Stanhope and Tyne Railroad

Introduction

This line is closed. It was famous for the trains running from Tyne Dock to and from the Consett iron and steel works. Short sections remain open at Washington and Tyne Dock. The works at Consett are now closed.






Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Crawley to South Shields







View looking south down the Weatherhill Incline. Some stone sleepers remain here. ...
Ewan Crawford 22/09/2007
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Waskerley looking west. The station building was to the right - the site is now a carpark. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006
Waskerley looking east away from the former passenger station. Nanny Mayors incline ran away to the left. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006
Nearby the of the two engine sheds at Waskerley is this pile of old stone sleepers. View looks north. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006
Goods shed at Waskerley. Nanny Mayors Incline was to the left and the route to Burnhill is to the right. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006
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Looking to Consett at Rowley. The site is now a carpark. The station buildings have been moved to Beamish for a preserved railway. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006
This building is on the opposite side of the main road from the site of Rowley station and may well be the old stationmasters house. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006
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A curious bridge made of sleepers just to the north of Hownes Gill Viaduct. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006
To the north-east of Hownes Gill Viaduct the route of the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad crossed over the Lanchester Railway. The view is of the ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006
Memento of Consett. A hot metal cauldron standing alongside the trackbed of the former Stanhope and Tyne Railway in November 2007. Location is ...
John Furnevel 02/11/2007
At the point where the Stanhope and Tyne Railway crossed the Lanchester Railway this hot metal cauldron is a memento of the closed Consett Steelworks. ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2006
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This was the junction between the 1858 re-aligned portion of the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad, which crossed the Hownes Gill Viaduct just to the south west, and the 1868 curve to the Lanchester Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway) at Consett South Junction.
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More details

See also
Hownes Gill Viaduct (Stockton and Darlington Railway)












































Class 37 no 6772 drifts down towards South Pelaw Junction with a load of rolled steel plate from Consett to Tyne Yard on 20 August 1971. ...
Bill Jamieson 20/08/1971
6771 brings a train of bogie bolsters loaded with steel from Consett downhill past South Pelaw Junction heading for Tyne Yard on 28 June 1971. In the ...
Bill Jamieson 28/06/1971
Class 37 no 6952 brings empty 16t coal wagons back from Consett past South Pelaw Junction on 20th August 1971 and turns towards Tyne Yard.
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Bill Jamieson 20/08/1971
6833 heads up the Consett line past South Pelaw Junction on 20 August 1971 with what appear to be empty coal hoppers from Tyne Yard to one of the ...
Bill Jamieson 20/08/1971
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37078+37067 arriving off the Stanhope and Tyne route at Washington South Junction in the late 1970s with a train of iron ore empties from Consett. The ...
Ewan Crawford Collection //
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View across the Fens from the steps of a windswept Three Horse Shoes signal box in 1993 see image 41978. ...
Ian Dinmore /08/1993
The signal box at Three Horse Shoes on the Peterborough - March line in August 1993. This was once the junction for the Benwick goods branch, which ...
Ian Dinmore /08/1993
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Boldon Colliery may have been completely demolished and landscaped, but this fenced-off road bridge over the rail entrance survives by the skin of its ...
Ken Strachan 26/07/2021
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BR Mk1 coach and an older compartmented vehicle outside a bar/restaurant on the coast road at South Shields in 1991. Thirty years later they are still ...
Bill Roberton //1991
Nearing South Shields Metro station in 1986. This closed on 8 July 2019 to be replaced by a new transport interchange. ...
Bill Roberton //1986
The Metro terminus at South Shields, opened on 24 March 1984. The station is seen here looking west along the platform in July 2004. The train about ...
John Furnevel 10/07/2004
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The former South Shields 1879 station, still used for access to the Metro station in 1986 but later demolished. ...
Bill Roberton //1986
Modern head-shunt stop blocks, located a short distance beyond the South Shields Metro terminus station, can be seen alongside the River Drive ...
David Pesterfield 06/07/2014
A recent view from River Drive bridge, South Shields, showing extensive construction works, possibly with below ground inspection pits, taking place ...
David Pesterfield 17/04/2019
An April 2019 view from River Drive bridge, South Shields, showing extensive construction works, possibly with below ground inspection pits, taking ...
David Pesterfield 17/04/2019
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