Stanley Deviation (North Eastern Railway)

Introduction

This deviation was opened by the North Eastern Railway to replace a section of the original Stanhope and Tyne Railway.




Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.





Q6 0-8-0 no 63455 climbs through Beamish on a chilly February day in 1964 with a train of steel flats returning to Consett. ...
K A Gray 15/02/1964
Q6 0-8-0 no 63357 near Beamish up distant on a misty 15 February 1964 see image 27314. ...
K A Gray 15/02/1964
A train of steel flats climbs through Beamish towards Consett in February 1964 behind Q6 0-8-0 no 63455. Tyne Dock shed's allocation around this time ...
Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 15/02/1964
A BR class 9F 2-10-0 with empty iron ore hoppers returning to Tyne Dock. Photographed near Beamish on 10 April 1965. ...
K A Gray 10/04/1965
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BR Standard Class 9F no 92064, carrying a 52H, Tyne Dock, shedplate, photographed near Pelton in the 1960s en route to Consett steel works with a ...
Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //
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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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Gresley K4 2-6-0 no 3442 The Great Marquess runs north past Ouston Junction with the RCTS North Eastern No 2 Railtour on 10 April 1965. ...
K A Gray 10/04/1965
What appears to be class 46 locomotive no 176 passing Ouston Junction in August 1971 with the 10.10 Edinburgh - Kings Cross. The photograph was taken ...
Bill Jamieson 20/08/1971
Deltic no 9009 Alycidon speeds past Ouston Junction on 20 August 1971 with the 13.05 Newcastle Central - Kings Cross service. The line to the ...
Bill Jamieson 20/08/1971
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