields, Harton Junction , Durham South, Tyne Yard Box and I finished my time at IECC Gateshead.
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Joe,
My son in law is a steam buff. When looking at South pelaw photos I saw your message. Glad you are still alive and kicking
Regards
Bill Connor
S and T Tyne yard
Glad to see you are alive and kicking
Bill Connor
S and T. Tyne yard
Thanks Bill, I just saw your message today- 84 now but still plodding on. You must be retired now. Hope you are well.
All The Best.
Joe
Gents,
I recently got a dog and regularly walk with my children where I believe Pelton station once was and next to a huge old barn that I believe was once a coachworks? We are really interested in any history of this railway and site which is directly opposite our house in South Pelaw….. a point in the direction of any information would be massively appreciated
Regards
Chris
Chris,
The building you refer to is the NCB Shed which was part of the Coke Works at Stella Gill a few photos of which can be found on this page: http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/?page_id=556
John
Having seeing the layout at North Shields last sunday 29th July 2018 this led me to the website.
I was the toolvan supervisor at Thornaby 1977 to 1992 and using our 45T steam crane and Doncaster’s 75 crane I had to sort that mess out on 24th September 1979. Suffice to say it only took less than 18 hrs to get both locos lifted out of the hole they had made!! The cause of the derailment was a loose tyre on 37098 due to the brake dragging and overheating the wheels on that loco.
Is there any chance of having copies of the photos of the derailment for my collection ???
Thanks for the comments Bob. I’ve tried to email you but it keeps bouncing back. Can you email me directly on john.donnelly@southpelawjunction.co.uk