North Sunderland Railway
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The North Sunderland Railway was a four-mile single track branch railway line in Northumberland, England, that ran from Chathill on the East Coast Main Line to Seahouses via the station of North Sunderland with a proposed extension to Bamburgh.
History
Opening
Authorised in 1892 the North Sunderland Railway was built privately to serve the newly constructed harbour at Seahouses.[1] Construction started in 1896, and the line opened in 1898 for freight on 1 August, and passengers on 18 December.
Operation
The line was rarely profitable and thus the proposed station at Fleetham, and the extension to Bamburgh were never constructed. Management of the line was taken over by the LNER in 1939. Trains took 20mins. on the branch, with 6 trains a day before closure. It was initially operated by Manning Wardle 0-6-0 Bamburgh, which was scrapped about 1948.[2] 'Bamburgh' was replaced by an 0-4-0[3] Armstrong Whitworth[4] diesel electric locomotive, 'Lady Armstrong', delivered in 1934.[5] They were replaced until closure by NER Class H (LNER Class Y7) and passenger trains had two Great Eastern Railway 6-wheel coaches.[6]
Closure
The line closed on 27 October 1951 and was officially wound up in April 1952.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.northumbrian-railways.co.uk/index.php?page=north-sunderland-railway
- ↑ Paul Johnson website - Locomotives of Railways Not Included in the 1923 Grouping - photo and short description of 'Bamburgh' 0-6-0
- ↑ National Railway Museum record of 1938 photo of 'Lady Armstrong'
- ↑ Brian Webb: Armstrong Whitworth: A World Diesel Pioneer ISBN 9781899889457
- ↑ Seahouses Community Website - heritage walk
- ↑ Railway Magazine March 1959 p. 218
- ↑ http://www.lner.info/co/NSR/index.shtml
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